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The Columbia River littoral cell: A sediment budget overview The Columbia River littoral cell: A sediment budget overview
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G. Gelfenbaum, C. R. Sherwood, C. D. Peterson, G. M. Kaminsky, Maarten C. Buijsman, D.C. Twichell, P. Ruggiero, A. E. Gibbs, C. Reed
Robustness of closed capture-recapture methods to violations of the closure assumption Robustness of closed capture-recapture methods to violations of the closure assumption
Closed-population capture–recapture methods have been used extensively in animal ecology, both by themselves and within the context of Pollock’s robust design and multistate models, to estimate various parameters of population and community dynamics. The defining assumption of geographic and demographic closure (i.e., no births, deaths, immigration, or emigration) for the duration of...
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William L. Kendall
Time-series photographs of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay: June - October, 1996 Time-series photographs of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay: June - October, 1996
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Bradford Butman, John Evans, William Lange, Chris F. Polloni
Hydrogeomorphic factors and ecosystem responses in coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes Hydrogeomorphic factors and ecosystem responses in coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes
Gauging the impact of manipulative activities, such as rehabilitation or management, on wetlands requires having a notion of the unmanipulated condition as a reference. And understanding of the reference condition requires knowledge of dominant factors influencing ecosystem processes and biological communities. In this paper, we focus on natural physical factors (conditions and processes...
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J.R. Keough, T.A. Thompson, G.R. Guntenspergen, D.A. Wilcox
A geochemical isotopic (Nd-Pb) comparison of volcanic rocks erupted during the last 3,550 yrs. B.P. of interplinian activity of Somma-Vesuvius Volcano, southern Italy A geochemical isotopic (Nd-Pb) comparison of volcanic rocks erupted during the last 3,550 yrs. B.P. of interplinian activity of Somma-Vesuvius Volcano, southern Italy
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Renato Somma, Robert A. Ayuso, B. de Vivo
Mississippi Basin Carbon Project; upland soil database for sites in Yazoo Basin, northern Mississippi Mississippi Basin Carbon Project; upland soil database for sites in Yazoo Basin, northern Mississippi
The conversion of land from its native state to an agricultural use commonly results in a significant loss of soil carbon (Mann, 1985; Davidson and Ackerman, 1993). Globally, this loss is estimated to account for as much as 1/3 of the net CO2 emissions for the period of 1850 to 1980 (Houghton et al, 1983). Roughly 20 to 40 percent of original soil carbon is estimated to be lost as CO2 as...
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J.W. Harden, T. L. Fries, T.G. Huntington
Molecular and immunogenetic analysis of major histocompatibility haplotypes in northern bobwhite enable direct identification of corresponding haplotypes in an endangered subspecies, the masked bobwhite Molecular and immunogenetic analysis of major histocompatibility haplotypes in northern bobwhite enable direct identification of corresponding haplotypes in an endangered subspecies, the masked bobwhite
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a group of genetic loci coding for haplotypes that have been associated with fitness traits in mammals and birds. Such associations suggest that MHC diversity may be an indicator of overall genetic fitness of endangered or threatened species. The MHC haplotypes of a captive population of 12 families of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus)...
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B. M. Drake, R.M. Goto, M.M. Miller, G.F. Gee, W.E. Briles
Great earthquakes, abundant sand, and high wave energy in the Columbia Cell, USA Great earthquakes, abundant sand, and high wave energy in the Columbia Cell, USA
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Curt D. Peterson, Guy R. Gelfenbaum, Harry M. Jol, Jim B. Phipps, Frank Reckendorf, Dave C. Twichell, Sandy Vanderberg, Lorraine Woxell
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the Pacific Cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the Pacific
Co-rich Fe-Mn crusts occur throughout the Pacific on seamounts, ridges, and plateaus where currents have kept the rocks swept clean of sediments at least intermittently for millions of years. Crusts precipitate out of cold ambient sea water onto hard-rock substrates forming pavements up to 250 mm thick. Crusts are important as a potential resource for Co, Ni, Pt, Mn, Tl, Te, and other...
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James R. Hein, Andrea Koschinsky, Michael Bau, Frank T. Manheim, Jung-Keuk Kang, Leanne Roberts
Seismic reflections identify finite differences in gas hydrate resources Seismic reflections identify finite differences in gas hydrate resources
Gas hydrate is a gas-bearing, ice-like crystalline solid. The substance's build ing blocks consist of a gas molecule (generally methane) sur-rounded by a cage of water molecules. The total amount of methane in hydrate in the world is immense - the most recent speculative estimate centers on values of 21x1015 cu meters. Thus, it may represent a future energy resource. This estimate was...
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William P. Dillon, M. Max
Anoxia pre-dates Frasnian–Famennian boundary mass extinction horizon in the Great Basin, USA Anoxia pre-dates Frasnian–Famennian boundary mass extinction horizon in the Great Basin, USA
Major and trace metal results from three Great Basin stratigraphic sections with strong conodont biostratigraphy identify a distinct anoxic interval that precedes, but ends approximately 100 kyr before, the Frasnian–Famennian (F–F, mid-Late Devonian) boundary mass extinction horizon. This horizon corresponds to the final and most severe step of a more protracted extinction period. These...
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John F. Bratton, William B. N. Berry, Jared R. Morrow