F2 West Transect – 2011

Permanent Site: F2 West Transect; Depth: 11.9 Meters (38.9 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 1.5 Kilometers (0.9 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 1 month pre-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.15672004,-123.55036603; Site Description: Substrate is mainly gravel mixed with a little cobble and an occasional boulder. Red (0:47 seconds) and brown seaweeds are very abundant, including bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana (0:12-0:28 seconds), Costaria costata (0:56, 1:40 seconds) and the perennial seaweed Pterygophora californica (1:13, 1:20 seconds). A Pterygophora stalk covered in epiphytic red seaweed is seen at 0:15 seconds. Invertebrates are present but not abundant and none are seen on video.