
Acrorhagi | 
Team 2 | 
Anthopleura elegantissima |

Dodecaceria sp. | 
Fucus sp. | 
Onchidella borealis |

Archidoris montereyensis | 
Littorina scutulata | 
Lottia digitalis |

Rosario Beach team photo 2008 |
Nine dedicated Beach Watchers showed up to work on quadrats at Rosario Beach on June 6th. This beach is located in Deception Pass State Park and its substrate consists of solid bedrock. Once again, Mother Nature challenged with rain, wind, and cold but the team persevered and got the data they needed. The group split into 3 teams, with each doing a portion of twenty-one quadrats. Team 1 with Susan Nunn and Bob Gentz noted
rockweed (Fucus sp.),
finger limpets (Lottia digitalis), and
aggregating anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima) some of which had their
acrorhagi (fighting tentacles) out and apparently ready for battle. This was the first beach Bob Gentz had monitored and he was surprised by the number of
periwinkles he found. Coloration of the little herbivorous snails closely matched that of the bedrock and many were tucked away in crevices or empty barnacles making them hard to see. Charlie Seablom, Lenore Minstrell, and Ranger Rick made up
Team 2 and they found white and red ribbon worms (
Amphiporus sp. and
Tubulanus polymorphus), and Ranger Rick pointed out a nearby
gumboot chiton on the underside of a boulder that he has been keeping an eye on during the recent low tide days. Team 3's Jan Holmes, Pattie Hutchins, and Sammye Kempbell were back in the "trough area" and report that they found a
leather limpet (Onchidella borealis), a
sea lemon (Archidoris montereyensis) and a big
purple sea star (Pisaster ochraceus).