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Species Profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (complete list, 126 titles) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Habitat Suitability Index Models (complete list, 158 titles) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Data Series

• Allain, Larry, 2007, Coastal Prairie Restoration Information System: Version 1 (Louisiana): Lafayette, LA, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, USGS Data Series 256.
  
  
• Barras, John A., 2007, Satellite images and aerial photographs of the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on coastal Louisiana: Lafayette, LA, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, USGS Data Series 281.
  
  
• Goodbred, Steven L., Leiker, Thomas J., Patino, Reynaldo, Jenkins, Jill A., Denslow, Nancy D., Orsak, Erik and Rosen, Michael R., 2007, Organic chemical concentrations and reproductive biomarkers in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) collected from two areas in Lake Mead, Nevada, May 1999--May 2000: Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Data Series 286.

USGS Series Reports

• Gloss, S.P., Lovich, J.E., and Melis, T.S., eds., 2005, The state of the Colorado River ecosystem in Grand Canyon: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1282, 220 p.

Information and Technology Report Series,
ISSN 1081-2911

Complete list of Information Technology Reports, 1995-

• Allen, A. W., Bernal, Y. K., and Moulton, R. J., 1996, Pine plantations and wildlife in the Southeastern United States: an assessment of impacts and opportunities: U. S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, Information and Technology Report 3, 32 p. (1,825 KB)
  
  
• Allen, J.A., Keeland, B.D., Stanturf, J.A., Clewell, A.F., and Kennedy, H.E., Jr., 2001 (revised 2004), A guide to bottomland hardwood restoration: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2000-0011 and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, General Technical Report SRS-40. 132 pp.
  
  
• Hessl, A. and Spackman, S., 1995, Effects of fire on threatened and endangered plants: an annotated bibliography: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, Information and Technology Report 2, 55 p. (2,956 KB)

Biological Report Series, formerly FWS/OBS, ISSN 0895-1926

• Armour, C.L., Burnham, K.P., and Platts, W.S., 1983, Field Methods and Statistical Analyses for Monitoring Small Salmonid Streams: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 83/33, 200 p. (46.59 MB)
  
  
• Beyer, W.N., 1990, Evaluating soil contamination: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 90(2), 25 p. (7.79 MB)
  
  
• Burkardt, N., 1990, Opportunities to protect instream flows and wetland uses of water in Florida: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 90(7), 32 p. (4.67 MB)
  
  
• Cowardin, L.M., Carter, V., Golet, F.C., and LaRoe, E.T., 1979, Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 79/31, 131 p. (30,516 KB)
  
  
• Crance, J.H., 1988, Relationships between palustrine wetlands of forested riparian floodplains and fishery resources: a review: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 88(32), 27 p. (3,588 KB)
  
  
• Crance, J.H., 1987, Guidelines for using the Delphi technique to develop habitat suitability index curves: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 82(10.134), 21 p. (1891 KB)
  
  
• Gosselink, J.G., 1980, Tidal marshes: the boundary between land and ocean: U.S. Fish Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-80/15, 12 p. (8510 KB).
  
  
• Haynes, R.J., Allen, J. A., and Pendleton, E. C., 1988, Reestablishment of bottomland hardwood forests on disturbed sites: an annotated bibliography: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 88(42), 104 p. (1272 KB).
  
  
• Johnston, J.B. and Barclay, L.A., eds.,1978, Contributed papers on coastal ecological characterization studies, presented at the Fourth Biennial International Estuarine Research Conference, Mt. Pocono, Pa., 2-5 October 1977: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 77/37, 66 p. (4,638 KB)
  
  
• Keller, C.E. , Spendelow, J.A., and Greer, R.D., 1984, Atlas of wading bird and seabird nesting colonies in coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, 1983: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 84/13, 127 p. (12,351 KB)
  
  
• Kirby, R. E., Lewis, S. J., and Sexson, T. N., 1988, Fire in North American wetland ecosystems and fire-wildlife relations: an annotated bibliography: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 88(1), 146 p.
  
