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Confounding factors in coral reef recovery

No abstract available.
Authors
Caroline S. Rogers
By
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Bacterial indicator occurrence and the use of an F+ specific RNA coliphage assay to identify fecal sources in Homosassa Springs, Florida

A microbiological water quality study of Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park (HSSWP) and surrounding areas was undertaken. Samples were collected in November of 1997 (seven sites) and again in November of 1998 (nine sites). Fecal bacterial concentrations (total and fecal coliforms, Clostridium perfringens, and enterococci) were measured as relative indicators of fecal contamination. F+-specific
Authors
Dale W. Griffin, Rodger Stokes, J.B. Rose, J.H. Paul
By
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Analysis of USVI coastal feature products from the 1980s and 1990s

The authors have used color stereo photos along with a three-dimensional visualization photogrammetric software package, Socet Set, to produce orthophotometric-corrected mosaics of St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. These mosaics are used for numerous applications such as characterization of the shallow water benthic habitat, terrestrial habitat characterizations, and
Authors
R.A. Warner, D.G. Catanzaro, Rafe Boulon, C. Rogers, Zandy Hillis-Starr, B. Phillips, D. Barry, Stuart Henry, Barry E. Devine
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St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

The use of U-Th series radionuclides and transient tracers in oceanography: an overview

No abstract available
Authors
R.E. Hester, R.M. Harrison, P.W. Swarzenski, D. Reide Corbett, Joseph M. Smoak, Brent A. McKee
By
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Planktic foraminifer census data from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

No abstract available.
Authors
Harry J. Dowsett, Richard Z. Poore
By
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center

Monitoring beach morphology changes using small-format aerial photography and digital softcopy photogrammetry

Current methods of monitoring beach morphology changes commonly involve the establishment of Global Positioning System profiles that are surveyed on a regular basis. Although this method produces precise measurements of coastal topography, it is costly in time and effort and may result in large data gaps between profiles. Much of our understanding of coastal dynamics is thus limited by profile spa
Authors
Cheryl Hapke, Bruce M. Richmond
By
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Assessment of acreage and vegetation change in Florida's Big Bend tidal wetlands using satellite imagery

Fluctuations in sea level and impending development on the west coast of Florida have aroused concern for the relatively pristine tidal marshes of the Big Bend. Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images for 1986 and 1995 are processed and evaluated for signs of change. The images cover 250 km of Florida's Big Bend Gulf Coast, encompassing 160,000 acres of tidal marshes. Change is detected using the norm
Authors
Ellen A. Raabe, Richard P. Stumpf
By
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Maps of the shallow shelf off the Florida Keys (subsurface bedrock topography, overlying reefs and sediments, benthic habitats)

No abstract available.
Authors
Barbara H. Lidz
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Evolution and history of incised valleys: The Mobile Bay model

No abstract available.
Authors
Jack Kindinger
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Geology and human activity in the Florida Keys

No abstract available.
Authors
Eugene A. Shinn
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Eocene-Oligocene sea-level changes on the New Jersey coastal plain linked to the deep-sea record

We use magnetostratigraphy and Sr-isotope stratigraphy to improve stratigraphic control for the Eocene to Oligocene of the New Jersey coastal plain (ACGS4 borehole). Magnetostratigraphy in many cases is complicated in outcrop sections of shallow-water (<200 m paleodepth) sediments by low remanence and weathering; we minimize these problems by analyzing large samples obtained from the ACGS4 borehol
Authors
Kenneth G. Miller, Dennis V. Kent, Andrew N. Brower, Laurel M. Bybell, Mark D. Feigenson, Richard K. Olsson, Richard Z. Poore
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Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Correlation of the middle eocene Kellogg Shale of northern California

The Kellogg Shale of northern California has traditionally been considered to be late Eocene in age on the basis of benthic foraminifer, radiolarian, and diatom correlations. The 30-m-thick Kellogg section exposed west of Byron, California, however, contains middle Eocene planktonic foraminifers (Zone P12), coccoliths (Subzones CP13c and CP14a), silicoflagellates (Dictyocha hexacantha Zone), and d
Authors
John A. Barron, David Bukry, Richard Z. Poore
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center