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Pesticides in surface water in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River basins, 1992-95 Pesticides in surface water in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River basins, 1992-95
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Authors
Marc James Zimmerman
Relation of water quality to land use in the drainage basins of four tributaries to the Toms River, New Jersey, 1994-95 Relation of water quality to land use in the drainage basins of four tributaries to the Toms River, New Jersey, 1994-95
The influence of land use on the water quality of four tributaries to the Toms River, which drains nearly one-half of the Barnegat Bay wateshed, was studied during the initial phase of a multiyear investigation. Water samples were collected from and streamflows were measured in Long Swamp Creek, Wrangel Brook, Davenport Branch, and Jakes Creek during periods of base flow and stormflow in...
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Kathryn Hunchak-Kariouk
Method for Examination and Documentation of Basic Information and Metadata from Published Reports Relevant to the Study of Stormwater Runoff Quality Method for Examination and Documentation of Basic Information and Metadata from Published Reports Relevant to the Study of Stormwater Runoff Quality
A readily accessible archive of information that is valid, current, and technically defensible is needed to make informed highway-planning, design, and management decisions. The National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis (NDAMS) is a cataloging and assessment of the documentation of information relevant to highway-runoff water quality available in published...
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Shannon G. Dionne, Gregory E. Granato, Cameron K. Tana
Trace-element concentrations in streambed sediment across the conterminous United States Trace-element concentrations in streambed sediment across the conterminous United States
Trace-element concentrations in 541 streambed-sediment samples collected from 20 study areas across the conterminous United States were examined as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. Sediment samples were sieved and the
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Karen C. Rice
Apparatus investigates geological aspects of gas hydrates Apparatus investigates geological aspects of gas hydrates
The US Geological Survey (USGS), in response to potential geohazards, energy resource potential, and climate issues associated with marine gas hydrates, has developed a laboratory research system that permits hydrate genesis and dissociation under deep-sea conditions, employing user-selected sediment types and pore fluids. The apparatus, GHASTI (gas hydrate and sediment test laboratory...
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J.S. Booth, W.J. Winters, William P. Dillon
Temperature-related loss of smolt characteristics Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) the wild Temperature-related loss of smolt characteristics Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) the wild
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S. D. McCormick, R.A. Cunjak, B. Dempson, M. F. O’Dea, J. B. Carey
Time course of salinity adaptation a strongly euryhaline estuarine teleost, Fundulus Heteroclitus: A multivariable approach Time course of salinity adaptation a strongly euryhaline estuarine teleost, Fundulus Heteroclitus: A multivariable approach
Freshwater-adapted killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) were transferred directly from soft fresh water to full-strength sea water for periods of 1 h, 3 h, 8 h and 1, 2, 7, 14 and 30 days. Controls were transferred to fresh water for 24 h. Measured variables included: blood [Na+], osmolality, glucose and cortisol levels, basal and stimulated rates of ion transport and permeability of in...
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W.S. Marshall, T.R. Emberley, T.D. Singer, S.E. Bryson, S. D. McCormick
Potential effects of pathogen-induced hemlock forest decline on aquatic biodiversity in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Potential effects of pathogen-induced hemlock forest decline on aquatic biodiversity in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
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C.D. Snyder, J.A. Young, D. Lemarie, D. R. Smith, R. Ross, R. Bennett
Predicting mountalion activity using radiocollars equipped with mercury tip-sensors Predicting mountalion activity using radiocollars equipped with mercury tip-sensors
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M.W. Janis, J. D. Clark, C.S. Johnson
Sea-floor methane blow-out and global firestorm at the K-T boundary Sea-floor methane blow-out and global firestorm at the K-T boundary
A previously unsuspected source of fuel for the global firestorm recorded by soot in the Cretaceous-Tertiary impact layer may have resided in methane gas associated with gas hydrate in the end-Cretaceous seafloor. End-Cretaceous impact-generated shock and megawaves would have had the potential to initiate worldwide oceanic methane gas blow-outs from these deposits. The methane would...
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M.D. Max, William P. Dillon, C. Nishimura, B.G. Hurdle
Transitions in forest fragmentation: implications for restoration opportunities at regional scales Transitions in forest fragmentation: implications for restoration opportunities at regional scales
Where the potential natural vegetation is continuous forest (e.g., eastern US), a region can be divided into smaller units (e.g., counties, watersheds), and a graph of the proportion of forest in the largest patch versus the proportion in anthropogenic cover can be used as an index of forest fragmentation. If forests are not fragmented beyond that converted to anthropogenic cover, there...
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James D. Wickham, K. Bruce Jones, Kurt H. Riitters, Timothy G. Wade, Robert V. O’Neill
Effects of migration distance on whole-body and tissue-specific energy use American shad (Alosa sapidissima) Effects of migration distance on whole-body and tissue-specific energy use American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
No abstract available.
Authors
J. B. K. Leonard, S. D. McCormick