SEABROOK ISLAND Barrier island salt marsh Beach face
SEABROOK ISLAND Barrier island salt marsh
Beach face from wrack line to swash zone Swash Zone Berm is the area from wrack line to dune. Also called backshore Wrack Line Where waves or swash end ANATOMY OF THE BEACH AT SEABROOK
JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION
DUNES
MARITIME FOREST WITH SALT MARSH
SALT MARSH MUD MAYBE I WILL LOOK YOUNGER WHEN I GET BACK
THIS IS THE ECOTONE ZONE BETWEEN MARITIME FOREST AND SALT MARCH
Normally the mud in a salt marsh is brown but when you see these black areas you know anaerobic bacteria are producing the lovely swamp gas smell form below. No oxygen present means fermentation !!!
SALT MARSH LOW TIDE
PICKLE PLANT ONLY FOUND IN SALT MARSH. YOU CAN EAT IT
LUNG SNAILS ON THE MARSH GRASSES
THIS AREA IS CALLED AN ESTUARY ALTHOUGH NO BRACKISH WATER
This is what it looked like alive SKELETON OF A SOFT CORAL
These crabs make the holes you see in the sand sometimes GHOST CRAB
These scales are ganoid type. Gar is good to eat and the scales can be used for a lot of things DEAD LONGNOSE GAR ON THE BEACH
THE POOR FISHY’S MEAN LOOKING TEETH
THESE SEA OATS KEEP THE DUNES FROM ERODING
Sometimes called the friendly crab live in the dunes and beach area and sometimes run across your path as you walk SQUAREBACK MARSH CRAB
A SAND DOLLAR IS REALLY AN URCHIN
WALKING ALONG THE BEACH WE SAW DOLPHINS CONCUSSING FISH TO KNOCK THEM OUT FOR DINNER. TOTALLY COOL!!
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