Table of Contents
PART 1: Benthic Infauna as an Indicator of Bottom Conditions
The Infaunal Trophic Index
Jack Q. Word
The 60 Meter Control Survey
Jack Q. Word and Alan J. Mearns
Life in the Bottom: San Pedro and Santa Monica Bays, Palos Verdes and Point Loma Peninsulas
Willard Bascom
Establishing Boundaries Between Normal, Changed, and Degraded Areas
Willard Bascom, Alan J. Mearns and Jack Q. Word
PART 2: Present and Future Wastewater Discharges
Characteristics of Municipal Wastewater Discharges, 1977
Henry A. Schafer
Priority Pollutants in Municipal Wastewaters
David R. Young
Effluent Particle Dispersion
James R. Herring and Allan L. Abati
Forecasting Changes in Sediments near Outfalls
Tareah J. Hendricks
PART 3: Biological Consequences of a Changing Environment
Variations in Coastal Physical and Biological Conditions, 1969 1978
Alan J. Mearns
Long Term Changes in Rocky Bottom Communities off Palos Verdes
Richard W. Grigg
Pollutant Flow Through Food Webs
David R. Young and Alan J. Mearns
The Fin Erosion Syndrome
Marjorie J. Sherwood
PART 4: Management and Facilities
History, Organization, and Staff