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IRF Water Island Case History Virgin Islands Development 1980

...Sol icitor for Territorial Affairs, who wrote to Ruth van Cleve on July 5, 1978: 35 It seems, ln realistically analyzing the problems created by Section 10 of the lease, that the current uses, im provements and operations on Water loc.al. dc.veiopme.ltt -
Technical Report

VIBIB Bibliographic Holdings VINP USVI Danish West Indies Prelim List 1985

...surface. and subterranean water resources of PR. with scattered references to the USVI. Arthur, Lew. โ€œUncle Samโ€™s Caribbean Outpost.โ€ J. Educ. Sociol. v. 24:4 (Dec. 1950), p. 227-34. General descriptive article about the islands: discusses their eco- nomy, ethnic composition, political structure, agriculture and industry, climate, etc. Atlanten, Medlemsblad for Forening de dansk...
Academic Paper

Kay 1975 Survey Antillean Sculptured Stone

...Florida. 1951a Areas and Periods of Culture in the Greater Antilles. South- western Journal of Anthropology, vol. 7, no. 3, Autum, 1951. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 1951b Prehistoric Caribbean Culture Contact as seen from Venezuela. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, ser. II, vol: 13, no.#8. New York. 1952 Porto Rican Prehistory: Introduction, Excavations in...
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Sea History No39 NMHS Spring1986 Nautical Archaeology Mary Rose Key West Coriolanus

...her again. RUTH (MRs. WILLIAM A.) BAKER Hingham, MA Commodore Harry Anderson, Chairman of the American Sail Training Associa- tion, was the first to point out our egre- gious error in SEA HISTORY 38, where we mentioned the bark Polly Woodside as being in Sydney. But sheโ€™s in Mel- bourne, of course! Sydney does have an outstanding fleet of historic craft, includ- ing the iron bark...
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StKittsNevis Journal Vol1No4 1985 SKNAI

...control but in ruth and in fact we have one ulti- mate objective and we arce all worxKing towards hat which 1s objective, imโ€” proving the quality of life for all of us so that productivity can be grea improved ly anc enanced. So we nust ible [] loolk cross these ar 2 & cial divisions, NEโ‚ฌ must able Lo bri he gaps between our various disci- plines. This is why 1s SO or various ipor...
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Keegan et al 1996 Bibliography of Caribbean Archaeology Bullen Research Library FLMNH

...Institute of Archaeology, University College, London. Dreyfus, S. 1992 Indian America: Island Caribs. In Bedini, S.A. (ed.), The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia, Simon & Schuster, New York, pp. 349-351. Dubelaar, Cees N. 1983 The distribution of Im Thurn's elaborate type petroglyphs in South America. Ninth IACA, pp. 375-397. Montreal, Canada. o 1985 A comparison between pet...
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SHA Newsletter Vol22 No4 Dec1989

...REPORT, Judith A. Bense, Chair 8:30 The Historical Record of Colonial Pensacola, Wendell L. Griffith 8:55 An Overview of the Colonial Archaeological sits in and Around Pensacola, Janet R. Lloyd an Judith A. Bense 9:20 Colonial Pensacola: A First Look at the Archacological Assemblage and Context, Deborah Joy 9:45 of Zooarchaeological Analysis British Period (1763-1781) Food Remains from the...
Technical Report

Reid Trexler 1991 Climate Change US Coastal Biodiversity WRI IRF

...Mohamed El-Ashry, Robert Fischman, David Maddox, Klaus Meyer-Arendt, Jeffrey McNeely, Kenton Miller, Larry Morse, and James Titus for their comments and constructive contributions to earlier drafts of the manuscript. Finally, our thanks to Kathleen Courrier for skill- fully editing the report and to Hyacinth Billings, Robbie Nichols, and Allyn Massey for their help preparing the text and figure...
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WorldWatch Vol7 No6 NovDec1994 StormWarnings PandorasHighway PopulationAndThePope