  
• Kunneke, J.T., and Palik T. F., 1984, Tampa Bay environmental atlas: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(15), 73 p. + 38 separate maps (A1 through B21). (Maps are available on interlibrary loan) (7797 KB)
  
  
• Longley, W. L., Jackson, R. , and Snyder, B., 1981, Managing oil and gas activities in coastal environments: refuge manual: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-81/22, 449 p. (29771 KB)
  
  
• Marzolf, G.R., 1978, The potential effects of clearing and snagging on stream ecosystems: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 78/14, 31 p. (1,814 KB)
  
  
• Mathews, T.D., Stapor Jr., F.W., Richter, C.R., et al., 1980, Ecological characterization of the Sea Island coastal region of South Carolina and Georgia. Vol. I : Physical features of the characterization area: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 79/40, 212 p. (4.39 MB)
  
  
• McCoy, E.D., 1981, Rare, threatened, and endangered plant species southwest Florida and potential OCS activity impacts: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 81/50, 83 p. (4,545 KB)
  
  
• McKenzie, M.D. and Barclay, L.A., 1980, Ecological characterization of the Sea Island coastal region of South Carolina and Georgia. Executive Summary: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 79/45, 51 p. (7,088 KB)
  
  
• National Coastal Ecosystems Team, 1979, Mississippi deltaic plain region characterization study: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 79/28, 8 p. (4,231 KB)
  
  
• Patterson, S.G., 1986, Mangrove community boundary interpretation and detection of areal changes in Marco Island, Florida: application of digital image processing and remote sensing techniques: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 86(10), 87 p. (23,341 KB)
  
  
• Portnoy, J.W., 1977, Nesting colonies of seabirds and wading birds—coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 77/07, 126 p. (47.87 MB)
  
  
• Sandifer, P.A., Miglarese, J.V., Calder, D.R., et al., 1980, Ecological characterization of the Sea Island coastal region of South Carolina and Georgia. Vol. III : Biological features of the characterization area: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 79/42, 620 p. (28.23 MB)
  
  
• Simons, R.W., Vince, S. W., and Humphrey, S. R., 1989, Hydric hammocks: a guide to management: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.26 Supplement), 89 p. (15,228 KB)
  
  
• Speich, S.M., and Wahl, T.R., 1989, Catalog of Washington Seabird Colonies: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 88(6), 510p.
  
  
• Stanley, J.G. and Trial, J. G., 1995, Habitat suitability index models: nonmigratory freshwater life stages of Atlantic salmon: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Service, Biological Science Report 3, 18 p. (2,612 KB)
  
  
• Terrell, T.T., 1977, Interim hierarchical regional classification scheme for coastal ecosystems of the United States and its territories: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 77/48, 38 p. (1,086 KB)
  
  
• Terrell, T.T., 1979, Physical regionalization of coastal ecosystems of the United States and its territories: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 78/80, 30 p. (3,641 KB)

Biological Report - Ecological Profile Series, (complete list, 57 reports) ISSN 0895-1926

Geographic and Topic Index to Ecological Profiles

About the series...

• Armstrong, N. E., 1987, The ecology of open-bay bottoms of Texas: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.12), 104 p. [PDF; 11,155 KB]
  
  
• Bahr, L. M. and Lanier, W.P., 1981,The ecology of intertidal oyster reefs of the South Atlantic coast: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-81/15, 105 p. [PDF; 15,442 KB]
  
  
• Barnhart, R. A., Boyd, M.J., and Pequegnat, J. J., 1992, The ecology of Humboldt Bay, CA: an estuarine profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 1, 121 p. [PDF; 19,805 KB]
  
  
• Bellis, V.J., 1995, Ecology of maritime forests of the southern Atlantic Coast: A community profile: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Service, Biological Report 30, 99 p. [PDF; 4,479 KB]
  
  
• Conner, W. H. and Day, Jr., J. W. , 1987, The ecology of Barataria Basin, Louisiana: an estuarine profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.13), 165 p. [PDF; 20,176 KB]
  
  
• Copeland, B. J., Hodson, R. G., and Riggs, S.R., 1984, The ecology of the Pamlico River, North Carolina: an estuarine profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-82/06, 83 p. [PDF; 11,498 KB]
  
