BIS1 / Scattered boulders and cobbles at the beginning of the drift track changing to undulating sand with small burrows near the end. Starfish, hydrozoans, cancer crabs, flounder, sponges, and scattered shells and shell debris are present. |
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BIS2 / Flat to undulating muddy sand with dense fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small burrows. Hydrozoans, sponges, starfish, cancer crabs, small finfish, and flounder are present. |
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BIS3 / Flat to undulating to faintly rippled sand with locally dense fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small burrows. Hydrozoans, scattered shells, starfish, cancer crabs, small finfish, skate, and flounder are present. |
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BIS4 / Flat to undulating sand with scattered fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small burrows. Burrowing anemones and starfish are present. |
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BIS5 / Flat to undulating sand with scattered small burrows and patches of worm and amphipod tubes. Hydrozoans, hermit crabs, starfish, and shells are present. |
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BIS6 / Clean current-rippled sand with shell debris concentrated in the ripple troughs. Hydrozoans, hermit crabs, starfish, and skate are present. |
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BIS7 / Current-rippled sand in a scour depression. Some shell debris and small burrows concentrated in the ripple troughs. Hermit crabs and moon snails are present. |
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BIS8 / Boulders and cobbles overgrown with hydrozoans, anemones, and erect sponges at the beginning of the drift track changing to rippled sand with shell debris and some burrows and pea gravel concentrated in the ripple troughs. Skate, moon snails, and hermit crabs are present. |
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BIS9 / Current-rippled sand with burrows, fine-sand tubes (primarily worm), and some shell debris concentrated in the ripple troughs. Starfish, skate, and moon snails are present. |
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BIS10 / Current-rippled clean sand on sand waves separated by scattered patches of boulders overgrown with hydrozoans, anemones, and erect sponges. Starfish and skate are present. |
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BIS11 / Undulating bioturbated sand with fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small and large burrows. Skate, starfish, flounder, and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS12 / Cobbles and a few boulders overgrown with hydrozoans, anemones, and erect and encrusting sponges, and separated by patches of pebble gravel and rippled sand. Small burrows, flounder, small finfish, and starfish are present. |
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BIS13 / Faintly rippled to flat sand with patches of abundant shells and shell debris. Hydrozoans, cancer crabs, finfish, tubes, and small burrows are present. |
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BIS14 / Undulating bioturbated sand with fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small burrows. Skate, starfish, sponges, scattered shells and shell debris, and cancer crabs are present. Line from a lobster pot string is visible in video. |
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BIS15 / Undulating, bioturbated, muddy sand with fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small and large burrows. Starfish, flounder, hydrozoans, and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS16 / Undulating bioturbated sand with fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small and large burrows. Skate, starfish, traces of shell debris, and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS17 / Faintly rippled to flat sand with fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small burrows. Hydrozoans, cancer crabs, skate, scattered shells, and starfish are present. |
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BIS18 / Cobbles separated by patches of pebble gravel, pea gravel, and sand with the sea floor becoming sandier along the drift transect. Cobbles are overgrown with hydrozoans and hydroids. Spider and cancer crabs, starfish, and finfish are present. |
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BIS19 / Flat to undulating bioturbated sand with small burrows and some fine-sand tubes (primarily worm). Hydrozoans, snails, shells and shell debris, and hermit crabs are present. Live quahog recovered in grab. |
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BIS20 / Flat to undulating bioturbated sand with small and large burrows, some fine-sand tubes (primarily worm), and shelly patches. Skate, flounder, sea urchins and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS21 / Undulating bioturbated sand with small and large burrows, some fine-sand tubes (primarily worm), and shelly patches. Hydrozoans, moon snail casings, and cancer and hermit crabs are present. |
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BIS22 / Undulating to faintly rippled bioturbated sand with small and large burrows, some fine-sand tubes (primarily worm), and shelly patches. Hydrozoans, sea urchins, and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS23 / Undulating, bioturbated sand with fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small and large burrows. Starfish, hydrozoans, and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS24 / Flat to undulating, bioturbated sand with fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small and large burrows. Animal tracks and spider, cancer, and hermit crabs are present. |
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BIS25 / Boulders and cobbles overgrown with hydrozoans, hydroids, and encrusting and erect sponges separated by patches of pebble and pea gravel. Finfish and starfish are present. |
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BIS26 / Undulating bioturbated sand with worm and amphipod tubes and small burrows. Cancer crabs and a few scattered shells are present. |
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BIS27 / Flat to undulating, bioturbated sand with fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small and large burrows. Animal tracks and spider and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS28 / Flat to undulating, bioturbated sand with small and large burrows, some fine-sand tubes (primarily worm), and shelly patches. Hydrozoans, animal tracks, starfish, moon snails, flounder, and spider and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS29 / Undulating to hummocky bioturbated muddy sand with locally dense fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small and large burrows. Starfish, traces of shell debris, and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS30 / Undulating sand with worm and amphipod tubes, small and large burrows, starfish, and snails. |
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BIS31 / Undulating to hummocky bioturbated muddy sand with locally dense fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small and large burrows. Starfish, shrimp, flounder, skate, and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS32 / Undulating bioturbated sand with dense fine-sand tubes (primarily worm), small and large burrows, starfish, drifting seaweed, and skate. |
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BIS33 / Undulating bioturbated sand with dense patches of fine-sand tubes (primarily worm). Small and large burrows, cancer crabs, numerous starfish, skate, and scattered shells are present. |
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BIS34 / Current-rippled clean sand on sand waves. Starfish, cancer crabs, and skate are present. |
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BIS35 / Boulders and cobbles overgrown with hydrozoans, anemones, and encrusting and erect sponges separated by patches of pebble gravel and rippled sand with shell debris in the troughs. Skate and starfish are present. |
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BIS36 / Rippled sand in the trough of a large sand wave. Scattered but dense patches of fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and small and large burrows; skate, starfish, and moon snails are present. |
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BIS37 / Clean, current-rippled sand near the crest of a large sand wave. A few starfish and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS38 / Boulders and cobbles overgrown with sponges and red algae and seaweed separated by patches of pebble gravel and rippled gravelly sand with shell debris in the troughs. Finfish and starfish are present. |
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BIS39 / Undulating bioturbated muddy sand. Dense fine-sand tubes (primarily worm), small and large burrows, starfish, cancer crabs, and drifting seaweed are present. |
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BIS40 / Pebble gravel with scattered boulders and cobbles. Green and red seaweed, encrusting sponges, and numerous white starfish are present. |
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BIS41 / Megaripples with sandy crests and gravelly troughs at the start of drift track; faintly rippled sand with scattered burrows and patches of fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) toward the end of the station. Moon snails and cancer crabs are present. |
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BIS42 / Boulders and cobbles overgrown with kelp, red seaweed, and encrusting sponges, separated by current-rippled gravelly sand and sand with shell debris in the troughs. Finfish and moon snail casings are present. |
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BIS43 / Undulating, bioturbated muddy sand with dense fine-sand tubes (primarily worm) and scattered large and small burrows. Cancer crabs and a few shells are present. |
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