Today was the first day that @rongoa and I went collecting seaweed samples for DNA sampling and also to add to collections at various places. We had planned on getting a sample or certain target species that had been requested, photographing them, then removing them, bagging them in numbered bags and filling the bags with sea water then taking a photograph of the bag and the number. Well that was the plan.
It worked well for the first three then we found an area that had 4 of our target species in one place, so I photographed all of them, removed them and gave them to @rongoa who bagged them then photographed them. Then we moved on and found others in different areas.
We then discovered when it came time to carry all of the bags up the cliff how heavy they were! Will have to use a back pack the next time we do this!
Then when I got home and trying to match the photos with the bags for the ones that were not done in sequence was a mission!
We are now going to re-think our collection method so we don't have heavy bags to carry up a cliff and I can easily match all of the seris of photos :)
Here they all are :D
I think this is what this one is.
Mid intertidal zone in the main gut.
Growing under a ledge on a rock face in the side gut in the low intertidal / shallow sub tidal zone.
Growing under a ledge on a rock face in the side gut in the low intertidal / shallow sub tidal zone.
I think this is what this one is.
Growing in the main gut, low intertidal zone
Growing in the LHS main side gut in the shallow subtidal zone.
Growing in the LHS main side gut in the shallow subtidal zone.
The holdfasts are on the side of the gut wall.
Low intertidal / shallow subtidal zone
Here is more detail of this strange one. The holdfasts are on the side of the gut wall and it runs along then has one coming off, then it carries on.
Low intertidal / shallow subtidal zone
This one looks like Caulerpa flexilis and I got this sample for comparision to the other strange ones. First photo shows the root system and 2nd photo shows the back. Then I realised that the photo I took of the whole plant was too blurry or too close to see the form of the "fronds" but then again they were pretty lax :D
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