The population dynamics and recruitment pattern of the phoronid, Phoronopsis viridis
A dominant organism on intertidal Pacific Coast sandflats is the lophophorate Phoronopsis viridis Hilton. This suspension feeder builds a stiff, sandy tube, 3 mm wide and up to 20 cm long and usually lying within 6 cm of the surface (Johnson 1967a). Phoronopsis viridis is found over large areas and...
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Scholarly Commons
1979
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Online Access: | https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/453 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1452&context=uop_etds |