...NEWSPAPER Only the first piece of this story is pulp fiction. The rest is fact. BY ALAN THEIN DURNING AND ED AYRES Drerak,m it s EDITORIAL The Cairo Plan 2 NOTE TO READERS When consumption is a disease 3 FROM READERS Toward a more cooperative capitalism ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE Patenting human genes; coping with natural disasters CITINGS The Ecology of Modern Buildings UPDATE Afri...
Technical Report

Kozloff Shobowale 1994 WRI Rethinking Development Assistance for Renewable Electricity

...the post- cold war era are shrinking as domestic economic concerns grow. By itself, development assistance will not deter- mine the market share of renewable power technolo- gies in developing countries. National and local pub- lic policies as well as domestic and international private interests play more important rolesโ€”which will be the subject of subsequent research at WRI. But findings to...
Policy Document

Dower Zimmerman 1992 WRI Right Climate for Carbon Taxes Economic Incentives

...it, the threat is real. For scientists, the question is no longer whether the earth will heat up, but how much it will heat up, and how soon. The latest estimate by the Inter- governmental Panel on Climate Change is that the global average temperature will rise by from 1.5 to 3 degrees Centigrade over 1900 levels by the middle of the next century. That may not sound like much, but a few degrees...
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IRF Directory of Organizations Concerned with Global Climate Change NAL USDA 1992

...patterns, world-wide weather systems, and the global carbon cycle. Studies recorded weather patterns and aerial photography/satellite datasets of the last 40 years to determine changes which are taking place in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. publications: Publishes articles in subject journals and in proceedings of conferences. For more information contact the Directors 1794 Columbia...
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Hamnett Barzel Franco Regional Overview Disaster Preparedness Experience South Pacific 1982

...of Papua New Guinea. Report 79/28. Department of Minerals and Energy, December 1979 . Seismicity apnd Isupami Warning Geological Survey of Papua New Guinea. Report 79/19 1980 Runeborg, Ruth E. The Kipgdom of Tonga: History, Culture Communication. Honolulu East-West Communication Institute, 1980 Samoa News (American Samoa), 5 March 1982 Scattarella, Kim D. Report o the Storms of...
Government Report

IHMT Report Hurricane Hugo FEMA843DRSC SouthCarolina 1989

...2, 54,000 registered for disaster assistance. Damage estimates range as high as $5 billion. On October 16-20, 1989, the Region IV, Federal/State, Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team (IHMT) convened at the Disaster Field Office (DFO) to identify immediate and long range opportunities for hazard mitigation. Forty-six Federal, State and local officials attended the initial Hazard Mitigation Team m...
Conference Proceeding

Cunningham 1992 Biological Impacts of 1492 Interpretive Thoughts NPS

...1938. The Origin of the Fauna of the Greater Antilles, with Discussion of Dispersal of Animals over Water and Through the Air. Quarterly Review of Biology 13: 274-300. Darlington, P.J. Jr. 1957. of Animals. John Wiley and Sons, New York. Ewel, J.J. 1986. Invasibility: Lessons from South Florida. In: Mooney, H.A. and J.A. Drake, eds. V. i N America and Hawaii. Springer-Verlag, New York. Gill,...
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CaribbeanDisasterNews 1988 HurricaneGilbert Joan LessonsLearned DisasterPreparedness

...The period since 1980 has also m = Venezuela seen a significant investment in Dis- | aster Management training, techni- 1 i l il | - i cal assistance, improved telecommu- | I i ' Colombia nication resources and the strength- va i | I the Caribbean perspective the hurri- ening of national institutional capac- re- ity for disaster planning and cane season had been relatively inac- sponse Gilbert...
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UNEP Industry and Environment Vol14 No2 1991 Computers Environmental Management

...deviations from tolera- ble residue levels. The greater power also al- lows the packages which control the plantโ€™s overall production and the plantโ€™s machine maintenance to be linked to the environmen- tal impact monitoring equipment, increasing the scope for preventative measures or fast reaction should an incident occur. One of the advantages which BACS and the range of monitoring equipment...
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RoCleanDesmi OilSpill Response Equipment Brochure CB9-96KL

