First year marine scientists have been investigating tidepools at Weir’s Beach today and at Witty’s Lagoon, Tower Point over the past few days. Above Jacqueline and Ochuko are making observations about a high tidepool.
A low tidepool at Weir’s Beach
A high tidepool at Witty’s
Ilana and Jaime
Abbie observing a feather duster worm
We also observed some interesting organisms and events:
A shaggy mouse nudibranch (Aeolidia papillosa) at Weir’s Beach (perhaps the same individual that Roxi spotted last year). These slugs eat anemones! And speaking of anemones…
A dividing aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima).
A spawning aggregation of whelks (Nucella lamellosa) and an abundance of egg capsules.
Pearson College Marine Science 