Yellow Island & Methylation
Mussel Methylation
1v1
Yellow Island
Plan of the Week: April 20 - April 26, 2026
High- level outline for the week. Adjusted daily to reflect progress of the day before
- This week is all about intertidal invertebrates, mussel methylation and pulling off the UW-RUA professional development programming series.
Monday - 1v1 & Yellow Surveys
Tuesday - Yellow Surveys
Wednesday - UW-RUA & Event Prep
Thursday - UW-RUA Events & Methylation
Friday - UW-RUA Professional Development Full Day
Saturday - Methylation
Sunday - Methylation
Plan of the Day
Granular level task list to accomplish the high- level goal outlined above
- My primary goals for today are as follows:
- Complete third round surveys during the low tide (MLLW @ 1341)
- Finish methylation results and put together notes on DML results
Projects Touched Today
- Yellow Island
- Mussel Methylation
Progress Notes
- Started the day going over the plan of attack, prepping my data sheets, and then meeting with Steven for our 1v1.
- Updated deliverables and plan for this week are in the agenda.
- I took some time to knock out UW-RUA tasks before getting ready to knock out some quadrats today.
- I completed 40 quadrats in the low and mid-tide. The jetty is hard! I thought I’d at least be able to hit 50 quadrats today, but that was not the case. So be it- 40 is a great number considering what it took.
- I completed post- survey QC and prepped for tomorrow before returning to some other work for the UW-RUA events this week.
Some of today’s fun finds… The purple pisasters are back in full effect and the leather limpets were a first for me (at least knowingly), and of course the obligatory lined chiton photo for the day!
Outcomes: Products & Word Count
- 40 quadrats of the low and mid- tide.
Today’s total: 0 words
Monthly total to date: 6683 words
Annual total to date: 39,356 words
Annual target total to date: 53,000 words
Next Up: Tomorrow’s Plan
- Wrap up on Yellow, get home and catch up with the happenings!