2012 11-01 Zuma

Students, terns, mallards, sanderlings an egret and cool plankton.

The great (white) egret (Ardea alba) in flight, up high, above Zuma Beach.
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A flock of mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) take a short cut across Zuma Beach on their way to a fresh water area.
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A young Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni).
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A flock of sanderlings (Calidris alba) flys across the waves.
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The pneumatocyst of a juvenile bull kelp (Nereocystis lutkeana).
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Image 1 of 2: An ophiopluteus. (The larval stage of a brittle star).
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Image 2 of 2: Another ophiopluteus. (The larval stage of a brittle star).
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Image 1 of 2: Side view of a gravid Penilia avirostris.
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Image 2 of 2: Side view of another gravid Penilia avirostris.
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Elegant terns (Sterna elegans) rest on the sand.
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Student at work identifying macrophyte wrack and macrofauna debris.
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Three students record data.
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Students measure environmental data.
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© Robert Perry