  
• Copeland, B. J. and Hodson, R. G., 1983, The ecology of Albemarle Sound, North Carolina: an estuarine profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-83/01, 68 p. [PDF; 10,768 KB]
  
  
• Damman, A.W.H. and French, T.W., 1987, The ecology of peatbogs of the glaciated northeastern United States: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.16), 100 p. [PDF; 17,015 KB]
  
  
• Duffy, W. G. and Batterson, T. R., 1987, The St. Marys River, Michigan: an ecological profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.10), 138 p. [PDF; 15,225 KB]
  
  
• Eckblad, J. W., 1986, The ecology of pools 11-13 of the upper Mississippi River: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.8), 88 p. [PDF; 8,959 KB]
  
  
• Edsall, T. A. and Manny, B. A., 1988, The ecology of riparian habitats of the southern California coastal region: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.27), 152 p. [PDF; 23,233 KB]
  
  
• Foster, M. S. and Schiel, D. R., 1985, The ecology of giant kelp forests in California: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.2), 152 p. [PDF; 16,329 KB]
  
  
• Galloway, B. J. and Lewbel, G. S., 1982, The ecology of petroleum platforms in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-82/27, 91 p. [PDF; 6,266 KB] [images PDF; 17,453 KB] [images PDF; 20,375 KB]
  
  
• Glaser, P. H., 1987, The ecology of patterned boreal peatlands of northern Minnesota : a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.14), 98 p. [PDF; 10,468 KB]
  
  
• Golet, F.C., Calhoun, A. J. K., DeRagon, W. R., Lowry, D. J., and Gold, A. J., 1993, Ecology of red maple swamps in the glaciated northeast: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 12, 151 p. [PDF; 28,199 KB]
  
  
• Gosselink, J. G. , 1984, The ecology of delta marshes of coastal Louisiana: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-84/09, 134 p. [PDF; 13,222 KB]
  
  
• Hay, M. E. and Sutherland, J. P., 1988, The ecology of rubble structures of the South Atlantic bight: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.20), 67 p. [PDF; 9,193 KB]
  
  
• Herbold, B. and Moyle, P. B., 1989, The ecology of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.22), 106 p. [PDF; 13,392 KB]
  
  
• Herdendorf, C. E., 1987, The ecology of coastal marshes of western Lake Erie: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.9), 240 p. [PDF; 23,872 KB]
  
  
• Herdendorf, C. E., Raphael, C. N., and Jawarski, E., 1986, The ecology of Lake St. Clair wetlands: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.7), 187 p. [PDF; 24,645 KB]
  
  
• Hobbie, J. E., 1984, The ecology of tundra ponds of the Arctic coastal plain: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-83/25, 52 p. [PDF; 7,362 KB]
  
  
• Howes, B.L. and Goehringer, D.D., 1996, Ecology of Buzzards Bay: an estuarine profile: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Service, Biological Report 33, 141 p. [PDF; 30,896 KB]
  
  
• Jaap, W. C., 1984, The ecology of the south Florida coral reefs: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-82/08, 138 p. [PDF; 19,029 KB] plates [PDF; 36,824 KB]
  
  
• Jahn, L. A. and Anderson, R. V., 1986, The ecology of pools 19 and 20, upper Mississippi River: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.6), 142 p. [PDF; 16,601 KB]
  
  
• Josselyn, M., 1983, The ecology of San Francisco Bay tidal marshes: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-83/23,102 p. [PDF; 19,053 KB]
  
  
• Kantrud, H. A., Krapu, G. L., and Swanson, G. A., 1989, Prairie basin wetlands of the Dakotas: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.28), 111 p. [PDF; 14,566 KB]
  
  
• Laderman, A. D., 1989, The ecology of Atlantic white cedar wetlands: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.21), 114 p. [PDF; 12,119 KB ]
  
  
• Lewis III, R. R. and Estevez, E. D., 1988, The ecology of Tampa Bay, Florida: an estuarine profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.18), 132 p. [PDF; 15,892 KB]
  
  
• Livingston, R. J., 1984, The ecology of the Apalachicola Bay system: an estuarine profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-82/05, 148 p. [PDF; 13,664 KB]
  
