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Rocas Alijos

Scientific Results from the Cordell Expeditions

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Robert W. Schmieder

    1. Cordell Expeditions, Walnut Creek, USA

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Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI, volume 75)

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Overview: The Cordell Expeditions to Rocas Alijos

      • Robert W. Schmieder
      Pages 3-10

    3. Discovery and Exploration of Rocas Alijos

      • Ronald K. Skinner, Robert W. Schmieder
      Pages 11-42

  3. Rocks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-44
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    2. The Geographic Position of Rocas Alijos

      • Robert W. Schmieder
      Pages 45-54

    3. Photogrammetry of the Emerged Rocks at Rocas Alijos

      • Sue J. Estey, Robert W. Schmieder
      Pages 55-74

    4. Volcanic Rocks from Rocas Alijos

      • Alicé S. Davis, David F. Siems, Wendy A. Bohrson
      Pages 75-91

  4. Water

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-94
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    2. Bathymetry of Rocas Alijos

      • William A. Kruse, Robert W. Schmieder
      Pages 95-110

    3. Tidal Pattern at Rocas Alijos

      • Robert A. Rasmussen, Robert W. Schmieder
      Pages 111-114

    4. Ocean Currents at Rocas Alijos

      • Shirley Vaughan, Ronald K. Skinner, Robert W. Schmieder, Brian McGuire
      Pages 115-122

    5. Vertical Water Temperature Profiles at Rocas Alijos

      • Patrick McMurtry, Ronald K. Skinner, Shirley Vaughan, William A. Kruse, Donald D. Dvorak
      Pages 123-134

    6. Chemical Analysis of Seawater at Rocas Alijos

      • Ronald K. Skinner, Sue J. Estey, Robert W. Schmieder
      Pages 135-137

  5. Sediment and Soil

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-140
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    2. Marine Sediment from Rocas Alijos

      • Ronald K. Skinner, Michael E. Torresan, Alicé S. Davis
      Pages 141-153

    3. Terrestrial Soil at Rocas Alijos

      • Robert W. Schmieder, Dale Boehme, Walter B. Friesen, Michael Ware
      Pages 155-168

  6. Microbiota

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-170
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    2. Marine Bacteria of Rocas Alijos

      • J. Thomas Millington
      Pages 171-176

    3. Foraminifera of Rocas Alijos

      • Mary McGann
      Pages 177-220
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About this book

Rocas Alijos lies 180 nautical miles west of Baja California. It comprises several exposed rocks that surmount a large oceanic volcano rising from the ocean floor well off the continental shelf. It is located at the transition zone between two major biologic provinces, at a latitude where the Pacific Current turns westward to form the north Pacific trans-oceanic current. In spite of its obvious importance for biogeographical studies, the remoteness of Rocas Alijos and its small size thwarted any major scientific work until very recently, and the topography, biota, and oceanographic conditions of the site remained largely unknown. During 1990, and again in 1993, Cordell Expeditions, a nonprofit research organization based in Walnut Creek, California, undertook expeditions to describe the site. A scientific team of 30 was onsite 31 October-7 November 1990, and a scientific team of 12 was onsite 10-15 February 1993. Since most of the Rocas Alijos site is subtidal, much of the examination and specimen collection was done by scuba, although several remote sampling techniques were also used. The exposed rocks were sampled by climbers, and megafauna were observed from shipboard.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cordell Expeditions, Walnut Creek, USA

    Robert W. Schmieder

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rocas Alijos

  • Book Subtitle: Scientific Results from the Cordell Expeditions

  • Editors: Robert W. Schmieder

  • Series Title: Monographiae Biologicae

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2917-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4056-0Published: 30 June 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4705-2Published: 08 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2917-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0077-0639

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1729

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 481

  • Number of Illustrations: 103 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Oceanography, Geophysics/Geodesy, History, general

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