Mile 294 Report
Manhattan Beach, State Wayside
April 22, 2011
We have begun to see an unusual number of medium-sized dead sand dollars in this area.
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We have begun to see an unusual number of medium-sized dead sand dollars in this area. I say "unusual" because we often see none -- or, at best, a few broken pieces of shell. Some years ago, during the "dead zone" period, they were plentiful.For unknown reasons, they are now back in moderate numbers. They are fuzzless and presumably have been dead for a little while, but they are also medium-sized, starting about the size of an Eisenhower dollar coin. No other unusual phenomena or atypical numbers of dead/dying animals or vegetation noticed. I have walked these beaches many decades, and this is only the second time in my life that I have seen this many sand dollar shells in this area.
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