Spaghetti Pile

spaghetti pile
Type:
artificial reef, steel communications cable
Sunk:
2000 - 2005 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°14.150' -74°13.100'
GPS:
39°14.038' -74°13.150'

Most of the material is heavy 3" diameter armored trans-Atlantic telephone cable; some is lighter 3/4 " cable. Each site contains over 100 miles. The heavy cable eventually sinks into the bottom but makes excellent fish habitat until it does. Such cable has also been used with great success in Maryland but has been effectively outlawed in New Jersey by Clean Ocean Action.

Fish swarm over tangles of heavy cable
Fish swarm over tangles of heavy cable
Fish swarm over tangles of heavy cable
A blackfish shelters in a knot of cable
A blackfish shelters in a knot of cable
Diver swims over recently-deposited thin cable
A diver swims over recently-deposited thin cable, 5/31/05

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Gammarus

Amphipod crustaceans typically range in size from 2 to 50 mm, although a few may be larger. Amphipods are common in aquatic ecosystems throughout many parts of the world, inhabiting marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. A few species are also terrestrial. Amphipod means "different foot", a reference to the varied legs that are evident in the illustrations, as opposed to isopods.

The order Amphipoda, which contains nearly 7,000 described species, is divided into three suborders: Gammaridea, Caprellidea, and Hyperiidea. Gammaridea, with more than 5500 described species, is not only the largest amphipod suborder but also contains all of the freshwater and subterranean taxa. Approximately 21 superfamily groups, 95 families and more than 1000 genera are recognized within this suborder.

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