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Narrative, Religion And Science: Fundamentalism Versus Irony, 1700-1999 By Stephen Prickett, Cambridge Up 2002. 150 X 228mm. Viii + 281pp. P.B. £15.95 Isbn 0 521 983 9; H.B. £45 Isbn 0 521 81136 8., Robert Trexler

North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies

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A Plan For The Future Of The Presumpscot River: Fisheries Conditions, Issues And Opportunities, Presumpscot River Management Plan Steering Committee, Coastal Conservation Association, Greater Portland Council Of Governments, Hannaford Brothers, Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission, Maine Dept. Of Environmental Protection, Maine Dept. Of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Maine Dept. Of Marine Resources, Usda Natural Resources Conservation Service, Portland Trails, Portland Water District, Presumpscot River Watch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Publications

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Cyanonews (Vol. 17, No. 1, 2002), Jeff Elhai

CyanoNews

CyanoNews was a newsletter that served the cyanobacteriological community from 1985 to 2003, with content provided by readers (sort of a blog before there were blogs). The newsletter reported new findings from the lab, summaries of recent meetings (often provided by graduate students and post-docs entering the field), positions sought or available, life transitions, a compendium of recent cyanobacteria-related articles, and other items of interest to those who study cyanobacteria.

2002 Acropolis, Whittier College

Acropolis (Yearbook)

2002 Acropolis yearbook for Whittier College.

New Hampshire Just Food Citizen Panel Consensus Conference February 7-9, 2002: Findings And Recommendations, Just Food Citizen Panel

The Sustainability Institute Publications

No abstract provided.

Chiasmodontidae: Swallowers., J. D. Mceachran, Tracey Sutton

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

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Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Foraging Behavior In Relation To Midstory Vegetation, D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Richard R. Schaefer

Faculty Publications

Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) nest and forage in pine-dominated forests. Research indicates that substantial hardwood midstory encroachment is detrimental to Red-cockaded Woodpecker populations, although the exact mechanisms are unknown. We examined foraging behavior in relation to midstory between August 1989 and February 1990. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers foraged at greater heights in areas of taller and denser midstory in the loblolly-shortleaf pine (Pinus taeda and P. echinata, respectively) habitat, but not in longleaf pine (P. palustris) habitat with less-developed midstory vegetation than typical of loblolly-shortleaf pine habitat. In addition, Red-cockaded Woodpeckers concentrated foraging activities in or adjacent to forest stands or openings …

Archaeological Survey Of Three Land Parcels And Shovel Testing Of Four Sites At Camp Bowie, Brown County, Texas, Russell D. Greaves

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Pedestrian survey and shovel testing of three land parcels and shovel testing of four previously identified archaeological sites in Camp Bowie, Brown County, Texas, was performed by the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) at The University of Texas at San Antonio during October and November of 2001. This work, conducted under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 2310, was undertaken as a result of recommendations from Wormser and Sullo-Prewitt (2001) following their archaeological survey and site recording efforts.

Three areas of Camp Bowie were surveyed and shovel tested. Parcel 1 is 74 acres (30 ha) in extent and 46 shovel tests were …

Archaeological Investigations At The Last Spanish Colonial Mission Establised On The Texas Frontier: Nuestra Senora Del Rufugio (41rf1), Refugio County, Texas, Cynthia L. Tennis

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Between 1998 and 1999, the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, conducted archaeological investigations at the Spanish Colonial-period Mission Nuestra Señora del Refugio, located in Refugio County, in southern Texas. This project was conducted under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 2025. The initial phase of the excavations concentrated along US 77, in the TxDOT right-of-way, and the subsequent work conducted led to the exhumation of 165 burials, the discovery of the location of the 1796 church and the associated mission compound features.

The excavations and subsequent analyses were guided by several research questions focused on shedding …

Foreign Exploration For Scirtothrips Perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) And Associated Natural Enemies On Avocado (Persea Americana Miller), Mark S. Hoddle, Sueo Nakahara, Phil A. Phillips

USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California,USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a ‘‘classical’’ biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign …

A New Species Of Enaphalodes Haldeman From Florida (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) With Review Of Genus, Synonymy, And Key To Species, Steven W. Lingafelter, John A. Chemsak

USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory

A new species of Enaphalodes, E. archboldi Lingafelter and Chemsak, is described from Archbold Research Station, Highlands County, Florida. This localized species has been confused with A. rufulus (Haldeman), a widespread species, which it resembles. Romaleum decipiens Bates is designated as a new synonym of E. atomarius (Drury). Romaleum cylindricum Knull is designated as a new synonym of E. cortiphagus (Craighead). Diagnoses, habitus photographs and drawings, and a key to the nine recognized species of Enaphalodes are provided.

