Marine Life of Southern California: Emphasizing Marine Life of Los Angeles-Orange Counties, Second Edition

Dedication Preface Introduction PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MARINE WATERS OF LOS ANGELES—ORANGE COUNTIES Tides Currents and Waves El Niño Water Temperature Chemical Characteristics THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF LOS ANGELES—ORANGE COUNTIES Rocky Shores Sandy Beaches Shallow Offshore Waters Bays and Harbors MARINE BIOLOGY OF LOS ANGELES—ORANGE COUNTIES Zonation -- Rocky Shores -- Pilings -- Sandy Beaches -- Basy Plankton Kelp Forest Red Tides Marine Wood Borers Fouling Organisms Marine Food Chains CONSERVATION OF MARINE RESOURCES Endangered and Threatened Marine Animals of Southern California HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Key to the Major Groups of Marine Plants and Animals MARINE ANIMALS Phylum Protozoa Phylum Mesozoa Phylum Porifera Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Ctenophora Phylum Platyhelminthes Phylum Nemertea Phylum Entoprocta Phylum Annelida -- Class Polychaeta Phylum Echiura Phylum Sipuncula Phylum Mollusca -- Class Polyplacophora -- Class Gastropoda -- -- Subclass Prosobranchiata -- -- Subclass Opisthobranchiata -- Class Bivalia -- Class Cephalopoda -- Class Scaphopoda Phylum Arthropoda -- Class Crustacea -- -- Subclass Ostracoda -- -- Subclass Copepoda -- -- Subclass Cirripedia -- -- Subclass Malacostraca -- -- -- Order Leptostraca -- -- -- Order Mysidicea -- -- -- Order Cumacea -- -- -- Order Isopoda -- -- -- Order Tanaidacea -- -- -- Order Amphipoda -- -- -- Order Decapoda -- Class Insecta -- Class Arachnoidea -- Class Pychogonida Phylum Ectoprocta Phylum Brachiopoda Phylum Phoronida Phylum Chaetognatha Phylum Echinodermata -- Class Astroidea -- Class Echinoidea -- Class Ophiuroidea -- Class Holothuroidea Phylum Chordata -- Subphylum Urochordata -- Subphylum Hemichordata -- Subphylum Vertebratae -- -- Class Chondrichthyes -- -- Class Osteichthyes -- -- Class Aves -- -- Class Mammalia MARINE PLANTS Phylum Chlorophyta Phylum Phaeophyta Phylum Rhodophyta Phylum Spermatophyta Appendix I—General References to Pacific Coast Marine Life. Index