| Station: Biodredge / San Pedro Shelf = Rock Pile) Date: 12/02/17, 9:36 am Conditions: 67°F, sunny Start: 33° 40' 21" N, 118° 13' 32" W End: 33° 40' 31" N, 118° 13' 19" W |
Flora & Fauna:
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Total Captured | Method of Take |
Disposition |
| Kelp - Turkish Towel | Chondracanthus exasperatus | 10 | biodredge | released |
| Sea Star - Long Armed Brittle Star | unknown | 5 | biodredge | released |
| Urchin - white | unknown | 5 | biodredge | released |
| Sand dollar | Dendraster excentricus | 4 | biodredge | released |
| Kelp - Sea Palm | unknown | 3 | biodredge | released |
| Urchin - heart | unknown | 2 | biodredge | released |
| Stalked Tunicate | Boltenia ovifera | 2 | biodredge | released |
| Sea Star - Bat Star | Asterina miniata | 1 | biodredge | released |
| Kelp - Sea Grapes | Chrysymenia pseudodichotoma | 1 | biodredge | released |
| crabs - decorator | unknown | 1 | biodredge | released |
| Chiton | unknown | 1 | biodredge | released |
We use a method called "Otter Trawling" or Midwater Trawling to collect pelagic = swimming) organisms. "Otter" refers to the rectangular boards on the net. Hydrodynamic forces act on the boards, keeping them apart and the net open.
All organisms were returned to the ocean.
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