D1 East Transect – 2011

Permanent Site: D1 East Transect; Depth: 9.4 Meters (30.9 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 0.2 Kilometers (0.1 Miles); Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 month pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.15115998,-123.56734404; Site Description: This site is right off the mouth of the river. Substrate is mainly gravel with some sand. Seaweed is abundant, especially the perennial seaweed Pterygophora californica (0:19, 0:43, 1:15 seconds). Bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana (0:52, 1:44 seconds) is present. A patch of the three-ribbed kelp Cymathere triplicate is seen at 0:35 seconds. Invertebrates are present but not abundant and none appear on video.