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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Ledgewood Beach - April 26, 2009

Anthopleura artemisia

Caprellid amphipod

Gobiesox meandricus


Jan Holmes had a team of five at Ledgewood on April 26th. They found that someone had added large boulders around their start point in an attempt to prevent beach erosion and so the team decided the best course of action would be to move the start point and profile line. Brand new Beach Watcher Heather Pentz was along on her first beach monitoring experience and was fascinated by everything she found. Liz Berg liked the moonglow anemones (Anthopleura artemisia) that dotted the beach. The group also found northern clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus), caprellid amphipods, and lots of Lacuna snail egg clusters.
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