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This horn shark hid in the eelgrass bed at State Park Marina as the tide receded. Horn sharks aren’t known for their speed and graceful swimming. Rather, they move slowly and like to hide among crevices in rocks, in kelp, and in eelgrass beds like this one was doing.

December Field Updates, 2016

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Jan 13, 2017

Karissa with fins

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Dec 02, 2016

Here, Shane places the quadrat at meter 75 of our 150-meter transect.

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seagrasses

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