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Lime-mud layers in high-energy tidal channels: A record of hurricane deposition Lime-mud layers in high-energy tidal channels: A record of hurricane deposition

During or immediately following the transit of Hurricane Andrew (August 23-24, 1992) across the northern part of the Great Bahama Bank, thin laminated beds of carbonate mud were deposited in high-energy subtidal channels (4 m depth) through the ooid shoals of south Cat Cay and Joulters Cays. During our reconnaissance seven weeks later, we observed lime-mud beds exposed in the troughs of...
Authors
E.A. Shinn, R.P. Steinen, R.F. Dill, R. Major

Comparison of episodic acidification of Mid-Atlantic Upland and Coastal Plain streams Comparison of episodic acidification of Mid-Atlantic Upland and Coastal Plain streams

Episodic acidification was examined in five mid-Atlantic watersheds representing three physiographic provinces: Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge, and Blue Ridge. Each of the watersheds receives a similar loading of atmospheric pollutants (SO42− and NO3−) and is underlain by different bedrock type. The purpose of this research was to quantify and compare the episodic variability in storm...
Authors
Anne K. O’Brien, Karen C. Rice, Margaret M. Kennedy, Owen P. Bricker

Sampling bird communities in bottomland hardwood forests of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Number of points visited versus number of visits to a point Sampling bird communities in bottomland hardwood forests of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Number of points visited versus number of visits to a point

Within each of 4 forest stands on Delta Experimental Forest (DEF), 25 points were visited 5 to 7 times from 8 May to 21 May 1991, and 6 times from 30 May to 12 June 1992. During each visit to a point, all birds detected, visuallyor aurally, at any distance were recorded during a 4-minute interval. Using these data, our objectives were to recommend the number of point counts and the...
Authors
D.J. Twedt, W.P. Smith, R.J. Cooper, R.P. Ford, P.B. Hamel, D.A. Wiedenfeld

Food-chain transfer of trace elements to wildlife Food-chain transfer of trace elements to wildlife

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Authors
H. M. Ohlendorf, J. P. Skorupa, M. K. Saiki, D. A. Barnum

Species richness and relative abundance of breeding birds in forests of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Species richness and relative abundance of breeding birds in forests of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley

In 1992, the Vicksburg Field Research Station of the National Wetlands Research Center initiated research on the ecology of migratory birds within forests of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV). The MAV was historically a nearly contiguous bottomland hardwood forest, however, only remnants remain. These remnants are fragmented and often influenced by drainage projects, silviculture...
Authors
C.O. Nelms, D.J. Twedt
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