The results of a preliminary experiment suggested that a complexed
form of cobalt was more efficacious in promoting growth of a
marine phytoplankton than ionic cobalt. The phytoplankton used in this
experiment was Coccolithus huxleyi, a vitamin B₁₂ producer, and the
cobalt complex was cobalt (II)- ethylenediaminetetracetic acid [Co(II)-
EDTA]....
Specimens of Citharichthys stigmaeus, the speckled sanddab,
were taken from Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon and exposed for
eight days to dissolved measured concentrations ranging from 2.9
μg/l to 190 μg/1 of the polychlorinated biphenyl, Aroclor® 1260.
Oxygen consumption was measured to determine any change from
routine levels of respiration. This...
Mysids were sampled seasonally from the intertidal
zone of the beach to a depth of 61 m offshore along the
mid-Oregon coast. The seven mysid species collected
occurred in characteristic bathymetric zones, with members
of different genera occupying overlapping zones
while members of the same genus occupied largely different
zones....
The behavior of the shore crab Hemigrapsus oregonensis was assessed
with and without exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (Aroclor 1260).
After describing the crab's behavioral repertoire, activity budgets were
developed from observations of the time crabs spent in 20 categories of
shelter use, posture, and activity while held in habitat replicas...
The benthic amphipod Corophium salmonis was sampled seasonally from two sites (Desdemona Sands and Grays Bay) in the Columbia River estuary. Populations of C. salmonis at both sites were found to have a two generation per year life cycle, a spring generation and a fall generation. The spring generation juveniles...
