Wednesday, March 19, 2008

A Long and Winding River

The Ashepoo River is the longest black water river in the US. Over the past two weeks Kirk's team surveyed for blue crabs over more than 48 miles from St. Helena Sound to Horseshoe Creek. Neither wind, nor faulty wiring could prevent the team from completing the survey.

Building modified crab pots behind the McKinzie Field Station at Bennet's Point, SC.

Aligators appear on the banks of the Ashepoo at a salinity where the blue crabs begin to disappear.

Looking forward to our next visit to the ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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