On day one of this past week we encountered freshwater for the first time during this trip on our scenic St. Johns River cruise (caution: sitting up front on a flat bottom boat is not recommended-lesson learned).
It was interesting to see the differences in water conditions and organisms as we moved from fresh to more saline water and the amount of impact humans have on the river system.
Day two we saw the functionality of a sand dune as protection and habitat at GTM and got to see what a natural inlet looks like compared to an inlet with jetties (see Paige's post below).
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| Dunes at GTMNERR |
On day three we staked out the GTMNERR for a 24 hour sampling above and below the weir using water quality sondes and seine nets all while observing the changing tide.
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| Award-winning seine team |
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| Forget the sunset, look at all that beautiful foam on the water's surface created by water and air mixing at the weir |
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