...4 MI MOP skimmer, mi I il, Siberia, Russia =< e e = S = โ€” ~ s P = > 4 2 Offshore boom ln, of Suez O-CLEAN Situation g ality Products for E i The Recovered more than 1500 tonnes of oil spill OLLCATS โ€˜SEAMOPโ€™ and โ€˜SEASWEEP 1 g - SORBAIDES - effective and simple I for h n-u e i m lisnSland, 3 e ยฃ ] 10ยข5 LI - - ] / L / N/ 0il Mop. Princip : xhl Africa v = AJ TROILBOOM AF1000 deployed at - a...
Academic Paper

Lawton 1995 Ecological Experiments Model Systems Science

...how- ever, both declined as species richness de- clined. Overall, the data supported three of four possible theoretical relations between diversity and ecosystem function (26) and provided the first experimental evidence that species richness affects ecosystem pro- cesses (27). The effects of rising atmospheric con- centrations of CO, on terrestrial ecosystems are potentially complex [see also...
Research Study

Goodloe et al Immunosterilization Feral Captive Horses Cumberland Island PreliminaryReport 1987

...treatment group will be innoculated with one of the following compounds to provide 15 mg of GnRH immunogenic activity 1. GnRH-KLH adjuvented to mineral oil (Sterilogenยฎ; Pittman-Moore, Inc. delivered in liquid form via dart) GnNRH-KLH adjuvented to Mycgobacterium (freeze-dried and SELAN delivered via biodegradable bullet) GnRH-KLH precipitated on aluminum hydroide (freeze-dried and delivered...
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UVI Wetlands Reserve Management Plan 1994 ECC

...Croix (Volume I). Prepared for Virgin Islands Port Authority. St. Croix. USVL Rees. B.J. and Associates (1991) Environmental Assessment Report: St. Croix Southshore Power Plant Site for Two 22 MW Turbine Generators. Prepared tor V [. Water and Power Authonty. St. Thomas. USVL B G E O OIS &Y G G G U.S. Department of Agriculture (1970). Soil Survey Virgin Island
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Winterbottom 1990 TakingStock TFAP AfterFiveYears WRI

D โ€œ ) A T TAKING STOCK: THE TROPICAL FORESTRY ACT IN PLAN AFTER FIVEYEA Robert Winterbottom WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE TAKING STOCK: The Tropical Forestry Action Plan After Five Years ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION LIB Robert Winterbottom i WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE June 1990 ot o Kathleen Courrier Publications Director Brooks Clapp Marketing Manager Hyacinth Billings Production Ma...
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Lesser Antilles Park and Protected Area News Vol1 No2 Dec1987 Caribbean Conservation Association ECNAMP

...of CCA or the Director, Unesco Divi- sion of Ecological Sciences (address above). The Nature Conservancy International The Washington, D.C.-based Nature Conservancy is an international membership organisation; its mis- sion is to find, protect, and main- tain the best examples of commu- nities, ecosystems, and endan- gered species in the natural world. The Conservancyโ€™s International Programm...
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Biodiversity Management SIDS and Caribbean Forest Protection League Proceedings Bellairs 1994

...Committee; this approach provides a forum for reviewing ongoing and proposed activities that affect the countryโ€™s biodiversity, and also serves as a vehicle for raising the technical skills of participating agencies and organizations. To improve each countryโ€™s capacity for protecting biodiversity by building a broader constituency and by improving parks and protected areas systems. Strategy O...
Government Report

US MAB Directory of Biosphere Reserves United States June 1991

...Manager โ€” lirnia s Ranges Directory of U.S. Biosphere Reserves January 1991 Page 10 Biosphere Reserve: CALIFORNIA COAST RANGES (5) Administrative Site: North California Coast Range Preserve Research Natural Area (5.4) Administering Entity: Bureau of Land Management Location: California (Mendocino County) Area (hectares): 1,360 Biogeographic Province: Oregonian Year Designated...
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OAS DRD StKittsNevis NaturalHazards SettlementPlanning Bender 1986

