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Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network

Scientific Publications

 

Altstatt, J.M., R.F. Ambrose, J.M. Engle, P.L. Haaker, K.D. Lafferty, and P.T. Raimondi. 1996. Recent declines of black abalone Haliotis cracherodii on the mainland coast of central California. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 142:185-192.

Ambrose, R.F. 1992. An inventory of shoreline resources. Pp. 129-137 in: Our Changing Coastal Environment: Research on Natural Processes and Man's Influence. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Information Transfer Meeting. U.S. Dept. Interior Minerals Management Service MMS 92-0048.

Ambrose, R.F. 2002. Sampling design. Pp. 67-90 in: Methods for performing monitoring, impact, and ecological studies on rocky shores (S.N. Murray, R.F. Ambrose, and M.N. Dethier, eds.). OCS Study MMS 01-070, U.S. Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.  

Ambrose, R.F. 2002. Transects, quadrats, and other sampling units. Pp. 91-115 in: Methods for performing monitoring, impact, and ecological studies on rocky shores (S.N. Murray, R.F. Ambrose, and M.N. Dethier, eds.). OCS Study MMS 01-070, U.S. Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.

Bergen, L. and P. Raimondi. 2001. PISCO update: withering syndrome in black abalone. In: Ecosystem Observations. Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary.

Blecha, J.B., J.R. Steinbeck, and D.C. Sommerville. 1992. Aspects of the biology of black abalone, Haliotis cracherodii, near Diablo Canyon, central California. Pp. 225-236 in: Abalone of the world: biology, fisheries and culture (S.A. Shepherd, J.J. Tegner, and S.A. Guzman del Proo, eds.). Proceedings of 1st Int Symp Abalone. University Press, Cambridge.

Bowker, R.C. 1980. Community structure analysis. The Diablo Canyon intertidal red algae - eel grass community. A report prepared from a Master's Thesis. California State Polytechnic University.

Chambers Group, Inc. 1994. Seashore life of Santa Barbara County. Santa Barbara County Planning & Development Department, Energy Division.

Chambers Group, Inc. 2000. Santa Barbara County Shoreline Inventory. U.S. Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.

Davis, G.E. 1982. Population dynamics monitoring of living marine resources in Channel Islands National Park. Park Science. 2:3-4.

Davis, G.E. 1983. Natural resources monitoring in Channel Islands National Park, California. Pp. 107-110 in: Renewable Resources Inventories for Monitoring Changes and Trends (J.F. Bell and T. Atterbury, eds.). Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (SAF-83-14).

Davis, G.E. 1984. Natural resources monitoring in Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Pp. 2 10 in: Proc. First Ann. Information Transfer Meeting: Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region. Santa Barbara, CA.

Davis, G.E. 1989. Design of a long-term ecological monitoring program for Channel Islands National Park, California. Natural Areas Journal 9:80-89.

Davis, G.E. 1990. Monitoring natural resources. Trends. 27:32-37.

Davis, G.E. 1993. Design elements of environmental monitoring programs: the necessary elements for success. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 26:99-105.

Davis, G.E. 1993. Mysterious demise of southern California black abalone, Haliotis cracherodii. J. Shellfish Res. 12:182-183.

Davis, G.E. 1997.General ecological monitoring program design, implementation and applications: a case study from Channel Islands National Park, California. In: Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity for Conservation Science and Adaptive Management (J.K. Reaser and F. Dallmeier, eds.). Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Davis, G.E. 1998. California abalone. Pp. 914-916 in: Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources (M.J. Mac, P.A. Opler, C.E. Puckett Haeker, and P.D. Doran, eds.). U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.

Davis, G.E. and W.L. Halvorson. 1990. Why monitor natural resources? Park Science 10:8-9.

Davis, G.E. and W.L. Halvorson. 1996. Long-term research in national parks: from beliefs to knowledge. Pp. 3-10 in: Science and Ecosystem Management in the National Parks (W.L. Halvorson and G.E. Davis, eds.). Univ. Arizona Press. 384 pp.

Davis, G.E., W.L. Halvorson, and W.H. Ehorn. 1988. Science and management in U. S. National Parks. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 69:111 114.

Davis, G.E., D.V. Richards, P.L. Haaker, and D.O. Parker. 1992. Abalone population declines and fishery management in southern California. Pp. 237-249 in: Abalone of the World: Biology, Fisheries and Culture (S.A. Shepherd, M.J. Tegner, S.A. Gusman del Proo, eds). Proceedings of 1st Int Symp Abalone. University Press, Cambridge.

Davis, G.E., K.R. Faulkner, and W.L. Halvorson. 1994. Ecological monitoring in Channel Islands National Park, California. Pp. 465-482 in: Fourth Channel Islands Symposium: Update on the Status of Resources (W.L. Halvorson & G.J. Maender, eds). Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Dethier, MN. 2002. Site classification and selection. Pp. 15-40 in: Methods for performing monitoring, impact, and ecological studies on rocky shores (S.N. Murray, R.F. Ambrose, and M.N. Dethier, eds.). OCS Study MMS 01-070, U.S. Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.

