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January 1, 1975

Some effects of pollutants in terrestrial ecosystems

Summary: Pollutants tend to simplify plant and animal communities by causing a progressive loss of species. At the extreme, this leads to erosion and loss of soil fertility. Weedy, broadly adapted species increase. Among animals, carnivorous species and groups are often the first to suffer. This is partly because of their exposure at the top of the food chain, and partly, it appears, because of

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W. H. Stickel

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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1975

Some lesions in the heart of trout

No abstract available at this time

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R. L. Herman

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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1975

The costs and effects of chronic exposure to low-level pollutants in the environment

No abstract available.

Authors

L. F. Stickel

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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1975

The pathology of the major diseases of catfish

No abstract available at this time

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F. P. Meyer

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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1975

The pathology of the major diseases of catfishes

Abstract not submitted to date

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F. P. Meyer

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Ecosystems Mission Area, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

January 1, 1975

The status of the wolf in the United States, 1973

No abstract available.

Authors

L. D. Mech, R.A. Rausch

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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1975

Urban planning and urban wildlife, a case study of a planned city near Washington, D.C

No abstract available.

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A. D. Geis

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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1975

Wolves

No abstract available.

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L. D. Mech

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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

December 31, 1974

Human physiological concerns

No abstract available.

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John H. Abel, Milton Friend

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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

December 31, 1974

Composition and origin of interstitial waters of marine sediments, based on deep sea drill cores

No abstract available.

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Frank T. Manheim, F.L. Sayles

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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

December 31, 1974

Interstitial waters of Black Sea sediments - New data and review

No abstract available.

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Frank T. Manheim, K.M. Chan

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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

December 31, 1974

Geologic sketch of the Klamath Mountains and Coast Ranges of northern California and southern Oregon

No abstract available.

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W. P. Irwin, E.W. Wolfe, M. C. Blake, C.G. Cunningham

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Energy and Minerals Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center