This document contains a biological opinion (Opinion) that was prepared by National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) in accordance with section 7(b) of the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), and implementing regulations at 50 CFR 402.1 It
also contains essential fish habitat (EFH) conservation...
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currently home-ported in
Seattle are NOAA Ships McArthur II, Miller Freeman, and Rainier. OMAO’s newest
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is a key ecological process that can restore nitrogen (N) lost in wildfire and shape the pace and pattern of post-fire forest recovery. To date, there is limited information on how climate and soil fertility interact to influence different pathways of BNF in early forest succession....
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-fire forest communities
STEPHANIE YELENIK,1,3 STEVEN PERAKIS,2 AND DAVID HIBBS1
1Department of Forest