...the sea. The main road collects not only storm wate r runoff, but also what is sediment, vegetation and trash which comes from born by that runoff rocks, d agricultural plots. the guts and off individual building lots an this material collects on the road in Following moderate to heavy rains, If the storm is severe enough, the settlements s well as in rural areas. the amount of material deposi...
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OAS GovStKittsNevis FDRM Reforestation Outplanting Report NovDec1987 Ince

...and the local 1and manager's directive, will keep animals under control. Also of concern is the general unstable conditio of Wash Ghut. As mentioned, a considerable portion, adjacent 'to, and within the planting area, remains in an unstable or critical situa- tion. As no preliminary earth moving (stabilization) was carried 10 s I ] | to erode. out prior to planting, these unstable areas...
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1979 Plan National Parks Protected Areas Trinidad Tobago Thelen Faizool ForestryDivision OAS

...Together e Tourism Stagnating le DeBourg: 1987 n 5 | Nutmegs Poised To d News Shorts Boost Economy 11 i Will A These And Come Upon Uou Accompany You 1f ou Obey The Lord Your God. (Deuteronomy 28, 2-6) (Deuteronomy 28, 2-6) โ€” L2 193 Vo 1S Hooi 2l dec (s 185 0 AN Vol 3 FER #312 Mar @ _ cop! C H7- 20 H -4 dun #9411 Jun # WYl # โ€”Avg 2T #1 - 7 g Sept H 1Y~ ot 1 is |5 o Hi- od 29 H 71โ€” V2 No H(g...
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Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve Bibliography Scientific Studies USMAB Report11 Vol2 1985

...FECYALE NATIONAL PARK. Masters thesis, Michigan Technological University. -16- Eev. 2/85 Gilbert, K. T 1946. GENEFAL STATEMENT GIVING COVERAGE TO THE BEAVE ON ISLE FOYALE. Typed ms in Isle Royale National Park files. Gilchist, Marie E. 1847-48 (1968-69) . ISLE ROYALE SUFVEY. Inland Seas 24(3) :179-192; 24(4) :303-304, 313-325; and 25(1) :26-40. Gillman, Henry. 1873. ANCIENT WO...
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1990 Metz Review StVincent Environmental Profile Notes and Interviews

...Mangroves 95 See enclosed clippings of Mustique mangrove survey. t โ€” โ€œINDIVIDUAL SITE ANALYSIS Lagoon Bay The Lagoon Bay mangrove swam p is situated on the southwest coast of Mustique. The mangrove area occuppies approximately 20.0 acres of sandy shoals and mud flats which are constantly inundated with shallow, brackish water throughout the year. The mangrove encircles a 15.0+- acre lagoon...
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environmental monitoring dredging mitigation Ruth Island section7

...nearby . As a control, two transects would be establlshed to he of hcon port, one In a water depth of 10-20 feet, and oh In 30-50 feet of water. 1 m Along these transects, quadrats would be permanentl!y establlshed and monltored perlodically. The purpose of these controls Is to ensure that environmental damage due to natural phenomena are not mistaken for dredging effects. Four monltoring tran...
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IRF Seagrass Transplantation StCroix PhaseIII AnnualResurvey 1990 Coulston

...had earlier ben assumed to be the 3 METHODS On April 5, 1990, the target transplant area west of Ruth Island on the south shore of St. Croix, was surveyed by Dr. Mary Lou Coulston and research tech- nician/photographer, Henry Tonnemacher. The area was first examined to de- termine the extent of seagrass growth before proceeding with a more detailed evaluation. The la...
Conference Proceeding

Large Scale Mangrove Restoration St Croix USVI Proceedings Wetlands Conference 1979

...island of St. Co (Figure 1) is located 145 km southeast of the island of Puerto Rico and is one of three U.S. Virgin Islands, the hes being St.Thomas and St. John's. Mangrove habitats are imited in the Vn Islands and the largest areas which did exist have been destroyed by land dvopn (Island Re- sources Foundation,1977). Those m...
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IRF Water Quality Monitoring Third Port St Croix Baseline Progress Reports 1989

