GP1 East Transect – 2012

Permanent Control Site: GP1 East Transect; Depth: 7.2 Meters (23.6 Feet); Distance from river mouth: 19.0 Kilometers (11.8 Miles) east; Pre/Post Dam Removal: 10 months post-dam removal; Lat/Long: 48.11852521,-123.31538047; Site Description: This site was established as the eastern control. Depth is medium-shallow. Substrate is mainly a gravel/sand/cobble mixture surrounding numerous large boulders. Red (0:16, 0:29 seconds) and brown seaweed was abundant. Five species of browns were recorded and mainly consisted of the perennial seaweed Pterygophora californica (0:23 seconds), Pleurophycus gardneri (1:18 seconds) and Saccharina spp. (0:12, 0:38 seconds). A variety of invertebrates were present but none were abundant or seen on the video.