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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I was lucky enough to get out and sample 8 stations around the Fraser River plume yesterday, collecting samples from the surface and 10m. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">We sampled from 6AM to 3PM</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, in a clockwise</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> loop</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> from the north</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Generally speaking there seemed to be more</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">algae</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> in the surface samples than at 10m. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Most samples had a small amount of Heterosigma, but none had a lot. The</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> maximum cell count was ~190 cells/mL at the surface, somewhere towards the south end of the plume. I also saw quite a lot of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">non-skeletal Dictyocha, with some accompanying Dictyocha fibula, and a very little Dictyocha speculum. Maximum concentration of D</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ictyocha was ~135 cells/mL in the surface sample on the northwest side of the plume. This</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">consisted mostly of non-skeletal cells, and was the dominant species in this sample. Also of interest was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Alexandrium sp., at a maximum of ~50 cells/mL in a surface sample, again towards</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the southern side o</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">f the sampling area. I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t have the lat/longs for the sites, but we were mostly in the actual pl</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ume, which is of course far-reaching at this time of year, and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">we were</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">north of the border.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">So if any of you develop a good thick Heterosigma bloom this weekend, don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Blame Canada</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, as we don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t seem to have a lot up here</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> yet.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>
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