ElephantRockObservations

Marine Biology Obversations

[suleikazuleika]

Walking to school today and came across a dead seal on King’s Beach.

There were no visible wounds and the body had been decomposing for awhile, so not a shark attack. Probably disease.

[lifeunderthewaves]

Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendicus) on Flickr.

[amysmenagerie]

[neaq]

Visitor GIFs! Of course we’re going to reblog this gif of the schooling exhibit! This tank displays silvery schooling fish that find safety in numbers.  

Thanks for sharing this gem, amysmenagerie!

I thought these fish were so cool, i had to take a video and make it into a GIF.

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Red Rock at Low Tide, 2013.

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Plum Island:

Found in the upper intertidal zone

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Plum Island:

Found in the lower intertidal zone.

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Plum Island:

Found in the middle to lower intertidal zones.

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Plum Island:

Found in the middle intertidal zone.

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Plum Island:

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Found in the middle intertidal zone.

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Plum Island:

Dog Whelks on the hunt.

Found between the middle and upper intertidal zone.

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Plum Island:

Dog whelks, periwinkle, and at the time, I thought that was a live razor clam. But I'm probably mistaken.

Found in the middle intertidal zone.

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Plum Island:

Dog Whelk. Notice the different in color and shape than sheltered whelks.

Found in the upper intertidal zone

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Plum Island:

Dog Whelk, probably devoured by another dog whelk.

Barnacles

Found in the upper intertidal zone

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Plum Island

April 21st, 2013

Temperature: Probably in the 50's

Winds: Slight Breeze

Time: 1pm - 3pm

Low Tide

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Red Rock:

Common Periwinkles crawling over an empty Surf Clam shell.

Found in the lower intertidal zone.

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Red Rock:

Young Green Crab taking shelter in the empty shell of the Slipper Shell.

I noticed that quite a few juveniles used this technique.

Found in the lower intertidal zone

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Red Rock:

Dog Whelk

Found in one of the tide pools in the upper intertidal zone