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Technical Bibliography of the San Simeon Area

Including coastal basins from Santa Rosa Creek north to San Carpoforo Creek

1 December 1998 Version

Compiled by
Galen B. Rathbun and Susan Wright
Piedras Blancas Field Station
Western Ecological Research Center
U.S. Geological Survey
San Simeon, California 93452-0070
805/927-3893, FAX-3308, Email galen_rathbun@usgs.gov

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invertebrates
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Little Pico
mammals
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paleontology
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ARCHAEOLOGY; LITTLE PICO
Abrams, D. M. 1968. Little Pico Creek: beach Salinan, barnacles and burials. Master of Arts Thesis, University of California, Davis.

BIOLOGY; COAST; CREEKS; GBR; GEOLOGY; PINES; PLAINS
Adams, R., J. Borsi, M. Carpenter, P. Ehorn, K. Hasey, D. Jacobsen, M. Keri, R. Pankonin, J. Sims, and P. Takahashi. 1994. Environmental & scenic assessment for East/West Ranch in Cambria, California. LA 461-Senior Project directed by Professor John Gillham. C.A.E.D., Landscape Architecture Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 114 pp.

BIOLOGY; BIRDS; GBR
Ainley, D. G. 1976. The occurrence of seabirds in the coastal region of California. Western Birds 7: 33-68.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; SAN SIMEON
Alley, D. W. 1992. Monitoring report, 1991-1992, Lagoon water quality for fish, streamflow measurements and sandbar conditions in San Simeon Creek, San Luis Obispo County, Calif. Report prepared for Cambria Community Services District by D.W. Alley & Associates, Brookdale, California. 47 pp.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; SAN SIMEON; SANTA ROSA
Alley, D. W. 1993. Monitoring report, 1992-1993. Lagoon water quality for fish, streamflow measurements, fish sampling and passage conditions in San Simeon and Santa Rosa Creeks, San Luis Obispo County, Calif. Report prepared for Cambria Community Services District by D.W. Alley & Associates, Brookdale, California. 113 pp.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; SAN SIMEON; SANTA ROSA
Alley, D. W. 1994. Determination of juvenile steelhead densities in Santa Rosa and San Simeon Creeks with estimates of returning adult steelhead, San Luis Obispo County. Report prepared for Cambria Community Services District by D.W. Alley & Associates, Brookdale, Calif. 54 pp.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; SAN SIMEON; SANTA ROSA
Alley, D. W. 1997. Comparison of juvenile steelhead densities in Santa Rosa and San Simeon Creeks in 1994, 1995 and 1996 and expected adult returns, San Luis Obispo County, California. Project No. 100-06, draft report prepared for Cambria Community Services District. D.W. Alley & Associates, Brookdale, Calif.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Alterman, I. B., R. B. McMullen, L. S. Cluff, and D. B. Slemmons (Eds.). 1994. Seismotectonics of the Central California Coast Ranges. Special Paper 292 ed. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Ames, Jack A., John J. Geibel, Frederich E. Wendell, and Christine A. Pattison. 1996. White shark-inflicted wounds of sea otters in California, 1968-1992. Pp. 309-513 in Great white sharks: The biology of Carcharodon carcharias. (A. Peter Klimley and David G. Ainley, Eds) Academic Press, San Diego.

GEOLOGY
Anonymous. 1959. Geological map of California. California Department of Conservation. Geologic map of California. Map San Luis Obispo.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; MARINE
Anonymous. 1980. Skindivers reports 1958-80. California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources Report M32.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Anonymous. 1997. The dangerously attractive elephant seals. California Coast and Ocean 13: 12-14.

GEOLOGY
Anonymous. 19. Diablo Canyon power plant long term seismic program. Chapter 2 covers Hosgri Fault Zone, pp. 86-123.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; SANTA ROSA
Bailey, R. 1973. An estimate of the standing crop of steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri richardson), Santa Rosa Creek, San Luis Obispo County, California. Senior Thesis, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 23 pp.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Baldwin, Mary Alice. 1970. Cultural continuity in Chumash to Salinan Indians, coastal California. Unpublished paper.

AMPHIBIANS; BIOLOGY; BIRDS; COAST; GBR; MAMMALS; PLAINS; REPTILES
Banks, R. C. 1982. Terrestrial vertebrates of Piedras Blancas, California. Unpublished report on field work conducted during summer 1979. Piedras Blancas Research Station, San Simeon, Calif. 20 pp.

BIOLOGY; COAST; CREEKS; PLANTS; SAN SIMEON
Barber, Jan, Sue Weis, V. L. Holland, and David Keil. 1994. Vegetation study of San Simeon State Park, 1993. Report prepared for California Department of Parks and Recreation, San Simeon District, by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 61 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MOUNTAINS; PLAINS
Barrett, R. H. 1966. History and status of introduced ungulates on Rancho Piedra Blanca, California. Master of Science Thesis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 141 pp.

MAMMALS; MOUNTAINS
Barrett, R. H. 1967. Some comparisons between the Barbary sheep and the desert bighorn. Transactions of the Desert Bighorn Council 11: 16-26.

HISTORY; MAMMALS; MOUNTAINS
Barrett, R. H. 1979. History of the Hearst Ranch Barbary sheep herd. Pp. 112 in Proc. Symposium on Ecology and Management of Barbary Sheep. (C. D. Simpson, Ed) Dept. Range and Wildl. Management, Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock.

BIOLOGY; COAST; CREEKS; GEOLOGY
Barry, W. James, Paul E. Nesbitt, John L. Kelly, Phil Hines, and Thomas L. Taylor. 1990. San Simeon State Beach: Inventory of features. California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento. 48 pp.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; MARINE
Barton, M. G. 1973. Studies on the intertidal vertical distribution, food habits, and movements of five species of eel blennies (pisces: Stichaeiae and Pholidae) at San Simeon, California. M.S. Thesis, California State University, Fullerton. 109 p.

BIOLOGY; SAN SIMEON
Bein, Robert, William Frost, and Associates. 1991. Final environmental impact report, Cambria groundwater recharge project. Sch. #91021016, prepared for Cambria Community Services District by Robert Bein, William Frost & Associates, Irvine, Calif.

BIOLOGY; SAN SIMEON
Bein, Robert, William Frost, and Associates. 1991. Final Environmental Impact Report, Cambria wastewater treatment plant upgrade. Sch #91021017, prepared for Cambria Community Services District by Robert Bein, William Frost & Associates, Irvine, Calif.

CREEKS; GBR; GEOLOGY; SAN SIMEON; WEATHER
Bianchi, William C. and William C. Hanna. 1988. Artificial recharge and conjunctive use management--North central coastal basins of California. Pp. 322-31 in Artificial recharge of ground water. (A. I. Johnson and Donald J. Finlayson, Eds) American Society of Civil Engineers, New York.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR; MARINE; PLANTS
Bodkin, J. L. 1984. A comparison of fish assemblages in Macrocystis and Nereocystis kelp forests off central California. Master of Science in Biological Science Thesis, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 98 pp.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR; MARINE; PLANTS
Bodkin, J. L. 1986. Fish assemblages in Macrocystis and Nereocystis kelp forests off central California. Fishery Bulletin 84(4): 799-808.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR; MARINE; PLANTS
Bodkin, J. L. 1988. Effects of kelp forest removal on associated fish assemblages in central California. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 117: 227-238.

