A thick blanket of plankton shrouds our waters for much of the year, blinding us to the beautiful seascapes around us. Only when the plankton blooms clear may we catch a glimpse of this entirely different world.
Pacific sea nettle, chrysaora fuscescens
Puget Sound king crab, Lopholithodes mandtii
Pacific herring, Clupea palasii
Tiger rockfish, Sebastes nigrocinctus
Giant pacific octopus, Enteroctopus doflenii
Northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta
Red rock crab, Cancer productus
Pacific herring, Clupea palasii
Kelp greenling, Hexagrammos decagrammus
Pacific sea nettle, chrysaora fuscescens
Pacific sand lance, Ammodytes hexapterus
Fish-eating anemone, Urticina piscivora
Ochre star, pisaster ochraceus
Eccentric sand dollar, Dentraster eccentricus
Moon jelly, Aurelia labiata
California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Giant dendronotus, Dendronotus iris
Hooded nudibranch, Melibe leonina
Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister
Pacific sea nettle, chrysaora fuscescens