Land-Use Change: 2006 Publications

Alvarez-Castaneda, S.T., Cortes-Calva, P., Mendez, L., and Ortega-Rubio, A.  Development in the Sea of Cortes calls for mitigation.  BioScience 56(10): 825-829, 2006.

Handler, N.B., Payran, A., Higgins, C.P., Luthy, R.G., and Boehm, A.B.  Human development is linked to multiple water body impairments along the California coast.  Estuaries and Coasts 29(5): 860-870, 2006.

Kamel, S.J. and Mrosovsky, N.  Deforestation: Risk of sex ratio distortion in hawksbill sea turtles.  Ecological Applications 16(3): 923-931, 2006.

Kirby-Smith, W.W. and White, N.M.  Bacterial contamination associated with estuarine shoreline development.  Journal of Applied Microbiology 100(4): 648-657, 2006.

Lee, S.Y., Dunn, R.J.K., Young, R.A., Connolly, R.M., Dale, P.E.R., Dehayr, R., Lemckert, C.J., McKinnon, S., Powell, B., Teasdale, P.R., and Welsh, D.T.  Impact of urbanization on coastal wetland structure and function.  Austral Ecology 31(2): 149-163, 2006.

McKinney, R.A., McWilliams, S.R., and Charpentier, M.A.  Waterfowl-habitat associations during winter in an urban North Atlantic estuary.  Biological Conservation 132(2): 239-249, 2006.

Seitz, R.D., Lipcius, R.N., Olmstead, N.H., Seebo, M.S., and Lambert, D.M.  Influence of shallow-water habitats and shoreline development on abundance, biomass, and diversity of benthic prey and predators in Chesapeake Bay.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 326: 11-27, 2006.
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Shirley, L.J. and Battaglia, L.L.  Assessing vegetation change in coastal landscapes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico.  Wetlands 26(4): 1057-1070, 2006.