  
• Manny, B. A., Edsall, T. A., and Jaworski, E. 1988, The Detroit River, Michigan: an ecological profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.17), 86 p. [PDF; 12,752 KB]
  
  
• Minshall, G. W., Jensen, S. E., and Platts, W. S., 1989, The ecology of stream and riparian habitats of the Great Basin Region: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.24), 142 pp [PDF; 18,081 KB] map [JPG; 6,737 KB]
  
  
• Nichols, F. H. and Pamatmat, M. M., 1988, The ecology of the soft-bottom benthos of San Francisco Bay: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.23), 73 p. [PDF; 9,932 KB]
  (Note: Report number correction. Report was printed as 85(7.19) in error, but is actually 85(7.23).)
  
  
• Nixon, S. W., 1982, The ecology of New England high salt marshes: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-81/55, 70 p. [PDF; 9,906 KB]
  
  
• Odum, W. E., McIvor, C. C., and Smith, III, T. J., 1982, The ecology of the mangroves of South Florida: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-81/24, 154 p. [PDF; 17,574 KB]
  
  
• Odum, W. E., Smith, III, T. J., Hoove, J. K., and McIvor, C. C., 1984, The ecology of tidal freshwater marshes of the United States east coast: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-83/17, 176 p. [PDF; 16,967 KB]
  
  
• Ohmart, R. D., Anderson, B. W., and Hunter, W. C., 1988, The ecology of the lower Colorado River from Davis Dam to the Mexico- United States international boundary: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.19), 296 p. [PDF; 32,065 KB]
  
  
• Onuf, C. P., 1987, The ecology of Mugu Lagoon, California: an estuarine profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.15), 122 p. [PDF; 16,408 KB]
  
  
• Peterson, C. H. and Peterson, N. M., 1979, The ecology of intertidal flats of North Carolina: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-79/39, 73 p. [PDF; 7,654 KB]
  
  
• Phillips, R. C., 1984, The ecology of eelgrass meadows in the Pacific Northwest: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-84/24, 85 p. [PDF; 12,422 KB ]
  
  
• Seliskar, D. M. and Gallagher, J. L., 1983, The ecology of tidal marshes of the Pacific Northwest coast: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-82/32, 65 p. [PDF; 9,068 KB]
  
  
• Sharitz, R. R. and Gibbons, J. W., 1982, The ecology of southeastern shrub bogs (pocosins) and Carolina bays: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-82/04, 93 p. [PDF; 9,700 KB]
  
  
• Simenstad, C. A., 1983, The ecology of estuarine channels of the Pacific Northwest coast: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-83/05, 181 p. [PDF; 17,934 KB]
  
  
• Simons, R. W., Vince, S. W., and Humphrey, S. R., 1989, Hydric hammocks: a guide to management: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.26 Supplement), 89 p. [PDF; 16,184 KB]
  
  
• Stout, J. P., 1984, The ecology of irregularly flooded salt marshes of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.1), 98 p. [PDF; 13,497 KB]
  
  
• Teal, J. M., 1986, The ecology of regularly flooded salt marshes of New England: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.4), 61 p. [PDF; 7,399 KB]
  
  
• Thayer, G. W., Kenworthy, W. J., and Fonseca, M. S., 1984, The ecology of eelgrass meadows of the Atlantic coast: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-84/02, 147 p. [PDF; 16,489 KB]
  
  
• Vince, S. W., Humphrey, S. R., and Simons, R. W., 1989, The ecology of hydric hammocks: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.26), 81 p. [PDF; 12,816 KB]
  
  
• Wharton, C. H., Kitchens, W. M., Pendleton, E. C., and Sipe, T. W., 1982, The ecology of bottomland hardwood swamps of the Southeast: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-81/37, 133 p. [PDF; 25,413 KB]
  
  
• Whitlatch, R. B., 1981, The ecology of New England tidal flats: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-81/01, 125 p. [PDF; 18,531 KB]
  
  
• Wiedemann, A. M., 1984, The ecology of Pacific Northwest coastal sand dunes: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-84/04, 130 p. [PDF; 19,717 KB]
  
  
• Wiegert, R. G. and Freeman, B. J., 1990, Tidal salt marshes of the southeast Atlantic Coast: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.29), 70 p. [PDF; 9,641 KB]
  
