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The use of scenario analysis to assess water ecosystem services in response to future land use change in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon The use of scenario analysis to assess water ecosystem services in response to future land use change in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon
Human pressures on the natural resources of the United States have resulted in many unintended changes in our ecosystems, e.g., loss of biodiversity, habitat degradation, increases in the number of endangered species, and increases in contamination and water pollution. Environmental managers are concerned about broad-scale changes in land use and landscape pattern and their cumulative...
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M. Hernandez, W. G. Kepner, D. G. Goodrich, Darius J. Semmens
Population demographics and breeding ecology of the Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) in the Churchill, Manitoba area Population demographics and breeding ecology of the Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) in the Churchill, Manitoba area
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Matthew C. Perry, Robert M. Alison
Methods based on surface-water data Methods based on surface-water data
Streamflow data are commonly used to estimate recharge rates in humid and subhumid regions, in part because of the abundance of streamflow data and the availability of computer programs for analyzing those data. Most of the methods described in this chapter are easy to use, but application of any of the methods should be accompanied by a careful analysis of the underlying assumptions...
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Richard W. Healy
Storm surge modeling and applications in coastal areas Storm surge modeling and applications in coastal areas
This chapter introduces the reader to a wide spectrum of storm surge modeling systems used to assess the impact of tropical cyclones, covering a range of numerical methods, model domains, forcing and boundary conditions, and purposes. New technologies to obtain data such as deployment of temporary sensors and remote sensing practices to support modeling are also presented. Extensive...
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Shisir K. Dube, Tad S. Murty, Jesse C. Feyen, Reggina Cabrera, Bruce A. Harper, Jerad D. Bales, Saud A. Amer
Chapter 3: Changes to the Wyoming Basins landscape from oil and natural gas development Chapter 3: Changes to the Wyoming Basins landscape from oil and natural gas development
Oil and natural gas have been produced in Wyoming since the late 1800s although the rate of extraction has increased substantially in the last two decades. Well pads, roads, and infrastructure built to support resource development alter native vegetation configuration; however, the rate and effect of land cover change resulting from oil and gas extraction has not been quantified across...
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Sean P. Finn, Steven T. Knick
The ASTER data system: An overview of the data products in Japan and in the United States The ASTER data system: An overview of the data products in Japan and in the United States
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data system is a cooperative system, which is operated jointly by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) through its Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC), and by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) primarily through its Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and Land...
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Bryan Bailey, Kenneth A. Duda, Yoshaki Kannari, Akira Miura, Bhaskar Ramachandran
ASTER and MODIS land data management at the Land Processes, and National Snow and Ice Data Centers ASTER and MODIS land data management at the Land Processes, and National Snow and Ice Data Centers
Chapters 4 and 5 provide a variety of examples of how ASTER and MODIS land science applications are predicated on the availability of consistent and quality data. This chapter portrays a narrative of how those data come to exist at two different data centers, which manage them.
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John Daucsavage, Natalia Kaminsky, Bhaskar Ramachandran, Calli B. Jenkerson, Karla K. Sprenger, Ron Faust, Tamara Rockvam
Invasion biology and parasitic infections Invasion biology and parasitic infections
No abstract available.
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Sarah Perkins, Sonia Altizer, Ottar Bjornstad, Jeremy J. Burdon, Keith Clay, Lorena Gomez-Aparicio, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Pieter T. J. Johnson, Kevin D. Lafferty, Carolyn M. Malmstrom, Patrick Martin, Alison Power, David L. Strayer, Peter H. Thrall, Maria Uriarte
Effects of disease on community interactions and food web structure Effects of disease on community interactions and food web structure
No abstract available.
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Kevin D. Lafferty
Coral reef diseases in the Atlantic-Caribbean Coral reef diseases in the Atlantic-Caribbean
Coral reefs are the jewels of the tropical oceans. They boast the highest diversity of all marine ecosystems, aid in the development and protection of other important, productive coastal marine communities, and have provided millions of people with food, building materials, protection from storms, recreation and social stability over thousands of years, and more recently, income, active
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Caroline S. Rogers, Ernesto Weil
Potential effects of coalbed natural gas development on fish and aquatic resources Potential effects of coalbed natural gas development on fish and aquatic resources
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a summary of issues and findings related to the potential effects of coalbed natural gas (CBNG) development on fish and other aquatic resources. We reviewed CBNG issues from across the United States and used the Powder River Basin of Wyoming as a case study to exemplify some pertinent issues. The quality of water produced during CBNG extraction...
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Aida M. Farag, David D. Harper, Anna C. Senecal, Arthur E. Hubert