Good morning!
   I found the same thing as Kay.  I checked the Manasota Key Beach
(Sarasota County) and the Little Gasperilla Beach (Charlotte County).  I did
find a lot of beach erosion.  I haven't seen any Perna viridis yet though.
                     Happy shelling,
                            LaVerne...Englewood, Florida(S.W.Fla.)


>From: Kay Lavalier <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: storm aftermath
>Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 05:02:41 -0400
>
>Andrew Vik
>Tampa, FL
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>
>David:
>
>I went down to Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key (Manatee County, West
>Florida)
>on Sunday, but there was not much material on the beach yet. Sometimes it
>takes
>a few days for the good stuff to wash up. I did find my first specimen (in
>Florida) of Perna viridis, the recently introduced green mussel from the
>Pacific.
>
>Yours, Andrew
>
>David Kirsh wrote:
>
> > Dear shellers,
> >
> > Not too often that I get a chance to check a beach right after a major
> > storm.
>
> > Has anyone else gotten a good harvest from Gabrielle or Erin? Any
> > significance to the variation of interior color in Kiener's Whelk from
> > orange to cream to white?
> >
> > David Kirsh
> > Durham, NC


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