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The trip to Cortes Bank,
Santa Barbara Island, & San Clemente Island
aboard the Horizon
March 6-9, 2008

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The evening briefing & the ride home
John Overmyer
John Overmyer		 Captain Greg Grivetto & Captain Chris Thompson
Captain Greg Grivetto
& Captain Chris Thompson 		Captain Chris Thompson
Captain Chris Thompson 		Captain Chris Thompson
Captain Chris Thompson
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diver		 IMG_2417xlr.jpg
divers		 Chef Mark Grindley
Chef Mark Grindley		 DM Martin Graf
DM Martin Graf
DM Marcus Gee
DM Marcus Gee		 IMG_2433clr.jpg
divers		 Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)
Grampus griseus
(Risso's dolphin)		 P3092828f10lr.jpg
divers

San Clemente Island : March 9, 2008
Megathura crenulata (Giant Keyhole Limpet)
Megathura crenulata
(Giant Keyhole Limpet)		 Parazoanthus lucificum (Zoanthid Anemones) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)
Parazoanthus lucificum (Zoanthid Anemones) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)		 Parazoanthus lucificum (Zoanthid Anemones) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)
A closeup of the Parazoanthus lucificum (Zoanthid Anemones) on a Muricea californica (California Golden Gorgonian)		 Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)
Panulirus interruptus
(California Spiny Lobster)
Megathura crenulata (Giant Keyhole Limpet)
Megathura crenulata
(Giant Keyhole Limpet)		 Disporella sp. (Purple Bryozoan)
Disporella sp.
(Purple Bryozoan)		 Megathura crenulata (Giant Keyhole Limpet)
Megathura crenulata
(Giant Keyhole Limpet)		 Alloclinus holderi (Island Kelpfish)
Alloclinus holderi
(Island Kelpfish)
Alloclinus holderi (Island Kelpfish)
Alloclinus holderi
(Island Kelpfish)		 Alloclinus holderi (Island Kelpfish)
Alloclinus holderi
(Island Kelpfish)		 Alloclinus holderi (Island Kelpfish)
Alloclinus holderi
(Island Kelpfish)		 Alloclinus holderi (Island Kelpfish)
Alloclinus holderi
(Island Kelpfish)
Astrometis sertulifera (Fragile Rainbow Star)
Astrometis sertulifera
(Fragile Rainbow Star)		 Astrometis sertulifera (Fragile Rainbow Star)
A closeup of a
Astrometis sertulifera
(Fragile Rainbow Star)		 Astrometis sertulifera (Fragile Rainbow Star)
A closeup of a
Astrometis sertulifera
(Fragile Rainbow Star)		 The end of an arm of a Astrometis sertulifera (Fragile Rainbow Star)
The end of an arm of a
Astrometis sertulifera
(Fragile Rainbow Star)
Astrometis sertulifera (Fragile Rainbow Star)
A closeup of a
Astrometis sertulifera
(Fragile Rainbow Star)		 Small anenomes on a Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)
Small anenomes on a Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)		 A small anenomes on a Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)
A small anenomes on a Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)		 Small anenomes on a Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)
Small anenomes on a Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)
Ptilota or Neoptilota
Ptilota or Neoptilota		 A Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star) on a Haliotis fulgens (Green abalone) between two Haliotis corrugata (Pink Abalone)
A Pisaster giganteus (Giant Spined Star) on a Haliotis fulgens (Green abalone) between two Haliotis corrugata (Pink Abalone)		 Haliotis fulgens (Green abalone) & Haliotis corrugata (Pink Abalone)
Haliotis fulgens (Green abalone)
& Haliotis corrugata (Pink Abalone)		 A Haliotis fulgens (Green abalone) between two Haliotis corrugata (Pink Abalone)
A Haliotis fulgens (Green abalone) between two Haliotis corrugata (Pink Abalone)
Haliotis fulgens (Green abalone)
Haliotis fulgens
(Green abalone)		 Haliotis fulgens (Green abalone)
Haliotis fulgens
(Green abalone)		 P3093263f3lr.jpg
Aplysina fistularis
(Sulpher Sponge)		 Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)
Aplysina fistularis
(Sulpher Sponge)
Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)
Aplysina fistularis
(Sulpher Sponge)		 Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)
Aplysina fistularis
(Sulpher Sponge)		 Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)
Aplysina fistularis
(Sulpher Sponge)		 A small Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge) & Phidolopora labiata (Lacy Bryozoan)
A small Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge) & Phidolopora labiata (Lacy Bryozoan)
A small Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge) & Phidolopora labiata (Lacy Bryozoan)
A small Spheciospongia confoederata (Gray Moon Sponge) & Phidolopora labiata (Lacy Bryozoan) 		Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta (Cobalt Sponge)
Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta
(Cobalt Sponge)		 Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)
Panulirus interruptus
(California Spiny Lobster)		 Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate), two small spoges possibly Leucilla nuttingi, & Phidolopora labiata (Lacy Bryozoan)
Didemnum carnulentum (Colonial Tunicate), two small spoges possibly Leucilla nuttingi, & Phidolopora labiata (Lacy Bryozoan)
Phidolopora labiata (Lacy Bryozoan)
Phidolopora labiata
(Lacy Bryozoan)		 Two Tylodina fungina on Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)
Two Tylodina fungina on
Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)		 Paracyathus stearnsi (Solitary Brown Cup Coral)
Paracyathus stearnsi
(Solitary Brown Cup Coral)		 Aplysina fistularis (Sulpher Sponge)
Aplysina fistularis
(Sulpher Sponge)

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