  
• Zedler, J. B., 1982, The ecology of southern California coastal salt marshes: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-81/54, 110 p. [PDF; 17,238 KB]
  
  
• Zedler, J. B. and Nordby, C. S., 1986, The ecology of Tijuana estuary, California: an estuarine profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.5), 104 p. [PDF; 18,253 KB]
  
  
• Zedler, P. H., 1987, The ecology of southern California vernal pools: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85(7.11), 136 p. [PDF; 14,943 KB]
  
  
• Zieman, J. C., 1982, The ecology of the seagrasses of south Florida: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-82/25, 150 p. [PDF; 26,611 KB]
  
  
• Zieman, J. C. and Zieman, R. T., 1989, The ecology of the seagrass meadows of the west coast of Florida: a community profile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS 85(7.25), 155 p. [PDF; 3,513 KB]

Biological Science and Information Technology Reports Series, ISSN 1081-292X

Complete list of Biological Science Reports, 1995-

• Catallo, W.J., 1999, Hourly and daily variation of sediment redox potential in tidal wetland sediments: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR/1999-0001, 10 p. (2767 KB)
  
  
• Gilmer, D.S., Yee., J.L., Mauser, D.M., and Hainline, J.L., 2004, Waterfowl migration on Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges 1953-2001: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline Biological Science Report, USGS/BRD/BSR—2003-0004, 66 pp.
  
  
• Guntenspergen, G.R., and Vairin, B.A., eds., 1998, Vulnerability of coastal wetlands in the southeastern United States: climate change research results, 1992-97: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR--1998-0002, 102 p.
  
  
• Mattson, D.J., Barber, K., Maw, R., and Renkin, R., 2004, Coefficients of productivity for Yellowstone’s grizzly bear habitat: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR—2002-0007, 76 p.
  
  
• Pyke, D.A., and Pellant, M., 2002, Strategic plan for the Coordinated Intermountain Restoration Project: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline, Information and Technology Report, USGS/BRD/ITR?2002-0011, 14 p.

Open File Reports

• Barras, J., Beville, S., Britsch, D., Hartley, S., Hawes, S., Johnston, J., Kemp, P., Kinler, Q., Martucci, A., Porthouse, J., Reed, D., Roy, K., Sapkota, S., and Suhayda, J., 2003, Historical and projected coastal Louisiana land changes: 1978-2050: USGS Open File Report 03-334, 39 p. (Revised January 2004).
  
  
• Cahoon, D.R., and Hensel, P., 2003, Hurricane Mitch: a regional perspective on mangrove damage, recovery, and sustainability: USGS Open File Report 03-183, 31 p.
  
  
• Cahoon, D.R., Hensel, P., Rybczyk, J., and Perez, B.C., 2003, Hurricane Mitch: impacts on mangrove sediment elevation dynamics and long-term mangrove sustainability: USGS Open File Report 03-184, 75 p.
  
  
• Cordes, C.L. and Vairin, B.A., editors, 1998, Workshop on solutions and approaches for alleviating hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wetlands Research Center, NWRC Special Report 98-02, 53 p. (8,782 KB)
  
  
• Dahl, T.E. and Johnson, C. E., 1991, Status and trends of wetlands in the conterminous United States, mid-1970's to mid-1980's : Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 28 p. (6,566 KB).
  
  
• Dankert, J.R., and Jenkins, J.A., 2003, Hurricane Mitch: development of immunological tools to assess the health status of shrimp: USGS Open File Report 03-176, 27 p.
  
  
• Doyle, T.W., Michot, T.C., Roetker, F., Sullivan, J., Melder, M., Handley, B., and Balmat, J., 2003, Hurricane Mitch: landscape analysis of damaged forest resources of the Bay Islands and Caribbean coast of Honduras: USGS Open File Report 03-175, 23 p.
  
  
• Felder, D.L., Nates, S.F., and Robles, R.R., 2003, Hurricane Mitch: impacts of bioturbating crustaceans in shrimp ponds and adjacent estuaries of coastal Nicaragua: USGS Open File Report 03-179, 47 p.
  
