Knowledgebase - for the Gulf of Maine and its watershed

Zooplankton community structure and dynamics in lakes of contrasting water clarity in Acadia National Park

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:57:43 GMT

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Maine Lakes: Geographic & Morphometric Information

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:45:49 GMT

This data set contains morphometric and geographical information for Maine lakes. Also included is the Maine Department of Environmental Protection...

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Quantifying temporal variability in population abundances

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:17:07 GMT

Understanding variability of population abundances is of central concern to theoretical and applied evolutionary ecology, yet quantifyin...

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Foreseeing tipping points

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:15:53 GMT

Theory suggests that the risk of critical transitions in complex systems can be

revealed by generic indicators. A lab study of exti...

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Early warning signals of extinction in deteriorating environments

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:13:37 GMT

During the decline to extinction, animal populations may present

dynamical phenomena not exhibited by robust populations1,2.

Catastrophic regime shifts in model ecological communities are true phase transitions

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:08:31 GMT

Ecosystems often undergo abrupt regime shifts in response to gradual external changes. These shifts are theoretically understood as a re...

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Maine Rivers Fish Assemblage Assessment: Interim Report II Penobscot River : 2004

Tue, 17 May 2011 14:12:06 GMT

Part of survey of entire state; Penobscot drainage completed in 2005.

Growth parameters of wild and selected strains of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, on two experimental diets

Thu, 12 May 2011 08:06:29 GMT

Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, part from Penobscot (wild) and St. John River (selected) strains were cultured in 0.265 m(3) tanks filled with ...

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Diversity, distribution, and conservation status of the native freshwater fishes of the southern United States

Thu, 12 May 2011 08:05:05 GMT

Southeastern Fishes Council Technical Advisory Committee reviewed the diversity, distribution, status of all native freshwater and diadromous...

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Correspondence between environmental gradients and summer littoral fish assemblages in low salinity reaches of the Chesapeake Bay, USA

Thu, 12 May 2011 08:02:58 GMT

Patterns in the assemblage structure of littoral fishes occupying the gradient between riverine and estuarine ecosystems were revealed throug...

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Decadal variability and predictability in the midlatitude ocean-atmosphere system

Thu, 12 May 2011 08:01:24 GMT

The coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction and predictability associated with the tropical El Nino phenomenon has motivated researchers to seek...

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Fish community variation along physical gradients in short streams of northern Spain and the disruptive effect of dams

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:59:10 GMT

Relationships between the fish community and selected habitat features were examined in a set of short temperate streams located at the north...

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'Natural' rivers, 'hydromorphological quality' and river restoration: a challenging new agenda for applied fluvial geomorphology

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:56:28 GMT

Fluvial geomorphology is rapidly becoming centrally involved in practical applications to support the agenda of sustainable river basin manag...

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Fighting the flow: downstream-upstream linkages in the ecology of diadromous fish faunas in West Coast New Zealand rivers

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:53:36 GMT

1. Diadromy is a dominating behavioural characteristic of fish faunas in New Zealand rivers, with amphidromy and catadromy being the most com...

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The evolution of diadromy in fishes (revisited) and its place in phylogenetic analysis

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:50:33 GMT

Diadromy is a term used to describe migrations of fishes between fresh waters and the sea; these migrations are regular, physiologically medi...

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Fish assemblages of European tidal marshes: a comparison based on species, families and functional guilds

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:48:35 GMT

In considering the use of estuarine habitats by fish assemblages, alternative views of the assemblage are increasingly being explored, based ...

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Seasonal patterns in the fish and crustacean community of a turbid temperate estuary (Zeeschelde Estuary, Belgium)

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:46:23 GMT

Fish and crustaceans were sampled for 1 year ic the upper reaches of a temperate estuary characterized by high turbidity and a tidal range of...

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Modelling the migration opportunities of diadromous fish species along a gradient of dissolved oxygen concentration in a European tidal watershed

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:42:17 GMT

The relationship between poor water quality and migration opportunities for fish remains poorly documented, although it is an essential resea...