BIOLOGY; BIRDS; COAST; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Bodkin, J. L. and R. J. Jameson. 1991. Patterns of seabird and marine mammal carcass deposition along the central California coast, 1980-1986. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 1149-1155.

BIOLOGY; COAST; FISHES; GBR; MARINE; WEATHER
Bodkin, J. L., G. R. VanBlaricom, and R. J. Jameson. 1987. Mortalities of kelp-forest fishes associated with large oceanic waves off central California, 1982-1983. Environmental Biology of Fishes 18(1): 73-76.

ARCHAEOLOGY; COAST
Bouey, P. D. and M. E. Basgall. 1991. Archaeological patterns along the south-coast, Point Piedras Blancas, San Luis Obispo County, California: archaeological test evaluations of sites CA-SLO-264, SLO-266, SLO-267, SLO-268, SLO-1226, and SLO-1227. Submitted to California Department of Transportation, Contract No. SA05B86100, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

BIOLOGY; GBR; INVERTEBRATES
Braun, A. F. 1972. Tischeriidae of America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 28: 148.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Buchanan-Banks, J. M., E. H. Pampeyan, H. C. Wagner, and D. S. McCuloch. 1978. Preliminary map showing recency of faulting in coastal south-central California. US Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Miscellaneous Field Studies Map. Map MF-910.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Burdon, R. D. and C. B. Low. 1977. Variation in needle characteristics of Pinus radiata from mainland California. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 7(1): 16-20.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; MARINE
Burgess, T. J. 1978. The comparative ecology of two sympatric polychromatic populations of Xerepes ucorum Jordan and Gilbert (Pisces: Pholidae) from the rocky intertidal zone of central California. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 35: 43-58.

MANAGEMENT; SAN SIMEON
California Department of Parks and Recreation. 1979. Preliminary general plan, San Simeon State Beach. State Office of Printing, Sacramento. 49 pp.

ARCHAEOLOGY; CREEKS; LITTLE PICO
California Department of Public Works. 1932. Data concerning proposed State Highway One across Pico Creek and across Little Pico Creek. Contract No. 411XCZ. California Department of Public Works, Division of Highways.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PLANTS
Capelli, M. H. and S. J. Stanley. 1984. Preserving riparian vegetation along California's south central coast. Pp. 673-86 in California riparian systems--ecology, conservation, and productive management. (R. E. Warner and K. M. Hendrix, Eds) University of California Press, Berkeley.

BIRDS; GBR; MARINE; PIEDRAS BLANCAS
Carter, Harry R., Gerard J. McChesney, Jean E. Takekawa, Leigh K. Ochikubo, Darrell L. Whitworth, Thomas W. Keeney, William R. McIver, and Craig S. Strong. 1996. Population monitoring of seabirds in California: 1993-1995 aerial photographic surveys of breeding colonies of Common Murres, Brandt's Cormorants, and Double-crested Cormorants. Unpubl. final report, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, California Science Center, Dixon, California. 213 pp.

BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE
Chamberlain, R. and D. W. Behrens. 1980. Deep water collection of opisthobranchs in central California. The Veliger 22: 282-285.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE
Chamberlain, R. H. 1981. Deepwater faunal association survey. I - Point Piedras Blancas. Unpublished report, Pacific Gas and Electric company, Department of Engineering Research, 45 pp.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Chipping, David H. 1987. The geology of San Luis Obispo County: a brief description and field guide. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 191 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Chorover, J. and J. McBride. 1987. Structure and function of Monterey pine forest at Cambria, California. Dept. of Forestry and Resource Mgmt., University of California, Berkeley. 90 pp.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Clark, J. C. and E. E. Brabb. 1978. Stratigraphic contrasts across the San Gregorio fault, Santa Cruz Mountains, west central California. Pp. 3-12 in E.A. Silver and W.R. Normark, editors. San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone, California. Special Report 137, California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, Calif.

CREEKS; GBR; GEOLOGY; PICO
Cleath, Timothy S. 1986. Ground water availability - Pico Creek ground water basin. San Simeon Acres Community Services District, San Simeon, Calif. 10 pp.

GEOLOGY
Cloos, M. 1982. Flow melages: numberical modelling and geologic constraints on their origin in the Franciscan Subduction Complex, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin 93: 330-345.

GEOLOGY
Cloos, M. 1983. Comparative study of melage matrix and metashales from the Franciscan Subduction Complex with the basal Great Valley sequence, California. Journal of Geology 91: 291-306.

GEOLOGY
Cloos, M. 1984. Flow melages and the structural evolution of accretionalry wedges. Geological Society of America Special Paper 198: 71-80.

GEOLOGY
Cloos, M. 1986. Strain patterns and deformation mechanisms of deformed greywacke and geenstone blocks encased in mud-matrix melage near San Simeon, California. Geological Society of America, Abstracts 18: 95.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Cloos, Mark and Mick Apted. 1979. Guidebook to the southern coast ranges: geology and plate tectonics. Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles. 149 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Coffman, T. 1995. The Cambria forest: Reflections on its native pines & its eventful past. Heritage Press, Cambria, Calif 77 pp.

GBR; HISTORY
Coffman, Taylor. 1989. Hearst's dream. EZ Nature Books, San Luis Obispo, Calif. 96 pp.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Coppersmith, K. J. and G. B. Griggs. 1978. Morphology, recent activity, and seismicity of the San Gregorio fault zone. Pp. 33-43 in E.A. Silver and W.R. Normark, editors. San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone, California. Special Report 137, California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, Calif.

GEOLOGY
Cowan, D. C. 1978. Origin of bluechist-bearing chaotic rocks in the Franciscan Complex, San Simeon, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin 89: 1415-1423.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Dallas, H. 1992. Hunters and gatherers at CA-SLO-977, San Luis Obispo County, California. Pp. 1-20 in Archaeological Investigation of Some Significant Sites on the Central Coast of California. Vol. Archives of California Prehistory No. 37. (H. Dallas Jr. and G. S. Breschini, Eds) Coyote Press, Salinas.

GEOLOGY
Davidsen, E. K. 1985. Petrology and structure of greenstone blocks encased in mud-matrix melage near San Simeon, California. M.A. Thesis, University of Texas, Austin. 256 p.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Davis, S. 1989. Restoration of the Monterey pine forest in the Cambria/San Simeon region. C.A.E.D., Landscape Arcitecture Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 55 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE
Dayton, P. K., B. D. Keller, and D. A. VanTresca. 1980. Studies of a nearshore community inhabited by sea otters. Final report MMC-78/14. Marine Mammal Commission, Washington, D.C. 91 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MARINE; PLANTS
Dayton, Paul K., Vickie Currie, Tim Gerrodette, Brian D. Keller, Rick Rosenthal, and David VenTresca. 1984. Patch dynamics and stability of some California kelp communities. Ecological Monographs 54(3: 253-289.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Deghi, G. S., T. Huffman, and J. W. Culver. 1995. California's native Monterey pine populations: potential for sustainability. Fremontia 24: 32-33.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; SANTA ROSA
Deibel, Robert H. 1979. Evaluation of Santa Rosa Creek as a possible spawning and rearing stream for Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch Walbaum). California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 40 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
DeLasaux, M., W. Mark, and R. Taskey. 1994. Feasibility study: erosion control and forest management program for Cambria, California. Contract PO#23037, Planning Department, San Luis Obispo County, Calif. 32 pp.

BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; MARINE
Ebert, E. E. 1968. A food habits study of the southern sea otter. California Department Fish and Game 54(1: 33-42.

GBR; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE
Engle, J. M., R. F. Ambrose, P. T. Raimondi, S. N. Murray, M. Wilson, and S. Sapper. 1997. Rocky Intertidal Resources in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Orange Counties. Minerals Management Service, Camarillo, California. 73 pp.

BIOLOGY; SAN SIMEON
Envicom Corp. 1984. Final Environmental Impact Report, Fiscalini Ranch development plan, San Luis Obispo, California, D830126 1, ED83-42. Sch #83051702, prepared for County of San Luis Obispo Office of the Environmental Coordinator. Envicom Corp., Calabasas Park, Calif.

ARCHAEOLOGY; GBR
Erlandson, Jon and Michael Glassow (Eds.). 1997. Archaeology of the California Coast during the Middle Holocene. Perspectives in California Archaeology ed. Vol. 4. Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.

GEOLOGY
Ernst, W. G. 1984. Californian blueschists, subduction, and the significance of tectnostratigraphic terranes. Geology 12: 436-440.

GEOLOGY
Ernst, W. G. and C. A. Hall. 1974. Geology and petrology of the Cambria Felsite, a new Oligocene formation, west-central California Coast ranges. Geological Society of America Bulletin 85: 523-532.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Ernstrom, D. J. 1984. Soil survey of San Luis Obispo County, California, Coastal part. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service in cooperation with University of California Agricultural Experiment Station. 265 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Estes, J. A., R. J. Jameson, and A. M. Johnson. 1980. Food selection and some foraging tactics of sea otters. Pp. 606-41 in Worldwide Furbearer Conference Proceedings. Vol. I. (J. A. Chapman and D. Pursley, Eds) Worldwide Furbearer Conference, Frostburg, Maryland.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Estes, J. A., K. E. Underwood, and M. J. Karmann. 1986. Activity-time budgets of sea otters in California. Journal of Wildlife Management 50(4): 626-636.

GEOLOGY
Evarts, R. C. and P. Schiffman. 1983. Submarine hydrothermal metamorphism of the Del Puerto Ophiolite, California. American Journal of Science 283: 289-340.

ARCHAEOLOGY; CREEKS; SAN SIMEON
Farris, G. F. 1986. Ethnohistoric accounts of the Indians at San Simeon Creek. Pp. 75-93 in The Prehistory of San Simeon Creek. (P. Hines, Ed) California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento.

BIOLOGY; GBR; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; MARINE
Fauquier, D. A., F. M. D. Gulland, J. G. Trupkiewicz, T. R. Spraker, and L. J. Lowenstine. 1996. Coccidioidomycosis in free-living California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in central California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32(4: 707-710.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Feigl, K. L., D. C. Agnew, Y. Bock, D. Dong, A. Donnellan, B. H. Hager, T. A. Herring, D. D. Jackson, T. H. Jordan, R. W. King, S. Larsen, K. M. Larson, M. H. Murray, Z. Shen, and F. H. Webb. 1993. Space geodetic measurement of crustal deformation in central and southern California, 1984-1992. Journal of Geophysical Research 98: 21,677-21,712.

BIOLOGY; COAST; PLANTS; SAN SIMEON
Ferren, Wayne B., Jr. 1984. Botanical inventory of the proposed upper campground, San Simeon State Beach, California. Report prepared for the California Coastal Commission by Department of Biological Sciences Herbarium, University of California, Santa Barbara. 48 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Fielding, J. M. 1961. Provenances of Monterey and Bishop pines. Forestry and Timber Bureau, Canberra, Australia. Bulletin No. 38. 30 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Forde, M. B. 1964. Variation in natural populations of Pinus radiata in California. Part I. Sampling methods and branch characters. New Zealand Journal of Botany 2(3): 213-236.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Forde, M. B. 1964. Variation in natural populations of Pinus radiata in California. Part 2. Needle characters. New Zealand Journal of Botany 2(3): 237-257.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Forde, M. B. 1964. Variation in natural populations of Pinus radiata in California. Part 3. Cone characters. New Zealand Journal of Botany 2(4): 459-485.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Forde, M. B. 1964. Variation in natural populations of Pinus radiata in California. Part 4. Discussion. New Zealand Journal of Botany 2(4): 486-501.

GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Forney, Karin A. and Jay Barlow. 1998. Seasonal patterns in the abundance and distribution of California cetaceans, 1991-1992. Marine Mammal Science 14(3): 460-489.

BIOLOGY; GBR; INVERTEBRATES; PINES; PLANTS
Furniss, R. L. and V. M. Carolin. 1977. Pinus radiata (Monterey pine). In Western forest insects. Miscellaneous Publication No. 1339 ed. (R. L. Furniss and V. M. Carolin, Eds) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, D.C.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Gawthrop, W. H. 1978. Seismicity and tectonics of the central California coastal region. Pp. 45-56 in E.A. Silver and W.R. Normark, editors. San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone, California. Special Report 137, California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, Calif.

ARCHAEOLOGY; CREEKS; SAN SIMEON
Gibson, R. O. 1979. Archaeological investigations at SLO-187 B: A mitigation porject for Cambria water transmission facilities at San Simeon Creek/Van Gordon Road, San Luis Obispo County, California. Unpublished Report for Cambria Community Services District.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Gibson, R. O. 1979. Preliminary inventory and assessment of Indian cultural resources at lodge Hill, Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, California. Unpublished manuscript, Central Coastal Information Center, University of California, Santa Barbara.

ARCHAEOLOGY; CREEKS; SAN SIMEON
Gibson, R. O. 1979. Archaeological investigations at SLO-187B, San Simeon Creek. Manuscript on file, Central Coastal Information Center, University of California, Santa Barbara.

ARCHAEOLOGY; CREEKS; SAN SIMEON
Gibson, R. O. 1986. Beads and ornaments from three sites at San Simeon State Beach. Appendix E in P. Hines, The Prehistory of San Simeon Creek, 5,800 B.P. to Missionization. Prepared for the Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento.

ARCHAEOLOGY; CREEKS; SAN SIMEON
Gibson, R. O. 1992. Results of archaeological subsurface testing at SLO-221 and SLO-1373, San Simeon Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Prepared for Cambria Community Services District. Gibson's Archaeological Consulting, Paso Robles, California.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Gibson, Robert O. 1983. Ethnogeography of the Salinan people: A systems approach. Master of Arts Thesis, California State University, Hayward.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Gibson, Robert O. 1993. Inventory of cultural resources for the Cambria Community Services District, long term water project, San Luis Obispo County, CA. Report prepared for Cambria Community Services District. 24 pp.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Graham, S. A. and W. R. Dickinson. 1978. Apparent offsets of on-land geologic features across the San Gregorio-Hosgri fault trend. Pp. 13-23 in E.A. Silver and W.R. Normark, editors. San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone, California. Special Report 137, California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, Calif.

