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Trace elements and pesticides in Salton Sea area, California

Concentrations of numerous potentially toxic trace elements and pesticides were determined in water, sediment, and biota from the Salton Sea area in southestern California. Comparison of results with data from other studies in this area and from other areas, and with various water-quality standards or criteria, indicate that selenium probably is the principal contaminant of concern in the Salton S
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Roy A. Schroeder, James G. Setmire, John C. Wolfe

Transient spatial patterns in plankton communities: Blooms and traveling waves of phytoplankton in estuaries

No abstract available.
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T.M. Powell, S. Willmot, J. D. Murray, V. S. Manoranjan, J. E. Cloern

Using side scan sonar data in a geographic information system to locate and display lake trout spawning habitat in the Great Lakes

The National Fisheries Research Center-Great Lakes of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has extensively used a side scan sonar to survey and pinpoint lake trout spawning grounds in the Great Lakes. The Geographic Information System (GIS) of the National Ecology Research Center produced maps from the side scan sonar data showing the exact location of the spawning grounds; this will enable current
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Charles L. Brown, Thomas A. Edsall, Robert G. Waltermire, Barbara White

Methods and applications in surface depression analysis

Gridded surface data sets are often incorporated into digital data bases, but extracting information from the data sets requires specialized raster processing techniques different from those historically used on remotely sensed and thematic data. Frequently, the information desired of a gridded surface is directly related to the topologic peaks and pits of the surface. A method for isolating these
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Susan K. Jenson, Charles M. Trautwein

An algorithm for locating candidate labelling boxes within a polygon

Vector-based geographic information systems usually require annotation, such as a polygon number or attribute data, in a suitable location within a polygon. Traditional methods usually compute the polygon centroid, test the centroid for inclusion or exclusion, and select some alternative point when the centroid falls outside the polygon. Two problems are associated with this approach: (1) the text
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Jan W. van Roessel

Wetland changes in coastal Alabama

No abstract available.
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E. Randy Roach, Mary C. Watzin, James D. Scurry, James B. Johnston