12/8/2012 Hopkin's Deep Reef aboard XTA SEA by Dionna House

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12/8/2012 Hopkin's Deep Reef aboard XTA SEA by Dionna House -- [View in Reports Page]

Bottom Team:	Carol Cohn, Dionna House, Larry Cohn
Visibility:	25' - 35'	Time:	10:00 AM
Temp:	52F - 55F	Surge:	1'
Max Depth:	73FSW	Avg Depth:	60FSW
Bottom Time:		Total Time:	1:00
Bottom Gases:	EAN32	Deco Gases:
Backgas Config:	Double LP80	Deco Tanks:
Deco Profile:
I was able to hook up with Carol and Larry Cohn for a dive Saturday, December 8th on XTA Sea, AKA Carol’s RIB. The goal was to get to a site that would be manageable to dive and do a Reef survey of fish and invertebrates. The forecast was a little iffy on the more exposed sites. We decided to drop anchor at Hopkins Deep Reef. We suited up into our gear and I hooked my survey slate to one of my D-rings and off we went. We were surprised to see the conditions were very good. About 30ft-40ft of vis. Depth range was 60-73ft, bottom temps: 55F, Habitat: Reef Here is a video of Hopkins Deep Reef http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubrtnZd573M Shale Island was also survey and data collect. The species I Identified while meandering around on the reef were the following. The codes we used to record the amount of fish and invertebrate are from the Reef.org survey protocols, which are the following: S-single; F-Few (2-10); M-Many (11-100); A-Abundant>100; P-Present FISH Goby: Blackeye Goby: F Greenling: Kelp Greenling: F Lingcod: S Painted Greenling: F Rockfish: Blue: A Copper: M Gopher: M Kelp: M Olive: F Treefish: F YOY Juvenile: M Vermilion: S Sculpin Cabezon: F Surf Perch Black Perch: F Kelp Perch: F Pile Perch: F INVERTEBRATES Arthropods Sheep Crab: F Echinoderms Sea Cucumbers California: F Sea Stars Bat Star: A Giant Spined Star: F Spiny Brittlestar: F Sunflower Star: F Nudibranchs Sea Lemon: F Snails Kellet’s Whelk: F Chiton, Scallop Gumboot Chiton: S Rock Scallop: F Shale Island Survey: 43 minute dive Depth: 60ft, Temp: 53F, Visibility: 25ft, Habitat: Shale Goby Blackeye Goby: F Greenling Kelp Greenling: F Painted Greenling: F Rockfish Black: F Blue: M Copper: M Gopher: M Kelp: M YOY Juvenile: M Sculpin Snubnose Sculpin: F Surf Perch Black Perch: F Kelp Perch: F Pile Perch: F Invertebrates Arthropods Sheep Crab: F Anemones Strawberry Anemones: Present Echinoderms Sea Stars Bat Star: A Giant Spined Star: M Sunflower Star: F Sea Urchins Purple Sea Urchins: F Nudibranchs Sea Lemons: M Octopus Red Octopus: F Snails Giant Key Limpet: F Kellet’s Whelk: A Chiton, Scallop Gumboot Chiton: F Sponges Orange Puffball: M

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Hello D,

Nice to see you working on the surveys.

One question: Do you have a plan to enter this data in some kind of database (can we simple) so you can create queries or graph with the data over time? It would be nice to think about the repository for this information so it works well for future.

Cheers
Beto

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