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Measuring and monitoring biological diversity: Standard methods for amphibians Measuring and monitoring biological diversity: Standard methods for amphibians

Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of standard methods for biodiversity sampling of amphibians, with information on analyzing and using data that will interest biologists in general. In this manual, nearly fifty herpetologists recommend ten standard sampling procedures for measuring and monitoring amphibian and many other...

Evaluation of methods for delineating areas that contribute water to wells completed in valley-fill aquifers in Pennsylvania Evaluation of methods for delineating areas that contribute water to wells completed in valley-fill aquifers in Pennsylvania

Valley-fill aquifers in Pennsylvania are the source of drinking water for many wells in the glaciated parts of the State and along major river valleys. These aquifers area subject to contamination because of their shallow water-table depth and highly transmissive sediments. The possibility for contamination of water-supply wells in valley-fill aquifers can be minimized by excluding...
Authors
Dennis W. Risser, Thomas M. Madden

Hatchery performance of six Atlantic salmon stocks from fry to smolt Hatchery performance of six Atlantic salmon stocks from fry to smolt

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from four Penobscot River, Maine, brood stocks (two wild and two captive) and two landlocked brood stocks (Grand Lake, Maine, and Lake George, New York) were evaluated in hatchery tests to measure differential performance characteristics. Each stock was received as eyed eggs and cultured under standardized rearing conditions through 16 months. Penobscot...
Authors
H. L. Kincaid
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