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Influence of site, season and year on contributions made by marine, estuarine, diadromous and fresh-water species to the fish fauna of a temperate australian estuary

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:38:45 GMT

Catches obtained at regular intervals by beach seining, gill netting and otter trawling at ten, four and six sites, respectively, have been u...

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Climate variability, fish, and fisheries

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:36:55 GMT

Fish population variability and fisheries activities are closely linked to weather and climate dynamics. While weather at sea directly affect...

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Using multivariate adaptive regression splines to predict the distributions of New Zealand's freshwater diadromous fish

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:35:12 GMT

1. Relationships between probabilities of occurrence for fifteen diadromous fish species and environmental variables characterising their hab...

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Modelling the current distribution of European diadromous fishes: an approach integrating regional anthropogenic pressures

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:32:38 GMT

Twenty-eight diadromous fish species occurred in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in historical times. Their current distributions we...

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Historical eutrophication in a river-estuary complex in mid-coast maine

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:29:44 GMT

European settlement of New England brought about a novel disturbance regime that impacted rivers and estuaries through over. shing, deforesta...

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Post-settlement migratory behaviour and growth-related costs in two diadromous fish species, Galaxias maculatus and Galaxias brevipinnis

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:27:10 GMT

The physiological challenges incurred during the transition from sea to fresh water and the constraints they place on the rate at which the c...

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Relationship between flow regime and fish abundances in a gravel-bed river, New Zealand

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:25:24 GMT

The key elements of the flow regime of the Waipara River on the east coast of New Zealand, that affected fish abundances were the timing of f...

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Distribution and abundance of freshwater fish in New Zealand rivers

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:23:54 GMT

The distribution and abundance of fish at sites in 38 medium to large New Zealand rivers were examined. Fish density varied from 5 to 200 fis...

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Diadromous and resident trout salmo-trutta is - there difference due to genetics

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:21:02 GMT

Young from the diadromous trout population in Vangsvatnet lake, Norway, showed a significantly higher rate of downstream migration than that of the...

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Controlling for natural variability in assessing the response of fish metrics to human pressures for lakes in north-east USA

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:17:28 GMT

1. While fish-based Indices of Biotic Integrity (IBIs) have been developed for a wide array of lotic systems, equivalent tools have seldom be...

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North Atlantic climate variability: The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:08:38 GMT

Marine ecosystems are undergoing rapid change at local and global scales. To understand these changes, including the relative roles of natura...

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Decadal trends in the North-Atlantic oscillation - regional temperature and precipitations

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:06:32 GMT

Greenland ice-core data have revealed large decadal climate variations over the North Atlantic that can be related to a major source of low-f...

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Predation, vegetation and habitat-specific survival of terrestrial eggs of a diadromous fish, Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842)

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:04:43 GMT

Mortality from predation during the early life-stages of most teleost fishes can be extreme, and many species have developed specialized spaw...

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Annual and Monthly Variation in Species Composition and Catches of Fishes from the Tabusintac River Estuary in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:03:10 GMT

A total of 7130 fish from 13 taxa were collected during summer and autumn, 2002-2005 using box traps at two sites in the Tabusintac River Est...

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Mechanistic links between climate and fisheries along the east coast of the United States: explaining population outbursts of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus)

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:01:30 GMT

Climate has been linked to variation in marine fish abundance and distribution, but often the mechanistic processes are unknown. Atlantic cro...

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Habitat selection as a source of inter-specific differences in recruitment of two diadromous fish species

Thu, 12 May 2011 06:59:08 GMT

For aquatic species with highly dispersive offspring, the addition of new individuals into an area (recruitment) is a key process in determin...

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Pattern and process in the ecological biogeography of European freshwater fish

Thu, 12 May 2011 06:54:47 GMT

Species lists for regions of Europe defined by Illies (1978, Limnofauna Europaea, 2nd edn. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart), and augmented b...

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Dam nation: A geographic census of American dams and their large-scale hydrologic impacts

Thu, 12 May 2011 06:51:55 GMT

Newly available data indicate that darns fragment the fluvial system of the continental United States and that their impact on river discharg...

