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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 1| Main Title | Survey of the marine benthic infauna collected from the United States radioactive waste disposal sites off the Farallon Islands, California / | ||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Reish, Donald J., ; Reish, D. J. | ||||||||||||||||
| CORP Author | California State Univ., Long Beach. Dept. of Biology.;Office of Radiation Programs, Washington, DC. | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Office of Radiation Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, | ||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Report Number | EPA 520/1-83-006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB84-145762 | ||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 180623479 | ||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Radioactive waste disposal in the ocean--Atlantic Ocean ; Benthos--California--Farallon Islands | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Marine biology ; Invertebrates ; Abundance ; Farallon Islands ; Benthos ; Sediments ; Sampling ; Forminifera ; North Pacific Ocean ; Coasts ; California ; Radioactive waste facilities ; Radioactive waste disposal ; Marine disposal ; Low-level radioactive wastes ; Environmental exposure pathways ; Species diversity ; Ocean waste disposal | ||||||||||||||||
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| Edition | rev. | ||||||||||||||||
| Collation | ix, 54 pages : illustraitons, photos ; 28 cm | ||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Benthic biological samples were taken in 1977 from the vicinity of the Farallon Islands radioactive waste disposal sites for characterization of the infaunal macroinvertebrates and foraminifera. A total of 120 invertebrate species were collected, of which 75 species (63 percent) were polychaetes. Forty-three of these polychaete species have not previously been reported from depths greater than 1000m. A total of 1044 macroinvertebrate specimens were collected of which 54 percent were polychates. Only the nematods were present at all six benthic stations, but the community structure was dominated by the polychaetes Tauberia gracilis, Allia pulchra, Chaetozone setosa, and Cossura candida. Living and dead foraminifera were reported. The possible role of polychaetes in bioturbation and in the marine food chain is briefly discussed with respect to the various polychaete feeding mechanisms. |
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| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 14 - 16). "EPA 520/1-83-006." "August 1978, Revised January 1983." "This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under purchase order number WA-7-2272-A." "Project Officer Robert S. Dyer." |
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| Contents Notes | Benthic biological samples were taken in 1977 from the vicinity of the Farallon Islands radioactive waste disposal sites for characterization of the infaunal macroinvertebrates and foraminifera. A total of 120 invertebrate species were collected, of which 75 species (63 percent) were polychaetes. Forty-three of these polychaete species have not previously been reported from depths greater than 1000m. A total of 1044 macroinvertebrate specimens were collected of which 54 percent were polychates. Only the nematods were present at all six benthic stations, but the community structure was dominated by the polychaetes Tauberia gracilis, Allia pulchra, Chaetozone setosa, and Cossura candida. Living and dead foraminifera were reported. The possible role of polychaetes in bioturbation and in the marine food chain is briefly discussed with respect to the various polychaete feeding mechanisms. |