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Perspectives on the land use history of North America: A context for understanding our changing environment Perspectives on the land use history of North America: A context for understanding our changing environment

Ecological change is constant and profound, yet it often occurs at temporal and spatial scales that are difficult to measure and interpret. This publication demonstrates how diverse data bases, archived in different formats and at numerous locations, can be brought together to provide an integrated perspective on the relationship between land use and landcover change. The authors provide...

Comparative sensitivity of five species of macrophytes and six species of algae to atrazine, metribuzin, alachlor, and metolachlor Comparative sensitivity of five species of macrophytes and six species of algae to atrazine, metribuzin, alachlor, and metolachlor

This study determined the relative sensitivity of five species of aquatic macrophytes and six species of algae to four commonly used herbicides (atrazine, metribuzin, alachlor, and metolachlor). Toxicity tests consisted of 96-h (duckweed and algae) or 14-d (submerged macrophytes) static exposures. The triazine herbicides (atrazine and metribuzin) were significantly more toxic to aquatic...
Authors
James F. Fairchild, Shane Ruessler, A. Ron Carlson

Long-term growth enhancement of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) from municipal wastewater application Long-term growth enhancement of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) from municipal wastewater application

Tree ring analysis was used to document the long-term effects of municipal wastewater on the growth rate of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.]. The study site, a swamp in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, has received municipal wastewater for the last 40 years. Growth chronologies from 1920 to 1992 were developed from cross-dated tree core samples taken from treated and control...
Authors
I.D. Hesse, J.W. Day, T.W. Doyle

Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks

This edition of Common and Scientific Names of Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks represents the efforts of 15 molluscan taxonomic specialists in compiling a comprehensive checklist of the mollusks found in North America and Canada and their vernacular names. Built upon the success of the first edition, the authors have updated the nomenclature to reflect recent...
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D. D. Turgeon, J.F. Quinn, A.E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, J.D. Williams

Long-term dynamics of Typha populations Long-term dynamics of Typha populations

The zonation of Typha populations in an experimental pond in Michigan was re-examined 15 years after the original sampling to gain insight into the long-term dynamics. Current distributions of Typha populations were also examined in additional experimental ponds at the site that have been maintained for 23 years. The zonation between T. latifolia and T. angustifolia in the previously...
Authors
J.B. Grace, R.G. Wetzel

Nutrients, algae, and grazers - Book review: Pelagic nutrient cycles: Herbivores as sources and sinks Nutrients, algae, and grazers - Book review: Pelagic nutrient cycles: Herbivores as sources and sinks

No abstract available. Review info: Pelagic nutrient cycles: Herbivores as sources and sinks. By Tom Andersen, 1997. ISBN: 3540618813, 280 pp.
Authors
Donald L. DeAngelis

Key areas for wintering North American herons Key areas for wintering North American herons

Nearly all North American heron populations are migratory, but details of where they winter are little known. Locations where North American herons winter were identified using banding recovery data. North American herons winter from Canada through northern South America but especially in eastern North America south of New York, Florida, California, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico and Cuba...
Authors
T. Mikuska, J.A. Kushlan, S. Hartley

Radio-tracking manatees from land and space: tag design, implementation, and lessons learned from long-term study Radio-tracking manatees from land and space: tag design, implementation, and lessons learned from long-term study

West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) were tracked along the Atlantic coast of Florida and Georgia (N = 83 manatees, n = 439 tag deployments, 1986-1996) and in eastern Puerto Rico (N = 8, n = 43, 1992-1996) using conventional and satellite-based radio-telemetry systems. A floating radio-tag, attached by a flexible tether to a padded belt around the base of the tail, enabled us to...
Authors
C. J. Deutsch, R. K. Bonde, J.P. Reid

Consequences of cannibalism and competition for food in a smallmouth bass population: An individual-based modeling study Consequences of cannibalism and competition for food in a smallmouth bass population: An individual-based modeling study

We used an individual-based modeling approach to study the consequences of cannibalism and competition for food in a freshwater fish population. We simulated the daily foraging, growth, and survival of the age-0 fish and older juvenile individuals of a sample population to reconstruct patterns of density dependence in the age-0 fish during the growth season. Cannibalism occurs as a part...
Authors
Q. Dong, D.L. DeAngelis
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