Abalone Cove, Palos Verdes, Los Angeles Co., California

Spring, 2003 (March 14)

Arrival at low tide	View to the west	Beach exposed
Red tide (brownish water)	Boulder field	Anthopleura_elegantissima
Urchin pools	Dense urchins	Exposed mussel bed
Wave action	Exposed headland	Surge
Deidre (in booties)	Kellet's whelk (Kelletia kelleti)	Another Kellet's whelk
Kellet's whelk and anemone	Class in tidepool	Dina looking for trouble
Found splash zone	Intertidal shower not advised	Still smiling
Hybrid (?) in middle - aboral [probably not hybrid]	Hybrid (?) in middle - oral [probably not hybrid]	Hybrid (?) purple/red urchin [probably not hybrid]
Chiton/scaleworm/bryozoan	Calyptraeid snail and brood	Pisaster_giganteus juvenile
Nudibranch (?) egg case	Brittle star (to be identified)	Brittle stars (to be identified)
Lepidozona pectinulata (large)	Lepidozona pectinulata (medium)	Lysmata californica
Uplifted shale (?)	Anthopleura elegantissima	Fieldtrip winding down
Cyanoplax keepiana	C. keepiana is variable in color	C. keepiana (about 12 mm)
Leaving Abalone Cove	View with lupiens in bloom	Palms in silhouette

Spring, 2002 (February 8)

Arrival at Abalone Cove	Boulderfield	Brittlestar
Class Exposed	Recording Field Observations	Friends
Surge Channels	Uplifted Terrace	Leaving Abalone Cove

View images from Fall, 2003 Invertebrate Zoology (Biol. 461) trip to Abalone Cove

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