Clinocardium nuttallii from Yaquina Bay, Oregon, were found to
harbor an algal symbiont in the siphon, mantle and occasionally
the foot tissues. Approximately 35 percent of the population in the
study area was infected to some degree with the alga; however, no
cockles under two years of age were infected....
Mankind is facing the spectre of a planet stripped of the resources necessary to sustain the human populations that currently exist-not to mention those unborn multitudes which seem certain to he added in the coming decades. Time is rapidly running out for scientists and engineers to find new resources to...
Aspects of the life history and ecology of the intertidal turf-forming
alga Rhodomela larix (Turner) C. Agardh were examined over a two
year period at several sites on the Oregon coast. Rhodomela occurred
over a broad tidal range and exhibited different growth and morphology
characteristics with respect to tidal height....