Santa Cruz Wharf
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
* Quick HAB Observations *
– Pseudo-nitzschia: Present
– Alexandrium: Rare
– Dinophysis: Rare
– Margalefidinium: Rare
* Impressions *
Another beautiful sunny morning at the wharf and the diatoms are back. Net tow assemblage shifted to mostly diatoms this week and phytoplankton biomass increased. Eucampia was the most abundant. Pseudo-nitzschia were seriata and delicatissima size and the P. multiseries counts increased an order of magnitude. Alexandrium counts decreased this week.
Dinoflagellates:
R: Akashiwo
R: Dinophysis
R: Prorocentrum
R: Ceratium
R: Alexandrium
R: LRB
R: Protoperidinium
R: Boreadinium
R: Margalefidinium
R: Polykrikos
Diatoms:
A: Eucampia
C: Thalassiosira
C: Detonula
P: Guinardia
P: Pseudo-nitzschia
P: Lauderia
P: Dactyliosolen
R: Chaetoceros
R: Asteromphalus
R: Coscinodiscus
R: Pleurosigma
R: Ditylum
R: Tropidoneis
R: Odontella
* Environmental Information *
Time: 8:00 am
Collector: M. Conci
Water Conditions (SCW)
Water Temperature: 13.1 C
Water Conditions: Small swell
Water Color/Code: Brown/green, 5GY 3/4 (#28)
Water Visibility: 3 ft
Tide: Rising, Low – 5:37, -1.2 ft
Surf Report: NW swell, 4-6 ft
Weather Conditions (KudelaHawk)
Sky: Sunny
Air Temperature: 54.5 F (12.5 C)
Wind: 2 mph, E
Solar radiation: 301 watts/m^2
Monterey Wharf II
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
* Quick HAB Observations *
– Pseudo-nitzschia: Common
– Alexandrium: Rare
– Dinophysis: Rare
– Margalefidinium: Rare
* Impressions *
The wharf this morning was sunny without a cloud in the sky and a slight breeze. There was a lot of activity on the wharf. The horizon was hazy. The water this week was the same color as last week with a visibility of 3.0m. Chlorophyll increased from last week. Diatoms dominated the water column. Thalassiosira, Guinardia, Pseudo-nitzschia, and Eucampia were common (bloomed). Detonula, Lauderia, Lioloma were present. The HAB species that were observed in the water this morning included Pseudo-nitzschia, Alexandrium, Dinophysis, Cochlodinium, and Akashiwo sanguinea.
Dinoflagellates:
R: Akashiwo sanguinea
R: Prorocentrum spp.
R: Dinophysis spp.
R: Ceratium spp.
R: Gonyaulax spinifera
R: Protoperidinium spp.
R: Alexandrium spp.
R: Polykrikos spp.
R: Cochlodinium spp.
R: Pyrophacus spp
Diatoms:
R: Chaetoceros spp.
C: Thalassiosira spp.
R: Coscinodiscus spp.
C: Pseudo-nitzschia spp.
R: Ditylum spp.
C: Guinardia spp.
R: Pleurosigma spp.
R: Thalassionema spp.
R: Melosira spp.
R: Tropidoneis spp.
P: Lauderia spp.
R: Navicula spp.
R: Cylindrotheca spp.
R: Licmophora spp.
R: Odontella spp.
R: Asteromphalus spp.
R: Asterionellopsis spp.
R: Proboscia spp.
P: Detonula spp.
R: Paralaria spp.
C: Eucampia
R: Entomoneis
P: Lioloma
Zooplankton:
R: fecal pellets, nauplii, tintinnids, calanoids, fish larvae, eggs
* Environmental Information *
TIME: 0704 PT
COLLECTOR: Hannah McGrath
Water Temperature: 12.8°C
Water Conditions: calm
Water Color: 5Y 2/2
Visibility: 3.0 m
Tide: Rising, -0.21m, high at 1214 h
Chlorophyll: 57.76mg/m^3 by in vivo RFU
Sky: sunny/ clear skies, 0% cloud
Air Temperature: 12.22°C
Wind: offline 0.45m/S
Rare (R): <1% ~~~ Present (P): 1 – 9% ~~~ Common (C): 10 – 49% ~~~ Abundant (A): >= 50%