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different prey resources by the different Conus species present.
Between-species dissimilarity in resource use thus agrees with previous
observations on more diverse Conus assemblages of subtidal coral reef
platforms. Prey species diversity is inversely related to body size,

confirming and extending a previously identified pattern among Conus
species that prey on sedentary polychaetes.;

Major Descriptors: *MOLLUSCS -- BEHAVIOR; *MOLLUSCS -- POPULATION DYNAMICS
Descriptors: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ENIWETOK; FOOD CHAINS; HABITAT; POPULATION
DENSITY; PREDATOR-~PREY INTERACTIONS; SPECIES DIVERSITY
Broader Terms: ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEMS; INVERTEBRATES;
ISLANDS; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; OCEANIA

Subject Categories:
10/5/781

550100*

(Item 481

-- Behavioral Biology

from file:

103)

00797870
ERA-06-031224; INS-81-015380; EDB-81-106136
Author(s): Colin, P.L.;
Harrison, J.T. IIft
Title: Mid-Pacific Research Laboratory.
Annual report, 1 October 1979-30
September 1980
Corporate Source:
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu (USA). Office of Research
Administration
Publication Date: Apr 1981
p 38
Report Number(s):
DOE/EV/00703-3
Order Number: DE81028362
Contract Number (DOE):
Document Type: Report

Language: English
Journal Announcement:

AC08-76EV00703

EDB8109

Availability: NTIS, PC A03/MF AOl1.
Subfile:

INS

(Technical

(US Atomindex input);

Information Center).

ERA

(Energy Research Abstracts);

TIC

Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
Abstract: Progress is reported in the research program which concentrates
on sediment bottom communities of the Eniwetak lagoon. Biological and
physical-chemical processes of the lagoon floor are relevant to
radionuclide mobilization and redistribution. Because of the paucity of

general information about the deep lagoon, initial studies were
designed to assess benthic community distribution and structure.

Two-hundred stations throughout the lagoon are being surveyed using a
camera system designed and built at MPRL. These studies of benthic

community distribution are augmented by a concurrent research effort to

quantify benthic primary production, community metabolism, and cycling
of nutrients between the sediments and the overlying water column. Net
daily oxygen and nutrient flow data are tabulated. Facilities are
described, community relations are discussed, and a plan for future
research is given.;

Major Descriptors: *BENTHOS -- DISTRIBUTION; *ENIWETOK -- AQUATIC
ECOSYSTEMS
Descriptors: IMAGES; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;
RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SURFACE WATERS
Broader Terms: AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL
TRANSPORT; ISLANDS; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MASS TRANSFER; MICRONESIA;
NONMETALS; OCEANIA

Subject Categories:
Studies

520301

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-- Environment,

Aquatic -- Site Resource & Use

-- Water --

(1987)

-- Environment,

Aquatic -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring &

Transport -- Aquatic Ecosystems & Food Chains --

INIS Subject Categories:

Nuclear Installations

10/5/782

00797714

Title:

:

-- Environment, Aquatic ~- Radioactive Materials Monitoring &

Transport

520302

520500*

(-1989)

C52*

mm

Lo

-- Radiation Hazards & Safety Evaluations of-

(Item 482 from file:

103)

INS-81-015361; EDB-81-105980

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(-1987)

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