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Oceanic gas hydrate character, distribution, and potential for concentration
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William P. Dillon
Ordination context of GLORIA sites in Glacier National Park, USA
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G. Malanson, K. Scott, Z.-K. Shen, D. Fagre, K. Holzer
Climatic variability drives changes in the Northern Rocky Mountains of the USA
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Daniel B. Fagre
Impacts of Tioga Road on groundwater flow in Tuolumne Meadows: Preliminary conceptual model and numerical analysis
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David J. Cooper, Jessica D. Lundquist, Fred C. Lott, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, James Roche
Chelydra serpentina - Snapping turtle
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M.J. Aresco, M. A. Ewert, M. S. Gunzburger, G. L. Heinrich, Peter A. Meylan
Lepidochelys kempii - Kemp's Ridley
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J.R. Schmid, William J. Barichivich
Impacts of landslide dams on mountain morphology
Landslide dams can influence mountain-valley morphology significantly in the vicinity of the dam sites, as well as upstream and downstream. The effects are: (1) impoundment of lakes that result in changes in stream gradients, (2) deposition of lacustrine and deltaic sediments in these impoundments that causes changes in surficial morphology and geologic materials upstream from the dams, (3) divers
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Robert L. Schuster
Ecological consequences of changing hydrological conditions in wetland forests of coastal Louisiana
Large-scale and localized alterations of processes affecting deltaic coastal wetlands have caused the complete loss of some coastal wetland forests and reduced the productivity and vigor of many areas in coastal Louisiana. This loss and degradation threatens ecosystem functions and the services they provide. This paper summarizes ecological relationships controlled by hydrological processes in coa
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Richard F. Keim, J. L. Chambers, M.S. Hughes, J. Andrew Nyman, Craig A. Miller, Blake J. Amos, W.H. Conner, Jon Day, Stephen Faulkner, Emile S. Gardiner, Sammy L. King, K.W. McLeod, Gary P. Shaffer
Scientific action in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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Gaye S. Farris
Mass spectrometric in the analysis of inorganic substances
Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique used to measure the composition of a substance by isolating specific analyte components according to their individual atomic or molecular mass‐to‐charge ratios. Inorganic mass spectrometry is specifically used to determine the elemental and isotopic composition of the material being analyzed. The techniques are capable of the measurement of a range of c
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Howard E. Taylor
Whales and whaling in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea: Oceanographic insights and ecosystem impacts chapter 19
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A. Springer, Gus B. Van Vliet, J. Pratt, E.M. Danner
The impact of invasive plants on tidal-marsh vertebrate species: common reed (Phragmites australis) and smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) as case studies
Large areas of tidal marsh in the contiguous US and the Maritime Provinces of Canada are threatened by invasive plant species. Our understanding of the impact these invasions have on tidal-marsh vertebrates is sparse. In this paper, we focus on two successful invasive plant taxa that have spread outside their native range --common reed (Phragmites australis) and smooth cordgrass (Spartina a/tern
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Glenn R. Guntenspergen, J. Cully Nordby