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Breaching the levee of a channel on the Mississippi Fan

GLORIA images of the youngest channel on the Mississippi Fan indicate that it has not been a stable feature, but instead has shifted its course several times. A detailed study of a site of channel shifting found a complex stratigraphy that resulted from one episode of channel avulsion. The channel avulsion appears to have been initiated by a large mass flow that choked the channel below the point
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David C. Twichell, William C. Schwab, Neil H. Kenyon, Homa J. Lee
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Brown creeper, Certhia americana

No abstract available.
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C.S. Robbins
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Canada warbler, Wilsonia canadensis

No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Changes in landscape values and expectations: What do we want and how do we measure it?

No abstract available.
Authors
W. L. Halvorson
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

Characteristics of the continental slope and rise off North Carolina from GLORIA and seismic-reflection data: The interaction of downslope and contour current processes

No abstract available.
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Peter Popenoe, William P. Dillon
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Chestnut-sided warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica

No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Chick rearing

No abstract available.
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M. Wellington, A. Burke, Jane M. Nicolich, K. O'Malley
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota

No abstract available.
Authors
B.A. Dowell
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

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

No abstract available.
Authors
P.H. Geissler
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Commercial Fisheries Surveys

In this chapter, we describe methods for sampling commercial fisheries and identify factors affecting the design of sampling plans. When sampled properly, commercial fisheries can provide important information on the response of aquatic organisms to exploitation; such information can be used by management agencies to develop regulations for ensuring long-term production of the resource and long-t
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Mary C. Fabrizio, R. Anne Richards
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor

No abstract available.
Authors
J.R. Sauer
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Comparative utility of vegetation maps of different resolutions for conservation planning

No abstract available at this time
Authors
P.A. Stine, F.D. Davis, B. Csuti, J. M. Scott
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)