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Creator:: Thum, Alan Bradley
Abstract:: The distribution and abundance of the interstitial acoel turbellarian, Diatomovora amoena Kozloff, 1965 was studied in an estuarine intertidal sand flat in Yaquina Bay, Oregon, from May 1970 through May 1971. Monthly measurements of biological (organics, sulfides, chlorophyll, and carotenoids), pore water (salinity, pH,oxygen, and temperature), and sediment (fine sediment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Creator:: Polls, Irwin
Abstract:: Righting behavior was examined in the asteroids Henricia leviuscula and Leptasterias aequalis by repeating a standard laboratory righting trial with a large number of individuals of each species, and analyzing the observations made by statistical methods. Detailed observations on the righting method, including leading pairs of arms and righting time...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Seavy, Donald Keith
Abstract:: A 15-month field study was made on the reproductive cycles of the prosobranch gastropods Nucella lamellosa, Nucella emarginata, Searlesia dira and Amphissa columbiana on the Oregon coast. Amphissa columbiaria and Searlesia dira were collected from Boiler Bay, Nucella emarginata from Seal Rock and Nucella lamellosa from inside Yaquina Bay. All...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Barnes, James R.
Abstract:: Along the central and southern Oregon coast and on San Juan Island, Washington, the lined chiton Tonicella lineata is very abundant in the lower intertidal levels on rocky shores. It is usually found on encrusting coralline algae which, with epiphytic diatoms, make up the major portion of its diet. On...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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