by Mike A

Green

6/17/08

1. We are going to go to odiorne point to do some tidepooling

2. The first tidal zone is the black zone. In the black zone there is cyanobacteria this is a dark dark green color which makes it look black. The second is the white zone the rocks are still black but they are dotted with white barnicles. The third zone is the brown zone, in the brown zone there is two different types of algae, the first is rockweed and the seccond is knotted rockweed. Cover the rocks. the way to determine which one is which is the rockweed has a rounded top and the knotted rockweed which has a pointy top. The fourth zone is the red zone which has irish moss. Irish moss is used for icecream, pudding, and toothpaste.