(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 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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