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Control of pest species: Tree shelters help protect seedlings from nutria Control of pest species: Tree shelters help protect seedlings from nutria
Various methods of nutria preventative techniques were tested in attempts to curb the loss of seedlings due to nutria capturing. The results of testing possibly indicate that tree shelters have real potential for use in forest restoration projects on sites with moderate nutria populations. Tree shelters may even prove effective on sites with high nutria populations, as long as...
Authors
J. A. Allen, R. Boykin
The influence of ambient salinity on routine metabolism in the teleost Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède The influence of ambient salinity on routine metabolism in the teleost Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède
Routine metabolism of the euryhaline cyprinodontid Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepede was measured at a series of ambient salinities ranging from fresh water through 100‰. Fish used had been sequentially acclimated to the test salinities (ambient temperature of 20±1° C and a 12: 12 L: D schedule). Routine metabolic rates were highest at ambient salinities from 15 to 50‰. Metabolism was...
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F.G. Nordlie, S. J. Walsh, D. C. Haney, T.F. Nordlie
The impact of debris on the Florida manatee The impact of debris on the Florida manatee
The endangered Florida manatee ingests debris while feeding. From 1978 through 1986, 439 salvaged manatees were examined. Debris was in the gastrointestinal tract of 63 (14.4%) and four died as a direct result of debris ingestion. Monofilament fishing line was the most common debris found (N=49). Plastic bags, string, twine, rope, fish hooks, wire, paper, cellophane, synthetic sponges...
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C.A. Beck, N.B. Barros
Reproduction in a Western Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae elegans) from Western Kentucky Reproduction in a Western Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae elegans) from Western Kentucky
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M.A. Morris, S. J. Walsh
Relocation, repatriation, and translocation of amphibians and reptiles: Are they conservation strategies that work? Relocation, repatriation, and translocation of amphibians and reptiles: Are they conservation strategies that work?
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C.K. Dodd, R.A. Seigel
The status of the Red Hills salamander Phaeognathus hubrichti, Alabama, USA, 1976–1988 The status of the Red Hills salamander Phaeognathus hubrichti, Alabama, USA, 1976–1988
A total of 144 sites in the Red Hills Physiographic Province in south-central Alabama, USA, were surveyed in 1988 for burrows of the Red Hills salamander Phaeognathus hubrichti. Of 92 sites surveyed in 1976, no change occurred in the habitat at 54 sites, conditions improved at 19 sites and deteriorated at 18 sites following selective or clear cutting. An additional 14 of 52 sites not...
Authors
C.K. Dodd
An evaluation of aerial survey replicate count methodology to determine trends in manatee abundance An evaluation of aerial survey replicate count methodology to determine trends in manatee abundance
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L.W. Lefebvre, H. I. Kochman
Stocking of hatchery-reared striped bass in the Patuxent River, Maryland: survival, relative abundance, and cost-effectiveness Stocking of hatchery-reared striped bass in the Patuxent River, Maryland: survival, relative abundance, and cost-effectiveness
Hatchery-reared fingerlings of striped bass Morone saxatilis were tagged, stocked, and recovered in the Patuxent River, Maryland, to estimate their survival and abundance relative to wild young of the year and to compare the costs and benefits of stocking phase-I (35–50 mm, total length) and phase-II (150–200 mm) fish. About 100,000 phase-I fingerlings were tagged and released each year...
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R.M. Dorazio, B.M. Florence, C.M. Wooley
Protein and mitochondrial DNA variation in the salamander Phaeognathus hubrichti Protein and mitochondrial DNA variation in the salamander Phaeognathus hubrichti
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M.L. McKnight, C.K. Dodd, C.M. Spolsky
Scaphirhynchus suttkusi, a new sturgeon (Pisces: Acipenseridae) from the Mobile Basin of Alabama and Mississippi Scaphirhynchus suttkusi, a new sturgeon (Pisces: Acipenseridae) from the Mobile Basin of Alabama and Mississippi
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J.D. Williams, G.H. Clemmer
Fish and fishes of Saint Helena Island, by Alasdair J. Edwards Fish and fishes of Saint Helena Island, by Alasdair J. Edwards
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W. F. Smith-Vaniz
Distribution patterns of individually identifiable West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) in Florida Distribution patterns of individually identifiable West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) in Florida
Photographs of distinctively scarred manatees (Trichechus manatus) were taken at aggregation sites throughout Florida and assembled into a catalog for identifying individuals. Resightings of known manatees in different years or at different locations enabled us to document site fidelity and long-distance movements. Of the 891 individuals included in the catalog as of August 1986, 470 (53...
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J.P. Reid, G. B. Rathbun, J.R. Wilcox