Fresh Salt Water
Common name: sea water of the Atlantic Ocean
Scientific name: Saltus waterous.....just kidding
Locations: Cobscook Bay (Pembroke, ME.), Passamaquoddy Bay (Eastport, ME.)
Seasonality: billions of gallons available all year
Colors: crystal-clear, bright, and blue!
Size: 1, 5 gallon
Collected: scooping motion or dipping
Quantity: by the gallon
Common name: sea water of the Atlantic Ocean
Scientific name: Saltus waterous.....just kidding
Locations: Cobscook Bay (Pembroke, ME.), Passamaquoddy Bay (Eastport, ME.)
Seasonality: billions of gallons available all year
Colors: crystal-clear, bright, and blue!
Size: 1, 5 gallon
Collected: scooping motion or dipping
Quantity: by the gallon
Common name: sea water of the Atlantic Ocean
Scientific name: Saltus waterous.....just kidding
Locations: Cobscook Bay (Pembroke, ME.), Passamaquoddy Bay (Eastport, ME.)
Seasonality: billions of gallons available all year
Colors: crystal-clear, bright, and blue!
Size: 1, 5 gallon
Collected: scooping motion or dipping
Quantity: by the gallon
Bright blue Atlantic seawater.
Reversing Falls, Cobscook Bay, Pembroke ME. Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) covers the rocks in the foreground.
Tidepool Tim says, “I would dare say that here in our part of Maine we have some of the cleanest, clearest, sea-water anywhere in the world. There are so few humans in this part of the state, we have little to no factories, few parking lots, sewer systems, or run-off. Pair that up with the flushing action of our extreme 20' tidal range and you can witness the churning, boiling, waters that ebb and flow in and out of the North Atlantic into our local bays each and every day.
The old sow whirlpool is less than 3 miles from our offices. It's the largest whirlpool in the western hemisphere and it really mixes up the nutrients into the water column - no thermoclines here! Comes complete with a variety of planktonic organisms. Use this water to fill your aquarium, for lab experiments, or touch tanks.”
Reversing Falls, Cobscook Bay, Pembroke ME.
