Low intertidal communities of Oregon and Panama have many predator
and herbivore species. This diversity of consumers is important to the
organization of both communities because of qualitative differences
among the consumer species in their ability to circumvent specific prey
defenses. In Oregon, the red alga Iridaea cordata is protected...
Craneflies of the genus Lipsothrix inhabit decomposing wood in
streams. The life cycles and ecological relationships of L. nigrilinea
(Doane) and L. fenderi Alexander were investigated to determine how they
exploit and respond to the wood habitat and their role in degradation of
woody debris in western Oregon. Surveys of...