Euphausia pacifica lives for a period of approximately one year,
disappearing from the catches at a size of about 22-24 mm. Spawning,
which occurs mainly inshore, extends from June through December
but generally is most prominent in the autumn months.
Average growth is calculated to be approximately 2.0 mm per...
Sound scattering by marine organisms was studied off the
Oregon coast and between Hawaii and Adak, Alaska. Variations in
scattering were observed over a period of several hours, over did
(24-hour) periods, from month to month, from inshore to offshore,
in relation to biomass of midwater animals, and temperature and...
Ragay Gulf and Burias Pass are among the traditional fishing grounds of the
country being considered by the government for an integrated approach to fishery
management (Smith, et al., 1980; Samson, et al., 1977, World Bank, 1976). The
Department of Marine Fisheries, College of Fisheries, University of the Philippines in...
Ian Angell, in the New Barbarian Manifesto, said “A ‘brave new world’ is being forced upon unsuspecting societies by advances in information technology.” It would seem then, that technological advances happen automatically and have a life of their own. There is a logic to technological advancements that is outside human...
Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818), G. magister Berry,
1913, G. anonychus Pearcy and Voss, 1963, and Gonatopsis borealis
Sasaki, 1923 (Gonatidae) are squid forming a major portion of the
cephalopod fauna found off the Oregon coast. A study was undertaken
to determine the morphological differences among the four species
of squid....
A major challenge to the study of the peopling of the Americas is that much of the Bering Land Bridge (Beringia), the geographic area that people migrating from Northeast Asia into North America would presumably have passed through, is now submerged due to sea-level rise since the last glacial maximum....
The host fish for this study were collected from January
through June of 1965. Tidepools were selected at Bar View, Cape
Arago, Neptune State Park, Seal Rock, and Yaquina Head. Of the
187 fish examined, 132 were infected. The following host fishes
yielded the following parasites. New Host records are...
The syllid polychaete Autolytus varius reproduces in the spring
and early summer in Yaquina Bay, Oregon, The fertilized female
epitokes, or Sacconereis, carry the developing eggs and larvae in a
ventral sac until the larvae are ready to be released; incubation
lasts 14 to 18 days in the laboratory, The...