Accession Number:

AD0747518

Title:

The Ecology and Distribution of Rock-Boring Pelecypods off Del Monte Beach, Monterey, California.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Booth,Gregory Seeley

Report Date:

1972-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

107.0

Abstract:

Divers using SCUBA gear gathered and identified rock-boring pelecypods found in the subtidal outcrops of Monterey silicious shale off Del Monte Beach, Monterey, California. Underwater photographs were taken of all the recognizable species present. A species distribution and mapping survey was made along two transects, one of which would be subjected to radical ecological change after isolation from the open sea by a proposed breakwater project. Most species found are common to both transects. Their distribution is variable and depends to a great extent on the character of the substrate, which varies from soft, carbonate-rich mudstone to chert. However, within this framework of distribution dependent on substrate, there are inconsistencies which remain unresolved. Author

Descriptors:

• (*PELECYPODA
• DISTRIBUTION)
• (*ECOLOGY
• PELECYPODA)
• IDENTIFICATION
• UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
• SUBSTRATES
• SCUBA DIVERS
• SHALE
• NAVAL RESEARCH
• HARBORS
• BREAKWATERS
• CALIFORNIA

Subject Categories:

• Biology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE