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Use of amphibians as indicators of ecosystem restoration success Use of amphibians as indicators of ecosystem restoration success
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Kenneth G. Rice, Frank Mazzotti
Purple loosestrife volunteers Purple loosestrife volunteers
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is a perennial plant native to Eurasia where it grows along streams, rivers, and wet seepage areas (fig. 1). Seeds were inadvertently brought to North American territories in the ballast water of ships. Purple loosestrife was also intentionally planted throughout North America for its ornamental flowers but has since escaped cultivation to spread to...
Authors
Beth A. Middleton
Water resources data, Louisiana, water year 2003 Water resources data, Louisiana, water year 2003
Water resources data for the 2003 water year for Louisiana consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains records for water discharge at 76 gaging stations; stage only for 86 gaging stations and 7 lakes; water quality for 56 surface...
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Todd Baumann, B.B. Goree, W.M. Lovelace, P.A. Montgomery, J.C. Resweber, Garron B. Ross, D.C. Sasser, D.J. Walters
Preparing for climate change: The potential consequences of climate variability and change Preparing for climate change: The potential consequences of climate variability and change
Over the past decades, scientific research has greatly advanced the knowledge and understanding of global environmental change. Research supported by the U. S. Global Change Research Programme (USGCRP) and research and assessment results by international organizations such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the World Climate Research Program (WCRP), and the...
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Zhu Ning, R. E. Turner, T.W. Doyle, Kamran Abdollahi, Alma Thornton, Enrique Reyes, D. Justic, E. Swenson, Wael Khairy, Kam-Biu Liu
Comparing groups using structural equations Comparing groups using structural equations
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Authors
James B. Grace
The seagrasses of the Gulf of Mexico The seagrasses of the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is a vast basin of water, spanning 12° of latitude, from 18° to 30°N. and 17° of longitude, from 81° to 98°W. It is bisected by the Tropic of Cancer and is largely subtropical; however, along the northern edge, up to five days with freezing temperatures are probable on an annual basis. The coastal fringe is moist, with annual precipitation in excess of 1 000 mm, except...
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C.P. Onuf, R. C. Phillips, C. A. Moncreiff, A. Raz-Guzman, Jorge A Herrera-Silveira
Understanding climatic impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaptation in the United States: Building a capacity for assessment Understanding climatic impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaptation in the United States: Building a capacity for assessment
Based on the experience of the U.S. National Assessment, we propose a program of research and analysis to advance capability for assessment of climate impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaptation options. We identify specific priorities for scientific research on the responses of ecological and socioeconomic systems to climate and other stresses; for improvement in the climatic inputs to...
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Edward A. Parson, Robert W. Corell, E.J. Barron, Virginia Burkett, A. Janetos, Linda Joyce, Thomas R. Karl, Michael C. MacCracken, J. Melillo, M. Granger Morgan, D. S. Schimel, Thomas Wilbanks
Soil seed banks and the potential restoration of forested wetlands after farming Soil seed banks and the potential restoration of forested wetlands after farming
1 Changes in farming practice provide an opportunity to restore once extensive forested wetlands on agricultural land. In some parts of the world, however, it has proved difficult to restore the full complement of plant species through natural regeneration. Similarly, the restoration of forested wetlands by replanting has often resulted in ecosystems of low diversity. Better methods of...
Authors
Beth A. Middleton
Simulation of hydrodynamics, temperature, and dissolved oxygen in Table Rock Lake, Missouri, 1996–1997 Simulation of hydrodynamics, temperature, and dissolved oxygen in Table Rock Lake, Missouri, 1996–1997
Outflow from Table Rock Lake and other White River reservoirs support a cold-water trout fishery of substantial economic yield in south-central Missouri and north-central Arkansas. The Missouri Department of Conservation has requested an increase in existing minimum flows through the Table Rock Lake Dam from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to increase the quality of fishable waters...
Authors
W. Reed Green, Joel M. Galloway, Joseph M. Richards, Edwin A. Wesolowski
Archive of boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruises 01SCC01 and 01SCC02, Timbalier Bay and offshore East Timbalier Island, Louisiana, June - August, 2001 Archive of boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruises 01SCC01 and 01SCC02, Timbalier Bay and offshore East Timbalier Island, Louisiana, June - August, 2001
In June, July, and August of 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the University of New Orleans (UNO), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, conducted a shallow geophysical and sediment core survey of Timbalier Bay and the Gulf of Mexico offshore East Timbalier Island, Louisiana. This report serves as an archive of...
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Karynna Calderon, Shawn V. Dadisman, James G. Flocks, Jack L. Kindinger, Dana S. Wiese