...none 12 4.86% 4.90% suspected coral (4.15% D.str, (4.45% D.str., encroachment by .25% P.por, .25% P.por algae .46% other) .20% other) โ€” shallow water was impossible, therefore no quantitative analysis can be done on these corals. Quadrat 4 has one coral head of D. strigosa '''hich has tissue damage noted in the baseline study. To date it-has sho'ffl no change. A photograph of the coral head...
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Webb Nellis 1971 Reproduction WhiteTailedDeer StCroix USVI AnnualReport FW1-1

...R., S. Basford and R.H. Boulon. Tagging and Nesting Research on Leatherback Sea Turtles on Sandy Point, St. Croix, USVI. 1986-&28. Annual Report, ES-4. Brandner, R., S. Basford and R.H. Boulon. Tagging and Nesting = ~ Aar~h An Taatherback Sea Turtles on Sandy St. croix; UsVI. 1987388 . Annual Report, ES1-5. e~ R D s ade,. S. Basford and R.H. Boulon. T and Nesting Research on Leatherback S...
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Document 3749e5cc

...a control, two transects would be establshed to the east of hnn port, one In a water depth of 10-20 feet, and the other In 30-50 feet of water. Along these transects, 1 m quadrats would be permanently establlshed and monltored perfodically. The purpose of these controls Is to ensure that environmenta! damage due to natura! phenomena are not mistaken for dredglng effects. Four monltoring transe...
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Beets 1996 Effects of Fishing and Fish Traps VINP Buck Island NPS TechReport VINP5-96

...very high, frequently over 100% trap loss/fishermen/year (Austin and Hewlett 1988). Since fishermen do not report where fish are caught and most fishermen do not know the boundaries of the park, there was no possibility of estimating the proportion of fish harvested in park waters from these estimates. Comparison of catches from one locality within Virgin Islands National Park: 19...
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Almodovar 1962 Notes on Algae Coral Reefs La Parguera Puerto Rico QuartJournFlaAcadSci 25-4 274-286

INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO ISLAND RESURCES FOUNDATION, Ine. VOLUME IV CONTRIBUTIONS OCT. 1962 โ€” DEC. 1963 MAYAGUEZ-PUERTO RICO INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY University of Puerto Rico MayagUez, P. R. STAFF John E. Randall, Ph. D. Director Luis R. Almodรฉvar, Ph. D. Germaine L. Warmke, M. S. Associate Investigator Curator of Mollusks Gilbert W, Bane, Ph. D. Trab...
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ICLARM Newsplash Vol7 No5 May1999

...an investment advisor to encourage the establishment of the first commercial pearl farm in the Solomon Islands by promoting the results of the project to the vm, investors and resource owners. ICLARM and MAF are quick to point out that although the aim of their research on black pearls is to provide people at the grassroots level with a sustainable source of income, investment is...
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Coker RE 1956 Role of Science in Marine Fisheries Limitations and Potentialities SciMon 82-4 176-193

...rapidly as is permitted by the funds available. Weather and Water For the biologist, the location of the laboratory is fortunate in thatLa Parguera is inthe drier corner of Puerto Rico. Muchadmixture of fresh water is rare, as might be assumed from the close proximity of thriving coral reefs. At nearly all times the clear water over the reefs is surprisingly smooth and safe, although morning ho...
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Rivero 1959 Two New Species of Eleutherodactylus Puerto Rico Breviora103

...rapidly as is permitted by the funds available. Weather and Water For the biologist, the location of the laboratory is fortunate in that La Parguera is inthe drier corner of Puerto Rico. Muchadmixture of fresh water is rare, as might be assumed from the close proximity of thriving coral reefs. At nearly all times the clear water over the reefs is surprisingly smooth and safe, although morning h...
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Document 6799d2bc