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOLOGY; COAST; GBR; HYDROLOGY; MANAGEMENT
Greenspace, The Cambria Land Trust. 1997. Analysis of the conformance with the California Coastal Act. Unpublished report for The California Coastal Commission, 54 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES; PLANTS
Greenspace, The Cambria Land Trust. 1997. Report on pine pitch canker in the Cambria Monterey pine forest. Unpublished Report, 11 pp.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Greenwood, R. S. 1976. Cultural resource management: A study for the Hearst Ranch. Prepared for Environ Corporation. Greenwood and Associates, Pacific Palisades, California.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PLANTS
Griffin, J. R. and W. B. Critchfield. 1976. The distribution of forest trees in California. U.S.D.A. Forest Service Research Paper PSW-82/1972. 118 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Guinon, M., J. V. Hood, and W. J. Libby. 1982. A clonal study of intraspecific variability in radiata pine: II. Growth and form. Australia Forest Research 12: 191-201.

BIOLOGY; GBR; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; MARINE
Gulland, F. M. D., M. Koski, L. J. Lowenstine, A. Colagross, L. Morgan, and T. Spraker. 1996. Leptospirosis in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) stranded along the central California coast, 1981-1994. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32(4): 572-580.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Hall, C. A. 1974. Geologic map of the Cambria region, San Luis Obispo County, California. U.S. Geological Survey. Miscellaneous Field Studies. Map MF-599.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Hall, C. A. 1975. San Simeon-Hosgri fault system, coastal California: Economic and environmental implications. Science 190: 1291-1294.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Hall, C. A. 1975. Geologic map of San Simeon-Piedras Blancas Region, Calif. U.S. Geological Survey. Miscellaneous Field Studies. Map MF-784. Scale 1:24,000.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Hall, C. A., Jr., W. G. Ernst, S. W. Prior, and J. W. Wiese. 1979. Geologic map of the San Luis Obispo-San Simeon Region, California. U.S. Geological Survey. Miscellaneous Investigations. Map 1-1097. Scale 1:48,000.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Hall, Clarence A., Jr. 1978. Origin and development of the Lompoc-Santa Maria pull-apart basin and its relation to the San Simeon-Hosgri strike-slip fault, western California. Pp. 25-31 in E.A. Silver and W.R. Normark, editors. San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone, California. Special Report 137, California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, Calif.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Hall, N. T., T. D. Hunt, and P. R. Vaughan. 1994. Holocene behavior of the San Simeon fault zone, south-central coastal California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 292: 167-189.

GBR; HISTORY
Hamilton, G. 1974. Where the highway ends. 1st ed. Padre Productions, San Luis Obispo, Calif. 219 pp.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Hanson, K. L. and W. R. Lettis. 1994. Estimated Pleistocene slip rate for the San Simeon fault zone, south-central California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 292: 133-150.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; GBR; INVERTEBRATES; PICO; SAN SIMEON; SANTA ROSA
Harrington, James M., Peter R. Ode, Joseph T. King, Michael J. Blum, and Angie L. Montalvo. 1997. Effects of groundwater infusion from a wastewater treatment plant to San Simeon Creek, San Luis Obispo County, California. Unpublished report. California Department of Fish and Game, Water Pollution Control Laboratory, Rancho Cordova, Calif. 10 pp.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Hatfield, B. B. 1991. Summary report of observations of coastal gill and trammel net fisheries in central California, October 1, 1984-March 31, 1985. National Technical Information Service, Washington, D.C. Report No. PB91-191908. 17 pp.

GBR; WEATHER
Hatfield, Brian B. 1995. Pt. Piedras Blancas weather summary. Unpublished. Piedras Blancas Research Station, San Simeon, Calif. 5 pp.

GEOLOGY; PLANTS; SAN SIMEON; SOILS; WEATHER
Heinemann, Sandra. 1994. The natural environment in the San Simeon area. Unpublished report. 7 pp.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Heusser, L. 1978. Abalones, shells and sea otters: Dynamics of prey populations in Central California. Ecology 63(5): 1547-1560.

ARCHAEOLOGY; CREEKS; SAN SIMEON
Hines, Philip, et al. 1986. The prehistory of San Simeon Creek: 5800 B.P. to missionization. Department of Parks and Recreation, Resource Protection Division, Sacramento. 145 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Hohn, A. A. and R. J. Brownell Jr. 1990. Harbor porpoise in Central Californian waters: life history and incidental catches. Unpublished ms. 11 pp.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; GBR; PICO; REPTILES
Holland, D. C. 1985. An ecological and quantitative study of the western pond turtle (Clemmys marmorata) in San Luis Obispo County, California. Master of Arts in Biology Thesis, California State University, Fresno. 181 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Holland, V. L., D. Kell, and M. Yoshimura. 1985. Cambria Lodge Hill restoration plan. Unpublished report. 25 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Hood, J. V. and W. J. Libby. 1980. A clonal study of intraspecific variability in radiata pine: I. Cold and animal damage. Australia Forest Research 10: 9-20.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PLANTS
Hoover, R. F. 1970. The vascular plants of San Luis Obispo County, California. University of California Press, Berkeley. 350 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PLANTS
Hoover, Robert F. 1974. Color supplement to the vascular plants of San Luis Obispo, California. Unpublished report. San Luis Obispo, Calif.

GEOLOGY
Hopson, C. A., J. M. Mattinson, and E. A. Pessagno. 1981. Coast Range ophiolite, western California. Pp. 418-510 in The geotectonic development of California. Vol. 1. (W. G. Ernst, Ed) Prentice-Hall, New York.

BIOLOGY; GBR; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE
Horn, Michael H., Steven N. Murray, and Roger R. Seapy. 1983. Seasonal structure of a central California rocky intertidal community in relation to environmental variations. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 82: 79-94.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Howard, D. M. 1979. Prehistoric Sites Handbook: Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties. Antiquities Research Publications. Carmel, California.

GEOLOGY
Howell, D. G., J. G. Vedder, H. McLean, J. M. Joyce, S. H. Clarke Jr., and G. Smith. 1977. Review of Cretaceous geology of the California coast ranges, west of the San Andreas fault. Pacific Coast paleogeography field guide 2. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section. 109 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Huffman and Associates. 1994. An evaluation of California's native Monterey pine populations and the potential for sustainability. Huffman and Associates, Inc., Larkspur, Calif. 95 pp.

BIOLOGY; BIRDS; COAST; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Jameson, G. L. 1986. Trial systematic salvage of beach-cast sea otter, Enhydra lutris, carcasses in the central and southern portion of the sea otter range in California. National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia. Report No. PB87-108288. 60 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Jameson, R. J. 1983. Evidence of birth of a sea otter on land in central California. California Fish and Game 69(2): 122-123.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Jameson, R. J. 1989. Movements, home range, and territories of male sea otters off central California. Marine Mammal Science 5(2): 159-172.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Jameson, R. J. and B. B. Hatfield. 1996. Growth of an incipient northern elephant seal population near Pt. Piedras Blancas, California. Abstract, 1996 Annual Meeting of the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore.

BIOLOGY; BIRDS; GBR
Jameson, R. J. and G. L. Jameson. 1993. The birds of Pt. Piedras Blancas, California. Unpublished. Piedras Blancas Research Station, San Simeon, Calif. 7 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Jameson, R. J. and A. M. Johnson. 1993. Reproductive characteristics of female sea otters. Marine Mammal Science 9(2): 156-167.

BIOLOGY; BIRDS; GBR
Jenkins, H. L. 1906. A list of birds collected between Monterey and San Simeon in the coast range of California. Condor 8: 122-130.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PLANTS
Jones, H. E. 1982. The flora of Piedras Blancas Point. Unpublished. Biological Sciences Dept., Calif. Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo, Calif. 27 pp.

