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The adventive status of Salvinia minima and S. molesta in the southern United States and the related distribution of the weevil Cyrtobagous salviniae
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C.C. Jacono, T.R. Davern, Ted D. Center
Establishment of the green mussel, Perna viridis (Linnaeus 1758) (Mollusca: Mytilidae) on the West Coast of Florida
In 1999, the green mussel, Perna viridis, was first observed in Tampa Bay, Florida. This was the first reported occurrence of this Indo-Pacific marine bivalve in North America. The mussels found in Tampa Bay were confirmed to be P. viridis based on both morphological and genetic characteristics. Since the initial discovery, surveys in Tampa Bay and on the west coast of Florida have documented the
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A.J. Benson, D.C. Marelli, M.E. Frischer, J.M. Danforth, J.D. Williams
Does clutch size evolve in response to parasites and immunocompetence?
Parasites have been argued to influence clutch size evolution, but past work and theory has largely focused on within-species optimization solutions rather than clearly addressing among-species variation. The effects of parasites on clutch size variation among species can be complex, however, because different parasites can induce age-specific differences in mortality that can cause clutch size to
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T. E. Martin, A.P. Moller, S. Merino, J. Clobert
The roles of community biomass and species pools in the regulation of plant diversity
Considerable debate has developed over the importance of community biomass and species pools in the regulation of community diversity. Attempts to explain patterns of plant diversity as a function of community biomass or productivity have been only partially successful and in general, have explained only a fraction of the observed variation in diversity. At the same time studies that have focused
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J.B. Grace
The South American suckermouth armored catfish, Pterygoplichthys anisitsi (Pisces: Loricariidae), in Texas, with comments on foreign fish introductions in the American Southwest
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L.G. Nico, R.T. Martin
Coastal change analysis program implemented in Louisiana
Landsat Thematic Mapper images from 1990 to 1996 and collateral data sources were used to classify the land cover of the Mermentau River Basin (MRB) within the Chenier Plain of coastal Louisiana. Landcover classes followed the definition of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Change Analysis Program; however, classification methods had to be developed as part of this stud
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Elijah W. Ramsey, G.A. Nelson, S.K. Sapkota
Wetland restoration in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America: A literature review
The landscape of the prairie pothole region (PPR), a grassland biome of the northern U.S. Great Plains and parts of Canada, has been greatly altered by land use since the 1800's. Conversion of grassland to cropland and drainage of wetlands has resulted in wetland losses of up to 90% in some areas. Besides the area providing critical habitat to various wildlife, breeding waterfowl, and migratory bi
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Gregory A. Knutsen, Ned H. Euliss
The cave associated amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park: review and monitoring
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C. Kenneth Dodd, Marian L. Griffey
Cruise Report; RV Moana Wave cruise M1-01-GM; the bathymetry and acoustic backscatter of the mid shelf to upper slope off Panama City, Florida, northeastern Gulf of Mexico; September 3, through October 12, 2001, Panama City, FL to Panama City, FL
A zone of deep-water reefs is thought to extend from the mid and outer shelf south of Mississippi and Alabama to at least the northwestern Florida shelf off Panama City, Florida (Figure 1, 67kb). The reefs off Mississippi and Alabama are found in water depths of 60 to 120 m (Ludwick and Walton, 1957; Gardner et al., in press) and were the focus of a multibeam echosounder (MBES) mapping survey by t
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James V. Gardner, Larry A. Mayer, John E. Hughes Clarke, Peter Dartnell, Kenneth J. Sulak
Individual-based models: The importance of variability among individuals
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D.L. DeAngelis, W.M. Mooij, M.P. Nott, R.E. Bennetts
Landcover classification of Padre Island National Seashore
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Elijah W. Ramsey, G.A. Nelson, S.K. Sapkota, W. Phillips, S. Laine
Abstracts from "Coastal Marsh Dieback in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Extent, Causes, Consequences, and Remedies
In the spring of 2000, scientists discovered a new and unprecedented loss of salt marsh vegetation in coastal Louisiana and other areas along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. This dieback of salt marsh vegetation, sometimes called the brown marsh phenomenon', primarily involved the rapid browning and dieback of smooth cordgrass (Spanina alterniflora). Coastal Louisiana has already undergo
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C. Edward Proffitt, Tammy Michelle Charron