F1 West Transect – 2016

Permanent Site: F1 West Transect; Depth: 6.6 Meters (21.7 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 1.3 Kilometers (0.8 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 5 years post-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.15292999, -123.55078602; Site Description: Visibility on the day this video was taken was bad and the currents were swift. This is a shallow site. Substrate is all sand. The brown acid kelp Desmarestia spp. is still present and the perennial seaweeds Pterygophora californica (0:41 seconds) and Alaria marginata (1:51 seconds) have returned. No invertebrates were seen.