Wrack Line 2013

January 20, 2013

Pelagic gooseneck barnacles Lepas on beached bull kelp stipe.
Beached pelagic barnacles Lepas
Thatched barnacle shells, Semibalanus cariosus
Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
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February 16, 2013

Large bull kelp drift mass rests on the beach. surf zone in the distance. Partly cloudy sky.
Bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana
Closeup of a bleached Pacific razor clam Siliqua patula shell resting on the sand.
Pacific razor clam Siliqua patula
Closeup of a gull flight feather resting on the sand.
Gull Feather

March 9, 2013

Polystyrene and plastic float resting on the sand/cobble interface.
Float
Freshly beached Vagina salp Thetys vagina resting on the sand.
Vagina salp Thetys vagina
Dungeness crab Metacarcinus magister carapace with barnacles rests on the sand.
Dungeness crab carapace with a barnacle rosette
Three drifted California mussels Mytilus californianus, one hosts a thatched barnacle Semibalanus cariosus. They all rest on beach sand.
California mussel Mytilus californianus with thatched barnacle Semibalanus cariosus
A polystyrene float rests in the cobbles.
Float
Lost label resting in the sand among drifted debris: BAIT SARDINES, 9 KG FROZEN, PRODUCT OF USA, WILD
Bait
Rockfish carcass resting on the sand just above the swash zone. Swash and surf in the background, headlands in the distance. Cloudy sky.
Rockfish
Toothbrush resting on the sand among other drifted debris.
Oral hygiene
Closeup of a plastic pump bottle, maybe lotion, resting in the cobbles.
Looks like moisturizer
Deer mouse Peromyscus carcass resting on the sand.
Deer mouse Peromyscus
Closeup of a big skate Beringraja binoculata egg case resting on the sand.
Big skate Beringraja binoculata egg case
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March 16, 2013

Closeup on a large partially consumed or damaged sea lion carcass resting on the beach in the swash zone.
Sea lion carcass
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April 12, 2013

In the foreground, a Sitka sauce branch tip rests alone on a clean beach. In the background, more beach, the surf zone, and a cloudy sky.
Spruce twig
Gaper clam Tresus shell fragment, showing the cohdrophore, partially buried in the sand.
Fat gaper Tresus capax
In the foreground, a short length of frayed braided nylon commercial line.
Line
Closeup on about twenty mussels Mytilus trossulus (or something like it) on a broken-off and drifted piling. Surf zone and cloudy sky in the background.
Mytilus trossulus (or something like it) on a broken-off and drifted piling
Closeup on one bleached Nuttall's cockle Clinocardium nuttallii valve resting in the sand.
Nuttall’s cockle Clinocardium nuttallii
Lost commercial crab gearL a lengthy tangle of line and first and trailer buoys. No trap, though. Beach the surf zone, and a headland in the distance. Overcast sky.
Floats and line
Closeup on a single bleached Butter clam Saxidomus gigantea valve slightly embedded in the sand.
Butter clam Saxidomus gigantea
In the foreground, a fat gaper clam Tresus capax leaning against a piece of driftwood in the sand. In the background, the back beach and foredune. Cloudy sky.
Fat gaper Tresus capax
Closeup of a beached vagina salp Thetys vagina resting on the sand.
Vagina salp Thetys vagina
Closeup on a bleached Eccentric sand dollar Dendraster excentricus fragment (about 3/4 of an intact shell) resting on the sand.
Eccentric sand dollar Dendraster excentricus
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May 9, 2013

Crow tracks and ripples in dry sand.
Crow tracks
Wrack line stretching off to the south is mostly winged ants, Headland and surf zone in the distance. Mostly clear sky.
Wrack line mostly winged ants
Closeup on a lot of dead winged ants resting on the sand.
Winged ants
Lost fishing gear: Light stick.
Light stick, commercial fishing
Close up on an empty Corbicula shell, both valves, resting on the sand.
Corbicula
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June 22, 2013

