i was focusing on epitoniums and small shells, not necessarily micros.
I just picked them out individually.



On 10/23/13, Ed and Susan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The time I did get over to Lighthouse Beach (it was not low tide) there
> were
> some nice small patches of micros near the fishing pier.
>
> Steve, how did you scoop your material?
>
> I wish Sanibel had public transportation. I will have a bicycle, but we are
> staying all the way at the west end of West Gulf Drive and Lighthouse is
> about 8 miles away.
>
>
> On 10/23/13 5:39 PM, "steve rosenthal" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> (it can be quite high up on the beach too)
>>
>> On 10/23/13, steve rosenthal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 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]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Technique for micros?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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 arenıt 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
>>>>
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>> 435 East 77th Street, Apt 3G
>>>>
>>>> New York, NY 10075, USA
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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