All photographs by Rick Lovell.
The Bly Creek basin. This photo was taken at ground level,
facing east (toward
Goat Island) from the Baruch Institute wet lab facility, and shows
some of the
interesting zonation in plant types found in salt marshes.
The foreground is near
the terrestrial fringe and you are looking out across the basin
at an extensive stand
of Spartina alterniflora.
The Bly Creek basin. This photo was taken from ground level,
facing south, and
shows the extent of the short
Spartina alterniflora zone
near the southern end of
the basin. Note that this plant grows in a virtual monoculture
across large areas of
the tidal creek drainages. This side of the basin is the site
of Kitt Bagwell's field
experiments.
The Bly Creek basin. This photo was taken from an observation
tower, facing west,
and shows the main creek channel at low tide. Note the sinuosity
of the channel,
the exposed muddy creek banks, and the tall form Spartina alterniflora
near the
creek banks. Also note the Baruch Institute field laboratory
building near the center
of the image.
Goat Island. This photo was taken from an observation tower,
facing east. Note
the major creek channels and the obvious tall form Spartina alterniflora
growth
zones along the creek banks. The North Inlet system is a geologically
young marsh
and the portion shown here is geologically older than the preceeding
Bly Creek
basin photos and includes one of our sampling sites for Spartina
associated
diazotrophs.
Goat Island. This photo was taken from an observation tower,
facing southeast,
and shows some of the many small tidal creek channels in this extensive
stretch of
marsh. Our main sampling site for our ongoing studies of Spartina
associated
diazotrophs is located on this side of the island. This was
also the site of Yvette
Piceno's field experiments.
Goat Island. This photo was taken from an observation tower,
facing south, and
shows the extensive marshes on the ocean side (left) of the island
and in the Bly
Creek basin (right).
Goat Island. This photo was taken from an observation tower,
facing northeast,
and shows some of the large creeks at low tide. Note the extensive
sandflat
(Skimmer Shoals) in the creek channel under the flying egret.
This is one of the
sampling sites used by George Matsui in his studies of the tube
microflora of
Diopatra cuprea.
