Strawberry Island Research Projects:
Clayoquot Mudflats

Overview

This study compliments the Grice Bay work. It involves sampling eight mudflats in Clayoquot Sound. .

Methods

The collection method and tide level will be the same as the work being done in Grice Bay. Eight mudflats in the sound will be sampled. Back at Strawberry Isle the field notes will be entered into a data base then printed out as a report for distribution as described in the introduction.

This work is carried out with a boat driver, diver and deck hand aboard the 8-metre vessel "Punt." The diver and boat tender are SIRS staff while the deck hand is a volunteer.

This study is a supplement to the Grice Bay project. The object is to try to find out what is unique about Grice Bay as a feeding ground for the Gray Whales.