Mile 96 Report
Bandon State Park, west of Twomile Creek
August 23, 2015
Report from Diane and Dave BilderbackHere on the south coast, we have been having a wash up of a pelagic purple tunicate, Dolioletta gegenbauri, that at times causes a deep purple wash on the beach and also has colored small sand pools.
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Report from Diane and Dave BilderbackHere on the south coast, we have been having a wash up of a pelagic purple tunicate, Dolioletta gegenbauri, that at times causes a deep purple wash on the beach and also has colored small sand pools. This wash has been seen here since 7/8 through 8/23 so far. The wash is in varying amounts. Sometimes it is very heavy with purple bands over a foot wide, thick and gelatinous, and other times it is just a light inch or slightly larger thin but still a purplish colored band. Dave took the photo under the dissecting scope. We wonder if this is the organism that is causing the “purple colored water” up in the north coast.
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Mile 96
Bandon State Park, west of Twomile Creek
Report from Diane and Dave BilderbackHere on the south coast, we have been having a wash up of a pelagic purple tunicate, Dolioletta gegenbauri, that at times causes a deep purple wash on the beach and also has colored small sand pools.
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Mile 96
Bandon State Park, west of Twomile Creek
A nearly nonexistent driftline with just a few small rocks.
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Mile 96
Bandon State Park, west of Twomile Creek
Shells, small rocks, pieces of jellies, broken Sand Dollars, a few Hydrozoa, Pleurobrachia Ctenophores, Phyllospadix, surfgrass, one stickleback fish and Porphyra in the driftline.
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Mile 96
Bandon State Park, west of Twomile Creek
Sparse driftline of small rocks, a few shells and broken Sand Dollars.
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Mile 96
Bandon State Park, west of Twomile Creek
European Dunegrass dominated the driftline with a few Bull Kelp and Sea Palm.
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Mile 96
Bandon State Park, west of Twomile Creek
Shells, rocks, a few kelp/algae, green phytoplankton scum, broken Sand Dollars, crab carapaces and Ctenophores in driftline.
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Mile 96
Bandon State Park, west of Twomile Creek
Light driftline of many Ctenophores, small rocks and a few shells and crab carapaces.
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Mile 96
Bandon State Park, west of Twomile Creek
Light driftline with fresh water aquatic plants- Myriophyllum (Water Milfoil), terrestrial plant debris-stems, leaves and needles and saltwater plants, Phyllospadix (Surfgrass)and Eelgrass, Zostera.
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