Daily Archives: Thursday,December 1, 2016

Guardian shift change

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Guy left the station around 800 in the morning. We met around noon at the college and debriefed. I came out in the whaler and landed around 1400.  I will be here for the month of December.

Ecological

  • There were 3 male elephant seals on Great Race when i arrived, 2 of them are adult including Chunk, the other appears to be adolescent.  There was another male elephant seal on West Rock.
  • There are more sealions in the reserve than I recall from previous years at this time and they are more present on Great Race as well,  including a persistent congregation on and around the jetty.

Boats

  •  3 ecotour boats after I arrived in the afternoon.  Two of them appeared to be within 100 m (DFO setback guideline) of sealions.

November seawater data

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YSI YSI
Temp Sal
Day Time ºC ppt
1 13:50 31.7 10.4
2 13:50 31.8 10.3
3 13:50 31.7 10.4
4 13:50 31.6 10.3
5 12:08 31.3 10.6
6 10:10 31.6 10.6
7 10:03 31.3 11
8 10:00 31.5 10.7
9 10:03 31.4 10.7
10 10:25 31.3 10.9
11 10:45 31.5 10.7
12 11:15 31.4 10.7
13 11:48 31.5 10.5
14 12:06 31.5 10.7
15 16:00 31.4 10.3
16 15:00 31.2 10.2
17 13:00 31.2 10.2
18 x x x
19 14:00 31.2 10.2
20 13:00 31.4 10.2
21 x x x
22 12:00 31.6 10.2
23 11:00 31.4 10.3
24 12:00 31.3 10.4
25 13:00 31.6 10.2
26 12:00 31.4 10.3
27 12:00 31.5 10.1
28 13:00 31.4 10.1
29 14:00 31.5 10.3
30 12:00 31.4 10.2