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Title: Study of the rocky Intertidal communities of central and northern California: Years 3 and 4. Volume 5 of 5

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6281778

The study objectives are to describe seasonal and successional variation in rocky Intertidal community structure; determine the response of rocky Intertidal communities to natural and human-induced disturbances and correlate these responses with successional, seasonal, and latitudinal variation; and correlate life history information and oil toxicity data with data from this and other relevant studies. The Year III and IV report is for the third (1987) and fourth (1988) years of a five-year field experimental study investigating two biological assemblages, the Mytilus assemblage and the Endocladia/Mastocarpus papillatus assemblage, that are being studied at six sites along the California coast. Experimental treatments include clearing three plots in spring 1985 and three plots in fall 1985. Data from the program will be correlated with oil toxicity data and other studies to provide indications of the long term effects of an oil spill on rocky Intertidal communities. The report is volume 5 of a 5 volume set.

Research Organization:
Kinnetic Labs., Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
OSTI ID:
6281778
Report Number(s):
PB-91-241018/XAB; CNN: DI-14-12-0001-30057
Resource Relation:
Other Information: See also Volume 4, PB91-241000. Prepared in cooperation with California Univ., Santa Cruz, and Tenera Corp., Berkeley, CA. Sponsored by Minerals Management Service, Los Angeles, CA. Pacific OCS Region
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English