...the private yacht of William reports, original reports from station K. Vanderbilt. The 285-foot bark-rigged captains or lifesaving crews, and N ( โ€˜ historical maps. Such institutions as ) steamer sank in 1891 after colliding with the steamer H.F. Dimmock off Monomoy Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, the Island south of Chatham on Cape Cod, Maine Marine Museum in Augusta, and in heavy...
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W5-11 Study2 Survey of Cay Nesting Avifauna USVI 1991-1996 Pierce FinalReport

...1991 to 1996 Site Year 91 92 93 94 95 9% Altona Lagoon Pond Southgate Pond Coakley Bay Pond Buck Island Beach Robin Bay Pond Great Pond HOVIC Krause Lagoon East Middle West Sandy Point NWR Beac Field * West Pond East Pond West End Saltpond ** North end Flats, south east side Refuge Road flats Beach by Field Ruth Cay Cassava Garden Green Cay Marina Green Cay Cape of Ar...
Government Report

USVI Commercial Fishery Statistics Annual Summary 1989-1990

...Croix, 84 fishermen turned in one or more monthly catch reports during the reporting period. The number of fishing licenses issued for this period was 206. An important factor in the fishery that is poorly quantified is the number of persons active in commerdial fishing who do not have a license. For example, Ruth Gomez estimates (based on contacts with fishermen through work with...
Research Study

Garrison 1997 StJohnUSVI FishTrapStudy 1992-1994 USGS-VINP

...powered by diesel or gasoline engines which have e nabled commercial fishers from St Thomas and Puerto Rico (90 km to the west) to exploit St. Jo hn's offshore waters as far east and north as the international b oundary with the BVI as far south as the shelf edge and Ruth Gomez, Steve Meyers, personal co (personal observation; DFW - Although fi mmunication). is Although fi shing i...
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Marine Turtle Newsletter 101 2003 Spanish Mediterranean Loggerheads Leatherback Nests Colombia Cape Verde Paraiba Epibionts Notes Reports

...October 24-28,2001, Rome. TOMAS, J.,A. FORMIA, F.J.AZNAR & J.A. RAGA. In press, b. Occurrence and genetic analysis of a Kempโ€™s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Mediterranean Sea. Scientia Marina. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 101, 2003 - Page 3 Confirmed Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Nests from North Carolina, with a Summary of Leatherback Nesting Activities North of...
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CARMABI Jaarverslag 1975 Stichting Caraibisch Marien Biologisch Instituut Curacao

...Drs. R. GORSIRA - vice-voorzitter (aangewezen door het Bestuurs- college van Curagao.) Hr. P.J. van der VLUGT - lid (aangewezen door Shell Curagao N.V.) Drs. J.Ph. ELZERMAN lid (aangewezen door de Vice-Minister President van de Regering in Nederland), met als vervanger Drs. F. van der MEER. Prof. Dr. H. POSTMA lid in Nederland (aangewezen door de Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereniging.) Dr. P....
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Cooperative Shark Tagging Program Newsletter 1991 Summary

...Canada 53 swW RR RR PA E Cape Henlopen, DE E Ocean City, MD NR RR LL Bill Kleimenhagen NY Montauk Pt, NY Wilmington Canyon NR Wayne King NY S Montauk Pt, NY Georges Bank NR NR RR LL Joe Panas SE Pt Judith, RI S Pt Judith, RI 11 15 RR RR Al Anderson Rl Montauk Pt, NY S Montauk Pt, NY NR NR RR RR Greg Dubrule cT S Montauk Pt, NY E Ocean City, MD NR 148 SW RR RR Bob Raimondi MA SE Pt Judith, RI SW...
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Warmke 1957 List of Conidae Puerto Rico Nautilus v71n1

...Cataiio; Ramey Air Force Base ; and dredging around Pifiero Island, off Joyuda. Dead shells very common on the beach. CoNUS GRANULATUS Linnรฉ New Record. Punta Arenas, (A. Phares); Rincรฉn, (G. Garrison, K. Yates) ; Mona Island, (K. O. Phares). Rare. CoNus sPURIUS Gimelin New Record. Punta Arenas; Punta Guanajibo, (found alive by H. F. Winters and by G. L. Warmke). A...
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