2012 09-20 Zuma

A bright sunny day with big surf and lots of marine life to observe.

Surfer...not a research student.
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Wave.
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Student researchers make observations as a big blue wave begins to break.
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Surfer...not a research student.
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Wave.
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Image 1 of 2: a salp (Pyrosoma atlanticum) washed up on the beach.
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Image 2 of 2: a salp (Pyrosoma atlanticum) washed up on the beach.
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Surfer...not a research student.
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A carapace moult from a female Emerita analoga festooned with hydroids (Clytia bakerii).
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A snowy plover (Charandrius alexandrinus) digs for its breakfast in the mirrorlike wet sand.
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A snowy plover (Charandrius alexandrinus) poses for a photo.
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Student researchers record wind speed and air temperature at our Zuma Beach study site.
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A glass hydrometer was used to find the surface water density.
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A young ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis).
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A curious black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola).
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