This thesis is a report of the findings of two years of part-time work on the limpets of the family Acmaedae. The major portion of the work was done on the Monterey Peninsula between Point Pines, 36° 38' 30\" N. latitude, 121° 56' 00\" W. longitude, and Pescadero Point 30° 33' 40\" N. latitude, 121° 56' 30\" W. longitude. The work on homing in Acmaea persona, artificial parthenogenesis in the eggs of Acmaea pelta, and artifical insemination of the eggs of Acmaea pelta was carried on at the Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach, California at 38° 14' 30\" N. latitude, 122&176; 58' 30\" W. longitude during the summer of 1947.","abstract_html":"<p>This thesis is a report of the findings of two years of part-time work on the limpets of the family Acmaedae. The major portion of the work was done on the Monterey Peninsula between Point Pines, 36° 38' 30" N. latitude, 121° 56' 00" W. longitude, and Pescadero Point 30° 33' 40" N. latitude, 121° 56' 30" W. longitude. The work on homing in Acmaea persona, artificial parthenogenesis in the eggs of Acmaea pelta, and artifical insemination of the eggs of Acmaea pelta was carried on at the Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach, California at 38° 14' 30" N. latitude, 122&176; 58' 30" W. longitude during the summer of 1947.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Ruth, Ferdinand Stanley"],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Master of Arts (M.A.)","degree_level":"Thesis","degree_discipline":"College of the Pacific","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Alden E. Noble"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1948,"date_issued":"1948-01-01T08:00:00Z","date_published":"1948-01-01T08:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:36:58Z","subjects":["Limpets","Acmaeidae","Earth Sciences","Environmental Sciences"],"languages":[],"rights":[],"rights_urls":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/"],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1079","outbound_label":"Repository record","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Alden E. Noble"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Ruth, Ferdinand Stanley"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2018-06-29T09:03:00Z"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["College of the Pacific"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Arts (M.A.)"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Limpets","Acmaeidae","Earth Sciences","Environmental Sciences"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1079"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["
This thesis is a report of the findings of two years of part-time work on the limpets of the family Acmaedae. The major portion of the work was done on the Monterey Peninsula between Point Pines, 36° 38' 30\" N. latitude, 121° 56' 00\" W. longitude, and Pescadero Point 30° 33' 40\" N. latitude, 121° 56' 30\" W. longitude. The work on homing in Acmaea persona, artificial parthenogenesis in the eggs of Acmaea pelta, and artifical insemination of the eggs of Acmaea pelta was carried on at the Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach, California at 38° 14' 30\" N. latitude, 122&176; 58' 30\" W. longitude during the summer of 1947."]},{"key":"dc:source","label":"Dc Source","values":["185"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Studies on the natural history of the limpets of the family Acmaedae"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Alden E. Noble"],"dc:creator":["Ruth, Ferdinand Stanley"],"dc:date.available":["2018-06-29T09:03:00Z"],"dc:description.abstract":["
This thesis is a report of the findings of two years of part-time work on the limpets of the family Acmaedae. The major portion of the work was done on the Monterey Peninsula between Point Pines, 36° 38' 30\" N. latitude, 121° 56' 00\" W. longitude, and Pescadero Point 30° 33' 40\" N. latitude, 121° 56' 30\" W. longitude. The work on homing in Acmaea persona, artificial parthenogenesis in the eggs of Acmaea pelta, and artifical insemination of the eggs of Acmaea pelta was carried on at the Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach, California at 38° 14' 30\" N. latitude, 122&176; 58' 30\" W. longitude during the summer of 1947."],"dc:identifier":["https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1079"],"dc:rights":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/"],"dc:source":["185"],"dc:subject":["Limpets","Acmaeidae","Earth Sciences","Environmental Sciences"],"dc:title":["Studies on the natural history of the limpets of the family Acmaedae"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["College of the Pacific"],"thesis:degree_level":["Thesis"],"thesis:degree_name":["Master of Arts (M.A.)"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:36:58Z"}