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Parameters affecting the partition coefficients of organic compounds in solvent-water and lipid-water systems Parameters affecting the partition coefficients of organic compounds in solvent-water and lipid-water systems
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C. T. Chiou, J.H. Block
Evaluating the structure of habitat for wildlife Evaluating the structure of habitat for wildlife
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H.L. Short, S.C. Williamson
Artificial propagation of coregonines in the management of the Laurentian Great Lakes Artificial propagation of coregonines in the management of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Numerous stresses caused wide fluctuations in the abundance of Great Lakes coregonine fishes during the last century. State, Provincial, and Federal agencies attempted to bolster these fisheries by stocking more than 32 billion fry of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and 6 billion fry of lake herring (C. artedii) over a period of about 90 years (1870-1960). Propagation efforts...
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Thomas N. Todd
Concepts and constraints of habitat model testing Concepts and constraints of habitat model testing
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M. Schamberger, J. O'Neil
Minturn and Sangre de Cristo formations of Southern Colorado: A prograding fan delta and alluvial fan sequence shed from the ancestral Rocky Mountains Minturn and Sangre de Cristo formations of Southern Colorado: A prograding fan delta and alluvial fan sequence shed from the ancestral Rocky Mountains
The Middle Pennsylvania!) Minturn Formation and the Pennsylvanian-Permian Sangre de Cristo Formation of the northern Sangre de Cristo Range form a thick progradational sequence of coarse clastic sediments. These sediments were deposited along the western margin of the central Colorado trough during uplift of the late Paleozoic Uncompahgre highland, a major structural and topographic...
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D. A. Lindsay, R. F. Clark, S. J. Soulliere
An overview of rates of chemical weathering An overview of rates of chemical weathering
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Steven M. Coleman, David P. Dethier
Analysis of forest structure using thematic mapper simulator data Analysis of forest structure using thematic mapper simulator data
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D. L. Peterson, W.E. Westman, N.L. Stephenson, V.G. Ambrosia, J.A. Brass, M.A. Spanner
Aquatic birds and selenium in the San Joaquin Valley Aquatic birds and selenium in the San Joaquin Valley
Kesterton Reservoir is a series of ponds comprising 1,200 acres sitting in the grasslands of the Kesterton National Wildlife Refuge. It is bounded on the east by the San Luis Drain, a concrete-lined canal that discharges agricultural drainage into the ponds at their southern end, from which point it then flows northward through the twelve ponds (see the map on the page following). Mike...
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Harry M. Ohlendorf
Attack patterns of merlins hunting flocking sandpipers Attack patterns of merlins hunting flocking sandpipers
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B.E. Kus
California condor recovery program California condor recovery program
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N.F.R. Snyder