Seaweeds and Sea Grasses
Salt Creek - Olympic Peninsula
World wide there are 7000 estimated seaweeds, 4000 microalgae and 50 seagrasses. Here in the Pacific Northwest we have an estimated 700 of these species making our area one of the richest in seaweed biodiversity in the world. (Harbo, 1999)
Sites visited:
Fox Island - South Puget Sound
Trip aboard the Centennial - San Juan Island
Argyle Lagoon - San Juan Island
Cattle Point - San Juan Island
Salt Creek - Olympic Peninsula
Sokal Point - Olympic Peninsula
Photos by Bonnie: Above is the view from the stairs leading down to the beach, below is another over head view of the rocky bench we explored at low tide.
Photo by Holly: A paitr of gulls enjoying the sun
Species list for algae found at Salt Creek - Olympic Peninsula Greens: Ulva, Codium Fragile Reds: Mazzaella, Endocladia, Chrondracanthus, encrusting and branching corallines, Halosaccion glandiforme, Endocladia, Porphyra, Neorhodomela larix, Smithora naiadum Browns: Desmarestia ligulata, Fucus gardneri, Nereocystis, Saccharina sessile, Egregia menziesii, Alaria marginata, Laminaria stechellii Grasses: Phyllospadix
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