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E.L. Karlstrom
1954
Bifur conora (39)
mon Co, Coli
July 11 200 yards E Tioga Pass Ranger Station, 9900 ft.
10:15 A.M. (D.S.) meandering drying up seep flow
over 20 yards of grassy open meadow. Average depth
of water ½-¾" but some pockets to 1½". The
tubedies are spread out over wide area when
water deep enough. Maximum width of seepgage
flow 4' across. Bottom loose & silty. The tuba
tend to congregate in deeper pockets but no more
than about 50 seen at any one spot. No algal
development visible to me, but the tube seem
to be grazing on detritus of surface layer of
bottom silt. They tend to face switward against
what little current there is. All these tubes
probably (?) came from one mated pair which
lived after my last visit here. The water was
a few inches deep then. Now there is no snow
left on N facing slope 50 yards to S of her.
In fact only snow seen was 1' x 3' remnant in
bottom of small gulley 75 yards NE of Ranger
Station. Isolated snoll (about 100 feet across)
patches are left on N facing slope of mt. Dana.
These should not last a week. The larger ponds
(lobes) in area are full but smaller meadow
pools are going fast. Bob's house at Ranger Station
reports relatively warm night temps. Last week,
The tubes described above show no hind limb
development. It is doubtful that they will
live time to emerge. Evidence points to a