dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Jeff | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-15T21:18:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-15T21:18:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1773/26601 | |
dc.description.abstract | Although they are integral to many marine ecosystems, relatively little is known
about euendolithic (shell-boring) organisms outside the tropics. Here, I present a
short survey of euendoliths inhabiting a site on the Pacific coast of North
America. Shells were collected from sites in the intertidal and subtidal zone off
Point Caution, on San Juan Island, WA. Casts of boreholes were photographed
with a scanning electron microscope, and their morphology and diameter was
matched to previously isolated cultures. Several types of green algae, as well as
cyanobacteria and fungi, were found in the intertidal shells. The 11 meter deep
subtidal site was dominated by the green alga Ostreobium, and the 23 meter site
by the cyanobacteria Leptolyngbya. Only heavily eroded tracings were found at
the 30 meter deep site. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Friday Harbor Labs | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | ZooBot Research Apprenticeship BIOL 479;Spring, 2011 | |
dc.subject | euendoliths, microborers, coral, mollusk, bioerosion, algae, cyanobacteria, fungi, Ostreobium, Leptolyngbya, Pharcidia, Phaeophila, Hyella | en_US |
dc.title | Survey of Shell-boring Microorganisms Across a Depth Gradient at Point Caution, on San Juan Island, WA | en_US |
dc.type | Other | en_US |