ARCHAEOLOGY; GBR; LITTLE PICO
Jones, T. L. and G. Waugh. 1993. Little Pico Creek revisited: archaeological data recovery at CA-SLO-175, and CA-SLO-1259, San Luis Obispo County, California. Unpublished Report 05-SLO-1 P.M.54.8 05-308803, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, California, 34 pp.

ARCHAEOLOGY; GBR; LITTLE PICO
Jones, T. L. and G. Waugh. 1995. Central California coastal prehistory: a view from Little Pico Creek. Perspectives in California Archaeology ed. Vol. 3. Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles. 186 pp.

ARCHAEOLOGY; GBR
Jones, Terry L. and Georgie Waugh. 1997. Climatic consequences or population pragmatism: A middle Holocene prehistory of the central California coast. Pp. 111-28 in Archaeology of the California Coast during the Middle Holocene. Vol. 4. (Jon Erlandson and Michael Glassow, Eds) Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.

CREEKS; GBR; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; SAN SIMEON
Jones & Stokes Associates. 1991. Hydrologic evaluation of the design and impacts of Cambria Community Services District's proposed groundwater recharge project. Prepared for John Carollo Engineers, Walnut Creek, Calif. 23 pp.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; MARINE
Karpov, K. A., D. P. Albin, and W. H. Van Buskirk. 1995. The marine recreational fishery in northern and central California: A historical comparison 1958-86, status of stocks 1980-86, and effects of changes in the California current. Fishery Bulletin 176: .

BIOLOGY; DE LA CRUZ; GBR; PLAINS; PLANTS
Keil, D. J. and M. G. McLeod. 1987. Rare plants in the Arroyo de la Cruz endemic area, San Luis Obispo County, California. Pp. 141-54 in Conservation and management of rare and endangered plants. (T. S. Elias and J. Nelson, Eds) California Native Plant Society, Sacramento. 630 pp.

BIOLOGY; COAST; GBR; MAMMALS; SAN SIMEON
Langtimm, C. B. 1995. Possible non-marine mammals in San Sime State Park. Unpublished report, 3 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; REPTILES
Larson, Nina M. 1984. Geographic variation in the two-striped garter snake, Thamnophis hammondii. Master of Science Thesis, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. 58 pp.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; MARINE
Lea, R. N., R. D. McAllister, and D. A. VenTresca. 1997. Biological aspects of nearshore rockfishes of the Genus Sebastes with notes on ecologically related species. Fishery Bulletin (in press): .

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
LeBoeuf, Burney J., Patricia A. Morris, Susanna B. Blackwell, Daniel E. Crocker, and Daniel P. Costa. 1996. Diving behavior of juvenile northern elephant seals. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1632-1644.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR; MARINE; WEATHER
Lenarz, William H., David A. VenTresca, William Montrose Graham, Franklin B. Schwing, and Francisco Chavez. 1995. Explorations of El Niño events and associated biological population dynamics off central California. CalCOFl Report 36: 106-119.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Leonard, N. N., D. Abrams, D. L. Weide, and M. Susia. 1969. Archaeological salvage of the Pico Creek and Little Pico Creek sites. Unpublished Report in the Robert E. Schenk Archives of California Archaeology 4, Treganza Museum, San Francisco State University.

ARCHAEOLOGY; CREEKS; LITTLE PICO; PICO
Leonard, N. N. I. I. I. 1968. Salvage investigations at the Pico Creek Site: 4-SLO-179. In Archaeological Salvage of the Pico Creek and Little Pico Creek Sites, San Luis Obispo County, California. Robert E. Schenk Archives of California Archaeology 4, Treganza Museum, San Francisco State University.

BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES
Leong, Kingston. 1990. Monarch butterly overwintering study of the California central coast, 1988-89 & 1989-90 winters. Department of Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 69 pp.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Leslie, R. B. 1981. Continuity and tectonic implications of the San Simeon-Hosgri fault zone, central California. Open-File Report 81-430. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif. 59 pp.

BIOLOGY; COAST; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Lowry, M. S., W. L. Perryman, M. S. Lynn, R. L. Westlake, and F. Julian. 1996. Counts of northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, from large-format aerial photographs taken at rookeries in southern California during the breeding season. Fishery Bulletin 94: 176-185.

BIOLOGY; BIRDS; GBR
Marantz, Curtis. 1988. Birds of San Luis Obispo County, California: their status and distribution. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 184 pp.

GEOLOGY
Mashburn, L. 1986. Mineralized veins in the Franciscan melange and Cambria slab trench slope basin, near San Simeon, California. M.A. Thesis, University of Texas, Austin.

CREEKS; GBR; GEOLOGY; SAN SIMEON
Matthews, Graham. 1990. Potential effects of berm construction on lower San Simeon Creek: reconnaissance investigation. Report prepared for Cambria Community Services District by Graham Matthews & Associates, Carmel Valley, Calif. 14 pp.

CREEKS; GBR; GEOLOGY; SAN SIMEON
Matthews, Graham. 1991. Hydrology, geomorphology, and historic channel changes of San Simeon Creek, San Luis Obispo County, California. Report prepared for Cambria Community Services District by Graham Matthews & Associates, Carmel Valley, Calif. 25 pp.

CREEKS; GBR; GEOLOGY; SAN SIMEON
Matthews, Graham. 1993. San Simeon Creek restoration projects: background, proposed design, and alternatives. Final report prepared for Cambria Community Services District by Graham Matthews & Associates, Carmel Valley, Calif. 12 pp.

BIRDS; GBR; MARINE; PIEDRAS BLANCAS
McChesney, Gerard J., Harry R. Carter, and Darrell L. Whitworth. 1995. Reoccupation and extension of southern breeding limits of Tufted Puffins and Rhinoceros Auklets in California. Colonial Waterbirds 18(1): 79-90.

CREEKS; GEOLOGY; SAN SIMEON
McClelland Engineers. 1988. Preliminary geotechnical study, San Simeon Creek diversion/recharge and off-stream dam project for Cambira Community Services District, Cambria, California. Report prepared for Boyle Engineering Corporation, Ventura, California by McClelland Engineers, Inc., Ventura, California. 212 pp.

GBR; PLANTS; WEATHER
Michaelsen, Joel, Laura Haston, and Frank W. Davis. 1987. 400 years of central California precipitation variability reconstructed from tree-rings. Water Resources Bulletin 23(5): 809-818.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Millar, C. I. and W. J. Libby. 1989. Restoration: Disneyland or a native ecosystem? A question of genetics. Fremontia 17(2): 3-10.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Millar, C. I., S. H. Strauss, M. T. Conkle, and R. D. Westfall. 1988. Allozyme differentiation and biosystematics of the Californian closed-cone pines (Pinus subsect. Oocarpae). Systematic Botany 13(3): 351-370.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PICO; PINES; PLANTS
Miller, G. R., H. W. Champion, and B. Cox. 1976. Survey of Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) at Pico Creek, San Simeon, California. Unpublished report, Natural Resources Management Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, 103 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Moran, G. F., J. C. Bell, and K. G. Eldridge. 1988. The genetic structure and the conservation of the five natural populations of Pinus radiata. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 18: 506-514.

BIOLOGY; SAN SIMEON
Morro Group. 1992. Environmental Impact Report, C.T. Ranch, Cambria, California. Sch. #89051021, ED 88-510, G880011M, Vol. I-III, prepared for San Luis Obispo County Office of the Environmental Coordinator by The Morro Group, Los Osos, California.

