Factors Affecting Drift Seaweeds on Some San Diego Beaches

By Claude E. ZoBell

1959 first edition University of California, Institute of Marine Resources (La Jolla, California), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall stapled paperbound in brown printed covers, viii, 122 pp. Minor staining and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, with creasing to tip and slight tearing to the bottom of the front cover along the spine. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked.

Contents:

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Field Observations
• Station Location and Dimensions
• Determining Sand Elevation
• Kinds of Seaweeds on Beaches
• Methods of Estimating Amounts of Drift Seaweeds
• Effects of Sand Level on Abundance of Beached Seaweeds
• Condition of Beached Seaweeds
• Fate of Drift Seaweeds
• Factors Affecting Occurrence of Seaweeds in Surf
• Effects of Water Movements
• Effects of Kelp Harvesting
• Observations in Regions Where Kelp is not Harvested
• Summary
• Appendices
• Literature Cited
• Acknowledgements

Claude E. ZoBell (1905 - 1989) was a marine microbiologist who discovered living organisms at extreme ocean depths. He was the first researcher to recover and cultivate living organisms from ocean depths greater than 20,000 feet. He published nearly 300 scientific papers and one textbook. He founded the international Geomicrobiology Journal in 1976 and served as its editor until 1981.