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Distribution and status of submerged vegetation in estuaries of the upper Texas coast
Composition and biomass of beds of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in estuaries along the upper Texas coast were examined from bottom core and rake samples taken along 72 line transects during July–August 1987. Substrate composition, salinity, water depth, and water clarity were also measured at each sample station. Halodule wrightii was the dominant species of SAV meadows (69% occurrence), fol
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S.E. Adair, J.L. Moore, Christopher P. Onuf
Aquatic invertebrate production in southeastern USA wetlands during winter and spring
We measured aquatic invertebrate abundance, standing stock biomass, and community production in three types of wetlands on Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge from December 1987 through April 1988. Together, Orthocyclops modestus and Daphnia pulex were the most abundant organisms collected in all habitats during both winter and spring, but each contributed little to total standing stock biomass or pr
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Walter G. Duffy, Douglas LaBar
Comparison of flank margin cave development on San Salvador island, Bahamas, and Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico
San Salvador Island, Bahamas is a 161 Km2 tectonically stable late Quaternary carbonate island located 600 km east-southeast of Miami FL. San Salvador contains numerous flank margin caves (phreatic karst features) that developed primarily in late Pleistocene eolianites. These caves developed during a short time in versy small fresh-water lenses. Cave elevations and Uranium-series ages from stalagm
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J. Mylroie, J.L. Carew, E.F. Frank, Matthew C. Larsen
MAPS is for the birds
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David L. Watts, Daniel J. Twedt, Allan J. Mueller
Effects of weather and tides on feeding and flock positions of wintering redheads in the Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana
We studied the effects of weather and tides on percent feeding and flock positions of wintering redheads (Aythya americana Eyton) in the Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, USA. Flock scans (n = 750) were made on 55 flocks from November through March of 1988–1989. The percent of the flock that was feeding was negatively correlated with time of day, temperature, water level, and distance of the flock from
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Thomas C. Michot, E. Barry Moser, Wayne Norling
Mangroves, hurricanes, and lightning strikes: Assessment of Hurricane Andrew suggests an interaction across two differing scales of disturbance
The track of Hurricane Andrew carried it across one of the most extensive mangrove for ests in the New World. Although it is well known that hurricanes affect mangrove forests, surprisingly little quantitative information exists concerning hurricane impact on forest structure, succession, species composition, and dynamics of mangrove-dependent fauna or on rates of eco-system recovery (see Craighea
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Thomas J. Smith, Michael B. Robblee, Harold R. Wanless, Thomas W. Doyle
Hurricane impacts on uplands and freshwater swamp forest: Large trees and epiphytes sustained the greatest damage during Hurricane Andrew
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Lloyd Loope, Michael Duever, Alan Herndon, James Snyder, Deborah Jansen
Deformities in birds of the Great Lakes region. Assigning causality
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John P. Giesy, James P. Ludwig, Donald E. Tillitt
National wetlands research center uses visual true color classification in waterfowl habitat mapping
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Elijah Ramsey III, Steve Hartley
Evaluation of effects caused by high copper concentrations in Torch Lake, Michigan, on reproduction of yellow perch
Elevated concentrations of copper are present in Torch Lake, Michigan, an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site. The sauger (Stizostedion canadense) population in Torch Lake has been extirpated and walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) populations are maintained by stocking. We used yellow perch (Perca flavescens) to determine if chronic exposure to elevated copper concentrations has reduced the
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S.A. Ellenberger, Paul C. Baumann, Thomas W. May
Fate and pathways of injection-well effluent in the Florida Keys
Twenty-four wells (21 locations) were core drilled into the limestone beneath the Keys, reef tract, and outer reefs to determine if sewage effluents injected in Class V wells onshore are reaching offshore reef areas via underground flow. These wells were fitted with PVC casings and well screens and were sampled every three months for a period of one year. Analyses showed consistent hypersalinity
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Eugene A. Shinn, Ronald S. Reese, Christopher D. Reich