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In praise of mechanistically-rich models In praise of mechanistically-rich models
Quantitative models are crucial to almost every area of ecosystem science. They provide a logical structure that guides and informs empirical observations of ecosystem processes. They play a particularly crucial role in synthesizing and integrating our understanding of the immense diversity of ecosystem structure and function. Increasingly, models are being called on to predict the...
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Donald L. DeAngelis, Wolf M. Mooij
Wildlife mortality on Highway U.S. 441 across Paynes Prairie, Alachua County, Florida Wildlife mortality on Highway U.S. 441 across Paynes Prairie, Alachua County, Florida
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L. L. Smith, C.K. Dodd
Leaf litterbags: factors affecting capture of stream-dwelling salamanders Leaf litterbags: factors affecting capture of stream-dwelling salamanders
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J. L. Waldron, C. Kenneth Dodd, Jeffrey D. Corser
Historical and projected coastal Louisiana land changes: 1978-2050 Historical and projected coastal Louisiana land changes: 1978-2050
An important component of the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Comprehensive Coastwide Ecosystem Restoration Study is the projection of a “future condition” for the Louisiana coast if no further restoration measures were adopted. Such a projection gives an idea of what the future might hold without implementation of the LCA plan and provides a reference against which various ecosystem...
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John Barras, Shelly Beville, Del Britsch, Stephen Hartley, Suzanne Hawes, James Johnston, Paul Kemp, Quin Kinler, Antonio Martucci, Jon Porthouse, Denise Reed, Kevin Roy, Sijan Sapkota, Joseph Suhayda
Using strip-transect aerial surveys to estimate manatee abundance and population trend in the Ten Thousand Islands Region of southwest Florida Using strip-transect aerial surveys to estimate manatee abundance and population trend in the Ten Thousand Islands Region of southwest Florida
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Dean E. Easton, Lynn W. Lefebvre, T.J. Doyle
Mass tree mortality leads to mangrove peat collapse at Bay Islands, Honduras after Hurricane Mitch Mass tree mortality leads to mangrove peat collapse at Bay Islands, Honduras after Hurricane Mitch
We measured sediment elevation and accretion dynamics in mangrove forests on the islands of Guanaja and Roatan, Honduras, impacted by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 to determine if collapse of underlying peat was occurring as a result of mass tree mortality. Little is known about the balance between production and decomposition of soil organic matter in the maintenance of sediment elevation of...
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Donald R. Cahoon, P. Hensel, J. Rybczyk, K.L. McKee, C.E. Proffitt, B.C. Perez
Mathematical modeling relevant to closed artificial ecosystems Mathematical modeling relevant to closed artificial ecosystems
The mathematical modeling of ecosystems has contributed much to the understanding of the dynamics of such systems. Ecosystems can include not only the natural variety, but also artificial systems designed and controlled by humans. These can range from agricultural systems and activated sludge plants, down to mesocosms, microcosms, and aquaria, which may have practical or research...
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D.L. DeAngelis
Geographic distribution: Osteopilus septentrionalis (Cuban Treefrog) Geographic distribution: Osteopilus septentrionalis (Cuban Treefrog)
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S. A. Johnson, J.S. Staiger, W.J. Barichivich, S. Barlow
Turquoise water, silver palms and fluorescent green Leiocephalus Turquoise water, silver palms and fluorescent green Leiocephalus
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C.K. Dodd
A pre-vegetated mat technique for the restoration of submersed aquatic vegetation A pre-vegetated mat technique for the restoration of submersed aquatic vegetation
Communities of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) provide critical habitat for wintering waterfowl and many commercially important fish species. Submersed aquatic vegetation also helps minimize storm damage by reducing wave action and stabilizing sediments, and they improve water quality by sequestering nutrients and contaminants (Zieman and Zieman 1989).
Authors
R.G. Boustany
Genotype and elevation influence Spartina alterniflora colonization and growth in a created salt marsh Genotype and elevation influence Spartina alterniflora colonization and growth in a created salt marsh
Colonization, growth, and clonal morphology differ with genotype and are influenced by elevation. Local adaptation of Spartina alterniflora to environmental conditions may lead to dominance by different suites of genotypes in different locations within a marsh. In a constructed marsh, we found reduced colonization in terms of density of clones with increasing distance from edge in a 200...
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C.E. Proffitt, S.E. Travis, K.R. Edwards