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January 1, 1982

The impact of waste-water discharge on biological communities in San Francisco Bay The impact of waste-water discharge on biological communities in San Francisco Bay

No abstract available.

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S. N. Luoma, J. E. Cloern

January 1, 1982

The influence of a diffusive sublayer on accretion, dissolution, and diagenesis at the sea floor The influence of a diffusive sublayer on accretion, dissolution, and diagenesis at the sea floor

No abstract available.

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B.P. Boudreau, N.L. Guinasso

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 1, 1982

The IUCN-SSC Wolf Specialist Group The IUCN-SSC Wolf Specialist Group

No abstract available.

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L.D. Mech

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1982

The nature of hydrothermal exchange between oceanic crust and seawater at 26 degrees N latitude, Mid-Atlantic Ridge The nature of hydrothermal exchange between oceanic crust and seawater at 26 degrees N latitude, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

No abstract available.

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R. B. Scott, D.G. Temple, P.R. Peron

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

January 1, 1982

The presence of methane bubbles in the acoustically turbid sediments of Eckernfoerder Bay, Baltic Sea The presence of methane bubbles in the acoustically turbid sediments of Eckernfoerder Bay, Baltic Sea

No abstract available.

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Michael J. Whiticar

January 1, 1982

Traditional return of Cygnus columbianus columbianus to wintering areas in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Traditional return of Cygnus columbianus columbianus to wintering areas in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay

No abstract available.

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R. E. Munro

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

January 1, 1982

Virginia opossum Virginia opossum

No abstract available.

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A. L. Gardner

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1982

White-faced ibis White-faced ibis

No abstract available.

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Kirk A. King

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1982

Whooping crane mortality at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 1966-1981 Whooping crane mortality at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 1966-1981

No abstract available.

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J. W. Carpenter, S.R. Derrickson

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1982

Whooping crane production at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 1967-1981 Whooping crane production at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 1967-1981

No abstract available.

Authors

S.R. Derrickson, J. W. Carpenter

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1982

Wolves (radio-tracking) Wolves (radio-tracking)

No abstract available.

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L.D. Mech

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1982

Woodcock brood ecology in Maine Woodcock brood ecology in Maine

Captures of 102 American woodcock (Philohela minor) broods, including 338 chicks, from 1977 to 1980 provided data on age-related production by breeding females and on growth and survival of chicks. Although broods of second-year females are smaller and hatch at slightly later dates and the growth of the chicks is slower than that of broods of after-second-year hens, we could detect no...

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T.J. Dwyer, E.L. Derleth, D.G. McAuley

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center