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A matter of scale: damage from Hurricane Hugo (1989) to U.S. Virgin Islands reefs at the colony, community and whole reef level A matter of scale: damage from Hurricane Hugo (1989) to U.S. Virgin Islands reefs at the colony, community and whole reef level

Studies at Buck Island Reef National Monument (St. Croix) and Virgin Islands National Park (St. John) by scientists in the U.S. National Park Service Coral Reef Assessment Program re- vealed the effects of Humcane Hugo on individual coral species, community parameters, and overall reef structure. Effects of the storm varied with depth, coral species, location relative to the storm path...
Authors
Caroline S. Rogers

Conservation status of freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada Conservation status of freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada

The American Fisheries Society (AFS) herein provides a list of all native freshwater mussels (families Margaritiferidae and Unionidae) in the United States and Canada. This report also provides state and provincial distributions; a comprehensive review of the conservation status of all taxa; and references on biology, conservation, and distribution of freshwater mussels. The list...
Authors
J.D. Williams, M.L. Warren, K.S. Cummings, J.L. Harris, R. J. Neves

Population structure, body mass, activity, and orientation of an aquatic snake (Seminatrix pygaea) during a drought Population structure, body mass, activity, and orientation of an aquatic snake (Seminatrix pygaea) during a drought

The snout – vent length, tail length, weight, sex, activity, and orientation of a population of swamp snakes (Seminatrix pygaea) in north – central Florida were recorded from 1985 through 1990. A small temporary pond was monitored for 1343 days, using a drift fence – pitfall trap sampling regime. I captured 123 different snakes, plus 45 recaptures. Juveniles comprised 89% of the snakes...
Authors
C.K. Dodd

Nomenclatural changes and additions Nomenclatural changes and additions

Abstract not supplied at this time
Authors
Eugenia B. Bohlke, W. F. Smith-Vaniz
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