Current observations were obtained at three locations forming
a cross section along 70°34'W longitude in Long Island Sound. Fifteen
days of data were selected from each series so that nearly
simultaneous observations were used in the analysis.
Elementary statistics were computed for the data prior to
performing a least squares...
The specific activity of ⁶⁵Zn (nanocuries ⁶⁵Zn/g total Zn)
was determined in various organs of the common coastal mussel,
Mytilus californianus Conrad, collected from six locations along
the Pacific Coast. These organs included the gills, mantle, foot,
reproductive organs, adductor muscle, and viscera. After ashing
and dissolving with nitric acid...
Phosphate, silicate and nitrate concentrations in the sea off
the coast of Oregon were determined to study their seasonal distribution
patterns. The water samples were collected monthly along the
east-west hydrographic line off Newport, Oregon, from the shore to
165 miles (310 km) offshore. The samples were analyzed by both...
The sea as a dynamic conducting medium interacts continually
with the earth' s magnetic field. The physical principles underlying
this interaction are reviewed. These results are applied to the
particular problem of towed electrodes at the sea surface. Data
using this method are then shown to be sensitive to stability...
Plankton samples for this present study were collected from an
area off the southern Oregon coast, extending westward to about 83
kilometers offshore. Over this sampling area, 41 species of adult
copepods were identified, including representatives of 26 genera and
17 families. The total abundance averaged 550/m³.
Population densities of...
Data from the Surveyor 1968 Spring cruise were used to study
the vertical distribution of salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen,
apparent oxygen utilization, pH, alkalinity, specific alkalinity and
percent saturation of calcite in two sections, one along 162°W from
35°N to 45°N and the other along 180°W from 35°N to 50°N....
Nitrate reductase is known to be the enzyme regulating the
reduction of nitrate to nitrite in plants. This reduction is the first
and rate-limiting step in the transformation of inorganic nitrate to
a cellular nitrogen form. Since this reduction process is essential
to phytoplankton growth when nitrate is the only...
The continental margin off southern Oregon, which includes the
shelf and slope from Cape Blanco to the Oregon-California border,
exhibits a distinctive marginal-plateau structural pattern which divides
the margin into the continental shelf, the upper continental slope and
its associated benches, and the lower continental slope. Lutum transport
and deposition...
Measurements of the fluctuations of humidity, temperature
and velocity were made in the marine boundary layer. The humidity
fluctuations were measured with a Lyman-alpha humidiometer.
Temperature fluctuations were measured with a dry thermocouple
and a platinum resistance thermometer. Velocity fluctuations were
measured with a three component sonic anemometer. These measurements...
The nature and magnitude of experimental errors due to ⁶⁵Zn
adsorption by inorganic surfaces was examined in a laboratory system
designed to measure ⁶⁵Zn uptake by marine phytoplankton. In the pH
range, 6.3±.1 to 7.5±.1, a precipitate formed in the algal nutrient
medium selected for the system. To this seawater-base...
Of the common adult lanternfishes found off Oregon, two
species have fat-invested swimbladders (Stenobrachius
leucopsarus Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 and Stenobrachius
nannochir Gilbert 1891), two species have reduced swimbladders
(Lampanyctus ritteri Gilbert 1915 and Lampanyctus galis
Gilbert 1891), two species have gas-filled swimbladders
((Protomyctophum thomp soni (Chapman 1944)) and (Protomyctophum...
Moored instrument records, drogue displacements, and hydrographic
observations are used in describing the coastal currents and
upwelling off Peru. The data were obtained over the continental shelf
near 15°S. during a two week study in late March and early April of
1969.
First order statistics and graphical representations of current...
The effectiveness of the passive anti-roll tank system aboard
the R/V YAQUINA was determined. Measurements of ship roll,
effective waveslope and tank water transfer were analyzed using a
systems analysis technique. Time series of the inputs and outputs of
the ship/tank system and of the tank itself were processed using...
Illite, chlorite, montmorillonite and kaolinite, as well as
natural marine sediments and mixtures of the standards were subjected
to density separation by centrifugation in a linear heavy-liquid
gradient.
The density layers yielded by centrifugation were recovered
and analyzed by X-ray diffraction. Separates were not monomineralic
but rather were polymineralic usually...
Allocentrotus fragilis (Jackson) was obtained from six stations
at depths of 100 to 1260 m on the continental shelf and upper slope off
Newport, Oregon.
Ages and growth rates of A. fragilis were determined by two
methods: 1) A procedure was developed to make growth zones of the
skeletal test...
The feeding habits of the lanternfishes Tarletonbeania crenularis, Diaphus theta and Stenobrachius leucopsarus were studied by analyzing 1,735 stomachs from 54 collections from the slope waters off Newport, Oregon. Forty-one taxa of food items were identified. Euphausiids
(Euphausia pacifica), copepods (Calanus spp. and Metridia lucens) and amphipods (Parathemisto pacifica) were...
The progress report that follows includes research results ranging from unproved ideas to scientific papers published during the tenure of this contract, The end of the contract year finds several facets of our work in various states of preparation, therefore the reader is cautioned that all except the published papers...
Dai 1 y temperature and sa 1 in i ty conditions measured in the surf at Agate Beach, Oregon, are given and summarized by 15 day periods, with the range, mean and standard deviation of each period indicated. Conditions in 1970 are briefly compared to those observed in 1968 and...
A summary of moored instrument measurements over the continental
shelf of Peru is presented. Measurements of variables were made in an
upwelling zone between Pisco and San Juan, from 28 March to 9 April, 1969.
Time series of temperature and horizontal current and wind velocities were
obtained at several depths...
A summary of the first year of the THEMIS observation program is presented. The observations were made from November, 1968 to November, 1969. The primary measurements were time series of current velocity with supplementary data of wind velocity. The emphasis is on the methods of observation and the procedures used...
Salinity, temperature, oxygen, phosphate, and nitrate observations were taken by Oregon State University on 16 hydrographic cruises in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean during 1969. Alkalinity , pH and silicate were taken on special occasions. Nine cruises were taken along the Newport line. The rest were special cruises made off Depoe...
A summary of one phase of a direct observational program conducted
in the coastal region off Oregon is presented. The measurements
were made primarily on the continental shelf during most of the coastal
upwelling season (May and June 1967; April through September 1968).
The principal measurements were time series of...
Daily temperature and salinity conditions measured in the surf at Agate Beach, Oregon are summarized by 15 day periods for 1968 and 1969. For each period the number of observations, the high, the low, the mean and the standard deviation of the temperature and salinity measurements are tabulated and figured....