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Survival of female canvasbacks wintering in coastal Louisiana Survival of female canvasbacks wintering in coastal Louisiana
Annual survival probabilities of female canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) are lower than those of males, but sources and timing of mortality are poorly understood. To further elucidate causes of reduced annual survival in female canvasbacks, we estimated survival rates for radio-tagged females in coastal Louisiana during winters 1988-91. Survival estimates for winters 1988-91 were 0.946 ±...
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William L. Hohman, Ronald D. Pritchert, Joseph Moore, D.O. Schaeffer
Recent growth increases in old-growth longleaf pine Recent growth increases in old-growth longleaf pine
Longleaf pine (Pinuspalustris Mill.) tree-ring data were obtained from an old-growth stand located in Thomas County, Georgia. The tree-ring chronology from the pine stand is composed of a collection of cores extracted from 26 trees ranging in age from approximately 100 to 400 years. These cores were prepared, dated, and measured, and the resulting data were examined with...
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D.C. West, T.W. Doyle, M.L. Tharp, J.J. Beauchamp, William J. Platt, D.J. Downing
A multifunctional decision support GIS for coastal management A multifunctional decision support GIS for coastal management
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Wei Ji, Loyd C. Mitchell, Marcia McNiff, James B. Johnston
Natural resource problem solving: An interdisciplinary approach in coastal Louisiana Natural resource problem solving: An interdisciplinary approach in coastal Louisiana
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A. Lee Foote, Virginia R. Burkett, S. Jeffress Williams
Laguna madre: Seagrass changes continue decades after salinity reduction Laguna madre: Seagrass changes continue decades after salinity reduction
Vegetation maps of the lower Laguna Madre prepared from surveys conducted in 1965–1967, 1974–1976, and 1988 document a >330 km2 decrease in cover byHalodule wrightii, an increase of almost 190 km2 in other seagrass species, and an increase of 140 km2 in bare bottom. Loss in seagrass cover is confined to deeper parts of the laguna; turbidity caused by maintenance dredging is the suspected...
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Millicent L. Quammen, Christopher P. Onuf
Use of a mark-visual recapture technique to estimate the relative abundance of nutria Use of a mark-visual recapture technique to estimate the relative abundance of nutria
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Lori A. Johnson
Plant decomposition rates in two Louisiana coastal marshes Plant decomposition rates in two Louisiana coastal marshes
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Kathleen A. Reynolds, A. Lee Foote, Glenn R. Guntenspergen
Body composition of wintering canvasbacks in Louisiana: Dominance and survival implications Body composition of wintering canvasbacks in Louisiana: Dominance and survival implications
I studied effects of sex, age, and month on body mass and composition of Canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) at Catahoula Lake (CL) and the Mississippi River Delta (MRD), Louisiana, in winter 1987-1988. Size-adjusted body mass and fat varied by age, month, and site. Fat levels in immatures were greater at MRD than at CL, but changed similarly at both sites. Adults at MRD were also fatter...
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William L. Hohman
Relative effects of nutrient enrichment and grazing on epiphyte-macrophyte (Zostera marina L.) dynamics Relative effects of nutrient enrichment and grazing on epiphyte-macrophyte (Zostera marina L.) dynamics
The independent and interactive effects of nutrient concentration and epiphyte grazers on epiphyte biomass and macrophyte growth and production were examined in Zostera marina L. (eelgrass) microcosms. Experiments were conducted during early summer, late summer, fall, and spring in a greenhouse on the York River estuary of Chesapeake Bay. Nutrient treatments consisted of ambient or...
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Hilary A. Neckles, R. L. Wetzel, R.J. Orth
Sex ratios of canvasbacks wintering in Louisiana Sex ratios of canvasbacks wintering in Louisiana
Disparate sex ratios in waterfowl are considered indicative of differential survival between the sexes and may limit reproductive potential. Because other studies have shown canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) have highly skewed sex ratios, I examined aerial photographs from surveys flown monthly during winters 1987-88 and 1988-89 to determine sex ratios of canvasbacks in Louisiana where...
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Dennis W. Woolington
A geographic information systems approach to the analysis of contaminants in Galveston Bay A geographic information systems approach to the analysis of contaminants in Galveston Bay
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Authors
Marcia McNiff, P.F. Roscigno, Wei Ji