MIMIC
Marine Invader Monitoring and Information Collaborative
June 16, 2014

This is the first day of our official monitoring for Marine invasives. We put a 49' long rope off the top of the Stone Pier Wharf of which 27' would be always under water. The idea is that when we look for invasives on the float that we will pull this rope up and check it out each time. The rope will remain in this place as long as we do the studying.

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Observers: Bev Johnson, Sarojia, Zackary, and Raven
Time: 9:05 AM
Water Temperature: 14ยบ
Weather: Sunny and clear
Time of Low Tide: 8:11 AM -1.46'


SET A ROPE OFF OF THE STONE PIER FOR OBSERVATIONS OF MARINE ORGANISMS


AT LOW TIDE ABOUT 3' OF WATER




Native Isopod Idotea balthica


INVASIVE "orange" sheath tunicate Botrylloides violaceus


INVASIVE "orange" sheath tunicate Botrylloides violaceus
You can see "chain like" pattern of the individual animals in the colony.


INVASIVE Caprella mutica or Skeleton Shrimp


INVASIVE Caprella mutica or Skeleton Shrimp
look closely at the "back" of these critters and you'll see spines all over.


skeleton shrimp with a native amphipod
in the lower corner


Native - form of filamentous red algae


Native seaweed Ulva or "sea lettuce"