Liming of Acidified Waters: A Review of Methods and Effects on Aquatic Ecosystems (open access)

Liming of Acidified Waters: A Review of Methods and Effects on Aquatic Ecosystems

Report discussing acid deposition in surface waters and the resulting effects on wildlife. The report suggests using lime in order to counteract this acidification, and mentions the potential hazards of doing so.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Fraser, James E. & Britt, Douglas L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alaska-Yukon Caribou (open access)

Alaska-Yukon Caribou

Brief summary of the physical characteristics, general habits, breeding habits, food habits, migratory habits, and habitat of the Alaska-Yukon caribou.
Date: June 1935
Creator: Murie, Olaus J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abundance and Distribution of Mangrove Landbirds in Florida (open access)

Abundance and Distribution of Mangrove Landbirds in Florida

Summary of extensive surveys on Florida mangrove landbirds conducted during 2008-2011, with results quantifying distribution and estimating breeding-season abundance of mangrove landbirds.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Lloyd, John D. & Slater, Gary L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Ecological Characterization of Coastal Maine (North and East of Cape Elizabeth): Volume 1 (open access)

An Ecological Characterization of Coastal Maine (North and East of Cape Elizabeth): Volume 1

A report regarding a characterization that describes the approximately 4000-mile area of the Maine coast norths and east of Cape Elizabeth. It attempts to clarify the current state of knowledge of this ecosystem by synthesizing and integrating existing biological, physical, and socioeconomic information. It provides information on the natural resources of coastal Maine in an ecological framework designed to guide resource management and coastal planning and to aid in the evaluation of human impacts on the ecosystem.
Date: October 1980
Creator: Fefer, Stewart I. & Schettig, Patricia A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ecology and Biology of the Pacific Walrus, Odobenus Rosmarus Divergens Illiger (open access)

Ecology and Biology of the Pacific Walrus, Odobenus Rosmarus Divergens Illiger

Pacific walrus is summarized, including distribution and migrations by month, general morphology and growth, skin and hair, dentition, food and feeding behavior, reproduction, morbidity and mortality, and population.
Date: 1982
Creator: Fay, Francis H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Systems Approach to Ecological Baseline Studies (open access)

A Systems Approach to Ecological Baseline Studies

Report intended to present improvements for ecological baseline studies and methods by which such studies could be designed.
Date: March 1978
Creator: States, James B.; Haug, Peter T.; Shoemaker, Thomas G.; Reed, Lanny W. & Reed, Edward B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Planning for Offshore Oil and Gas, Volume 1: Recovery Technology (open access)

Environmental Planning for Offshore Oil and Gas, Volume 1: Recovery Technology

Report that contains "technical information and develops an impact assessment system relating to the recovery of oil and gas resources beyond the three-mile territorial limit of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)" (p. i).
Date: March 1978
Creator: Clark, John; Zinn, Jeffrey A. & Terrell, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Ecological Characterization of Coastal Maine (North and East of Cape Elizabeth): Volume 5. Data Source Appendix (open access)

An Ecological Characterization of Coastal Maine (North and East of Cape Elizabeth): Volume 5. Data Source Appendix

The Data Source Appendix of a report regarding an ecological characterization of coastal Maine, North, and East of Cape Elizabeth
Date: October 1980
Creator: Fefer, Stewart I. & Schettig, Patricia A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ecology of the Cooper's Hawk in North Florida (open access)

Ecology of the Cooper's Hawk in North Florida

Summary of two study areas of the Cooper's Hawk in north Florida, including diet, foraging, home range, and predation.
Date: December 2013
Creator: Millsap, Brian A.; Breen, Timothy F. & Phillips, Laura M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Screech Owl, its Life History and Population Ecology in Northern Ohio (open access)

The Screech Owl, its Life History and Population Ecology in Northern Ohio

Brief summary of the screech owl in northern Ohio, including food habits, migration and dispersal, breeding biology, population dynamics, pesticides and pollution, polymorphism, status of population,
Date: 1975
Creator: VanCamp, Laurel F. & Henny, Charles J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sea Otter in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (open access)

The Sea Otter in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Summary of the sea otter in relation to the eastern Pacific Ocean, including physical characteristics, habitat requirements, general behavior, food and feeding behavior, distribution and numbers, reproduction, limiting factors, and behavior in captivity.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Kenyon, Karl W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Alterations to Low Gradient Reaches of Utah Streams (open access)

Effects of Alterations to Low Gradient Reaches of Utah Streams

This report describes an investigation of the effects of stream channelization on fish and macro-invertebrates in low gradient reaches of Blacksmith Fork River and the Logan River in the floodplain of Cache Valley in northern Utah. Channelization adversely affected both fish and macro-invertebrate populations and biomass, with the severity of impact directly related to the amount and duration of disturbance of the physical habitat.
Date: April 1980
Creator: Wydoski, Richard S. & Helm, William T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mammals of Maryland (open access)

Mammals of Maryland

Overview of the mammals of Maryland, including descriptions of the orders and maps depicting distribution of the mammals.
Date: April 1969
Creator: Paradiso, John L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Account of the Taxonomy of North American Wolves From Morphological and Genetic Analyses (open access)

An Account of the Taxonomy of North American Wolves From Morphological and Genetic Analyses

Taxonomy, genetics, morphometrics of North American wolves.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Chambers, Steven M.; Fain, Steven R.; Fazio, Bud & Amaral, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Fauna of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands] (open access)

[Fauna of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands]

Systematic account of the results of a survey made in 1936 and 1937 to aid supervision of the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
Date: 1959
Creator: Murie, Olaus J. & Scheffer, Victor B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mammals and Life Zones of Oregon (open access)

The Mammals and Life Zones of Oregon

From introduction: "Summary of the life zones and mammals of Oregon with emphasis on providing reliable information on the management of wildlife. Importance for identifying those species which are state and national assets, and those species of less value or destructive habits."
Date: 1936
Creator: Bailey, Vernon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Index Generum Mammalium: a List of the Genera and Families of Mammals (open access)

Index Generum Mammalium: a List of the Genera and Families of Mammals

This report consists of three parts: (1) An annotated list of the generic names of mammals; (2) an alphabetical list of the families of mammals, and (3) a classified list of the generic names, arranged by orders and families.
Date: January 23, 1904
Creator: Palmer, T. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library