D2 West Transect – 2011

Permanent Site: D2 West Transect; Depth: 12.6 Meters (41.3 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 0.3 Kilometers (0.2 Miles); Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 month pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.15233001,-123.56896603; Site Description: This site is right off the mouth of the river. Substrate is mainly gravel with some sand. Seaweed is abundant. Bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana (0:10, 1:59 seconds) was present as well as the perennial seaweed Pterygophora californica (1:40, 1:43 seconds). A variety of invertebrates were present but not abundant and none could be seen on the video.