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Nature's Pulsing Paradigm by Odum, William E., Odum, Eugene P., Odum, Howard T.

“…While the steady state is often seen as the final result of development in nature, a more realistic concept may be that nature pulses regularly to make a…”
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Food, Predation Risk, and Microhabitat Selection in a Marsh Fish Assemblage by McIvor, Carole C., Odum, William E.

“…Fishes moving onto the surface of a tidal freshwater marsh from an adjacent stream were sampled with flume nets in spring through autumn for 2 yr…”
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Occupation of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation by Fishes: Testing the Roles of Food and Refuge by Rozas, Lawrence P., Odum, William E.

“…We conducted a series of field experiments to examine the roles of refuge and food availability in explaining the distribution and abundance of fish in tidal…”
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The Influence of Tidal Marshes on Upland Groundwater Discharge to Estuaries by Harvey, Judson W., Odum, William E.

“…We investigated subsurface hydrology in two fringing tidal marshes and in underlying aquifers in the coastal plain of Virginia. Vertical distributions of…”
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Evapotranspiration in Tidal Marshes by Hussey, Beth H., Odum, William E.

“…Field experiments were completed to determine patterns of evapotranspirative water loss from salt and tidal freshwater marshes in Virginia. Water losses from…”
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The Lacustrine Estuary Might Be a Useful Concept by Odum, William E.

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Leaf litter decomposition in a reservoir affected by acid mine drainage by Carpenter, J, Odum, W.E, Mills, A

“…The effects of acid mine drainage on the decomposition of vascular plant material in a reservoir were compared at three sites: (1) a control site with no acid…”
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Porewater Oxidation, Dissolved Phosphate and the Iron Curtain: Iron-Phosphorus Relations in Tidal Freshwater Marshes by Chambers, Randolph M., Odum, William E.

“…The process of dissolved phosphate removal from aqueous solution, which occurs during oxidation of soluble ferrous compounds to insoluble ferric forms, was…”
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DDT Residues Absorbed from Organic Detritus by Fiddler Crabs by Odum, W. E., Woodwell, G. M., Wurster, C. F.

“…DDT and its metabolites accumulate in organic plant detritus within estuaries and may persist there for many years. The residues appear to be most abundantly…”
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Fish predation on epiphytic microcrustacea in Tivoli South Bay, a Hudson River tidal freshwater wetland by YOZZO, D. J, ODUM, W. E

“…The littoral microcrustacean fauna of Tivoli South Bay was studied from July to September, 1989. The effects of fish predation on microcrustacean densities…”
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Lead in Small Mammals, Plants, and Soil at Varying Distances from a Highway by Quarles, H. D., Hanawalt, R. B., Odum, W. E.

“…1. Soil samples from U.S. Route 29 North of Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. showed increasing concentrations of lead with decreasing distances from the…”
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Ammonium and Phosphate Dynamics in a Virginia Salt Marsh by Chambers, Randolph M., Harvey, Judson W., Odum, William E.

“…Experimental chambers were used in a Virginia salt marsh to partition the tidal flux of dissolved nutrients occurring at the marsh surface and in the water…”
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Intertidal rivulets and creekbanks: corridors between tidal creeks and marshes by Rozas, Lawrence P., McIvor, Carole C., Odum, William E.

“…We sampled rivulets and creekbanks of tidal freshwater creeks (Virginia, USA) with flume nets between June and October 1986 to determine whether fishes…”
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Methane Flux in Peltandra virginica (Araceae) Wetlands: Comparison of Field Data with a Mathematical Model by Frye, Jonathan P., Mills, Aaron L., Odum, William E.

“…We present a mathematical model of the diffusive flux of methane through Peltandra virginica. Data on the diurnal changes in both the petiolar [CH[sub 4]]…”
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The effects of grazing by snow geese on coastal salt marshes by Smith, Thomas J., Odum, William E.

“…The influence of grazing by the Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens subspecies atlantica) was studied in three distinctly different North Carolina salt marshes. One…”
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Sorption of pollutants [heavy metals, radionuclides, and organochlorine insecticides] by plant detritus: a review by Odum, W.E, Drifmeyer, J.E

“…Detritus particles derived from the decomposition of vascular plants appear to have a high sorptive capability for a wide range of pollutants. Evidence is…”
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Carbon Flow in Four Lake Ecosystems: A Structural Approach by Richey, Jeffrey E., Wissmar, Robert C., Devol, Allan H., Likens, Gene E., Eaton, John S., Wetzel, Robert G., Odum, William E., Johnson, Noye M., Loucks, Orie L., Prentki, Richard T., Rich, Peter H.

“…Direct and indirect carbon fluxes in lakes Marion (British Columbia), Findley (Washington), Wingra (Wisconsin), and Mirror (New Hampshire) are compared, using…”
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Fish and macrocrustacean use of submerged plant beds in tidal freshwater marsh creeks by Rozas, Lawrence P., Odum, William E.

“…Fishes and macrocrustaceans (nekton) were sampled biweekly from mid-June through October 1985 from submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) and during September 1985…”
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The Ecological Significance of Fine Particle Selection by the Striped Mullet Mugil cephalus by Odum, William E.

“…By tracer experiments using32P and a comparison of sediment and stomach content particle sizes, Mugil cephalus Linnaeus is shown to prefer very fine particles…”
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The Flume Net: A Quantitative Method for Sampling Fishes and Macrocrustaceans on Tidal Marsh Surfaces by McIvor, Carole C., Odum, William E.

“…We describe the use of flume nets for passively, quantitatively, and nondestructively sampling fishes and macrocrustaceans on tidal marsh surfaces. We captured…”
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