HISTORY
Morton, Don. 1937. History of California State parks: San Simeon Beach State Park, Park #50. Works Progress Administration Official Project #465-03-30133. California Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks, Berkeley. 34 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Murphy, T. M. 1981. Immunochemical comparisons of seed proteins from populations of Pinus radiata (Pinaceae). American Journal of Botany 68(2): 254-259.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; DE LA CRUZ; FISHES; GBR
Nelson, Jennifer. 1994. Steelhead population and habitat assessment on Arroyo De La Cruz, San Luis Obispo County, 1993. California Department of Fish and Game, 55 pp.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; SANTA ROSA
Nelson, Jennifer. 1994. Summary of steelhead population and habitat sampling, Santa Rosa Creek, San Luis Obispo County, 1993. California Department of Fish and Game, 127 pp.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; SAN SIMEON
Nelson, Jennifer. 1995. Summary of steelhead population and habitat sampling, San Simeon Creek, San Luis Obispo County, 1993. California Department of Fish and Game, 25 pp.

GEOLOGY
Noble, P. H., M. Cloos, D. Meyerhoff-Hull, and P. Carpenter. 1993. Regional significance of Jurassic-Cretaceous radiolaria, San Simeon region, California. Abstract, Geological Society of America.

COAST; GBR; GEOLOGY; MARINE; PALEONTOLOGY
Noble, P. J., D. M. Hull, and P. S. Carpenter. In press. Regional significance of Jurassic-Cretaceous Radiolaria, San Simeon Region, California.

BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES; PINES; PLANTS
Ohmart, C. P. 1981. An annotated list of insects associated with Pinus radiata Don in California. Commonwealth Science Industrial Research Organization, Division of Forestry Research, Canberra, Australia. Report No. 8.

GBR; MOUNTAINS; PINES; PLANTS
Ohmart, C. P. and W. G. Voigt. 1981. Arthropod communities in the crowns of the natural and planted stands of Pinus radiata (Monterey pine) in California. The Canadian Entomologist 113(August): 673-684.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Old, K. M., W. J. Libby, J. H. Russell, and K. G. Eldridge. 1986. Genetic variability in susceptibility of Pinus radiata to western gall rust. Silvae Genetica 35: 145-149.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; GBR; PLANTS; SAN SIMEON
Oyler, L. D. 1990. Biological survey: Pedotti bunk house project area, San Simeon Creek Ranch, APN #013-061-003. Unpublished report prepared for Jon Pedotti, Cambria, Calif. 17 pp.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; GBR; PLANTS; SAN SIMEON
Oyler, L. D. and F. Andoli. 1991. Biological report: effluent disposal field improvements, Cambria Community Services District. Unpublished report prepared for Robert Bein, William Frost & Associates, Irvine, Calif. 52 pp.

GBR; HISTORY
Pavlik, R. 1991. Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument oral history project: Norman Francis, the lighthouse keeper's son. Unpublished. California Department of Parks and Recreation, San Simeon Region, San Simeon, Calif. 25 pp.

GBR; HISTORY; MAMMALS; MARINE
Pavlik, Robert. 1990. Shore whaling at San Simeon Bay. Sea Letter 43: 17-21.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Perryman, W. L., M. A. Donahue, and S. B. Reilly. 1996. Results of 1994 and 1995 gray whale calf surveys from Pt. Piedras Blancas, CA. International Whaling Commission Unpublished Report No. SC/48/AS4.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Perryman, W. L., M. A. Donahue, S. B. Reilly, and P. C. Perkins. 1997. Annual calf production for the California stock of gray whales 1994-1997. Report of the International Whaling Commission SC/49/AS13: 1-26.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Pierce, A. M. 1979. Archaeological investigations at SLO-177 and vicinity, Cambria, California. Masters Thesis, Stanford University, Palo Alto.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Plessas, M. E. and S. H. Strauss. 1986. Allozyme differentiation among populations, stands, and cohorts in Monterey pine. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 16: 1155-1164.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Poole, M. M. 1984. Migration corridors of gray whales along the central California coast, 1980-1982. Pages 389-407 in The gray whale Eschrichtius robustus. (M. L. Jones, S. L. Swartz and S. Leatherwood, Eds) Academic Press, New York. 600 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Poole, M. Michael. 1984. Preliminary assessment of annual calf production in the gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus from Pt. Piedras Blancas, California. Report of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 6) : 223-231.

GBR; INVERTEBRATES; MOUNTAINS; PINES
Powell, J. A. 1998. List of Lepidoptera recorded at Cambria, California.

AMPHIBIANS; BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; GEOLOGY; REPTILES; SANTA ROSA
Prunuske Chatham Inc. 1993. Santa Rosa Creek enhancement plan. Report prepared for Greenspace: A Land Trust, Cambria, California by Prunuske Chatham, Inc., under State of California Coastal Conservancy Contract No. 90-080. 56 pp.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; SAN SIMEON; SANTA ROSA
Puckett, L. 1970. Evaluation of the impact of summer trout fishing on juvenile steelhead inhabiting coastal lagoons. Unpublished report. California Department of Fish and Game. 4 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Ralls, K., B. B. Hatfield, and D. B. Siniff. 1995. Foraging patterns of California sea otters as indicated by telemetry. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 523-531.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Ralls, K. and D. B. Siniff. 1990. Time budgets and activity patterns in California sea otters. Journal of Wildlife Management 54(2): 251-259.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Ralls, K., D. B. Siniff, A. Doroff, and A. Mercure. 1992. Movements of sea otters relocated along the California coast. Marine Mammal Science 8(2): 178-184.

GBR; WEATHER
Ralph, F. M., S. Archer, P. J. Neiman, and K. Durkee. 1997. Observations of an undular bore: Evolution from an intrusive density current. 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Boston, Ma. (Paper 11B.4, 2 pp.)

AMPHIBIANS; BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; PICO; REPTILES; SAN SIMEON
Rathbun, G. B., M. R. Jennings, T. G. Murphey, and N. R. Siepel. 1993. Status and ecology of sensitive aquatic vertebrates in lower San Simeon and Pico Creeks, San Luis Obispo County, California. Final Report prepared for California Department of Parks and Recreation, San Simeon Region, by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Simeon, Calif. 103 pp.

AMPHIBIANS; BIOLOGY; CREEKS; GBR; SAN SIMEON
Rathbun, G. B., N. J. Scott, and T. G. Murphey. 1997. Rana aurora drytonii (California red-legged frog). Behavior. Herpetological Review 28: 85-86.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; GBR; LAGUNA; REPTILES
Rathbun, G. B., N. Siepel, and D. Holland. 1992. Nesting behavior and movements of western pond turtles, Clemmys marmorata. The Southwestern Naturalist 37(3): 319-324.

AMPHIBIANS; BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; REPTILES; SANTA ROSA
Rathbun, G. B., K. Worcester, D. Holland, and J. Martin. 1991. Status of declining aquatic reptiles, amphibians, and fishes in the lower Santa Rosa Creek, Cambria, California. Unpublished report prepared for Greenspace; A land trust, Cambria, Calif. 21 pp.

AMPHIBIANS; BIOLOGY; GBR; REPTILES; SAN SIMEON
Rathbun, Galen B. 1991. Preliminary status of sensitive aquatic reptiles and amphibians in San Simeon State Park, California. Report prepared for California Department of Parks and Recreation by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Simeon, Calif. 17 pp.

