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Reintroduction as a conservation strategy for parrots

No abstract available.
Authors
J. W. Wiley, N.F.R. Snyder, R.S. Gnam

Relating results from earthworm toxicity tests to agricultural soil

The artificial soil tests of the European Economic Community and of the Organization for Economic Cooperation produce data relating earthworm mortality to pesticide concentrations in soil under laboratory conditions. To apply these results to agricultural soils it is necessary to relate these concentrations to amounts of pesticide applied per area. This paper reviews the relevant published literat
Authors
W. N. Beyer

Review of habitat classification schemes appropriate to streams, rivers, and connecting channels in the Great Lakes drainage system

Studies of lotic classification, zonation, and distribution carried out since the turn of the century were reviewed for their use in developing a habitat classification scheme for flowing water in the Great Lakes drainage basin. Seventy papers, dealing mainly with fish but including benthos, were organized into four somewhat distinct groups. A heirarchical scale of habitat measurements is sugges
Authors
Patrick L. Hudson, R.W. Griffiths, T.J. Wheaton

Satellite telemetry reveals winter home of Eurasian crane from northwestern Siberia

No abstract available.
Authors
D. H. Ellis, Y.M. Markin, C.H. Vermillion, C.M. Hoisington, A.G. Sorokin, G.W. Pendleton

Sediment bioaccumulation testing with fish

In this chapter, we discuss methods for conducting bioaccumulation bioassays with fish; the advantages and disadvantages of using fish rather than invertebrates; and problems associated with bioaccumulation testing, with a special emphasis on statistical treatment.
Authors
Michael J. Mac, Christopher J. Schmitt

Sedimentary history of the Tethyan margins of eastern Gondwana during the Mesozoic

A composite Mesozoic geological history for the Gondwana margins to the Eastern Tethys Ocean can be assembled from stratigraphic successions on the Australian and Himalayan margins and from drill sites of Ocean Drilling Program Legs 122 and 123. During the Triassic, this region drifted northwards, entering tropical paleolatitudes during the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, then returned to mid-latitu
Authors
James G. Ogg, Felix Gradstein, Julie A. Dumoulin, Massimo Sarti, Paul Brown

Spatial variation in armouring in a channel with high sediment supply

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Authors
T.E. Lisle, Mary Ann Madej