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Capture-recapture methodology Capture-recapture methodology
Capture-recapture methods were initially developed to estimate human population abundance, but since that time have seen widespread use for fish and wildlife populations to estimate and model various parameters of population, metapopulation, and disease dynamics. Repeated sampling of marked animals provides information for estimating abundance and tracking the fate of individuals in the...
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William R. Gould, William L. Kendall
Chesapeake Bay waterbirds, sea-level rise, and island restoration Chesapeake Bay waterbirds, sea-level rise, and island restoration
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R. Michael Erwin
Coasts: Complex changes affecting the Northwest's diverse shorelines Coasts: Complex changes affecting the Northwest's diverse shorelines
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W. Spencer Reeder, Ruggiero, Sarah L. Shafer, Amy K. Snover, Laurie L. Houston, Patty Glick, Jan Newton, Susan M. Capalbo
Cross-scale morphology Cross-scale morphology
The scaling of physical, biological, ecological and social phenomena is a major focus of efforts to develop simple representations of complex systems. Much of the attention has been on discovering universal scaling laws that emerge from simple physical and geometric processes. However, there are regular patterns of departures both from those scaling laws and from continuous distributions...
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Craig R. Allen, Crawford S. Holling, Ahjond S. Garmestani
Current status, issues and applications of GIS to inland fisheries Current status, issues and applications of GIS to inland fisheries
This chapter is concerned with GIS applications made to inland fisheries. These include fisheries in freshwater rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Although these GIS applications have increased rapidly since the late 1980s, this area of fish production receives less attention than either aquaculture or marine fisheries. This is probably because inland fisheries are often practised in remote...
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William Fisher
Dust and human health Dust and human health
It is generally accepted that exposure to fine particulate matter may increase risk for human morbidity and mortality. Until recently, population health related studies examining the effects of particulate matter on human health generally examined anthropogenic (industry and combustion by-products) sources with few studies considering contributions from natural sources. This chapter...
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Suzette A. Morman, Geoffrey S. Plumlee
Euryhalinity in an evolutionary context Euryhalinity in an evolutionary context
This chapter focuses on the evolutionary importance and taxonomic distribution of euryhalinity. Euryhalinity refers to broad halotolerance and broad halohabitat distribution. Salinity exposure experiments have demonstrated that species vary tenfold in their range of tolerable salinity levels, primarily because of differences in upper limits. Halotolerance breadth varies with the species’...
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Eric T. Schultz, Stephen D. McCormick
Executive summary: Climate change in the northwest: Implications for our landscapes, waters, and communities Executive summary: Climate change in the northwest: Implications for our landscapes, waters, and communities
Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for Our Landscapes, Waters, and Communities is aimed at assessing the state of knowledge about key climate impacts and consequences to various sectors and communities in the northwest United States. It draws on a wealth of peer-reviewed literature, earlier state-level assessment reports conducted for Washington (2009) and Oregon (2010), as...
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Meghan M. Dalton, Jeffrey Bethel, Susan M. Capalbo, J.E. Cuhaciyan, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, Patty Glick, Laurie L. Houston, Jeremy S. Littell, Kathy Lynn, Philip W. Mote, Rick R. Raymondi, W. Spencer Reeder, Sarah L. Shafer, Amy K. Snover
Freshwater and drought on Pacific Islands Freshwater and drought on Pacific Islands
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Scot K. Izuka, Victoria Keener
Future climate: Projected average Future climate: Projected average
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Daniel Cayan, Mary Tyree, Kenneth E. Kunkel, Chris Castro, Alexander Gershunov, Joseph Barsugli, Andrea Ray, Jonathan Overpeck, Michael Anderson, Joellen Russell, Balaji Rajagopalan, Imtiaz Rangwala, Phil Duffy
Geochemistry and geophysics field maps used during the USGS 2011 field season in southwest Alaska Geochemistry and geophysics field maps used during the USGS 2011 field season in southwest Alaska
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has been studying a variety of geochemical and geophyscial assessment techniques for concealed mineral deposits. The 2011 field season for this project took place in southwest Alaska, northeast of Bristol Bay between Dillingham and Iliamna Lake. Four maps were created for the geochemistry and geophysics teams to use during field activities.
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Stuart A. Giles