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Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area and Extension, North Carolina
Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area and the adjoining Craggy Mountain Extension consist of more than 4 sq mi of steep wooded slopes on the west side of Great Craggy Mountain in the Blue Ridge of western North Carolina. A mineral-resource survey of the area done between 1976 and 1979 found no evidence fore metallic mineral resources. Kyanite, garnet, and building stone are the only mineral resour
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Frank G. Lesure, Bradford B. Williams
Crassulacean acid metabolism in submerged aquatic plants
CO2-fixation in the dark is known to occur in various organs of many plants. However, only in species possessing crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) does dark CO2-fixation contribute substantially to the carbon economy of the plant. Until very recently CAM was known only from terrestrial species, largely drought adapted succulents. The discovery of CAM in the submerged aquatic fern ally Isoetes how
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Jon E. Keeley
Diagnostic services available
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G. L. Hoffman, A.J. Mitchell
Disease caused by environmental stressors
The use of the terms 'stress' and 'stressor' is sometimes inconsistent (e.g., Pickering, 1981). The term 'stressor' should be used to describe environmental or other factor intensities severe enough to require a compensatory response at any level of biological organization. A stressor is normally extrinsic. The term 'stress' indicates the organismic response initiated by the stressor, also at any
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Gary Wedemeyer, C.P. Goodyear
Diseases caused by environmental stressors
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Gary Wedemeyer, C.P. Goodyear
Diseases caused by microorganisms: Agents: virales
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K. Wolf
Distribution of exotic fishes in the continental United States
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W.R. Courtenay, D.A. Hensley, J.N. Taylor, J.A. McCann
Ecological considerations for the use of dispersants in oil spill response
A multidisciplinary task force with membership from government agencies, academia, and industry is developing ecologically based guidelines for dispersant use in marine and estuarine environments. The guidelines are organized by habitat type (e.g., coral reefs, rocky shores, bird habitats) and consider dispersant use to protect the habitats from impact, to mitigate impacts, and to clean the habita
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J. Lindstedt-Siva, P.H. Albers, K.W. Fucik, N.G. Maynard
Effects of chemically induced immune modulation on infectious diseases of fish
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D. P. Anderson, W. B. van Muiswinkel, B.S. Roberson