{"id":5827,"date":"2012-06-28T21:02:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T05:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=5827"},"modified":"2021-01-01T20:16:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T04:16:03","slug":"5827","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2012\/06\/28\/5827\/","title":{"rendered":"That’s Not a Seashell!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Michelle Marraffini<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Invertebrate Zoology and Molecular Ecology<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Massive dock from Japan that washed ashore in Oregon. Photo by Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 66 feet long, 19 feet wide, and 7 feet tall, the massive dock that washed ashore on Oregon's Agate Beach is larger then anything I have ever found on the beach.\u00a0 \u00a0This dock is one of the first large pieces of debris to make it across the Pacific ocean from Japan after the earthquake and tsunami in March of 2011.\u00a0\u00a0 According to news reports, the debris came from the northern Japanese city of Misawa, arrived almost nine months earlier than officials originally thought.<\/p>\n

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Hitchhikers from Japan made it alive and well despite the almost 5000 mile journey.
Photo by Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But this dock did not arrive alone.\u00a0\u00a0 Many organisms hitched a ride on this dock for the almost 5,000 mile journey across the ocean.\u00a0\u00a0 Floating docks and other harbor structures provide habitat for many invertebrates and algae.\u00a0\u00a0 The movement of these organisms to the Pacific Northwest, many of which are not native to this coast, may pose a threat to the diversity of native species that live there.\u00a0\u00a0 To prevent these possible problems, scientists and managers took samples of organisms that arrived on the dock then scrapped the remaining organisms, buried them deep in the sand up the beach, and then used blow torches to dock to remove all remnants and reproductive material of the organisms.<\/p>\n

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