Developing Industrial Ecosystems: Approaches, Cases, And Tools, Marian Chertow, Michelle Portlock

Yale School of the Environment Bulletin Series

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Global Environmental Governance: Options & Opportunities, Daniel C. Esty, Maria H. Ivanova

Yale School of the Environment Publications Series

No abstract provided.

Dairy Digest 2002, South Dakota State University Dairy Club

Dairy Digest

No abstract provided.

The Seasonal And Spatial Variability Of Small-Scale Turbulence At The Iberian Margin, Toby J. Sherwin, Mark E. Inall, Ricardo Torres

Journal of Marine Research

Turbulence measurements were made off the northwest coast of Spain in January and August 1998. In winter the water column was vertically mixed to about 100 to 150 m, due to the combined effects of the vertical convection of warm northward-moving water and wind stress. A highly dissipative surface boundary layer was present at all times to a depth (of about 20 m) that correlated well with the local wind and wave amplitude. Below this layer dissipation levels decreased from about 10^-7 m² s^-3 at a rate that was commensurate with 'law of the wall' boundary theory. …

Effects Of Gut Chemistry In Marine Bivalves On The Assimilation Of Metals From Ingested Sediment Particles, Sarah B. Griscom, Nicholas S. Fisher, Robert C. Aller, Byeong-Gweon Lee

Journal of Marine Research

Bioavailability and uptake of trace metals by benthic animals are often assumed to be limited by authigenic sulfide minerals because of their low metal solubilities and reactivities under sedimentary conditions. However, digestive processes and gut conditions such as Eh, pH, and enzyme or surfactant activity, can affect the release of ingested metals in the gut and control uptake. In a series of laboratory experiments with the deposit-feeding clam, Macoma balthica and the suspension-feeding mussel, Mytilus edulis, we assessed assimilation efficiencies (AE) of radioisotopes of Ag, Cd and Co associated with acid-volatile sulfide (AVS), iron oxide (re-oxidized AVS), and reduced …

Modeling Of Advective Solute Transport In Sandy Sediments Inhabited By The Lugworm Arenicola Marina, Karen Timmermann, Jan H. Christensen, Gary T. Banta

Journal of Marine Research

Irrigation by the lugworm Arenicola marina has a major impact on solute transport and distributions in nearshore environments due to the subsurface injection of overlying water at depth (typically 15-20 cm) and the resulting advective water flow within the sediment back toward the sediment surface. A mechanistic one-dimensional diffusion and advection model which emphasizes the injection and advective transport of solutes within the sediment not described in previous irrigation models was developed to describe irrigation by A. marina. The model was verified by comparing its results to measured pore-water tracer (Br) profiles and it is concluded that the model …

Structure Of The Internal Boundary Layer Over A Patch Of Pinnid Bivalves (Atrina Zelandica) In An Estuary, Vladimir Nikora, Malcolm O. Green, Simon F. Thrush, Terry M. Hume, Derek Goring

Journal of Marine Research

Measurements of tidal-current boundary-layer flow over an experimental 2-m by 2-m patch of pinnid bivalves (Atrina zelandica) in a northern New Zealand estuary are presented. Previous work demonstrated a link between "mesoscale" (order 100 m) patchiness of the benthic biota and time-averaged boundary-layer dynamics. The aim in this new experiment was to describe the three-dimensional structure of turbulence at the patch scale (order 1 m). Flow over three densities of Atrina was investigated: 340 individuals per 4 m², 50 individuals per 4 m² and zero individuals. An internal boundary layer (IBL) grows downstream from the …

Physical And Biogeochemical Fluxes And Net Budgets In The Subpolar And Temperate North Atlantic, Marta Álvarez, Harry L. Bryden, Fiz F. Pérez, Aida F. Ríos, Gabriel Rosón

