808 E. Biological Oceanography OLR(1979)26(I 2)

79:6219 Tsuchiya, Makoto, 1979. Quantitative survey of inter-

tidal organisms on rocky shores in Mutsu Bay, with special reference to the influence of wave action. Bull. mar. Biol. Stn, Asamushi, Tohoku Univ., 16(3): 69-86.

The sampling site of strong wave action had more biomass, more individuals, and more species than the site of weak wave action. This may he attributed to sand, mud and detritus deposits at the latter site. Appendix lists 187 species. Marine Biological Station, Tohoku University, Asamushi, Aomori 039-34, Japan. (sir)

79:6220 Yeo, R. K. and M. J. Risk, 1979. Intertidal catastro-

phes: effect of storms and hurricanes on inter- tidal benthos of the Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy. J. Fish. Res. Bd Can., 36(6): 667-669.

The Minas Basin intertidal fiats (which support highly productive, low diversity assemblages of benthic invertebrates that are preyed upon by various stages of commercially important fish) were scoured of surface sediment during Hurricane Beulah and a severe storm in summer, 1975. The resultant high mortality of shallow-burrowing organisms is hard to reconcile with the demonstrated high secondary productivity of the flats; extensive lateral migration of the organisms may assist recovery. Department of Geology, Rice University, Houston, Tex. 77001, U.S.A. (smf)

79:6221 Young, D. K., 1968/71. Effects of infauna on the sedi-

ment and seston of a subtidal environment. Vie Milieu, Suppl. 22: 557-571.

This study attempts to discover interrelationships among infauna, seston, and sediment in a fine- grained, subtidal environment in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Gravimetric analyses of organic and inorganic components of sediment aggregates coupled with microscopic evidence suggest that bottom sediments make a significant contribution to the suspended particulate load of the overlying water and that a large portion of this resuspended material consists of fecal pellets of deposit feeding invertebrates, lnfaunal feeding probably causes a rapid overturn of sediment and a rapid recycling of organic matter. Zoology Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla. 33620, U.S.A. (bwt)

(Engraulis ringens Jenyns) en el norte de Chile en relacion a determinadas condiciones oceano- graficas. [Anchovy, Engraulis ringens Jenyns, dis- tribution north of Chile in relation to oceano- graphic conditions.] /nvestigaci6n pesq., Santi- ago, 30:128 pp.

Possible relationships among temperature, oxygen, oceanic fronts, upwetling, the Peru-Chile Undercurrent and the distribution of anchovies off Peru and Chile are discussed. Oxygen seems primarily important in seasonal biomass fluctuations while temperature might be responsible for high summer abundances. Anchovy biology is extensively reviewed. Includes ca. 130 references, lnstituto De Fomento Pesquero, Santiago, Chile. (izs)

79:6223 Casas-Andreu, Gustavo, 1978. Anailises de la anida-

ci6n de las tortugas marinas del g6nero Lepidochelys en Mdxico. [Studies of the nesting of marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys in Mexico.] An Cent. Ci~nc. Mar. Limnol., Univ nac. aut6n. Mdx., 5(1): 141-157.

Results of a 1970 study of L. olivacea (Eschscholtz 1824) from the Mexican Pacific Ocean and of L. kempi (Garman 1880) from the Gulf of Mexico are presented. Nesting areas, nesting seasons and behavior; correlations between massive nestings (arribadas) and moon phases, tidal conditions, surrounding and marine temperatures are described. Preferred nest distance from the highest tide level, nest depth, number of eggs, incubation period and hatching time are also presented. Universidad Nacional Autdnoma de Mdxico, Instituto de Biologi~i, Laboratorio de Herpetologia, Mexico.

79:6224 Eggleston, D. and L. J. Paul, 1977/78. Satellites, sea

temperatures, and skil~ack. Occ. PubL, Fish. res. Div., Minist. Agric. Fish., N.Z., 15: 75-84.

Possibilities are explored of deducing skipjack migration routes and predicting optimum fishing areas and times from detailed sea surface temperature charts of the southwest Pacific compiled from satellite data. Benefits to New Zealand's developing pelagic fisheries are considered. Fisheries Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Wellington, New Zealand. (izs)

79:6225 Green, Derek, 1978. East Pacific green turtle. Notic.

Galapagos, 28: 9-12.

10. Nekton (molluscs, fish and fisheries, reptiles and mammals)

79:6222 Canon C., J. R., 1978. Distribucion de la anchoveta

79:6226 Hinga, K. R. 1979. The food requirements of whales

in the southern hemisphere. Deep-Sea Res., 26(5A): 569-577.

Feeding requirements of whales indicate they are major oceanic consumers. Reduction of whale