2012 09-27 Zuma

A hot and sunny day with Bottlenose Dolphins feeding and passing by all day. The plankton was dominated by the cladoceran Penilia avirostris (Crustacea).

Our plankton sample this week was dominated by the crustacean Penilia avirostris. Many, like this specimen, were gravid females.
Penilia avirostris CLOSE 2012 Zuma 062
Tursiops truncatus surfing 2012 09-27 Zuma-110
Tursiops truncatus surfing 2012 Zuma 110
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight pooping 2012 09-27 Zuma-013
Pelecanus occidentalis flight pooping 2012 Zuma 013
Tursiops truncatus upside down feeding in surf zone 2 WIDE 012 09-27 Zuma-133
Tursiops truncatus upside feeding surf zone WIDE 012 Zuma 133
Tursiops truncatus upside down feeding in surf zone 2012 09-27 Zuma-133
Tursiops truncatus upside feeding surf zone 2012 Zuma 133
Tursiops truncatus upside down feeding 2012 09-27 Zuma-085
Tursiops truncatus upside feeding 2012 Zuma 085
Tursiops truncatus upside down feeding 2012 09-27 Zuma-024
Tursiops truncatus upside feeding 2012 Zuma 024
Juv Larus 2012 09-27 Zuma-004
Juv Larus 2012 Zuma 004
Larus heermanni juv on sand 2012 09-27 Zuma-002
Larus heermanni juv sand 2012 Zuma 002
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight 2012 09-27 Zuma-036
Pelecanus occidentalis flight 2012 Zuma 036
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight 2012 09-27 Zuma-056
Pelecanus occidentalis flight 2012 Zuma 056
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight 2012 09-27 Zuma-047
Pelecanus occidentalis flight 2012 Zuma 047
Sterna and Larus in flight CLOSE 2012 09-27 Zuma-049
Sterna Larus flight CLOSE 2012 Zuma 049
Penilia avirostris 2012 09-27 Zuma-001
Penilia avirostris 2012 Zuma 001
Tursiops Baywatch buoy and float 2012 09-27 Zuma-096
Tursiops Baywatch buoy float 2012 Zuma 096
Tursiops juv & surfer 2012 09-27 Zuma-074
Tursiops juv surfer 2012 Zuma 074
Tursiops cow calf Phalocrocorax & Aechmophorus 2012 09-27 Zuma-068
Tursiops cow calf Phalocrocorax Aechmophorus 2012 Zuma 068
Tursiops truncatus cow & calf 2012 09-27 Zuma-020
Tursiops truncatus cow calf 2012 Zuma 020
Tursiops truncatus & surfer 2012 09-27 Zuma-076
Tursiops truncatus surfer 2012 Zuma 076
wave 2012 09-27 Zuma-006
wave 2012 Zuma 006
1 Penilia avirostris backlight 2012 09-27 Zuma-002
Penilia avirostris backlight 2012 Zuma 002
Pyrosoma atlanticum 2012 10-01 Zuma-041
Pyrosoma atlanticum 2012 Zuma 041
Pyrosoma atlanticum 2012 10-01 Zuma-019
Pyrosoma atlanticum 2012 Zuma 019

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2012 09-27 Zuma