Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve Annual Report

Use of Reserve This section documents teaching and. research activity during the 1970-71 Academic Year. For a detailed account of activity during the long period of informal use prior to Reserve status, see "Past and Current Use" in the December 28, 1970 status report. Two literature citations resulting from the work in the Reserve area of an early eminent plant ecologist are listed, there. The listings of teaching and research activity given below are by no means complete. An increasing effort is being made to document use. These incomplete listings indicate that the Reserve is being used extensively as a research and educational resource. Research projects in progress: Boyce, C. Sand dune vegetation of Coal Oil Point Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California. UCSB M.A. Thesis Bennett, J. Lagoon management maximizing populations of native, coastal birds. Staff research, UCSB. Matlovsky, L. S. Autecology of the Abronia maritinia, A. latifolia and A. umbellata near Point Conception. UCSB M.A. Thesis. Ogden, G. Effects upon vegetation of sea salt aerosol advected inland. UCSB Ph.D. thesis. Wales, B. Use intensity and physical factor gradients affecting vegetation on coastal dunes. Faculty research, UCSB