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January 1, 1996

Investigation of methane production and consumption by use of stable isotopes

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Kinga M. Revesz, Tyler B. Coplen, Mary Jo Baedecker, P. D. Glynn, M. F. Hult

Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1996

A heuristic approach to validating monitoring programs based on count indices (damn the statisticians, full speed ahead)

No abstract available.

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Sam Droege

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1996

A review of the tectonic problems of the strike-slip northern boundary of the Caribbean Plate and examination by GLORIA

No abstract available.

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William P. Dillon, N. Terence Edgar, Kathryn M. Scanlon, Dwight F. Coleman

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 1, 1996

Analysis of non-ortho-PCBs in fish, bird eggs, sediments, soils, and SPMD samples by gas chromatography/high resolution mass spectrometry: Chapter 27

No abstract available.

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Paul H. Peterman, Robert W. Gale, Donald E. Tillitt, Kevin P. Feltz

Ecosystems Mission Area, Columbia Environmental Research Center

January 1, 1996

Aquatic CAM photosynthesis

No abstract available.

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J. E. Keeley

Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

January 1, 1996

Behavior management

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S.R. Swengel, George W. Archibald, D. H. Ellis, D.G. Smith

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1996

Behavioral studies of contaminant effects on aquatic invertebrates: A review of Russian investigations

Studies by Russian scientists have documented significant alterations and impairment of critical behavioral functions in aquatic organisms following exposure to environmental contaminants. Behavioral responses disrupted by sublethal exposure to toxicants are intimately involved in habitat selection, foraging, competition, predator-prey relationships, and reproduction, and are essential to surviv

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V. A. Nepomnyashchikh, V. A. DeLonay, E. E. Little

Ecosystems Mission Area, Columbia Environmental Research Center

January 1, 1996