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The importance of land-use legacies to ecology and conservation

Thu, 12 May 2011 06:49:59 GMT

Recognition of the importance of land-use history and its legacies in most ecological systems has been a major factor driving the recent focu...

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Catchment- and site-scale influences of forest cover and longitudinal forest position on the distribution of a diadromous fish

Thu, 12 May 2011 06:32:38 GMT

1. The hydrologic connectivity between landscape elements and streams means that fragmentation of terrestrial habitats could affect the distr...

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Genetic variation and diadromy in some native New Zealand galaxiids (Teleostei: Galaxiidae)

Thu, 12 May 2011 06:24:36 GMT

We examined genetic variation at 13 isozyme loci in three diadromous and two non-diadromous species of galaxiid fish from streams in South and Stew...

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Early Warnings of Regime Shifts: A Whole-Ecosystem Experiment

Thu, 12 May 2011 06:12:40 GMT

Researcherseavesdropping on complex signals emanating from

a remote Wisconsin lake have detected what theysay is an unmistakable wa...

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Historical record of Yersinia ruckeri and Aeromonas salmonicida among sea-run Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the Penobscot River

Thu, 05 May 2011 05:42:18 GMT

Despite restoration efforts, only about 2,000 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) salmon have annually returned to New England Rivers and more than 71% o...

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Otolith chemistry analyses indicate that water Sr:Ca is the primary factor influencing otolith Sr:Ca for freshwater and diadromous fish but not for marine fish

Thu, 05 May 2011 05:36:42 GMT

Water chemistry is thought to be the primary factor influencing fish otolith chemistry. Experimental results with freshwater and diadromous fish ha...

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Gulfwatch 2009 Data Report: Eighteenth Year of the Gulf of Maine Environmental Monitoring Program

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:58:55 GMT

This report summarizes the metals and organic contaminant data associated with the collection and analyses of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) tissue f...

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The effects of shoreline development on lake littoral and riparian habitats: are shoreline protection regulations enough?

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:57:24 GMT

Shoreline development affects lake littoral and riparian zones that are important habitats for biota. These habitats ar...

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Lake restoration in Cobbossee watershed:capsule report

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:19:59 GMT

This report discusses lake restoration in the watershed of Cobbossee Stream, which drains 562 sqare kilomters (217 square miles) of Kennebec County im...

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Maine lakes water quality - Secchi transparency (by date)

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:18:12 GMT

This data set contains Secchi transparency data for Maine lakes, by date of collection. Data were collected by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Progr...

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Final report on dissolved oxygen levels in select Maine esturaries and embayments

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:19:34 GMT

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World's End management plan

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:43:03 GMT

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Wetlands of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:33:12 GMT

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The National Park Service (NPS) n...

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Patterns of wastewater, river and non-point source loadings to Boston Harbor; 1995-2003

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:19:57 GMT

Over the past 15 years, Boston Harbor has been the site of a multi-billion dollar construction and engineering project, the Boston Harbor Project. The...

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Summary report on Calf Island, Boston Harbor Islands State Park

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:08:15 GMT

This is an unpublished report on Calf Island prepared for the MA Dept. of Environmental Management. The primary focus is on plant and bird spe...

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Processes and evolution of Boston Harbor Islands: Peddocks and Lovells Islands

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:07:25 GMT

Boston H arbor Island shorelinesh ave fonned from the submergence and erosion
of drumlins,which provided sediment to form connected spits or...

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Boston Harbor Islands: volunteer habitat restoration

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:24:28 GMT

This factsheets summaraized work done in 2007 and contains a list of priority invasive species, with photos.

Highland Lake Conservation Project, Phase II

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:08:39 GMT

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Environmental monitoring report - 2006, Damde Meadows Salt Marsh Restoration Project (World's End)

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:59:57 GMT

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Monitoring of vegetat...

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Acadia National Park Bioblitz: Mushrooms

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:20:14 GMT

This data set contains data from the mushroom bioblitz conducted at Acadia National Park (Schoodic Peninsula) in 2009.

