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Latitudinal variation in carbon storage can help predict changes in swamps affected by global warming Latitudinal variation in carbon storage can help predict changes in swamps affected by global warming
Plants may offer our best hope of removing greenhouse gases (gases that contribute to global warming) emitted to the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels. At the same time, global warming could change environments so that natural plant communities will either need to shift into cooler climate zones, or become extirpated (Prasad and Iverson, 1999; Crumpacker and others, 2001; Davis...
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Beth A. Middleton, Karen McKee
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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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...
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Beth A. Middleton
Resource allocation in offspring provisioning: An evaluation of the conditions favoring the evolution of matrotrophy Resource allocation in offspring provisioning: An evaluation of the conditions favoring the evolution of matrotrophy
We used analytic and simulation models to determine the ecological conditions favoring evolution of a matrotrophic fish from a lecithotrophic ancestor given a complex set of trade‐offs. Matrotrophy is the nourishment of viviparous embryos by resources provided between fertilization and parturition, while lecithotrophy describes embryo nourishment provided before fertilization. In fishes...
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Joel C. Trexler, Donald L. DeAngelis
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
Archive of chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruises 01SCC01 and 01SCC02, Timbalier Bay and offshore East Timbalier Island, Louisiana, June 30 - July 9 and August 1 - 12, 2001 Archive of chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruises 01SCC01 and 01SCC02, Timbalier Bay and offshore East Timbalier Island, Louisiana, June 30 - July 9 and August 1 - 12, 2001
In June, July, and August of 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the University of New Orleans, 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...
Authors
Karynna Calderon, Shawn V. Dadisman, James G. Flocks, Dana S. Wiese, Jack L. Kindinger
Integrated assessment of the climate change impacts on the Gulf Coast Region of the United States Integrated assessment of the climate change impacts on the Gulf Coast Region of the United States
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Zhu Ning, R. Eugene Turner, Thomas W. Doyle, Kamran Abdollahi, Alma Thornton, Enrique Reyes, D. Justic, Erick Swenson, Wael Khairy, Kam-Biu Liu