Campod just completed 2 transects in the Laurentian Channel, 1 on the Nova Scotia side and 1 on the Newfoundland side. In both cases, the dominant organism was a sea pen called
Anthoptilum grandiflorum. This visual inspection of the bottom confirms what we know of the area based on by-catch from DFO research vessel trawls.
We are now performing some transects in the Gully Marine Protected Area (refer to earlier blogs for more details or the "Learn More About" links to the right of this article). We'll report on these findings as soon as information becomes available. Again, sorry for the delay, but the internet is a little slow on the ship when it maintains a heading of about 245 degrees (and we've been at that heading most of the day).
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| A sea star moving along the bottom on hundreds of little feet. |
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| An anemone in Laurentian Channel. |
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| A red fish takes refuge near a sea pen (Anthoptilum grandiflorum). |
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| Spiny crab. |
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| Anthoptilum anchored into the sediment by their peduncles, a bulbous "root" at the base of their body, or "rachis". |
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