Dethier, MN. 2002. Biological units. Pp. 41-66 in: Methods for performing monitoring, impact, and ecological studies on rocky shores (S.N. Murray, R.F. Ambrose, and M.N. Dethier, eds.). OCS Study MMS 01-070, U.S. Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.

Dunaway, M.E., R.A. Ambrose, J. Campbell, J.M. Engle, M. Hill, Z. Hymanson, and D.V. Richards. 1998. Establishing a Southern California rocky intertidal monitoring network. Pp. 1278-1294 in: California and the World Ocean '97 (O.T. Magoon, H. Converse, B. Baird, & M. Miller-Henson, eds). American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia.

Dugan, J.E., D.M Hubbard, D.L. Martin, J.M. Engle, D.M. Richards, G.E. Davis, K.D. Lafferty, and R.F. Ambrose.2000. Macrofauna communities of exposed sandy beaches on the southern California mainland and Channel Islands. Pp. 339-346 in: Fifth California Islands Symposium (D.R. Browne, K.L. Mitchell, & H.W. Chaney, eds.). Minerals Management Report MMS 99-0038.

Engle, J.M. 1994. Perspectives on the structure and dynamics of nearshore marine assemblages of the California Channel Islands. Pp. 13-26 in: Fourth California Islands Symposium, Update on the Status of Resources (W.L. Halvorson & G.J. Maender, eds). Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Forde, S. In Press. Modeling the effects of an oil spill on open populations. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Haaker, P.L. 1994. Assessment of abalone resources at the Channel Islands. Pp. 84-95 in: Fourth Channel Islands Symposium: Update on the Status of Resources (W.L. Halvorson & G.J. Maender, eds.), Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Haaker, P.L., D.V. Richards, C.S. Friedman, G.E. Davis, D.O. Parker, and H.A. Togstad. 1992. Mass mortality and withering syndrome in black abalone, Haliotis cracherodii, in California. Pp 214-224 in: Abalone of the World: Biology, Fisheries and Culture (S.A. Shepherd, M.J. Tegner, S.A. Gusman del Proo, eds). Proceedings of 1st Int Symp Abalone. University Press, Cambridge.

Haaker, P.L., D.O. Parker, and C.S.Y. Chun. 1995. Growth of black abalone, Haliotis cracherodii Leach, at San Miguel Island and Point Arguello, California. J. Shellfish Res. 14:519-525.

Kido, J.S. 2000. Variations in the structure of Lottia gigantea Sowerby (owl limpet) populations among and within sites on southern California rocky shores. M.S. Thesis, California State University, Fullerton, California.

Kido, J.S. and S.N. Murray. (in press). Population structure of Lottia gigantea among and within sites on southern California rocky shores. Mar. Eco. Prog. Ser.

Lafferty, K.D., and A.M. Kuris. 1993. Mass mortality of abalone Haliotis cracherodii on the California Channel Islands: tests of epidemiological hypotheses. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 96:239-248.

Miller, A.W. and R.F. Ambrose. 2000. Sampling patchy distributions: comparison of different sampling designs in rocky intertidal habitats. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 196:1-14.

Moeller, J.M. and S.N. Murray. (under revision). Seasonal and spatial patterns of reproduction and recruitment in a southern California population of the intertidal rockweed Silvetia compressa (O. Fucales). J. Phycol.

Murray, S.N. 1998. Effectiveness of marine life refuges on southern California shores. Pp. 1453-1465 in: California and the World Ocean '97 (O.T. Magoon, H. Converse, B. Baird, & M. Miller-Henson, eds.). American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA.

Murray, S.N. 1999. Are marine life refuges effective? Tidelines 19:6-7.

Murray, S.N. 2002. Designing rocky intertidal monitoring and impact field studies: a brief overview. Pp. 1-14 in: Methods for performing monitoring, impact, and ecological studies on rocky shores (S.N. Murray, R.F. Ambrose, and M.N. Dethier, eds.). OCS Study MMS 01-070, U.S. Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.

Murray, S.N. 2002. Quantifying abundance: density and cover. Pp. 116-147 in: Methods for performing monitoring, impact, and ecological studies on rocky shores (S.N. Murray, R.F. Ambrose, and M.N. Dethier, eds.). OCS Study MMS 01-070, U.S. Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.  

Murray, S.N. 2002. Quantifying abundance: biomass. Pp. 148-162 in: Methods for performing monitoring, impact, and ecological studies on rocky shores (S.N. Murray, R.F. Ambrose, and M.N. Dethier, eds.). OCS Study MMS 01-070, U.S. Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.

