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January 1, 1996

Changes in landscape values and expectations: What do we want and how do we measure it? Changes in landscape values and expectations: What do we want and how do we measure it?

No abstract available.

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W. L. Halvorson

Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

January 1, 1996

Characteristics of the continental slope and rise off North Carolina from GLORIA and seismic-reflection data: The interaction of downslope and contour current processes Characteristics of the continental slope and rise off North Carolina from GLORIA and seismic-reflection data: The interaction of downslope and contour current processes

No abstract available.

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Peter Popenoe, William P. Dillon

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

January 1, 1996

Chestnut-sided warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica Chestnut-sided warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica

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C.S. Robbins

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1996

Chick rearing Chick rearing

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M. Wellington, A. Burke, Jane M. Nicolich, K. O’Malley

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1996

Cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota Cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota

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B.A. Dowell

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1996

Comment to the paper, 'A heuristic approach to validating monitoring programs based on count indices (damn the statisticians, full speed ahead)' Comment to the paper, 'A heuristic approach to validating monitoring programs based on count indices (damn the statisticians, full speed ahead)'

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P.H. Geissler

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1996

Commercial Fisheries Surveys Commercial Fisheries Surveys

In this chapter, we describe methods for sampling commercial fisheries and identify factors affecting the design of sampling plans. When sampled properly, commercial fisheries can provide important information on the response of aquatic organisms to exploitation; such information can be used by management agencies to develop regulations for ensuring long-term production of the resource...

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Mary C. Fabrizio, R. Anne Richards

Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

January 1, 1996