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Isoetaceae Quillwort Family

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Authors
W.C. Taylor, J. E. Keeley
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

Isotopic indicators of climate in ice cores, Wind River Range, Wyoming

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Authors
D. L. Naftz, R. L. Michel, K. A. Miller

Latex bead agglutination test for the rapid and sensitive identification of bacterial infections in fish

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Authors
D. P. Anderson, A.K. Siwicki, E. Glabski, K. Kazun
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Local earthquake tomography; earthquake source regions

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Authors
Donna Eberhart-Phillips

Macroclemys

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Authors
J.E. Lovich
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

Macroclemys temminckii

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Authors
J.E. Lovich
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

Marine birds and trace elements in the temperate North Pacific

No abstract available.
Authors
H. M. Ohlendorf
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Marine tropical fish viruses

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Authors
P. E. McAllister
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Mathematical introduc­tion to seismic tomography

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Authors
W.H. Lee, Victor Pereyra

Mesozoic in­ trabatholithic faulting, Sierra Nevada, California

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Authors
R. W. Kistler

Monitoring goals and programs of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service coordinates several surveys that collect information on the population status of migratory birds in North America. The North American Breeding Bird Survey is the primary source of population information on nongame birds during the breeding season, and waterfowl surveys are conducted during breeding and wintering seasons. The surveys are international i
Authors
J.R. Sauer
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Monitoring neotropical migrants on managed land: When, where, why

Relevant wildlife monitoring on managed lands lies somewhere between monitoring everything and monitoring nothing. Knowing the population status of all birds on a managed area would be potentially useful information but would be costly to collect, but without monitoring no link between management and wildlife populations can be made. A decision making process for developing appropriate monitoring
Authors
Sam Droege
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center