F2 East Transect – 2011

Permanent Site: F2 East Transect; Depth: 11.7 Meters (38.3 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 1.5 Kilometers (0.9 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 month pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.15672004,-123.54969397; Site Description: Substrate is mainly gravel mixed with a little cobble and an occasional boulder. Red (0:50, 1:15 seconds) and brown seaweeds are very abundant, including bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana (0:40, 1:57 seconds), Costaria costata (0:23, 2:07 seconds) and the perennial seaweed Pterygophora californica (0:13, 0:57 seconds). Invertebrates are present but not abundant and none are seen on video.