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Combined impacts of Black-crowned Night-Heron predation/disturbance and various management activities on Roseate Tern productivity in 2003, and testing of a video surveillance system for recording the diurnal and nocturnal behavior of terns and night-hero Combined impacts of Black-crowned Night-Heron predation/disturbance and various management activities on Roseate Tern productivity in 2003, and testing of a video surveillance system for recording the diurnal and nocturnal behavior of terns and night-hero
Falkner Island (FICT), a unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (SBMNWR) since 1985, is located in Long Island Sound 5 km south of Guilford, CT. For more than three decades it has been the site of the only large breeding colony in Connecticut of the federally endangered Northwest Atlantic population of Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii)...
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J. A. Spendelow, M. Kuter
Fire in California ecosystems Fire in California ecosystems
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N. G. Sugihara, J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, A. E. Thode
Seagrass communities of the Gulf Coast of Florida: status and ecology Seagrass communities of the Gulf Coast of Florida: status and ecology
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Clinton J. Dawes, Ronald C. Phillips, Gerold Morrison
Species Conservation and Management: Case Studies Species Conservation and Management: Case Studies
This edited volume is a collection of population and metapopulation models for a wide variety of species, including plants, invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Each chapter of the book describes the application of RAMAS GIS 4.0 to one species, with the aim of demonstrating how various life history characteristics of the species are incorporated into the model...
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H.R. Akcakaya, M.A. Burgman, O. Kindvall, C.C. Wood, P. Sjogren-Gulve, Jeff S. Hatfield, M.A. McCarthy
The Amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park The Amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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C.K. Dodd
The Colorado Plateau: cultural, biological, and physical research The Colorado Plateau: cultural, biological, and physical research
Stretching from the four corners of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah, the Colorado Plateau is a natural laboratory for a wide range of studies. This volume presents 23 original articles drawn from more than 100 research projects presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. This scientific gathering revolved around research, inventory, and...
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Kenneth L. Cole
Zoonotic protozoa in the marine environment: a threat to aquatic mammals and public health Zoonotic protozoa in the marine environment: a threat to aquatic mammals and public health
This collection of abstracts provides an account of four presentations at the 19th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) (held in New Orleans, LA, USA from 10–14 August 2003) in a symposium session on zoonotic protozoan parasites found in the marine environment and chaired by Ronald Fayer and David Lindsay. The focus was...
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M.E. Olson, A. Appelbee, L. Measures, Rebecca A. Cole, D. S. Lindsay, J. P. Dubey, N. J. Thomas, M. Miller, P. Conrad, I. Gardner, J. Kreuder, J. Mazet, D. Jessup, Erin Dodd, M. Harris, J. Ames, K. Worcester, D. Paradies, M. Grigg, R. Fayer, E.J. Lewis, J.M. Trout, L. Xiao, D.W. Howard, R. Palmer, K. Ludwig, S.S. Tyler
A guide to sampling freshwater mussel populations A guide to sampling freshwater mussel populations
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David L. Strayer, David R. Smith
Acropora corals in Florida: status, trends, conservation, and prospects for recovery Acropora corals in Florida: status, trends, conservation, and prospects for recovery
Despite representing the northern extent of Acropora spp. in the Caribbean, most of the Florida reef line from Palm Beach through the Keys was built by these species. Climatic factors appear to have bee important agents of Acropora loss within historic (century) time frames. In the recent past (1980-present), available quantitative evidence suggests dramatic declines occurred in A...
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Margaret W. Miller, Walt C. Jaap, Mark Chiappone, Bernardo Vargas-Angel, Brian Keller, Richard B. Aronson, Eugene A. Shinn
Integrated assessment of the climate change impacts on the Gulf Coast Region of the United States Integrated assessment of the climate change impacts on the Gulf Coast Region of the United States
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Zhu Ning, R. Eugene Turner, Thomas W. Doyle, Kamran Abdollahi, Alma Thornton, Enrique Reyes, D. Justic, Erick Swenson, Wael Khairy, Kam-Biu Liu
Arsenic in ground water: Geochemistry and occurrence Arsenic in ground water: Geochemistry and occurrence
Interest in arsenic in ground water has greatly increased in the past decade because of the increased awareness of human health effects and the costs of avoidance or treatment of ground water supplies used for consumption. The goal of this book is to provide a description of the basic processes that affect arsenic occurrence and transport by providing sufficient background information on...
Surveillance strategies for detecting Chronic Wasting Disease in free-ranging deer and elk: Results of a CWD surveillance workshop Surveillance strategies for detecting Chronic Wasting Disease in free-ranging deer and elk: Results of a CWD surveillance workshop
Executive Summary Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a fatal brain disease of North American deer and elk, has recently emerged as an important wildlife management issue. Interest and concern over the spread of this disease and its potential impact on free-ranging cervid populations has increased with discovery of the disease in numerous states and provinces. Current studies suggest that CWD...
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Michael D. Samuel, Damien O. Joly, Margaret A. Wild, Scott D. Wright, David L. Otis, Rob W. Werge, Michael W. Miller