Murray, S.N. 2002. Individual-based parameters: age-determination, growth rates, size-structure, and reproduction. Pp. 116-147 in: Methods for performing monitoring, impact, and ecological studies on rocky shores (S.N. Murray, R.F. Ambrose, and M.N. Dethier, eds.). OCS Study MMS 01-070, U.S. Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.

Murray, S.N. and T.G. Denis. 1997. Vulnerability of the rockweed Pelvetia compressa to anthropogenic disturbance on southern California rocky shores. Phycologia 36:75-76.

Murray, S.N., T.G. Denis, J.S. Kido, and J.R. Smith. 1999. Frequency and potential impacts of human collecting in rocky intertidal habitats in southern California marine reserves. CalCOFI Rep. 40:100-106.

Murray, S.N., R.F. Ambrose, and M.N. Dethier. 2002. Methods for performing monitoring, impact, and ecological studies on rocky shores. OCS Study MMS 01-070, U.S. Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.

Parker, D.O., P.L. Haaker, and H.A. Togstad. 1992. Case histories for three species of California abalone, Haliotis corrugata, H. fulgens, and H. cracherodii. In: Abalone of the World: Biology, Fisheries and Culture (S.A. Shepherd, M.J. Tegner, S.A. Gusman del Proo, eds.). Blackwell Scientific Publications, Ltd., Oxford. 608 pp.

Raimondi, P.T. 2003. Detailed mapping reveals changes. In: PISCO Coastal Connections Vol. 2, Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans.

Raimondi, P.T., C.M. Wilson, R.F. Ambrose, J.M. Engle, and T.E. Minchinton. 2002. Continued declines of black abalone along the coast of California: are mass mortalities related to El Nino events? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 242:143-152.

Richards, D.V. 1994. Effects of disturbance on population dynamics of selected taxa in the rocky intertidal zone of Channel Islands National Park, California. Pp. 45-58 in: Fourth Channel Islands Symposium: Update on the Status of Resources (W.L. Halvorson & G.J. Maender, eds.), Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Richards, D.V. 2000. The status of rocky intertidal communities in Channel Islands National Park. Pp 356-358 in Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium (D.R. Browne, K.L. Mitchell, & H.W. Chaney, eds.), U.S. Minerals Management Service.

Richards, D.V. and G.E. Davis. 1993. Early warnings of modern population collapse in black abalone Haliotis cracherodii, Leach, 1814 at the California Channel Islands. J. Shellfish Res. 12:189-194.

Rivas, O.O. 1997. Laboratory evaluation of a video method for sampling rocky intertidal populations. M.A. Thesis, California State University, Fullerton, California.

Roy, K., A.G. Collins, B.J. Becker, E. Begovic, and J.M. Engle. 2003. Anthropogenic impacts and historical decline in body size of rocky intertidal gastropods in southern California. Ecology Letters 6:205-211.

Sapper, S.A. 1998. Variation in an intertidal subcanopy assemblage dominated by the rockweed Pelvetia compressa (Phaeophyceae, Fucales). M.S. Thesis. California State University, Fullerton, California.

Sapper, S.A. and S.N. Murray. (in press). Variation in the structure of the subcanopy assemblage associated with the intertidal rockweed Silvetia compressa (O. Fucales) across short spatial scales. Pac. Sci.

Sato, L.M. and S.N. Murray. (under revision). Variations in the abundances and structures of intertidal Tegula gallina and T. funebralis (Trochidae) populations on southern California rocky shores. J. Exp. Mar. Bio. Eco.

Smith, J.R. and S.N. Murray. (under revision). The effects of bait collection and trampling on a southern California Mytilus californianus Conrad bed. J. Exp. Mar. Bio. Eco.

Steinbeck, J.R. 1986. A numerical analysis of intertidal algal community structure in Diablo Cove, California. Master's Thesis. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Steinbeck, J.R., J.M. Groff, C.S. Friedman, T. McDowell, and R.P. Hedrick. 1992. Investigations into a mortality among populations of the California black abalone Haliotis cracherodii, on the central coast of California, USA. Pp 203-213 in: Abalone of the World: Biology, Fisheries and Culture (S.A. Shepherd, M.J. Tegner, S.A. Gusman del Proo, eds). Blackwell Scientific Publications, Inc., Cambridge.

VanBlaricom, G.R. 1993. Dynamics and distribution of black abalone populations at San Nicolas Island, California. Pp. 323-334 in: Third California Islands Symposium: Recent Advances in Research on the California Islands (F.G. Hochberg, ed.), Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

VanBlaricom, G.R., J.L. Ruediger, C.S. Friedman, D.D. Woodard, and R.P. Hedrick. 1993. Discovery of withering syndrome among black abalone Haliotis cracherodii Leach, 1814, populations at San Nicolas Island, California. J. Shellfish Res. 12:185-188.

 

 

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