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Mearns Rock Quadrats

High resolution photos of a section of Mearns Rock, for use in the project, "Graphing Changes in Marine Life Abundance."

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Mearns Rock Quad 1991

Although this photo is unclear, we can see more mature, gold-brown Fucus and dark-colored juvenile mussels in this photo. Some of the small, very light, circular patches may be barnacles.

(07.01.91, Snug Harbor, Knight Island, Alaska)

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Graphing Changes in Marine Life Abundance Try your hand at some marine biology! Follow these steps, designed for middle and high school students, to make a study of the marine life occupying a section, or quadrat, of Mearns Rock.

Observing Marine Life Abundance As you look through these photos, consider the intense competition for space that exists among marine life forms in the intertidal region.