2011 USGS/EPA Elwha Field Guide PAGE 1 Agarum fimbriatum Alaria marginata Cymathere tripiicata Photos courtesy of USGS unless otherwise noted. Laminaria setchellii Cymathere tripiicata Laminaria setchellii Laminaria setchellii Laminaria setchellii ------- Pterygophora^alifornica SaccharinaBp. (S. latissimaB or S. subsimplexH NereocystisfXeutkeanaB (bull kelp)0 PterygophoralSalifornica,® Pterygophora^alifornica^tipes juvenile0 Saccharina sp. (S. latissima or@ S. subsimplexS Desmarestialcuieata Desmarestialcuieata Desmarestia'Wiunda 2011 USGS/EPA Elwha Field Guide PAGE2 Pleurophycus gardneri Pleurophycus gardneri Photos courtesy of USGS unless otherwise noted. ------- 2011 USGS/EPA Elwha Field Guide PAGE 3 Desmarestia ligulata Desmarestia foliacea Sargassum muticum Red algae Branch - branching flat blade Kevin Britton-Simmons Red algae Branch - branching flat blade Red algae Leaf - leafy blade Red algae Leaf - leafy blade Red algae Bushy-cylindrical branches Red algae Green algae Eelgrass - count shoots Photos courtesy of USGS unless otherwise noted. ------- References • DeCew's to the Seaweeds of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Northern California [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/guide/] • Gabrielson, P.W., Widdowson, T.B., and Lindstrom, S.C., 2006, Keys to the seaweeds and seagrasses of Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon: Pycological Contribution No. 7, University of British Columbia, Department of Botany, 209 p. • Mondragon, Jennifer, Mondragon, Jeff, 2003, Seaweeds of the Pacific coast, Common marine algae from Alaska to Baja California: Sea Challengers, Monterey, CA, 97 p. • O'Clair, R.M., and Lindstrom, S.C., 2000, North Pacific Seaweeds: Auke Bay, Alaska, Plant Press, 161 p. • http://seanet.stanford.edU/Phaeophyta/index.html#Desmarestia_mu nda ------- REGION 10 www.epa.gov/region10/dive science for a changing world ------- |