The water and sky meet seamlessly--only a few mangrove islands and cotton ball clouds reveal the transition. Such was the scene in Florida Bay last week, before TS Fay swept us out of our study site. This is the third tropical storm to hit one of my study sites in the last month: Dolly in Pt Aransas, Edouard in Pt Aransas, and now Fay. None of the storms have been serious, and aside from the disruptions, our work has gone on. Heroic efforts on Carolyn's part ensured that the artificial seagrass experiment was brought to completion (pictures here), despite the storm. Did nutrients or canopy density have a stronger impact on epifaunal communities? Stay tuned...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Three sites, three storms
The water and sky meet seamlessly--only a few mangrove islands and cotton ball clouds reveal the transition. Such was the scene in Florida Bay last week, before TS Fay swept us out of our study site. This is the third tropical storm to hit one of my study sites in the last month: Dolly in Pt Aransas, Edouard in Pt Aransas, and now Fay. None of the storms have been serious, and aside from the disruptions, our work has gone on. Heroic efforts on Carolyn's part ensured that the artificial seagrass experiment was brought to completion (pictures here), despite the storm. Did nutrients or canopy density have a stronger impact on epifaunal communities? Stay tuned...
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