Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring at Seahurst Park 2010: Year 5 Post-Restoration of South Seawall Removal and Baseline for North Seawall Removal

Abstract

This report describes monitoring of benthic invertebrates at Seahurst Park, located on Puget Sound in the City of Burien. A seawall on the south side of the park was removed in February 2005 and the intertidal beach restored. There is also a planned seawall removal scheduled to happen in 2011/12 on the north side of the park with similar restoration of the intertidal beach. Sampling at the south restored site and an adjacent reference beach has occurred pre-restoration in 2004, post-restoration in 2006, 2008, and now five years after restoration in 2010. Sampling at the north section in 2010 will serve as a baseline for future restoration and as a comparison to the south sites.