Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences) articles from August 2006

Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences) archives from August 2006

A mid-Holocene fauna from Bear Den Cave, Sequoia National Park, California.
August 1, 2006... Abstract.--Test excavation of floor fill deposits in the first room in Bear Den Cave, Sequoia National Park, produced fossiliferous sediments down to at least 40 cm depth. Radiocarbon analysis of charcoal from this layer indicates an...

Densities of fecal indicator bacteria in tidal waters of the Ballona Wetlands, Los Angeles County, California.
August 1, 2006... Abstract.--Densities of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) represented by total coliforms, E. coil and enterococci were measured within tidal channels of the Ballona Wetlands (Los Angeles County) to see if the wetlands act as a sink or source for...

Interspecific competition between Coleogyne ramosissima seedlings and Bromus rubens.
August 1, 2006... Abstract.--Interactive effects of red brome grass (Bromus rubens) density and time of establishment on the early survival and growth of blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) seedlings were quantitatively investigated. Seeds of Coleogyne and Bromus...

A Miocene chimaeroid fin spine from Kern County, California.
August 1, 2006... Chimaeroids are cartilaginous marine fishes with continuously growing tooth plates in the upper and lower jaws, and have long been regarded as an obscure lineage (Didier 1995), They first appear in the fossil record in the Early Jurassic (Ward...

Student award winners at the 2006 annual meeting.
August 1, 2006... At the 2006 Annual Meeting, the following student papers and posters won awards. Awarded by the Southern California Academy of Sciences Best Posters: Ecology and Evolution: Jane Shevtsov and Richard E Ambrose. Dept. of Ecology and...