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Estrogens, estrogen receptors and their role as immunoregulators in fish Estrogens, estrogen receptors and their role as immunoregulators in fish
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Luke R. Iwanowicz, Christopher A. Ottinger
A coral disease handbook: Guidelines for assessment, monitoring, and management A coral disease handbook: Guidelines for assessment, monitoring, and management
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L. Raymundo, Thierry M. Work, A.W. Bruckner, B. Willis
Cenozoic evolution of the abrupt Colorado Plateau–Basin and Range boundary, northwest Arizona: A tale of three basins, immense lacustrine-evaporite deposits, and the nascent Colorado River Cenozoic evolution of the abrupt Colorado Plateau–Basin and Range boundary, northwest Arizona: A tale of three basins, immense lacustrine-evaporite deposits, and the nascent Colorado River
In northwest Arizona, the relatively unextended Colorado Plateau gives way abruptly to the highly extended Colorado River extensional corridor within the Basin and Range province along a system of major west-dipping normal faults, including the Grand Wash fault zone and South Virgin–White Hills detachment fault. Large growth-fault basins developed in the hanging walls of these faults...
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J. E. Faulds, Keith A. Howard, E. M. Duebendorfer
Confirming field assessments and measuring disease impacts Confirming field assessments and measuring disease impacts
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Thierry M. Work, Cheryl M. Woodley, L. Raymundo
Controls on late Quaternary coral reefs of the Florida Keys Controls on late Quaternary coral reefs of the Florida Keys
The Florida Keys is an arcuate, densely populated, westward-trending island chain at the south end of a karstic peninsular Florida Platform (Enos and Perkins 1977; Shinn et al. 1996; Kindinger el al. 1999, 2000). The "keys: mark the southernmost segment of the Atlantic continental margin of the United States. The islands are bordered by Florida Bay to the north and west, the Atlantic...
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Barbara H. Lidz, Eugene A. Shinn, J. Harold Hudson, Multer H. Gray, Robert B. Halley, Daniel M. Robbin
Coral reefs, present and past, on the west Florida shelf and platform margin: Chapter 4 Coral reefs, present and past, on the west Florida shelf and platform margin: Chapter 4
This paper summarizes the geomorphic variability of these different reef types, their geologic setting, and the present coral-reef biological community. The paper is organized along a virtual depth transect by presenting different reef settings and types starting from the shallower mid-shelf or mid-ramp setting, moving to the shelf edge, and then to the deeper upper slope.
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Albert C. Hine, Robert B. Halley, Stanley D. Locker, B. D. Jarrett, Walter C. Jaap, David J. Mallinson, Katherine T. Ciembronowicz, Nancy B. Ogden, Brian Donahue, David Naar
Reef geology and biology of Navassa Island Reef geology and biology of Navassa Island
Navassa is a small oceanic island (5.2km2 in size) located ~30km west of the southwest tip of Haiti, 160km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in the heart of the Windward Passage. Navassa was claimed in 1856 by the United States. Navassa has also been claimed by Haiti since its independence in 1825 and, prior to that, was considered part of colonial Haitian...
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Margaret W. Miller, Robert B. Halley, Arthur C.R. Gleason
Amidostomum and Epomidiostomum Amidostomum and Epomidiostomum
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Alan M. Fedynich, Nancy J. Thomas
Uncertainty and sensitivity issues in process-based models of carbon and nitrogen cycles in terrestrial ecosystems Uncertainty and sensitivity issues in process-based models of carbon and nitrogen cycles in terrestrial ecosystems
Many process-based models of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles have been developed for northern forest ecosystems. These models are widely used to evaluate the long-term decisions in forest management dealing with effects like particulate pollution, productivity and climate change. Regarding climate change, one of the key questions that have sensitive political implications is whether...
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Guy R. Larocque, Jagtar S. Bhatti, A.M. Gordon, N. Luckai, M. Wattenbach, Jinxun Liu, Peng C., P.A. Arp, S. Liu, C.F. Zhang, A Komarov, P. Grabarnik, J. Sun, T. White
Model-data fusion in studies of the terrestrial carbon sink Model-data fusion in studies of the terrestrial carbon sink
Current uncertainty in quantifying the global carbon budget remains a major contributing source of uncertainty in reliably projecting future climate change. Furthermore, quantifying the global carbon budget and characterising uncertainties have emerged as critical to a successful implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol. Beyond...
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G.A. Alexandrov, D. Chan, M. Chen, K. Gurney, K Higuchi, A Ito, C.D. Jones, A Komarov, K Mabuchi, D.M. Matross, F Veroustraete, W.W. Verstreten
In-situ observations of the physical properties of the Martian surface In-situ observations of the physical properties of the Martian surface
The physical properties of rocks and soils on the surface of Mars have been investigated by several landed spacecraft. Studies of these physical properties constrain interpretation of Martian geologic processes and provide engineering data for future mission planning. As on Earth, these properties vary considerably from place to place, and provide constraints on the origin and evolution...
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Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, M. P. Golombek, E.A. Guinness, J.B. Johnson, A. Kusack, L. Richter, R.J. Sullivan, S. Gorevan