  
• Grace, J.B., Allain, L.K., Baldwin, H.Q., Billock, A.G., Eddleman, W.R., Given, A.M., Jeske, C.W., and Moss, R., 2005, Effects of prescribed fire in the coastal prairies of Texas: USGS Open File Report 2005-1287.
  
  
• Handley, L.R., Thibodeaux, J.L., II, Dugas, J.L., and Mouton, K., 2003, Hurricane Mitch: mapping coastal habitats: USGS Open File Report, in press.
  
  
• Hensel, P., and Proffitt, C.E., 2003, Hurricane Mitch: acute impacts on mangrove forest structure and an evaluation of recovery trajectories: USGS Open File Report 03-182, 77 p.
  
  
• Jenkins, J.A. and Goodbred, S.L., 2005,  Viability of Male Gametes in Common Carp Cyprinus carpio along the Lower Colorado River From the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Havasu NWR, and Lake Mohave of Lake Mead National Recreation Area: USGS Open File Report 2006-1007, 25 p.
  
  
• Lovelace, John K., 1994, Storm-Tide Elevations Produced by Hurricane Andrew Along the Louisiana Coast, August 25-27, 1992: USGS Open File Report 94-371, 45 p. + 12 plates.
  • Plate 1: Lake Charles, Louisiana—Texas quadrangle (1986) (TIFF, 4.76MB; JPG thumbnail, 79KB)
  • Plate 2: Crowley, Louisiana quadrangle (1985) (TIFF, 5.20MB; JPG thumbnail, 89KB)
  • Plate 3: Ponchatoula, Louisiana quadrangle (1983) (TIFF, 4.78MB; JPG thumbnail, 75KB)
  • Plate 4: Gulfport, Mississippi—Louisiana quadrangle (1982) (TIFF, 4.80MB; JPG thumbnail, 70KB)
  • Plate 5: Port Arthur, Texas—Louisiana quadrangle (1983) (TIFF, 4.86MB; JPG thumbnail, 64KB)
  • Plate 6: White Lake, Louisiana quadrangle (1983) (TIFF, 5.20MB; JPG thumbnail, 84KB)
  • Plate 7: Morgan City, Louisiana quadrangle (1983) (TIFF, 5.21MB; JPG thumbnail, 88KB)
    
  • Plate 8: New Orleans, Louisiana quadrangle (1983) (TIFF, 5.22MB; JPG thumbnail, 89KB)
    
  • Plate 9: Black Bay, Louisiana quadrangle (1983) (TIFF, 5.22MB; JPG thumbnail, 77KB)
  • Plate 10: Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana quadrangle (1983) (TIFF, 5.21MB; JPG thumbnail, 66KB)
    
  • Plate 11: Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana quadrangle (1983) (TIFF, 5.22MB; JPG thumbnail, 89KB)
    
  • Plate 12: Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana quadrangle (1983) (TIFF, 13.67MB; JPG thumbnail, 97KB)
    
    
• McKee, K.L., and McGinnis, T.E., II, 2003, Hurricane Mitch: effects on mangrove soil characteristics and root contributions to soil stabilization: USGS Open File Report 03-178, 58 p.
  
  
• Michot, T.C., Boustany, R.G., Arrivillaga, A., Perez, B., 2003, Impacts of Hurricane Mitch on water quality and sediments of Lake Izabal, Guatemala: USGS Open File Report 03-180, 21 p.
  
  
• Michot, T.C., Burch, J.N., Arrivillaga, A., Rafferty, P.S., Doyle, T.W., and Kemmerer, R.S., 2003, Impacts of Hurricane Mitch on seagrass beds and associated shallow reef communities along the Carribbean coast of Honduras and Guatemala: USGS Open File Report 03-181, 65 p.
  
  
• Rathbun, C.E., Watzin, M.C., Johnston, J.B., and O'Neil, P.E., 1987, Areal extent of wetlands above and below the 10-foot contour line in Alabama: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NWRC Open File Report 86-3, 9 p. (1,486 KB)
  
  
• Rivera-Monroy, V.H., Twilley, R.R., Castaneda, E., 2003, Hurricane Mitch: integrative management and rehabilitation of mangrove resources to develop sustainable shrimp mariculture in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras: USGS Open File Report 03-177, 120 p.
  
