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The use of tumors in wild populations of fish to assess ecosystem health The use of tumors in wild populations of fish to assess ecosystem health
Evidence has linked toxicants in aquatic systems with cancer in fish and population level effects on species. Thus some types of tumors may be useful monitors of ecosystem health, at least as affected by genotoxins and promoters. However, tumors caused by purely genetic mechanisms or by virus would not be good indicators. Only neoplasms which have chemicals as a portion of their etiology...
Authors
Paul C. Baumann
Cypress-tupelo swamp restoration in southern Louisiana Cypress-tupelo swamp restoration in southern Louisiana
No abstract available.
Authors
J. A. Allen
[Book review] Life History and Ecology of the Slider Turtle, by J. W. Gibbons [Book review] Life History and Ecology of the Slider Turtle, by J. W. Gibbons
Review of: Life History and Ecology of the Slider Turtle. J. W. Gibbons. Smithsonian, 2000. ISBN: 1560982136.
Authors
C.K. Dodd
Biological diversity of a temporary pond herpetofauna in north Florida sandhills Biological diversity of a temporary pond herpetofauna in north Florida sandhills
From 1985 through 1990, the herpetofauna of a temporary pond in an uplands longleaf pine sandhills community in north-central Florida was monitored. A drift fence completely encircled the pond. Animals were captured in pitfall traps and marked as they entered and exited the pond basin. I captured 16 155 individuals of 42 species (16 amphibians, 26 reptiles). The species richness...
Authors
C.K. Dodd
Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus) Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus)
Abstract not supplied at this time
Authors
C.K. Dodd
Redistribution of soil nitrogen, carbon and organic matter by mechanical disturbance during whole-tree harvesting in northern hardwoods Redistribution of soil nitrogen, carbon and organic matter by mechanical disturbance during whole-tree harvesting in northern hardwoods
To investigate whether mechanical mixing during harvesting could account for losses observed from forest floor, we measured surface disturbance on a 22 ha watershed that was whole-tree harvested. Surface soil on each 10 cm interval along 81, randomly placed transects was classified immediately after harvesting as mineral or organic, and as undisturbed, depressed, rutted, mounded...
Authors
D.F. Ryan, Thomas G. Huntington, Martin C. Wayne
Interim report of the technical workshop on manatee population biology. Manatee Population Research Report No. 10 Interim report of the technical workshop on manatee population biology. Manatee Population Research Report No. 10
Abstract not supplied at this time
Authors
T. J. O'Shea, B.B. Ackerman
A chemometric study of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in Great Lakes fish A chemometric study of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in Great Lakes fish
No abstract available.
Authors
D.L. Stalling, T.R. Schwartz, D. S. De Vault, W. Dunn, S. Wold, P. Berggvist, K. Wiberg, C. Rappe
Study links Big Cypress fox squirrel to golf courses Study links Big Cypress fox squirrel to golf courses
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Authors
P.G.R. Jodice, J.R. Snyder
Effects of impoundments on freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the main channel of the Black Warrior and Tombigbee rivers in western Alabama Effects of impoundments on freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the main channel of the Black Warrior and Tombigbee rivers in western Alabama
Abstract not supplied at this time
Authors
J.D. Williams, S.L.H. Fuller, R. Grace
The Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris The Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris
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Authors
T. J. O'Shea, M.E. Ludlow