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Documented infestations of invasive aquatic plants and animals in Maine

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:41:40 GMT

This data set contains a list of documented infestations of invasive aquatic plants and animals in Maine lakes and streams/rivers. At present, the onl...

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Survey of aquatic plants of Acadia National Park (data set)

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:57:14 GMT

This dataset is derived from the study by Greene et al. (1999) of the aquatic pl...

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Freshwater mussels of Maine: Google Earth map

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:43:17 GMT

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Research Opportunities Catalog (meeting notes recorded)

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:55:09 GMT

From March 9 through March 15, 2006, the Schoodic Education and Research Center conducted a series of workshops that engaged scientists in the followi...

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Lake associations & environmental organizations in Maine

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:58:56 GMT

This file contains a list of lake associations and conservation / environmental organizations that work, in some capacity, with lakes in Maine. ...

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The historic influence of dams on diadromous fish habitat with a focus on river herring and hydrologic longitudinal connectivity

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:33:41 GMT

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A functional relationship between watershed size and Atlantic salmon parr density

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:12:36 GMT

Atlantic salmon Salmon salar are at critically low levels in Maine rivers and maintaining current populations depends heavily on the stocking of hatch...

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Native plant lists for Maine lakes (VLMP)

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:29:57 GMT

This data set contains native plant species recorded from Maine lakes during invasive plant surveys conducted by volunteers and staff of the Maine Lak...

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Crayfish records from Maine

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:09:44 GMT

This data set is a compilation of data from multiple sources, principally Matthew Scott and William Reid. Additional records were obtained from the sc...

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EMAP lake fish survey - Maine

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:01:29 GMT

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Freshwater Plants Surveys - Maine: Composite Data

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:02:26 GMT

This data set is a composite of several aquatic plant surveys in Maine. Data sources are shown below. This composite data set is under ...

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Audubon Loon Counts: Maine

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:51:18 GMT
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Freshwater mussels of Maine

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:43:53 GMT
This data set contains the results of the statewide freshwater mussel survey conducted under the direction of MDIFW. Most of the survey was conducted ...

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Maine lakes water quality - temperature & dissolved oxygen

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:17:26 GMT
This data set contains water temperature and dissolved oxygen data for Maine lakes. Data were collected by ME Dept. of Environmental Protection, the V...

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Maine lakes water quality - total phosphorus (by date)

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:48:12 GMT
This data set contains total phosphorus data for Maine lakes, by date of collection. Data were collected by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program ...

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Maine lakes water quality - chlorophyll (by date)

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:36:48 GMT
This data set contains chlorophyll data for Maine lakes sampled by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other organizations. Data were provid...

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Maine lakes water quality - pH, color, conductivity, alkalinity (by date)

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:28:38 GMT
This data set contains pH, color, conductivity and alkalinity data for Maine lakes, by date of collection. Data were collected by ME DEP, Volunteer La...

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Maine Lakes Transparency, Color & Chemistry: Annual Mean Values

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:07:42 GMT
This data set contains annual mean values (with maxima and minima) for Secchi transparency, color and a series of water chemistry parameters for surve...

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Maine Lakes Transparency, Color & Chemistry: Overall Mean Values

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:05:47 GMT
This data set contains overall mean values for Secchi transparency, color and a series of water chemistry parameters for surveyed Maine lakes. Data we...

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Lake fish of Maine: Google Earth map

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:11:08 GMT

The map displays surveyed lakes, list of fish species at each lake and fishery management type (as designated by MDIFW).

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Lake fish of Maine

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:03:38 GMT

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Acadia National Park bibliographic database

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:13:07 GMT

This is the bibliographic database maintained by Acadia National Park. It includes reports, journal articles, book chapters, correspondence and oth...

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The effect of forest fire on soil mercury burden

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:23:47 GMT

FIELD WORK:
'Atmospheric deposition of mercury results in an increased load of Hg to organic soil horizons. Forest fires can generate soil...

