E2 West Transect – 2011

Permanent Site: E2 West Transect; Depth: 14.8 Meters (48.7 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 0.9 Kilometers (0.5 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 month pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.15653002, -123.56197605; Site Description: This is one of our deeper sites. Substrate is mainly gravel/cobble with scattered boulders (0:25, 0:34, 0:43seconds). Seaweed is abundant, especially acid kelp Desmarestia (0:12 seconds) and Costaria costata (0:05, 1:03 seconds). Two very large sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) can be seen at 0:10 and 1:10 seconds.