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Latitude
48.54457
Longitude
-123.01271
Claudia Mills
48.54457
-123.01271
In about ten minutes at 4 pm off the Friday Harbor Labs d
First evidence of the spring plankton change in Friday Ha
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife scientis
Still seeing occasional Mitrocoma cellularia ("white
I've been seeing one or two swimming Gastropteron pa
This week one can see tens to hundreds of Mitrocoma cellu
Saw about 10 Cyanea capillata drift by in 20 minutes -- a
There have been lots of Melibe swimming in the nearshore
Thousands of jellyfish in calm water, typical of mid-May,
About 10 Aequorea seen from the Friday Harbor Labs dock i
A few of these swimming pteropods in the surface water da
Some of each species seen at the surface from a dock in F
One of the first Aequoreas of the season, about 30 mm bel
First Lion's mane of the season for me, bell diamete
About 15 of these normally deepwater cydippid ctenophores
21 variously-colored worms, mostly cream, tan or orangish
Water clean and without visible plankton.
More than 100 Bolinopsis seen over about 20 minutes at th
Numerous Aglantha digitale hydromedusae seen over several
About 25 small Mitrocoma cellularia hydromedusae, 5-20 mm
122 Pleurobrachia bachei, cydippid ctenophores, seen over
25 Melibe leonina nudibranchs seen swimming in the upper