Tidepools
The size of the largest crab you should touch
What is your fist
An invasive crab here in the Salish Sea.
European Green Crab
What are the 3 types of seaweeds?
Green, brown, and red
A tool that measures temperature.
Thermometer
A body of water that is a mix of fresh and salt water.
A finned creature in the tidepool you should not touch.
Fish
A "true" crab has this many pairs of legs.
4
The largest seaweeds, browns, are also known as...
Kelp
A tool that measures salinity.
Refractometer
The rising and falling of the sea, usually occurring four times per day.
Tides
The safe way to touch animals in a tidepool. (Be thorough!)
Two fingers, wet hand, gentle touch
Phylum that crabs belong to.
Arthropods
Anchor that connects seaweeds to the ocean floor.
Holdfast
A tool that measures turbidity.
Secchi disc
An ancient process that formed the Salish Sea.
Glaciers
The zone between the high and low tide line.
Intertidal zone
The oldest crab in the world.
Japanese spider crab
Pigment that some seaweeds use to convert sunlight to energy.
Chlorophyll
A tool that collects samples at different depths.
Niskin bottle
The three major bodies of water that make up the Salish Sea.
Puget Sound, Straight of Juan de Fuca, and the Straight of Georgia.
A tool that is used to estimate biodiversity in a large area.
Quadrat
Number of eggs a Dungeness crab can lay.
2.5 million
The most diverse group of seaweeds, with an estimated 6,500 species.
Red algae
A tool that collects plankton.
Net tow
Something you can do to protect the Salish Sea!
(examples from this week!)