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Invasive plant management data sheets

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:14:53 GMT

Original data sheets for invasive plant control during 2008

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Annual Administrative Report (FY 2007) and Work Plan (FY 2008) for Inventories and Vital Signs Monitoring

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:12:32 GMT

This report describes the activities and accomplishments of the Northeast Temperate Network's Biological Inventories, Vital Signs, and Water Qualit...

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Understanding the Eccology of Sea-Run Brook Trout in Acadia National Park (in: Maine Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit and Department of Wildlife Ecology 2009 Report to Copperators)

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:11:14 GMT

This is a brief outline of the project studying Sea-Run Brook Trout in Stanley Brook. The project includes habitat and thermal attributes, mark re...

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Herbarium Status Report 2/2007

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:10:01 GMT

This is a brief note on the status of the herbarium at COA. Notes made to the supplies, database, numbering system, and needs.

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Emerald Ash Borer survey : Acadia National Park

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:06:52 GMT

Field work: July 11-12 2005.Ash trees in ANP displayed no signs of Emerald Ash Borer infestation. Sever trees with branch dieback were located, b...

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Traditional uses of fish houses in Otter Cove

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:05:10 GMT

Following from abstract:'This report presents the results of ethnohistorical research about the customary and traditional uses and practices associ...

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Ecology and management of the European fire ant, Myrmica rubra in Acadia National Park : progress report

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:03:13 GMT

Summarizes the 2006 project objectives: Evaluate feeding preferences and the movement of food through colonies; evaluate the potential for increas...

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The nature of Magmatism in the Appalachian Orogen

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:01:46 GMT

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Assessment of spring migration of anadromous brook trout in Acadia National Park

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:00:26 GMT

FIELD WORK: 2007.A total of 119 brook trout were captured and tagged during the course of the study. Report summarizes recaptures and movements.Re...

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MercNet - Establishing a comprehensive national mercury monitoring network

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:58:37 GMT

David Evers from BioDiversity Research Institute presented a section (page 18) on Ecosystem subtype sampling design - case study in Acadia national...

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Northeastern Section, The Geological Society of America, 42nd Annual Meeting

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:55:10 GMT

Following is abstract of presentation:'The Gouldsboro pluton on the Schoodic peninsula preserves a cross-section showing mafic-felsic hybridization...

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Northeastern Section, The Geological Society of America, 43rd Annual Meeting

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:54:28 GMT

Following is abstract of presentation:'Melt inclusions (MI) in kfs, qtz, hbl, plag, and ol within the lowermost horizons of the bimodal Gouldsboro ...

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The significance of relationships and invasive species: the European fire ant and homopterans

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:53:05 GMT

Studied the population abundances and seasonal changes of homopterans in areas currently infested with the European fire ant and compared the findi...

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A small-scale study of the population genetics of the common mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus in downeast Maine

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:57:02 GMT

Following from abstract:'This study examines genetic diversity of the common mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) in the Gulf of Maine. Fundulus heter...

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Preliminary report on moths identified under permit ACAD # 19-98 from material collected in Acadia National Park by Michael Fraser

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:55:42 GMT

Identification of moth specimens from 22-23 July 2008 trapping efforts on Mount Desert Island, park headquarters. Research recommendations: fresh m...

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Acadia National Park museum collection integrated pest management plan

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:53:12 GMT

Details all aspects of pest management for the ACAD museum collections (Park headquarters building; William Otis Sawtelle collections and research ...

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A listing of birds, by site, observed in Acadia National Park

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:51:18 GMT

FIELD WORK: May 13, 2007 to October 6, 2007.Report consists of a short description of methods and discussion of this report, but a bulk of the rep...

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A listing of birds, by site, observed in Acadia National Park

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:49:35 GMT

FIELD WORK: May 18, 2008 to October 17, 2008.Report consists of a short description of methods and discussion of this report, but a bulk of the re...

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Acadia Hawkwatch Season Report 2007

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:47:03 GMT

This is a two page report with numerous tables of various statistics summarizing data. Hawkwatch was conducted daily form August-October from 9 am...

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