The nearshore waters off the Oregon coast (< 73 meters) are a region of high productivity and economic value, with a variety of habitats that include rock outcrops. Temperate reef habitats are important to many commercially important fishes inhabiting the Pacific coast, including canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) and yelloweye rockfish...
The feasibility of using a post harvest sampling time for
fruit testing in Anjou pears was evaluated. The goal was to
determine if a simple and rapid analysis of fruit tissues could be
useful in identifying potentially weak fruit that could be
marketed before the onset of the storage disorder...
The subfamily Aphrodinae is represented in the Nearctic Region by eight species contained in a single tribe, Aphrodini, and genus Aphrodes. The external and internal morphology, biology and ecology of the Nearctic members of the genus Aphrodes were investigated. Distributional evidence indicates that six of the eight species, belonging to...
Nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur concentrations were measured in the soil, foliage and litter of Douglas-fir growing in pure Douglas-fir and mixed conifer stands. On four sites of contrasting fertility and climatic conditions, plots had been modified by the introduction of alder, thinning, or by a single application of nitrogen fertilizer...
Using the hydrographic data collected by the ACONA from June
1961 to May 1963, the Oregon coastal front has been examined. Representative
sigma-t surfaces were chosen to delineate the front, and
changes in position of these surfaces with time were used to obtain
zonal flow rates for the frontal and...
The epidermis of the brook lamprey, Lampetra planers
(Bloch), has been examined with histological and histochemical
techniques and the fine structure of the fibrillar
club cells has been studied with electron microscopy.
In histological structure the epidermis was found to
correspond to the observations of earlier workers. The
stratified epidermis...
Birds perform valuable ecological functions and are useful environmental indicators. Avian distributions and diversity are predicted to change over the next 50 years. Little information exists on the role of local and regional conditions in fluctuations of avian communities over time. Historic datasets present a legacy of information that helps...
A long and gradual transition between the summer and winter
oceanic regimes was observed off Oregon during the autumn of 1980.
Hydrographic sections and a single current meter mooring between
August and December show the ocean possessed characteristics during
fall that have not been observed during other seasons: a slow...
The importance of automobile exhaust as a source of atmospheric pollutants has been recognized for several years. With the
control of stationary sources in geographic areas such as Los
Angeles County, the automobile has become the major uncontrolled
source of air pollution.
The three major pollutants emitted by automobiles are...
