Rocas Alijos Scientific Results from the Cordell Expeditions
Rocas Alijos lies 180 nautical miles west of Baja California. It comprises several exposed rocks that surmount a large oceanic volcano rising from the ocean floor well off the continental shelf. It is located at the transition zone between two major biologic provinces, at a latitude where the Pacifi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
| Series: | Monographiae Biologicae
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Table of Contents:
- I — Background
- Overview: The Cordell Expeditions to Rocas Alijos
- Discovery and Exploration of Rocas Alijos
- II — Rocks
- The Geographic Position of Rocas Alijos
- Photogrammetry of the Emerged Rocks at Rocas Alijos
- Volcanic Rocks from Rocas Alijos
- III — Water
- Bathymetry of Rocas Alijos
- Tidal Pattern at Rocas Alijos
- Ocean Currents at Rocas Alijos
- Vertical Water Temperature Profiles at Rocas Alijos
- Chemical Analysis of Seawater at Rocas Alijos
- IV — Sediment and Soil
- Marine Sediment from Rocas Alijos
- Terrestrial Soil at Rocas Alijos
- V — Microbiota
- Marine Bacteria of Rocas Alijos
- Foraminifera of Rocas
- Plankton from Rocas Alijos
- VI — Mesobiota
- Marine Flora of Rocas Alijos
- Sponges from Rocas Alijos
- Hydroids from Rocas Alijos
- Stony Corals from Rocas Alijos
- Polychaetes from Rocas Alijos
- Isopods from Rocas Alijos
- Anthozoans, Bryozoans, Brachiopods, and Tunicates of Rocas Alijos
- Decapod Crustaceans and Pycnogonids of Rocas Alijos
- A New Species of Hippolytid Shrimp from Rocas Alijos
- Barnacles of Rocas Alijos
- Marine Mollusks of Rocas Alijos
- Echinodermata Collected at Rocas Alijos
- Terrestrial Invertebrates of Rocas Alijos
- VII — Megabiota
- Fishes of Rocas Alijos
- Birds Observed at Rocas Alijos
- Avian Specimens from Rocas Alijos
- Marine Mammals of Rocas Alijos
- VIII — Supplementary
- Onsite Observations at Rocas Alijos
- Weather and Sea Conditions at Rocas Alijos
- Comparison of the 1990 and 1993 Expeditions to Rocas Alijos
- IX — Summaries
- Summary of Results
- Species List
- General Index