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Vertical accretion versus elevational adjustment in UK saltmarshes: An evaluation of alternative methodologies Vertical accretion versus elevational adjustment in UK saltmarshes: An evaluation of alternative methodologies

Simultaneous measurements of vertical accretion from marker horizons and marsh-elevation change from sedimentation-erosion tables (SET) were made in selected marshes along the East Anglian coast of the UK in order to address the following objectives: to ascertain the validity of treating accretion measurements obtained within tidally dominated, minerogenic saltmarshes as equivalent to...
Authors
Donald R. Cahoon, Jonathan R. French, Thomas Spencer, Denise Reed, Iris Moller

Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program: Coastal Characterization: an overview and update Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program: Coastal Characterization: an overview and update

The U.S. Geological Surveys Biological Resources Division (BRD) mission is to provide leadership in gathering, analyzing, and disseminating biological information as support for sound management of the Nation's natural resources. Since becoming operational in October of 1996 through the transfer of programs from various bureaus within the Department of the Interior, the BRD, in...
Authors
James B. Johnston, Lawrence R. Handley, William R. Jones, Steve Robb

Vegetation and soils Vegetation and soils

haracterization of bottomland hardwood vegetation in relatively undisturbed forests can provide critical information for developing effective wetland creation and restoration techniques and for assessing the impacts of management and development. Classification is a useful technique in characterizing vegetation because it summarizes complex data sets, assists in hypothesis generation...
Authors
M.K. Burke, S.L. King, M.H. Eisenbies, D. Gartner

Bird community composition Bird community composition

Neotropical migrants are birds that breed in North America and winter primarily in Central and South America. Long-term population studies of birds in the Eastern United States indicated declines of some forest-dwelling birds, many of which winter in the Neotropics (Peterjohn and others 1995). These declines were attributed to loss of wintering and breeding habitat due to deforestation...
Authors
T. J. Antrobus, M.P. Guilfoyle, W.C. Barrow, P.B. Hamel, J.S. Wakeley

Vegetation dynamics Vegetation dynamics

A disturbance can be defined as 'any relatively discrete event in time that disrupts ecosystem, community, or population structure and changes resources, substrate availability, or the physical environment' (Pickett and White 1985). Vegetation dynamics are a function of the temporal and spatial patterns of the disturbance regime. Natural disturbance regimes support the highest biological...
Authors
S.L. King, M.K. Burke, T. J. Antrobus, S. Billups

Florida manatee now resident in the Bahamas Florida manatee now resident in the Bahamas

In January 2000, both the Bahamas National Trust and the Save the Manatee Club received reports of a manatee at Bullocks Harbor, Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas. Under permit with the Bahamas’ Department of Fisheries, I visited Great Harbour Cay from 25 to 27 February 2000 to make a field assessment of the manatee, interview local residents, and provide management recommendations. Detailed...
Authors
James P. Reid
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