Expeditions with Patrick McMillan: Port Royal Sound

Expeditions with Patrick McMillan: Port Royal Sound - A Hotspot of Coastal Diversity
Air Date: March 29, 2009

Though they may appear monotonous, all salt marshes are not the same, Port Royal Sound is unique. Every May, vast swarms of horseshoe crabs crawl onto the shore to lay millions of eggs and these eggs are vitally important food for an impressive array of shorebirds, some of which are in the middle of a 10,000 mile one-way trip from their wintering grounds. This is only one of the interconnections that make this region so critical to the ecological health of our coast. What conditions exist here that allows a vast array of sharks, monster gamefish like Cobia, and other animals that normally exist in the open ocean to move miles inland? Join Patrick as he explores the beaches, waterways and marsh to uncover a hotspot of biological diversity on a Port Royal Sound Adventure.
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