Waiting for the tide to go out

One of the group projects we do every year as part of the Marine Ecology class is a comparison of species diversity and abundance based on surveys at Quoddy Head, Maine, and East Point, Massachusetts. We did the East Point, Nahant, surveys this past week. It took longer than we thought for the tide to fall enough for the surveys, so students enjoyed the sunny morning on the rocks at Cunner Ledge.


We surveyed at two sites around East Point, Cunner Ledge (relatively wave-exposed) and Canoe Beach Cove (wave-protected). Between surveys, there was time for an epic photo.


Then, it was on to Canoe Beach Cove to finish the surveys.