August, 1999 
SCAMIT Newsletter 
Vol. 18, No.4 
sturionis (by Jensen et al 1982), but was not 
that species in Bousfield’s estimation [he 
currently has it in MS as a new species, pers. 
comm. E. L. Bousfield 1999]. The earlier 
record was based on material collected by Brad 
Myers from Sebastes paucispinis, the 
Bocaccio. It is likely that our specimens belong 
to the same undescribed species as those Brad 
collected many years ago, but several species 
occur in the area, and the identity is not certain. 
The host of Protolaphystius madillae is 
Parophrys vetulus, the English Sole, a species 
quite common in southern California waters. 
In the sole the parasites are found on the gills, 
while on the rockfishes they inhabit the outer 
surface of the head. Many of the specimens 
taken from the Black Gill Rockfish were from 
the membrane covering the eye, and the sinus 
formed by that membrane as it lines first the 
orbit, and then the outer surface of the eye 
itself. Additional animals were plucked from 
small pits on the head of the fish, or freely 
crawling on the tissue covering the head. The 
animals ranged from translucent white through 
translucent pink with three dorsal opaque 
pinkish red longitudinal lines. A voucher sheet 
is in preparation for this species, which will 
become Protolaphystius sp A SCAMIT. 
My Life as a Biologist 
Donald J. Reish 
Chapter 15: I establish a research program at 
Long Beach State 
After a few years of teaching science to 
elementary teachers, the curriculum was 
changed in biology. Art Lockley had taught 
Invert Zoology as a 2 semester 3 unit course. 
We changed it to a one semester 4 unit class 
and I took over the teaching of Invert Zoology. 
It was a pleasure to be teaching it, and I made 
an effort to have a living animal in the lab each 
time. The source of most of my animals was 
Alamitos Bay which is located nearby. In a 
couple of years the enrollment became too 
large for one lab so we had 2 concurrent labs. 
Jack Anderson was my first TA for invert 
zoology. With the interest in invert zoology, 
we added invert systematics which I taught 
every other spring. At the same time we added 
algae which I alternated with invert systematics 
in the spring semester. Lloyd Finley was the 
only person to take all three of these classes 
from me and receive an A in all three. Years 
later I added Polychaete systematics which I 
taught 4 times. Still later I initiated the intern 
program in science and Ken Schiff was my TA 
for this. One final course that I taught was 
Oceanographic Techniques, through the Ocean 
Studies Consortium. Students from Fullerton, 
Northridge, Costa Mesa also joined the Long 
Beach Staters. It met all day on Friday and we 
spend a great deal of time on the Nautilus. 
As I described earlier, I had conducted a survey 
of Alamitos Bay for California Fish and Game 
and had published a paper on this study. While 
still at USC, I used Alamitos Bay as a more or 
less clean area for comparison with conditions 
at LA-LB Harbors. A fortunate thing happened 
in that the City of Long Beach began to dredge 
and build the Alamitos Bay Marina. Again, I 
took advantage of the opportunity and while 
still at USC, and saw it as an opportunity to 
study succession in the subtidal environment. 
My first year at Long Beach State, I applied for 
an NSF grant to study succession not only in 
Alamitos Bay but also in the marinas being 
constructed in Marina del Rey, Oxnard, and 
Ventura. I obtained the grant - a sum total of 
$21,000, the largest single grant to Long Beach 
State at the time. Al Stone became my first 
graduate student. I published several papers as 
a result of this grant. Studies included 
community development on the subtidal 
benthos, settlement on boat floats, and 
settlement on rocky jetties in Marina del Rey 
and Oxnard. I had just completed my study of 
the subtidal benthos in Alamitos Bay when the 
bay was hit by a severe red tide. The dissolved 
oxygen dropped to near zero. Again, I took 
advantage of the situation and studied the 
effect of the red tide on boat floats and subtidal 
benthos. California Fish and Game Quarterly 
published the paper. 
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