C2 West Transect – 2016

Permanent Site: C2 West Transect; Depth: 16.5 Meters (54.2 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 0.7 Kilometers (0.5 Miles); Pre/Post Dam Removal: 5 years post-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.147841,-123.57663268; Site Description: One of our deepest sites. Substrate is all muddy sand. Seaweed is absent. Woody debris is present (1:18 seconds). The featherduster tubeworms that were abundant the previous year are almost all gone. Geoduck clams Panopea generosa (0:09, 0:14, 0:56 seconds) are common. Very little other invertebrates were present. A ball of eggs from the squid Loligo opalescens can be seen rolling along in the current at 1:24 seconds.