GBR; GEOLOGY; SOILS
Rockwell, T., P. R. Vaughan, F. Bickner, and K. L. Hanson. 1994. Correlation and age estimates of soils developed in marine terraces across the San Simeon fault zone, central California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 292: 151-166.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Roeder, M. A. 1986. A preliminary analysis of fish remains recovered from SLO-187, San Simeon State Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. In P. Hines, The Prehistory of San Simeon Creek - 5800 B.P. to Missionization. California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, California.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Rondeau, M. F. 1986. A debitage analysis for three sites at San Simeon State Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. Pp. 94-105 in P. Hines, The Prehistory of San Simeon Creek - 5800 B.P. to Missionization. California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, California.

BIOLOGY; BIRDS; GBR
Rowlett, R. A. 1996. Bird List, Pt. Piedras Blancas. Unpublished. Piedras Blancas Research Station, San Simeon, Calif. 7 pp.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Rudolph, J. 1985. Changing shellfish exploitation in San Luis Obispo County, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 7: 126-132.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Rudolph, T. P. 1983. Archaeological testing at SLO-177, Cambria, California. Unpublished manuscript on file at Office of Public Archaeology, Social Process Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Rudolph, T. P. 1983. Horizontal and vertical distributions of artifacts on the Condon property: A supplemental report to Archaeological Testing at SLO-177, Cambria, California. Unpublished manuscript on file at Central Coastal Information Center, University of California, Santa Barbara.

CREEKS; GBR; HYDROLOGY; SANTA ROSA; WEATHER
Russell, B. 1990. A preliminary site assessment and instream flow study plan, Santa Rosa Creek, Cambria, California. Submitted to Cambria Community Services District. Report EO-730.0, Tenera Environmental Services, San Luis Obispo, Calif. 17 pp.

CREEKS; GBR; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; SANTA ROSA
Russell, Barbara. 1991. Instream flow investigations: Lower Santa Rosa Creek, Cambria, California. Tenera Environmental Services Draft Report No. EO-730-1 prepared for Cambria Community Services District, Cambria, Calif. 44 pp.

BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES
Sakai, Walter H. and William C. Calvert. 1991. Department of Parks and Recreation Statewide Monarch butterfly management plan for the state of California: Final report. Interagency agreement No. 88-11-050, California Department of Parks and Recreation/Santa Monica College, Calif. 209+ pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PICO
Sanders, S., R. Palmer, and V. Dains. 1991. Natural environment study report, Pico Creek Bridge (#49-47), State Route 1, San Luis Obispo County, California. Unpublished Report for Kokken Engineering, Sacramento, CA and Caltrans District 5, San Luis Obispo, CA by Par Environmental Services, Inc., Sacramento, CA, 35 pp.

GBR; GEOLOGY; MANAGEMENT
San Luis Obispo County. 1975. Seismic Safety Element of the San Luis obispo County General Plan.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; PICO
Saunders, S. 1991. Natural environment study report for the Pico Creek Bridge (#49-47), State Route 1, San Luis Obispo County, California. Report prepared for Caltrans District 5 by PAR Environmental Services, Inc.

BIOLOGY; HISTORY; MAMMALS; MARINE
Sayers, H. 1984. Shore whaling for gray whales along the coast of the Californias. Pages 121-57 in The gray whale Eschrichtius robustus. (M. L. Jones, S. L. Swartz and S. Leatherwood, Eds) Academic Press, New York.

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Schreiber, M. R. 1960. Field note, Santa Rosa Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Unpublished. California Department of Fish and Game. 1 p.

CREEKS; GBR; GEOLOGY
Schwartzbart, David. 1992. Mines studies status report. Report of November 13, 1992, Item 18, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region. 28 pp.

AMPHIBIANS; BIOLOGY; GBR; REPTILES
Scott, N. J., Jr. 1994. Tentative list of reptiles and amphibians for San Simeon State Park. Unpublished. Piedras Blancas Research Station, San Simeon, Calif. 2 pp.

BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE
Seapy, R. and M. M. Littler. 1979. The distribution, abundance, community structure, primary productivity of microorganisms from two central California rocky intertidal habitats. Pacific Science 32: 293-314.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; SANTA ROSA
Seifeldt, M. 1974. Field reports, Santa Rosa Creek. Unpublished. California Department of Fish and Game. 2 pp.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Sharp, Robert P. and Allen F. Glazner. 1993. Sampling the mysterious Franciscan formation: San Simeon beach pebbles. Pp. 70-6 in Geology Underfoot in Southern California. (R. P. Sharp and A. F. Glazner, Eds) Mountain Press Publishing Co., Missoula, Montana.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Silver, E. A. 1978. The San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone: an overview. Pp. 1-2 in E.A. Silver and W.R. Normark, editors. San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone, California. Special Report 137, California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, Calif.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Silver, E. A. and W. R. Normark. 1978. San Gregorio-Hosgri fault zone, California. Special Report 137, California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, Calif. 56 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Siniff, D. B. and K. Ralls. 1987. Population status of California sea otters. Contract No. 14-12-001-3003, Minerals Management Service, Los Angeles, Calif. 463 pp.

BIOLOGY; COAST; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Siniff, D. B. and K. Ralls. 1991. Reproduction, survival and tag loss in California sea otters. Marine Mammal Science 7(3): 211-229.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; PICO
Smith, G. 1992. Negative declaration/finding of no significant impact for the realignment of Highway 1 (Post mile R61.3/63.0) north of Cambria in San Luis Obispo County. Report prepared by Caltrans District 5.

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Smith, G. 1994. Endangered species biological assessment for the Pico Creek Bridge replacement in San Luis Obispo County on Route 1. Report prepared by Caltrans District 5.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Smith, G. W. 1978. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and petrology of the Cambria Slab, San Luis Obispo, California. Master of Science in Geology Thesis, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. 123 pp.

GEOLOGY
Smith, G. W., D. G. Howell, and R. V. Ingersoll. 1979. Late Cretaceous trench-slope basins of central California. Geology 7: 303-306.

BIOLOGY; PLANTS
Smith, J. P., Jr. and K. Berg. 1988. California Native Plant Society's inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California. Special Publication No. 1, fourth edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, California. 168 pp.

BIOLOGY; GBR; PINES
Smith, S. G. and M. DeLasaux. 1990. Forest management plan. CT Ranch, San Luis Obispo County, California. Report prepared for CT Ranch, Cambria, Calif. 131 pp.

BIRDS; MARINE; PIEDRAS BLANCAS
Sowls, A. L., A. R. DeGange, J. W. Nelson, and G. S. Lester. 1980. Catalog of California seabird colonies. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Services Program, FWS/OBS-80/37.

BIOLOGY; COAST; GBR; PLANTS
Sparling, S. 1991. A partial list of the lichens occurring near the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse. Unpublished list based on results of field work conducted on August 14, 1991. Piedras Blancas Research Station, San Simeon, Calif. 2 pp.

GBR; GEOLOGY
Steritz, J. W. and B. P. Luyendyk. 1994. Hosgri fault zone, offshore Santa maria Basin, California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 292: 191-209.