  
• Ruth, J.M., Barrow, W.C., Sojda, R.S., Dawson, D.K., Diehl, R.H., Manville, A., Green, M.T., Kreuper, D.J., and Johnston, S., 2005. Advancing migratory bird conservation and management by using radar: an interagency collaboration: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2005-1173, 12 p.
  
  
• Steyer, G.D., and Stewart, R.E., 1992, Monitoring program for Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act projects: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Research Center Open File Report 93-01. 86 p. (8,968 KB)
  
  
• Travis, S.E., 2003, Hurricane Mitch: population genetic structure of Pacific white shrimp from the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras: USGS Open File Report 03-174, 30 p

Other Government Reports

• Allain, Larry, 2000, Paradise Lost? The coastal prairie of Louisiana and Texas: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 39 p.
  
  
• Allain, Larry, 1999, Paradise Lost? The coastal prairie of Louisiana and Texas: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 39 p.
  
  
• Allain, Larry, 1999, Errata sheet: Paradise Lost? The coastal prairie of Louisiana and Texas: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1 p.
  
  
• Cross, D.H., compiler, 1988-1993, Waterfowl Management Handbook: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Leaflet 13.
  (A series of Fish and Wildlife Leaflets about the management of waterfowl and their habitat.)
  
  
• Higgins, K.F., Kirsch, L.M., Duebbert, H.F., Klett, A.T., Lokemoen, J.T., Miler, H.W., and Kruse, A.D., 1977, Construction and Operation of Cable-Chain Drag for Nest Searches: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wildlife Leaflet 512. (784 KB)
  
  
• Horwitz, E.L., 1979, Our Nation’s Wetlands: An Interagency Task Force Report: U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of the Army, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of the Interior, Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, D.C., GPO, 70 p. (9.09 MB)
  
  
• Hudson, P. L., Lenant, D. R., Caldwell, B. A, and Smith, D., 1990, Chironomidae of the Southeastern United States: a checklist of species and notes on biology, distribution, and habitat: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Research 7, 46 p. (4,905 KB)
  
  
• Lacy, R.B. and Somers, R.C., 1995, Wetland resource characterization of the Congaree Swamp National Monument, South Carolina : database preparation based on remotely sensed data for use in geographic information systems : final project report for the United States Department of Interior National Park Service: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Land Resources and Conservation Districts Division, Southeastern Remote Sensing Center, Columbia, SC. 38 p. (5,134 KB)
  
  
• Mac, M.J., Opler, P.A., Puckett Haecker, C.E., and Doran, P.D., 1998. Status and trends of the nation's biological resources: 2 vols., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va.
  
  
• Marshall, W.D., 1993, Assessing Change in the Edisto River Basin: An Ecological Characterization: South Carolina Water Resources Commission, Report No. 177, South Carolina Water Resources Commission, Columbia, SC. 149 p. [Study and report funded through a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C.] (8,491 KB)
  
  
• Rathbun, G.B., Jennings, M. R., Murphey, T. G., and Siepel, N. R., 1993, Status and ecology of sensitive aquatic vertebrates in lower San Simeon and Pico Creeks, San Luis Obispo County, California: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Ecology Research Center and California Department of Parks and Recreation, 103 p. (5,163 KB)
  
  
• Wicker, K.M., 1981, Chenier Plain Region ecological characterization: A habitat mapping study: A user's guide to the habitat maps: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge, La., 55 p. + appendices [Study and report funded through a contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] (5,875 KB)
  
  
• Wilbur, S.R. and Tomlinson, R.E., 1976, The literature of the western clapper rails: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Special Scientific Report—Wildlife no. 194, 31 p. (3.24 MB)

Open Access Papers

• Ramsey, E.W. III, Nelson, G., Yan, Y., and Sapkota, S., 2001, Linking Hydrology to Vegetation Type and Structure in a Coastal Florida Marsh [abs.], in Remote Sensing and Resource Management in Nearshore and Inland Waters: Program, October 22-24, 2001, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, Alliance for Marine Remote Sensing Association, p. 37.

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