Solent-Sep2010
My first Seasearch dives with HWT
IOW panoramaThe Hanson extraction sites are located to the SE of the Isle of Wight |
Hanson seabedDark at 25m |
Hanson siteBoulders covered with 'animal turf' (sponges, hydroids, bryozoa etc.) |
Hanson siteBoulders covered with 'animal turf' (sponges, hydroids, bryozoa etc.) |
Hanson siteBoulders covered with 'animal turf' (sponges, hydroids, bryozoa etc.) |
Hanson siteBoulders covered with 'animal turf' (sponges, hydroids, bryozoa etc.) |
Hanson siteBoulders covered with 'animal turf' (sponges, hydroids, bryozoa etc.) |
Hanson siteBaked-bean seaquirts (Dendrodoa grossularia) buried in a small area of silt among the gravel |
Bembridge rMCZSpoonworm (Maxmuellaria lankesteri) - another of the species found in this particular habitat (deep soft mud) |
Bembridge rMCZVery soft mud provides the ideal habitat for angular crab (Goneplax rhomboides) burrows, here with a large common whelk (Buccinum undatum) |
Bembridge rMCZAngular crab (Goneplax rhomboides) |
Bembridge rMCZDragonet (Callionymus lyra) |
Bembridge rMCZSpone spider crab (Inachus sp.) on slipper limpet (Crepidula fornicata) shells |
Bembridge rMCZSmall-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) |
Bouldnor, West SolentWaiting for the boat... |
BouldnorTypical West Solent seabed - small gravel and shell |
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Margaret Smith wreckActinothoe sphyrodeta anemones and Flustra foliacea bryozoan (hornwrack) |
Totland BayMating sea hares (Aplysia punctata) - these were *everywhere* |
Totland BaySurveying (counting and measuring) seagrass |