Attempts were made to study the effect of parathion and DDT
on the postnatal development of mice. Parathion, DDT or corn oil
(control) was administered to gravid mice during the first, second,
and third trimesters of pregnancy. Thus, nine groups of offspring
were obtained. Four different techniques, Audiogenic Seizure,
Conditioned...
The 13 species of shrimps studied for this thesis were collected
off the Oregon coast. The family Oplophoridae is well represented
in this area. Five of the seven known genera were identified.
Hymenodora frontalis, H. glacialis, and H. gracilis were described
and further differentiating characters were illustrated. Other members
of...
The principal salinity extrema and extremum surfaces of the
world ocean are described by the analysis and plotting of data from
885 hydrographic stations in the three major oceans, the Southern
Ocean, and the American Mediterranean Sea. The distributions of
salinity, temperature, depth, and density along the extremum surfaces,
plotted...