Fred Howard Park

      Fred Howard Park was very neat to learn about for me since in high school it's purpose served as a place to skip school I had never really thought about it from this perspective.

      One of the first things we learned about was the different types of sea grass. It never occurred to me that grass would grow differently depending on how it was effected by the energy of the ocean.

We learned about all the different types of Reefs...

• Hardbottom: Found close to shore, has low species diversity, dominated by soft coral and sponges.
• Patch Reefs: Located in Shallow Water, Surrounded by a halo of sand that extends out to seagrass beds. Dominated by Hard Coral, Brain Coral etc
• Bank: Further Seaward from Patch Reefs, highest diversity, characterized by spur and groove formation.

I also thought it was neat to learn how sand dunes were formed by a combination of plants and wind and learned the reason the finer sand is at the top of the beach is because it's blown their by the wind and the heavier sand is down at the bottom.

All in all great trip, looking forward to the next one.