Hi all,
Not much has changed on the Neuse. It’s still much fresher than normal. There is a small bolus of high salinity bottom water at station 160, but that’s likely intruding from the intercoastal waterway. High chlorophyll (~30 ug/L) and turbidity occurred near the surface at station 100, and microscopy identified high concentrations of the diatom Aulacoseira sp., and a high concentrations of several cryptophyte species. These phytoplankton are non-toxic and considered “good” phytoplankton that tend to contribute energy to higher trophic levels.
Best regards,
Nathan Hall