Journal of Marine Research

A transoceanic hydrographic section across the North Atlantic Subpolar gyre from Vigo (northwestern Iberian Peninsula) to Cape Farewell (south of Greenland) was sampled in summer 1997 as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment program (WOCE A25, 4x cruise). The circulation pattern across the 4x section is diagnosed using inverse methods. The flow is constrained with measured mass transports at specific sites, while conserving mass and salt for the region north of the section and forcing the silicate flux to a reasonable value. The fluxes of physical (heat and freshwater) and chemical (nutrients and oxygen) properties are estimated and decomposed …

Mixing In The Surface Waters Of The Western Bay Of Bengal Using 228ra And 226ra, R. Rengarajan, M. M. Sarin, B. L. K. Somayajulu, R. Suhasini

Journal of Marine Research

²²⁸Ra and ²²⁶Ra have been measured in the surface waters of the western Bay of Bengal during five cruises conducted between 1988 and 1999. The ranges and mean (given in brackets) concentrations for ²²⁸Ra and ²²⁶Ra are 6.8-42.1 (17.8 ± 7.9) dpm/100 kg and 6.0-16.7 (9.2 ± 2.2) dpm/ 100 kg, respectively. (²²⁸Ra/²²⁶Ra) Activity Ratio (henceforth denoted as [228/226]) ranges from 0.8 to 3.4 with a mean of 1.9 ± 0.5. Both ²²⁸Ra and ²²⁶Ra show inverse correlation with salinity, the former much stronger. A surface 2-D diffusion-advection model is …

Renewal Time And Transport Of Unventilated Central Intermediate Water Of The Weddell Sea Derived From Biogeochemical Properties, Mario Hoppema, Hein J. W. De Baar, Eberhard Fahrbach, Richard G. J. Bellerby

Journal of Marine Research

We have investigated the intermediate water mass of the central Weddell Gyre using TCO₂ and oxygen data of FS Polarstern cruises in 1992, 1996 and 1998. This water mass, designated as Central Intermediate Water (CIW), is enriched in CO₂ and depleted in O₂ relative to its source water due to biological degradation. CO₂ enrichment and O₂ depletion were quantified by calculating the difference between the concentrations in the CIW and those in the more southern source water, the Circumpolar Deep Water, which derives from the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Inventories of enrichment and depletion were determined …

Transport And Digestive Alteration Of Uniformly 13c-Labeled Diatoms In Mudflat Sediments, Carrie J. Thomas, Neal E. Blair

Journal of Marine Research

Uniformly ¹³C-labeled diatoms were used to elucidate the effect deposit feeders have on the distribution and composition of phytodetritus within the seabed. Mudflat infauna contained in microcosms reacted quickly to the emplacement of labeled diatoms onto the sediment-water interface by moving the phytodetritus nonlocally during feeding and hoeing activities. Although redistribution of tracer was rapid, not all infauna exposed to the tracer ingested it. Using four species of deposit-feeding annelids that had ingested the ¹³C-labeled phytodetritus during the microcosm experiment, molecular-level, digestive alterations of ¹³C-labeled diatoms were documented. Fecal material produced by the deposit feeders had ^{13 …}

Tracing Amazon River Water Into The Caribbean Sea, Ferdi L. Hellweger, Arnoldo L. Gordon

Journal of Marine Research

Monthly Amazon River discharge is correlated to historical monthly sea surface salinity (SSS) in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. At Barbados a very high inverse correlation (R² = 0.92) exists if the discharge is lagged by two months, which corresponds to the travel time from the Amazon mouth to Barbados. Due to its proximity to Barbados, a small amount of the correlation can also be attributed to the Orinoco River. Between Barbados and the central Caribbean Sea (75W) the peak correlation of Amazon River discharge and SSS occurs at progressively longer lag times, representing …

Meridional Transport In The Indian Ocean Traced By Coral Radiocarbon, Nancy S. Grumet, Thomas P. Guilderson, Robert B. Dunbar

Journal of Marine Research

Ocean circulation in the Indian Ocean is predominantly driven by the monsoon and is responsible for convergence along the equator. As a result, upwelling is primarily restricted to the western boundary where surface waters are anomalously depleted in ¹⁴C. Here, we describe aspects of western boundary upwelling based on insights derived from the first coral radiocarbon time-series in the Indian Ocean. The absence of a distinct subannual pre-bomb Δ¹⁴C signal suggests that open and coastal upwelling are negligible off the coast of Kenya. Instead, our results suggest that upwelling from the coast of Somalia and possibly Oman …

