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The movement and equilibrium of bedforms in central San Francisco Bay

No abstract available.
Authors
David M. Rubin, David S. McCulloch

The opossum

No abstract available.
Authors
A.L. Gardner

The role of stress in fish disease

Abstract not submitted to date
Authors
F. P. Meyer

The use of Radon-222 to estimate benthic exchange and atmospheric exchange rates in San Francisco Bay

No abstract available.
Authors
Douglas E. Hammond, C. Fuller

Trace metal bioavailability: Modeling chemical and biological interactions of sediment-bound zinc

Extractable concentrations of sediment-bound Zn, as modified by the physicochemical form of the metal in the sediments, controlled Zn concentrations in the deposit-feeding bivalvesScrobicularia plana (collected from 40 stations in 17 estuaries in southwest England) andMacoma balthica (from 28 stations in San Francisco Bay). Over a wide range of concentrations, a significant correlation was found b
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S. N. Luoma, G.W. Bryan

Vertical and temporal habitat utilization within a breeding bird community

No abstract available.
Authors
S.H. Anderson, H.H. Shugart, T.M. Smith

Viral diseases

No abstract available at this time
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K.E. Wolf

Lithologic analysis of the 1–2mm sand fraction

No abstract available.
Authors
James R. Lucas, George R. Hallberg, Karl M. Chauff, Mary Howes

Environmental pollutants and eggshell thinning in the black-crowned night heron

No abstract available.
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H. M. Ohlendorf, E. E. Klaas, T. E. Kaiser

Coastal processes and morphology of the Bering Sea coast of Alaska

No abstract available.
Authors
A. H. Sallenger, J. R. Dingler, R. E. Hunter