Mortality and injuries caused by ship strikes in U.S. waters are a cause of concern for the endangered population of blue
whales (Balaenoptera musculus) occupying the eastern North Pacific. We sought to determine which areas along the U.S.
West Coast are most important to blue whales and whether those areas...
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P. Costa4, Helen Bailey5
1 Marine Mammal Institute, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, and
Gramene (http://www.gramene.org) is an online resource for comparative functional genomics in crops and model plant species. Its two main frameworks are genomes (collaboration with Ensembl Plants) and pathways (The Plant Reactome and archival BioCyc databases). Since our last NAR update, the database website adopted a new Drupal management platform. The...
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Kerhornou3, Brandon Walts3, Nuno
A. Fonseca3, Laura Huerta3, Maria Keays3, Y. Amy Tang3, Helen Parkinson3
Background: Prenatal mercury (Hg) exposure is associated with adverse child neurobehavioral
outcomes. Because Hg can interfere with placental functioning and cross the placenta to target the
fetal brain, prenatal Hg exposure can inhibit fetal growth and development directly and indirectly.
Objectives: We examined potential associations between prenatal Hg exposure assessed...
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postdoctoral fellow-
ship at Brown University and the Miriam Hospital.
J.Z.J.M. is now at the Penn State
Surface geology, seismic data, petroleum exploratory well data, and water well data
have been used to analyze the structural and tectonic history of the southern Willamette
Valley. Tertiary strata beneath the southern Willamette Valley appear to have had an early
Cascade or Clarno volcanic source to the east by the...
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Eocene and have since been rotated clockwise to their present positions.
The cross-cutting pattern of
Presentation as part of the session "Collaborations between Tribal and Non-Tribal Organizations: Sharing Expertise, Knowledge, and Cultural Resources" at the 2015 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums conference hosted by the Association for Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Washington DC, September 11, 2015.
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, libraries and museums.
Miriam Jorgensen, Sustaining Indigenous Culture: The Structure, Activities and Needs