Flume Experiments On Post-Settlement Movement In Polychaetes, Karen I. Stocks

Journal of Marine Research

The ability of benthic polychaetes to move as adults and juveniles was examined using flume experiments. The main question asked was whether post-settlement movement is a passive process predictable from the hydrodynamic characteristics of the environment and the individual, or whether active behavior is involved. In one set of experiments, the percent of individuals moving during a six-hour period in low-food conditions was compared among five species of intertidal polychaetes. Flow speed was set at a velocity that did not cause sediment erosion but did cause bedload transport of anesthetized individuals. Species varied significantly in percent of movement, with Laeonereis …

Cross-Frontal Entrainment Of Plankton Into A Buoyant Plume: The Frog Tongue Mechanism, Robert D. Hetland, Dennis J. Mcgillicuddy Jr., Richard P. Signell

Journal of Marine Research

A mechanism for the cross-frontal entrainment of plankton by a buoyant plume influenced by wind stress is described and tested using an idealized numerical model. Under the right circumstances, plankton may enter a buoyant plume during an upwelling wind stress, then be transported shoreward during a subsequent downwelling wind stress. In order for the plankton to enter the plume, they must swim upward at a velocity (w_p) bounded by H_plume/T < w_p < κ/ H_mix where H_plume is the thickness of the buoyant plume, H_mix is the thickness of the upper oceanic mixed layer …

Internal Gravity Wave Frequencies And Wavenumbers From Single Point Measurements Over A Slope, S. A. Thorpe, L. Umlauf

Journal of Marine Research

It is shown that information about the intrinsic frequency of internal inertial gravity waves, together with their vector wavenumber and their steepness spectrum, may be derived using data from a meter recording current and temperature just above a uniform sloping boundary. The analysis assumes that, over the periods of time in which estimates are made, the local mean buoyancy frequency, N, and temperature gradient are uniform, and the bottom slope, α, is constant over the scale of the observed waves and is known. It is further assumed that, during short periods of analysis, the internal wave field is dominated …

Water Masses And Baroclinic Transports In The South Atlantic And Southern Oceans, Karen J. Heywood, Brian A. King

Journal of Marine Research

We describe the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) A23 hydrographic section from Antarctica to Brazil, nominally along 35W. The section crossed the center of the Weddell Gyre, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and the Subtropical Gyre in the Argentine Basin. We precisely define the locations of fronts, the changes in water mass properties across them, and their transports. The Antarctic Slope Front was crossed above the continental slope of Antarctica, with a baroclinic transport of 4 Sv, part of the cyclonic Weddell Gyre circulation of 19 Sv. We repeated a section in the Weddell Sea occupied in 1973, and saw …

Recent Turbidite Deposition In The Eastern Atlantic: Early Diagenesis And Biotic Recovery, P. Anschutz, F. J. Jorissen, G. Chaillou, R. Abu-Zied, C. Fontanier

Journal of Marine Research

An interface core taken in Capbreton canyon shows a succession of sedimentary facies interpreted as classical Bouma turbiditic sequences. Activities of ²³⁴Th and ²¹⁰Pb suggest that the deposition of the most recent turbidite was triggered by the violent storm that affected the Atlantic coast of southern France on the 27^th of December 1999, about four months before the sampling of the core. This turbidite allows us to study the ongoing diagenesis of the new sediment layer and of the previous sediment-water interface, which has been buried and only slightly eroded. A study of benthic foraminiferal populations informs …

Fe Redox Cycling In Iberian Continental Margin Sediments (Ne Atlantic), Claar Van Der Zee, Wim Van Raaphorst, Willem Helder

Journal of Marine Research

In this paper, data are presented on the vertical distribution of pore water Fe²⁺, ferrozine-extractable Fe²⁺ and solid phase Fe in sediments along four across-slope transects including the Nazarécanyon at the Iberian margin. Sorbed Fe²⁺ cannot be measured directly and is operationally defined as the fraction that can be extracted with ferrozine. Our objectives were (1) to investigate the potential role of Fe²⁺ sorption in the Fe redox cycle, (2) to quantify Fe redox cycling and (3) to determine its rate limiting factors, with emphasis on differences between stations across the slope and in the …