Archive for November, 2015
Pedder Bay sunrise – 23 November 2015
November 23, 2015And now the calm…Pedder Bay sunrise 18 Nov 2015
November 18, 2015
Blustery day in Pedder Bay
November 17, 2015
It is rare that we see whitecaps in Pedder Bay, but they were plentiful today.
Big gusts too! (see upper right of the photo above). No wonder really why the power went out at about 11 am. Fortunately it was restored around 8 pm.
Students in one of today’s Marine Science classes were certain that the leaning tree above was going to fall in to the water – it hasn’t happened yet, but it is still quite windy tonight, so stay tuned…
Temperature & Salinity 13 Nov 2015
November 13, 2015| Depth (m) | Temp (oC) | Salinity (ppt) |
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| 0.5 | 9.9 | 29.4 |
| 1.0 | 9.8 | 30.4 |
| 2.0 | 9.8 | 30.7 |
| 3.0 | 9.8 | 30.7 |
| 4.0 | 9.8 | 30.7 |
| 5.0 | 9.8 | 30.8 |
10:00 am Pearson College dock
Secchi depth = 1.01 m Air temp = 15.8oC
A busy Friday for divers at Fossil Point
November 9, 2015There was a lot going on for divers at Fossil Point on Friday 6 November. Their challenge was to collect marine debris – I was expecting some fishing lures & line, a bit of plastic debris, maybe some rope, but Kevin & Ian brought up the bottom of a boat!!
Courtney found some derelict fishing gear underwater and there was a white tarp floating at the surface which we collected as well.
Isaac and Benoit missed their opportunity to participate in the underwater pumpkin carving competition during CAS week, so they brought their pumpkin underwater with them and carved it at Fossil Point.
Alashua & Malou found some small pieces of garbage underwater and a mostly intact bird skeleton! It may be a Thayer’s gull?
While I was waiting for divers to surface, I also collected some floating debris that was drifting past the boat along with a pteropod / sea butterfly.
It was a busy & wonderful afternoon!
Plankton light traps
November 5, 2015
At 5:45 pm on 2 November, 8 light traps designed to capture plankton were suspended off the Pearson College dock.
Marine Science students retrieved the traps the next day and examined the plankton that were captured.
We saw some very cool critters including many copepods with egg masses:
And a polychaete worm and a crab megalopa larva:
Pearson College Marine Science 