The first sight we went to on Tuesday of this week was called Old Dan Bank. This site consisted of both seagrasses and coral habitats. Old Dan Bank had a low relief with a sand/rubble matrix. Also, the current wasn't that strong and the visibility was around 15-20ft. The seagrasses included Thalassia as well as some marine algae such as Penicillus and Halimedia. There was also quite a few corals some of them were Cladocora arbuscula, Siderastrea radians, Solenastrea bournoni, and more. Some of the fish species at this site included the lizardfish, sergeant majors, burr fish, spotted drum, etc. Others that were sited at this spot were starfish, sea urchins, and spiny lobsters. I think the most interesting thing about this site is that none of the corals were really attached and they all seemed to be really small in comparison to other places we visited this week. Here are some pictures from Tuesday:
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| Spiny Lobster |
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| Starfish |
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| Fishes |
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| Urchin |
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| Hermit crab ft. Dr. Voss |
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