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holyoutlaw ([personal profile] holyoutlaw) wrote2009-07-25 01:35 am

Two More from Rosario Beach

Coral Leaf Algae (Bossiella spp.) and Shield Limpet (Lottia Pelta)




Shaggy Mouse nudibranch egg cases

(the squiggly white things to the right of the image)

It was Julie who spotted the egg cases. The volunteers were quite pleased to see them, as it meant the tide pools were recovering.




Both:
Rosario Beach, Deception Pass State Park, WA
July, 2009

[identity profile] holyoutlaw.livejournal.com 2009-07-26 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
The tide pools? This particular set is in a popular state park, and was pretty much, as they describe it, "loved to death." They've been more carefully maintained the last few (or several) years, basically keeping them from getting too trodden, and letting nature take its course.