Closeup of a jelly fish fragment, probably Pacific sea nettle Chrysaora fuscescens resting on the sand.
Jellyfish
Lost and drifted steelhead rig: a tangle of line with two corkies above a swivel and an egg sinker. Hook not visible.
Steelhead rig
Large clear glass lightbulb, probably from a commercial fishing boat.
Beach bulb
Closeup on three empty and drifted California mussel Mytilus californianus shells. External ind internal surfaces are exposed.
California mussel Mytilus californianus
Closeup of a lost and drifted piece of cupboard liner material resting on the sand.
Cupboard liner
Closeup of a Starbuck Frappuccino bottle resting on the sand with some other wrack line debris.
Frappuccino
Closeup of a single gaper clam valve, exterior surface forming a cup partially filled with water and sand. Probably Tresus capax.
Gaper Tresus
Closeup of a mostly complete Dungeness crab Metacarcinus magister exoskeleton resting on the sand along with drifted eelgrass Zostera.
The Dungeness are molting
A single bleached and eroded Cockle Clinocardium nutallii valve, exterior surface visible, rests on the sand along with other wrack line debris.
Cockle Clinocardium nutallii
A closeup of a gull primary feather resting in the sand among a few blades of eelgrass Zostera and other wrack line debris.
Gull primary
Closeup of tubular fluorescent bulb tangled up in drift eelgrass Zostera. Plenty of beach hopper workings.
Fluorescent bulb
Closeup of a mole crab Emerita analoga test resting on the sand along with a small mass of drift rockweed Fucus.
Mole crab Emerita analoga test and rockweed Fucus
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September 21, 2013

Closeup on a drifted tuft of tubular? green seaweed resting on the sand.
Any guesses?
Closeup on moon jelly Aurelia labiata resting in the swash.
Jellyfish remnants
Comb jelly Pluerobrachia bachei
Closeup on a Sea nettle Chrysaora fragment resting on the sand.
Sea nettle Chrysaora
Closeup on three dog paw prints in the sand.
Dog
Closeup on a drifted mass of Eelgrass Zostera marina resting on the sand.
Eelgrass Zostera marina
Rockweed Fucus
Closeup on a little mass of drifted Dogwinkle egg cases resting on the sand.
Dogwinkle egg cases
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November 2, 2013

Closeup on the float and blades of a single drift bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana stipe resting on the sand.
Bull kelp
Closeup on a bleached flat-tip piddock Penitella penita shell, just one valve, resting on the sand.
Flat-tip piddock
Closeup on a Dungeness crab Metacarcinus magister pinching claw resting in the sand among eelgrass and other wrack line debris.
Dungeness crab pinching claw
In the foreground, a closeup of the float and blades of a single drift bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana stipe resting on the sand. Beyond the long curving stipe ends in a distant holdfast. The swash and surf zones beyond that.
Bull kelp
Closeup on the blades of two drift Sea palm Postelsia palmaeformis stipes resting up in the cobbles.
Sea palm Postelsia palmaeformis
Closeup of a bedraggled white-winged scoter carcass resting on the sand,
White-winged scoter
In the foreground, an empty, drifted snail shell resting on the sand. Beach and surf zone in the distance.
Unknown
Closeup of a beached moon jelly Aurelia labiata resting in the swash.
Moon jelly
Closeup of a bleached Macoma shell, just one valve, resting on the sand.
Macoma
Closeup of two drifted and drying bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana holdfasts resting where sand and the cobbles meet. The stipe is eroded away.
Bull kelp holdfasts
Drift surfgrass Phyllospadix and a bit of other debris in the sand.
Surfgrass
Closeup of a single drift sea palm Postelsia palmaeformis stipe and blades, and conifer needles inn the drift line.
Sea palm Postelsia palmaeformis and conifer needles
Closeup of an empty giant barnacle Balanus nubilus shell resting on the sand.
Giant barnacle, partial test
A closeup of drift Fucus washed way up in the cobbles.
Rockweed Fucus
Closeup on an Egregia menziesii frond drying on sand and some rocks.
Egregia menziesii drying in the drift line
A drifted jumble of thatched barnacles Semibalanus cariosus attached one upon another rests on the sand. The party also includes a few gooseneck barnacles, Pollicipes polymerus.
Thatched and goose barnacles
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November 23, 2013

A closeup of two drift kelp stipes and blades, and a holdfast resting on the sand.
Kelp
Two large round buoys rest on dry sand. In the background, beach and the surf zone. Clear sunny sky.
Floats
Closeup of a Glaucous-winged gull carcass resting on the sand.
Glaucous-winged gull
Closeup of a salmon carcass resting on the sand.
The cycle of life
A large round lugged float rested on the sand. In the distance, a headland and the surf zone and beyond.
Float
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