FRIDAY HARBOR MARINE HEALTH OBSERVATORY MONTHLY BIODIVERSITY CHECK-LIST
Team: ______Survey date: ______, 2011
STEP 1: WALKTHROUGH DECAPODA Number Northern kelp crab Pugettia producta Walk your entire area and record all the animals you see that Graceful kelp crab Pugettia gracilis are on this list. For the first group of animals, indicate only Decorator crab Oregonia gracilis whether each species is present (check), or absent (leave Black-clawed crab Lophopanopeus bellus blank). For the remaining animals, enter the actual number you see in your area. ASTEROIDEA Sunflower star Pycnopodia helianthoides GROUP ONE (presence/absence) Present? Rose sun star Crossaster papossus Plumose anemone Metridium farcimen Striped sun star Solaster stimpsoni Northern feather duster Eudystilia vancouveri Dawson’s sun star Solaster dawsoni Thatched barnacle Semibalanus cariosus Ochre star Pisaster ochraeus Coonstripe shrimp Pandalus hypsinotus Giant spiny sea star Pisaster giganteus Blue mussel Mytilus trossulus Mottled false ochre star Evasteria troschelii Rock oyster (green jingle) Pododesmus macroschisma Blood star Henricia leviuscula Rock scallop Crassidoma gigantea OTHERS Green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus dröbachiensis NUDIBRANCHS Number California sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus Clown nudibranch Triopha catalinae Golden dirona Dirona aurantia STEP 2: CLOSE-UP Red dendronotus Dendronotus rufus Red sponge nudibranch Rostanga pulchra Visit your special places and explore them carefully. For Monterey dorid Doris montereyensis Group One just record whether animals are present at all. Sea lemon Peltodoris nobilis Carefully count all the other species. Record here even if you San Diego dorid Dialula sandiegensis already recorded the same animal in Step 1. Nanaimo dorid Acanthodoris nanaimoensis Shaggy mouse Aeolida papillosa GROUP ONE (presence/absence) Present? Horned opalescent Hermissenda crassicornis Red sea squirt Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis ACTINARIA Club tunicate Styela clava Christmas anemone Urticina grebelnya Purple sponge Haliclona permollis Red-beaded anemone Urticina coriacea Mossy chiton Mopalia muscosa White-spotted anemone Cribinopsis albopunctata Lined chiton Tonicella lineata Solitary anemone Anthopleura sola Brown horse mussel Modiolus modiolus Green proliferating Anthopleura elegantissima Spiny pink scallop Chlamys hastata STEP 2 - CONTINUED STEP 3: NEW ANIMALS NUDIBRANCHS Number Choose a float or a dock segment in your area that (1) is not Clown nudibranch Triopha catalinae one of your special places, and that (2) you have not yet Frosted dirona Dirona albolineata examined closely this year. Look very closely and record any Golden dirona Dirona aurantia animals that you have not seen before on your dock walks. Red dendronotus Dendronotus rufus Even if you can identify the animal with your field guides, try to Red sponge nudibranch Rostanga pulchra get a photograph, and alert Aileen by email. New nudibranchs Monterey dorid Ddoris montereyensis are especially useful. Sea lemon Peltodoris nobilis Nanaimo dorid Acanthodoris nanaimoensis Dock letter and slip number: ______Shaggy mouse Aeolida papillosa New animals observed: Horned opalescent Hermissenda crassicornis ACTINARIA Christmas anemone Urticina grebelnya
Red-beaded anemone Urticina coriacea White-spotted anemone Cribinopsis albopunctata Solitary anemone Anthopleura sola Green proliferating Anthopleura elegantissima Check if email was sent! DECAPODA Northern kelp crab Pugettia producta Graceful kelp crab Pugettia gracilis Decorator crab Oregonia gracilis STEP 4: SITE CONDITIONS Black-clawed crab Lophopanopeus bellus Use this section to record weather and water conditions that ASTEROIDEA may affect your observations. Sunflower star Pycnopodia helianthoides Rose sun star Crossaster papossus Water surface temperature in Celsius: o Striped sun star Solaster stimpsoni C Dawson’s sun star Solaster dawsoni Secci depth in centimeters: Ochre star Pisaster ochraeus Cm Giant spiny sea star Pisaster giganteus Tide height in feet (from tide chart): Mottled false ochre star Evasteria troschelii Ft Blood star Henricia leviuscula OTHERS PAR and Wind speed (FHL website): W/m2 Green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus dröbachiensis M/sec California sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus UV Absorbance of water (spectro): 220 nm White sea cucumber Cucumaria pallida Ridged lamp shell Terebratalia transversa 254 nm