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Littler (Mark and Diane) papers on Southern California intertidal macrophytes and macroinvertebrates study
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Title: Mark and Diane Littler papers on Southern California intertidal macrophytes and macroinvertebrates study
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 300
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
51.25 linear feet
(38 cartons, 2 oversize boxes, 1 half-size document box, 1 map cabinet drawer, 1 roll storage box)
Creator:
Littler, Mark M. (Mark Masterton)
Creator:
Littler, Diane Scullion
Date (inclusive): 1973-1981
Abstract: This collection contains slides, raw data, and results from an extensive 1973-1981 study of Southern California intertidal
macrophyte and macroinvertebrate communities, under the direction of Dr. Mark M. Littler and Dr. Diane S. Littler, both of
the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine.
Physical Location: A portion of the collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
The collection is open for research. A portion of the collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Mark and Diane Littler papers on Southern California intertidal macrophytes and macroinvertebrates
study, Mss 300. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Library donation, 2013.
This collection contains slides, raw data, and results from an extensive 1973-1981 study of Southern California intertidal
macrophyte and macroinvertebrate communities. The study was under the direction of Dr. Mark M. Littler and Dr. Diane S. Littler,
both of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine.
Data comes in varying forms, such as field notes, score sheets, weight sheets, transcripts, species lists, tidal heights,
and slides. The vast majority of slides are of the study's main data gathering method: photo quadrats of rocky intertidal
communities taken along transect lines from high intertidal to low intertidal. Many slides are infrared, making macrophyte
communities appear bright red. There are also a good number of aerial survey slides and slides depicting the study site and
its surroundings, as well as the research team interacting with the sites and each other. Except for the indication of quadrat
number and whether it was in the high, mid, or low intertidal, there is generally no labeling of slides with regard to organisms
present.
The collection also contains large prints of aerial photos, merged aerial survey images, maps, and charts. One of the final
products of the study appears to be maps of the island and mainland study sites labeled with dominant macrophyte communities.
This collection contains many tables that have not yet been converted to digital format.
Field notes, score sheets, weight sheets, transcripts, species lists, tidal heights, slides and other forms of data have been
divided into series by study site. These series have been further subdivided by month/year.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Intertidal ecology -- California, Southern
Aerial photographs
Field notes
Maps (documents)
Photographs
Raw data
Slides (photographs)