D1 West Transect – 2011

Permanent Site: D1 West Transect; Depth: 10.3 Meters (33.8 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 0.2 Kilometers (0.1 Miles); Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 month pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.15115998,-123.56801602; Site Description: This site is right off the mouth of the river. Substrate is mainly gravel with some sand. Seaweed is abundant. Bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana (0:09, 0:21, 1:03 seconds) is common along entire transect. Invertebrates are present but not abundant. A sunflower sea star Pycnopodia helianthoides is seen on the left at 0:41 seconds.