Aurelia bloom June 2010

Description and Comments

Well over one hundred Aurelia labiata? at mouth of large freshwater waterfall Silver Falls as it empties into Indian Arm. Most individuals appeared a couple of feet below surface with possibility of many more deeper as there was only a few feet of visibility. Several dead individuals near surface. A friend was at the same location a couple of weeks earlier and mentioned a bloom here with many individuals at or near the surface.

Author

Type of organism

Jellyfish

Quantity

100

Latitude

49.41

Longitude

-122.88