<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>East Sound of Orcas Island is experiencing a localized intense <i>Heterosigma</i> bloom at 30-28 PSU. Occurring with it are large accumulations of <i>Noctiluca</i> against the shore lines. Also, there are large numbers of dinoflagellates including <i>Dinophysis</i>, small <i>Gymnodinium</i>, <i>Protoperidinium</i>, <i>Alexandrium</i>, fewer <i>Gyrodinium</i>, and fewer <i>Oxhyrris.</i> The north end of East Sound contained fewer <i>Heterosigma</i>, few <i>Noctiluca</i>, or dinoflagellates, but was thick with an ameboid flagellated protozoan similar to <i>Cercomonas</i>. </div><div><br></div><div>For comparison, I've included first a photo of the waters just north of Orcas where a diluted Frasier River silt water mass on the right is meeting clearer waters on the left. Next is a photo of a bay on the south east side of East Sound where the <i>Noctiluca</i> is pushed up against the shore and the <i>Heterosigma</i> is thick from the mouth of the bay outward. The third photo is of Rosario, midway up East Sound, and again, <i>Noctiluca </i>is visible as a mass along the shore and docks, and <i>Heterosigma</i> dominates farther out from shore.</div><div><br></div><div>Liz Tobin and I observed no other obvious <i>Heterosigma</i> blooms around the San Juans in yesterday's flight. Also, the notable <i>Noctiluca</i> bloom covering the main basin of Puget Sound had subsided by this morning after yesterday's strong winds from the south.</div><div><br></div><div>Photos taken 29June2011 by Megan Black from ~1200 feet. Feel free to use them with acknowledgment.</div><div><img height="640" width="484" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:275B1AE6-F009-41C3-8201-0CAB88EA88C6@dhcp4.washington.edu"><img height="480" width="644" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:1FEFD2E4-6EE3-43A8-9E9B-DDA08F5A27E8@dhcp4.washington.edu"><img height="640" width="484" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:32901E07-1DA4-4DBD-9D75-4C5529715E13@dhcp4.washington.edu"></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Megan Black</span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px">Doctoral Candidate</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px">Department of Biology</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px">University of Washington</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px">Cattolico Laboratory</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px">42 Kincaid Hall</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px">Box 351800</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px">Seattle, WA 98195</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px">425-753-5679</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><i><a href="mailto:mmdblack@u.washington.edu">mmdblack@u.washington.edu</a></i></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><i><br></i></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><i><br></i></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div></body></html>