BIOLOGY; COAST; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE
Stewart, B. S., P. K. Yochem, H. R. Huber, R. L. DeLong, R. J. Jameson, W. J. Sydeman, S. G. Allen, and B. J. LeBoeuf. 1994. History and present status of the northern elephant seal population. Pp. 29-48 in Elephant seals: population ecology, behavior, and physiology. (B. J. LeBoeuf and R. M. Laws, Eds) University of California Press, Berkeley. 414 pp.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR
Swift, C. C., J. L. Nelson, C. Maslow, and T. Stein. 1989. Biology and distribution of the tidewater goby, Encyclogobius newberryi (Pisces: Gobiidae) of California. Contributions in Science 404, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles. 19 pp.

BIOLOGY; COAST; FISHES; GBR
Titus, R. G., D. C. Erman, and W. M. Snider. In press. History and status of steelhead in California coastal drainages south of San Francisco Bay. Hilgardia: 138-268.

BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS
Turner, C. E., R. W. Memberton, and S. S. Rosenthal. 1987. Host utilization of native Cirsium thistles by the introduced weevil, Rhinocyllus conicus, in California. Environmental Entomology 16(1: 111-115.

BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS
Unruh, T. R. and R. D. Goeden. 1987. Electrophoresis helps to identify which race of the introduced weevil, Rhinocyllus conicus, has transferred to two native southern California thistles. Environmental Entomology 16(4): 979-983.

COAST; GBR; HISTORY; MARINE; WEATHER
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1949. Point Piedras Blancas. Pp. 93-94 in Small-boat harbors and shelters, Pacific coast, coast of California. Information Pamphlet No. 01606.

BIOLOGY; GBR; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; MARINE
VanBlaricom, G. R. 1987. Effects of foraging by sea otters on mussel-dominated intertidal communities. Pp. 48-91 in The community ecology of sea otters. (G. R. VanBlaricom and J. A. Estes, Eds) Springer-Verlag, New York.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MARINE; PLANTS
VanBlaricom, G. R. and J. L. Bodkin. 1986. A sublittoral population of Pleurophycus gardneri Setchell and Saunders 1900 (Phaeophyceae: Laminariaceae) in central California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 85(2): 120-122.

BIOLOGY; GBR; MAMMALS; MARINE; WEATHER
VanBlaricom, G. R. and R. J. Jameson. 1982. Lumber spill in central California waters: implications for oil spills and sea otters. Science 215: 1503-1505.

GEOLOGY
Vedder, J. G., D. G. Howell, and H. McLean. 1983. Stratigraphy, sedimentation, and tectonic ccretion of exotic terranes, southern California Coast Ranges, California. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 34: 471-496.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR; MARINE
VenTresca, David A., James L. Houk, Michelle J. Paddack, Marty L. Gingras, Nicole L. Crane, and Scott D. Short. 1996. Early life-history studies of nearshore rockfishes and lingcod off central California, 1987-92. California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources Division Admin. Rep. 96-4. 77 pp.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR; MARINE; WEATHER
VenTresca, David A., Richard H. Parrish, James L. Houk, Marty L. Gingras, Scott D. Short, and Nicole L. Crane. 1995. El Niño effects on the somatic and reproductive condition of blue rockfish, Sebastes mystinus. CalCOFl Report 36: 167-174.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; GBR; MARINE
VenTresca, David A., Christine Pattison, and Josh Plant. 1996. Central California marine sport fish survey spearfish competition report. Report on Pacific Coast championship spearfish competition, Piedras Blancas, San Luis Obispo County, 19 October 1996. California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources Division, Monterey, California. 3 pp.

ARCHAEOLOGY; GBR; PICO
Waugh, G. 1992. Further investigations at Pico Creek, CA-SLO-179. Phase II archaeological test for a bridge replacement at Pico Creek. Unpublished Report 05-SLO-1 P.M. 54.8 05201-305300, California Department of Transportation, San Luis Obispo, California, 136 pp.

ARCHAEOLOGY; CREEKS; PICO
Weide, D. L. and M. L. Susia. 1968. Geographic and geological investigations of the Pico Creek Area (SLO-175 and 179) San Luis Obispo County, California. Part 3 in Leonard, N.N., et. al. Archaeological Salvage of the Pico Creek and Little Pico Creek Sites. Archives of California Archaeology 4, Treganza Museum, San Francisco State University.

ARCHAEOLOGY
West, J. and R. P. Wekkel. 1968. An archaeological site survey of the Hearst Ranch (Rancho Piedras Blancas), San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County, California. University of California Archaeological Survey Annual Report 10:262-274.

ARCHAEOLOGY; GBR
West, James and Ronald P. Sekkel. 1968. An archaeological site survey of the Hearst Ranch (Rancho Piedras Blancas [sic], San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County California. University of California Archaeological Survey Annual Report 10: 262-274.

BIOLOGY; PLANTS
Wilder, Karen and Sandra Morey. 1992. Draft report to the Fish and Game Commission on the status of Chorro Creek bog thistle (Cirsium fontinale var. obispoense). Status report. Natural Heritage Division, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento. 19 pp.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; MARINE
Wilson, C. E., L. A. Halko, D. Wilson-Vandenberg, and P. N. Reilly. 1996. Onboard sampling of the rockfish and lingcod commercial passenger fishing vessel industry in northern and central California, 1992. California Department of Fish and Game, Admin. Rep. 96-2. 103 pp.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; MARINE
Wilson-Vandenberg, D., P. N. Reilly, and L. Halko. 1995. Onboard sampling of the rockfish and lingcod commercial passenger fishing industry in northern and central California, January-December 1993. California Department of Fish and Game. Admin. Rep. 95-2.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; MARINE
Wilson-Vandenberg, D., P. N. Reilly, and C. E. Wilson. 1996. Onboard sampling of the rockfish and lingcod commercial passenger fishing vessel industry in northern and central California, January-December, 1994. California Department of Fish and Game. Admin. Rep. 96-6.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; MARINE
Wilson-Vandenberg, D., D. L. Watters, J. E. Hardwick, and D. Short. 1993. On board sampling of the rockfish and lingcod commercial passenger fishing vessel industry in northern and central California, May 1987 to December 1991. California Fish and Game Admin. Rep. 93-4.

BIOLOGY; FISHES; MARINE
Wingert, R. C. 1975. Comparative reproductive cycles and growth histories of two species of Xiphister (Pisces: Stichaeidae), from San Simeon, California. M.S. Thesis, California State University, Fullerton. 91 pp.

MAMMALS; MOUNTAINS; SAN SIMEON
Wood, S. L. 1976. Density and behavior of black-tailed deer in the San Simeon Creek area. Senior Project, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. 52 pp.

BIOLOGY; CREEKS; FISHES; GBR; PICO
Worcester, Karen R. 1992. Habitat utilization in a central California coastal Lagoon by the Tidewater Goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi). Master of Science Thesis, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 218 pp.

CREEKS; GBR; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; SAN SIMEON; SANTA ROSA
Yates, E. B. and K. M. Van Konynenburg. 1990. Hydrogeology and water resources of the Cambria area, San Luis Obispo County, California. Draft Water-Resources Investigations Report. U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, Calif. 189 pp.

CREEKS; GBR; HYDROLOGY; SAN SIMEON; SANTA ROSA
Yates, Eugene B. and Kathryn M. Van Konynenburg. 1994. Hydrogeology, water quality, water budgets, and simulated responses to hydrologic changes in Santa Rosa and San Simeon Creek ground water basins, San Luis Obispo County, California. Preliminary report. U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, Calif. 248 pp.

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