The accumulation of dieldrin and its effects on species composition of benthic algal communities were studied in laboratory
streams. Effects of dieldrin on photosynthetic and respiratory
rates of the blue-green alga Phormidium retzii were determined using
a Gilson Differential Respirometer.
Dieldrin concentrations ranging from 0.05 to 7.0 ppb were
maintained...
Effects of light intensity, exposure to desiccation, reduced
salinity, and thermal elevation on the functional and structural characteristics
of marine benthic diatom communities were investigated
in a laboratory model ecosystem and a respirometer chamber.
Measurements of biomass (dry weight and ash-free dry weight)
and chlorophyll a were made for each...
Epiphytic diatom assemblages in the intertidal zone of Yaquina
Bay and estuary were obtained from the following host macrophytes:
Zostera marina, Fucus evanescens, and species of Enteromorpha,
Polysiphonia, and Ulva. Samples were collected in September 1970
and in January and May 1971 from seven stations approximately evenly
spaced between the...
Experimental streams constructed by the Weyerhaeuser Company,
Tacoma, Washington, at Kalama Springs, Washington, were used to observe
successional changes in the benthos. Community changes were observed
relative to experimental manipulations of light intensity and nitrate
concentration in two experiments. The development of benthic assemblages
was followed for 150 days after...
Effects of current velocity, irradiance, and grazing on the
biomass, taxonomic structure, physiognomy, and chemical composition
of lotic algal assemblages were investigated. Four experiments,
lasting 32 to 75 days, were conducted in laboratory streams to
determine how these factors affect algal assemblages singly, and in
concert with each other.
Regardless...
Sediment samples were collected from eight sampling sites
along the Yaquina Estuary, Oregon from Yaquina Bay to Elk City near
the head of the estuary. Samples were collected in November 1973,
February 1974, May 1974 and August 1974 from two or three intertidal
levels depending on the magnitude of the...