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Workgroup on pesticides Workgroup on pesticides

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J.J. Lech, J. L. Allen, D.J. Dube

Evolution of the Atlantic continental margin of the United States Evolution of the Atlantic continental margin of the United States

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D.W. Folger, William P. Dillon, J. A. Grow, Kim D. Klitgord, J. S. Schlee

Marine phosphorites Marine phosphorites

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Authors
Frank T. Manheim, Robert A. Gulbrandsen

Neoplastic diseases Neoplastic diseases

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Authors
S. F. Snieszko

The use of habitat structure preferenda for establishing flow regimes necessary for maintenance of fish habitat The use of habitat structure preferenda for establishing flow regimes necessary for maintenance of fish habitat

The pursuit of simplicity in the complex management of instream and out-of-stream water uses very early led to the minimum, or “base,” flow concept and the myth that a consistent methodology could be used to establish the desired minimum flow. Such a single flow value has not proven to be practical. As water becomes fully appropriated to upstream use and storage, the minimum flow, if not...
Authors
Clair B. Stalnaker

A preliminary assessment of the timing and migration of shorebirds along the northcentral Alaska Peninsula A preliminary assessment of the timing and migration of shorebirds along the northcentral Alaska Peninsula

An intensive study of post-breeding and migrating shorebirds was conducted in 1976 on a major estuary of the Alaska Peninsula at Nelson Lagoon. Twenty species were recorded, eight of them breeding on the study area. Temporal patterns of relative abundance were obtained from aerial and ground censuses. Prominent events in the seasonal southward movements were (a) congregation of non- and...
Authors
Robert E. Gill, Paul D. Jorgensen
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