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Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, scientific results: Blake Nose paleoceanographic transect: covering Leg 171B of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel JOIDES Resolution, sites 1049-1053, 8 January-14 February 1997

No abstract available.
Authors
D. Kroon, R.D. Norris, A. Klaus, I. T. Alexander, L. P. Bardot, C. E. Barker, J. -P. Bellier, C. Blome, L. J. Clarke, J. Erbacher, K. L. Faul, B.T. Huber, M.E. Katz, K.G. McLeod, S. Marca, F.C. Martinez-Ruiz, I. Mita, M. Nakai, James G. Ogg, D.K. Pak, T. K. Pletsch, N. J. Shackleton, J. Smit, William Ussler, D.K. Watkins, J. Widmark, P.A. Wilson

CRC handbook of marine mammal medicine

CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine, Second Edition is the only handbook specifically devoted to marine mammal medicine and health. With 66 contributors working together to craft 45 scientifically-based chapters, the text has been completely revised and updated to contain all the latest developments in this field.

The role of native birds and other wildlife on the emergence of zoonotic diseases

Wildlife can be an important source of transmission of infectious disease to humans. One potential transmission route involves hunting and fishing, both common activities in the United States and worldwide. For example, during 1996, approximately 11 million Americans, about 40 percent of the total population 16 years of age and older, took part in some recreational activity relating to wildlife an
Authors
Milton Friend, Robert G. McLean

Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project

No abstract available.
Authors
Geoff S. York, P.R. Becker, Lyman K. Thorsteinson

A spatially referenced regression model (SPARROW) for suspended sediment in streams of the conterminous U.S.

Suspended sediment has long been recognized as an important contaminant affecting water resources. Besides its direct role in determining water clarity, bridge scour and reservoir storage, sediment serves as a vehicle for the transport of many binding contaminants, including nutrients, trace metals, semi-volatile organic compounds, and numerous pesticides (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 200
Authors
Gregory E. Schwarz, Richard A. Smith, Richard B. Alexander, John R. Gray

Contraception & deer: the Irondequoit Report

No abstract available.
Authors
W.F. Porter, H.B. Underwood

Dispersal

The ability of species to migrate and disperse is a trait that has interested ecologists for many years. Now that so many species and ecosystems face major environmental threats from habitat fragmentation and global climate change, the ability of species to adapt to these changes by dispersing, migrating, or moving between patches of habitat can be crucial to ensuring their survival. This book p

Final Report: Effects on nontarget arthropods of entomopathogenic fungi used for biological control of ticks

No abstract available.
Authors
Howard S. Ginsberg, Roger A. LeBrun, Klaus Heyer, Elyes Zhioua

Frogs of Tambopata, Peru

No abstract available.
Authors
R. Cocroft, V.R. Morales, R.W. McDiarmid