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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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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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Environmental Degradation and the Tyranny of Small Decisions by Odum, William E.

“…Economist Alfred E. Kahn's premise of "the tyranny of small decisions" is applicable to environmental issues. Examples of so-called "small decision effects"…”
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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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Methane flux in Peltandra virginica (Araceae) wetlands: comparison of field data with a mathematical model by Frye, J.P. (McPherson College, McPherson, KS.), Mills, A.L, Odum, W.E

“…We present a mathematical model of the diffusive flux of methane through Peltandra virginica. Data on the diurnal changes in both the petiolar [CH4] gradient…”
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NON-TIDAL FRESHWATER WETLANDS IN VIRGINIA by Odum, William E.

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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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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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THE ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FINE PARTICLE SELECTION BY THE STRIPED MULLET MUGIL CEPHALUS 1 by Odum, William E.

“…By tracer experiments using 32 P and a comparison of sediment and stomach content particle sizes, Mugil cephalus Linnaeus is shown to prefer very fine…”
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Organic Detritus Particles: Initiation of Motion Criteria by Fisher, John S., Pickral, James, Odum, William E.

“…The criteria for the initiation of motion for organic detrital sediments appear to follow the same Shields relationship as sand and other uniform inorganic…”
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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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Lead, Zinc, and Manganese, in Dredge-spoil Pond Ecosystems by Drifmeyer, Jeffrey E., Odum, William E.

“…Pb, Zn, and Mn, levels in sediment and common estuarine plants and animals colonizing dredge-spoil disposal areas were compared with levels occurring in the…”
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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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Comparative Ecology of Tidal Freshwater and Salt Marshes by Odum, W E

“…The extreme difference in sulfur concentrations in the two types of wetlands influences the composition of the anaerobic microbial communities; along with…”
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Use of Tidal Freshwater Marshes by Fishes and Macrofaunal Crustaceans along a Marsh Stream-Order Gradient by Rozas, Lawrence P., Odum, William E.

“…Fishes and invertebrate macrofauna (nekton) were sampled biweekly (July through October 1985) from the surface of tidal freshwater marshes. Samples were…”
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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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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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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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Coastal Plants: Seagrass Ecosystems . A Scientific Perspective. Papers from a workshop, Leiden, The Netherlands, Oct. 1973. C. Peter McRoy and Carla Helfferich, Eds. Dekker, New York, 1977. xii, 314 pp., illus. $29.75. Marine Science, vol. 4 by Odum, William E.

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