Last weekend I poked around the Sutherland research docks at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort. I was surprised at how different the fouling community assemblage is here compared to back on the West Coast. The research dock boasted some botryllids, bugula, and a lot of filamentous algae. The water was very murky and the surface was dotted with mats of dead reeds and other debris. I’m curious what’s recruiting out here this summer.