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Some Aspects Of Mercury Accumulation By The Purple Shore Crab Hemigrapsus Nudus Dana (Crustacea: Decapoda), Ralph Gene Swanson
Some Aspects Of Mercury Accumulation By The Purple Shore Crab Hemigrapsus Nudus Dana (Crustacea: Decapoda), Ralph Gene Swanson
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The present study has attempted to investigate some of the more basic questions concerning the toxicity and accumulation of mercury in the purple shore crab, Hemigrapsus nudus. This rocky intertidal denizen is found in abundance along the entire Pacific coast of the United States from Sitka, Alaska, to the Gulf of California where it dominates the mid-tide pool region. Local specimens were collected just north of the Pacific Marine Stations, Dillon Beach, Marin County, California. The animal is hearty and can be kept in a state of good health for long periods of time in the laboratory with minimum care …
Oxygen Uptake Of Excised Macoma Secta Gill Tissue, James Lee Balsley
Oxygen Uptake Of Excised Macoma Secta Gill Tissue, James Lee Balsley
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Macome secta has been reported along the western coast of North America from the Aleution Islands to Lower California (Packard, 1918), Indicating adaptation to a wide range of habitats. In the Dillon Beach ares, Racons secta is found in a well protected cover just inside. and to the cast of the mouth of Tomales Bay. All specimens collected for this project wore takan from one site on a mudflat near Lesson's Landing, approximately one mile south of the Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach California. The exact location of the collection site on the mudflat may be seen in the serial …