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Discovering Seattle’s Urban Nudibranchs: A Hidden Marine Wonderland
Seattle isn’t just about coffee, grunge, and the Space Needle; its waterways host a hidden treasure trove of biodiversity, including some...
Luan Roberts
Dec 9, 20243 min read
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The Shifting Balance of Duxbury Reef
This past few summers, I've spent countless hours exploring Duxbury Reef , one of California’s most dynamic intertidal zones. The reef’s...
Luan Roberts
Dec 9, 20243 min read
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The Day of the Red Dendronotus
Sometimes, dock fouling delivers more than just the salty promise of discovery—it delivers pure magic. November 29, 2024, was one of...
Luan Roberts
Dec 5, 20242 min read
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The Mystery of the Dorid Eggs
By the time we reached Port Townsend, my friend Stevie was picking up the rhythm of the day - scan the dock, focus eyes on likely...
Luan Roberts
May 16, 20212 min read
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Rise of the Aeolids
In all of my identification guides for marine animals of the Pacific Northwest there was a nudibranch labelled as a "common grey sea...
Luan Roberts
Feb 8, 20212 min read
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Dock Fouling at Bremerton Marina
A couple weeks back I decided to do another tour de foul, where I select multiple potential dock fouling locations to visit in a single...
Luan Roberts
Dec 6, 20203 min read
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Tour de Foul Whidbey: A Dock Fouling Adventure
My regular dock fouling locations, Eddie Vine and Edmonds Marina, had become a bit predictable. I hadn't seen anything new for a while. I...
Luan Roberts
Nov 26, 20203 min read
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Tongue Point Surprise Tide Pooling
For my long weekend stay in Port Angeles I had already accepted that I wouldn't get to do any tide pooling. The lowest tide for my stay was
Luan Roberts
Oct 1, 20202 min read
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Intro to Dock Fouling
Sad that the day time tide pooling season is over? Looking for alternate activities where you can see the same kinds of organisms regardless
Luan Roberts
Sep 14, 20202 min read
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