Daunting densities in undersea scum. (3 million crustaceans living in each square meter of decaying surf grass off Southern California coast) (Brief Article)

From: Science News | Date: November 19, 1994 | Copyright information

Each Dec. 31, people cram into New York City's Times Square to hail the coming of the new year. But this crowd pales in comparison to the one that lives in decaying surf grass off Southern California. Tides, currents, and wind wash grass and kelp into the underwater canyon there, where these plants form a green-brown mat, says Eric W. Vetter of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

While scuba diving, Vetter discovered teeming populations of leptostracans -- small, shrimplike invertebrates -- and amphipods in this detritus. His spring sampling indicates that ...

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