Mussel Community Studies [Year Two].
The communities associated with Mytilus californianus (mussel) beds from eleven geographic localities in Southern California were examined. The localities included four mainland sites - Government Point, Goleta Point, Corona del Mar and San Diego; and seven offshore islands including - San Miguel Is...
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ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/20254 2023-05-15T18:49:27+02:00 Mussel Community Studies [Year Two]. Southern California Baseline Study. Year Two: Intertidal study of the Southern California Bight. Volume III, Report 1.2 Mussel Community Studies Kanter, Robert 1978 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1834/20254 en eng University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA. Southern California Baseline Study and Analysis 1976/1977 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/20254 http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/2450 29 2011-09-29 19:04:14 2450 Ecology Biology Environment California Channel Islands BLM monograph 1978 ftoceandocs 2023-04-06T17:01:36Z The communities associated with Mytilus californianus (mussel) beds from eleven geographic localities in Southern California were examined. The localities included four mainland sites - Government Point, Goleta Point, Corona del Mar and San Diego; and seven offshore islands including - San Miguel Island, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara Island, Santa Catalina Island, San Nicholas Island and San Clemente Island. This geographic coverage. was much more complete than the previous year (1975-1976 program). However, it is still less than ideal. In particular a single island collection locality may not be representative of an entire island. Therefore greater geographic coverage of the islands is recommended for the future. In general, the 1500 cm2 sample size adopted during the 1975-1976 program proved adequate for sampling most of the structurally diverse mussel beds this year. This sample size supplied information on the characteristic and abundant species inhabiting a particular mussel bed, and provided data which was well suited to intersite community comparisons. This sample size was too small in several instances to include the rarer, less abundant species. The mussel communities from all localities contributed to the master species list which contained conservatively 481 species of animals and 63 specie s of algae. The most diverse collections came from Santa Cruz Island and Corona del Mar, and these areas contained 120 and 119 species respectively. The lowest diversity was recorded for the mussel beds from Goleta Point: which contained 57 species. Mussel community samples were collected from upper and lower intertidal areas occupied by the mussel beds within a locality. In general, community differences both in composition and abundance were associated with these collections. (PDF contains 158 pages) Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior Contract AA550-CT6-40 to Science Applications, Inc. Book Barbara Island Single Island IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications Barbara Island ENVELOPE(-67.100,-67.100,-68.133,-68.133) Catalina ENVELOPE(-59.633,-59.633,-62.333,-62.333) San Miguel ENVELOPE(-57.467,-57.467,-63.650,-63.650) Single Island ENVELOPE(68.667,68.667,-69.817,-69.817) |
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The communities associated with Mytilus californianus (mussel) beds from eleven geographic localities in Southern California were examined. The localities included four mainland sites - Government Point, Goleta Point, Corona del Mar and San Diego; and seven offshore islands including - San Miguel Island, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara Island, Santa Catalina Island, San Nicholas Island and San Clemente Island. This geographic coverage. was much more complete than the previous year (1975-1976 program). However, it is still less than ideal. In particular a single island collection locality may not be representative of an entire island. Therefore greater geographic coverage of the islands is recommended for the future. In general, the 1500 cm2 sample size adopted during the 1975-1976 program proved adequate for sampling most of the structurally diverse mussel beds this year. This sample size supplied information on the characteristic and abundant species inhabiting a particular mussel bed, and provided data which was well suited to intersite community comparisons. This sample size was too small in several instances to include the rarer, less abundant species. The mussel communities from all localities contributed to the master species list which contained conservatively 481 species of animals and 63 specie s of algae. The most diverse collections came from Santa Cruz Island and Corona del Mar, and these areas contained 120 and 119 species respectively. The lowest diversity was recorded for the mussel beds from Goleta Point: which contained 57 species. Mussel community samples were collected from upper and lower intertidal areas occupied by the mussel beds within a locality. In general, community differences both in composition and abundance were associated with these collections. (PDF contains 158 pages) Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior Contract AA550-CT6-40 to Science Applications, Inc. |
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Mussel Community Studies [Year Two]. |
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Mussel Community Studies [Year Two]. |
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Mussel Community Studies [Year Two]. |
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Mussel Community Studies [Year Two]. |
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Mussel Community Studies [Year Two]. |
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mussel community studies [year two]. |
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University of Southern California |
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