to follow up on harrys comment, not just in front/by the side of the
lighthouse, but also around the back of it...sometimes when there is
no grit elsewhere there may be deposits of it there....try as far on
the back-side as the fishing pier or beyond....

On 10/23/13, Marien Faber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Susan,
> Go in de early morning before the wind picks up. Take a thin but strong
> sheet (paper is good!) and move it horizontally over the tide marks, push
> the light top layer of fine material (not the sand) on the paper and scoop
> it into a bag. This works good.
> Marien
>
> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:16:33 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CONCH-L] Technique for micros?
> To: [log in to unmask]
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>
>
> Technique for micros?
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>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a tried-and-true method to scrape up (off
> the sand) patches or lines of fine beach drift that contains micros?
>
>
>
> I will be in Sanibel in early December and I want to see if I can maybe do a
> relative abundance study on the tiny stuff in the beach drift, that is, if I
> am able to find enough of it. I am hoping to get together maybe a liter
> (??), or failing that 500 ml, which is still a heck of a large volume if the
> waves aren’t in the mood to cooperate.
>
>
>
> I would welcome any type of suggestions from anyone who has done this kind
> of beach sampling. (Or anyone who knows Sanibel well enough to suggest where
> the best hunting ground might be.)
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Susan
>
>
>
> Susan J. Hewitt
>
> Citizen scientist, research on mollusks
>
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