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Volume 25
Number 1
Summer 2008
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The decline of elkhorn coral at Buck Island Reef National Monument

Protecting the first threatened coral species

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By Ian Lundgren

Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), Buck Island Reef National Monument, U.S. Virgin Islands (credit: NPS/Hank Tonnemacher).
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Coral with white pox disease (credit: Hank Tonnemacher). Basic ecology of elkhorn coral and threats to its survival
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By Ian Lundgren
Feral horses at Assateague Island National Seashore (Maryland and Virginia) (Credit: NPS). Assessing the effects of ungulates on natural resources at Assateague Island National Seashore
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By Mark Sturm
Seabeach amaranth in a protective cage at Assateague Island National Seashore (Maryland and Virginia). Saving the seabeach amaranth
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By Mark Sturm
Case Studies
Box 1 of the Bighorn Sheep Project, 1940–2001, after processing and cataloging. Collaboration of the Natural Resource and Museum programs: A research tool for information archives at Dinosaur National Monument
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 By Lynn Marie Mitchell and Ann Elder
The two virtual learning centers have a similar look and feel, and a nearly identical navigation structure. (Shown is a portion of Web interface for the Learning Center of the American West.) Using virtual Research Learning Centers for disseminating science information about national park resources
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By Tomye Folts-Zettner, Tom Olliff, Cheryl McIntyre, and Tom Porter
Research Reports
Ephemeral pond, Manassas National Battlefield Park (Virginia) (Credit: Todd Lookingbill). Using landscape analysis to evaluate ecological impacts of battlefield restoration
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By Todd R. Lookingbill, Shawn L. Carter, Bryan Gorsira, and Clayton Kingdon
Common depreciative environmental behaviors include littering and defacing natural objects with graffiti (Credit: USDA Forest Service). A behavioral intervention tool for recreation managers
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By Shawn Meghan Burn and Patricia L. Winter
Sharp increase in water released from the Glen Canyon Dam in 1996 to the lower Colorado River (Bureau of Reclamation/Dave Walsh). Adaptive management for natural parks: Considerations for an experimental approach
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By Tony Prato
Researcher sampling mollusk species at Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (Credit: Brett Amy Thelen). Cultivating connection: Incorporating meaningful citizen science into Cape Cod National Seashore’s estuarine research and monitoring programs
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 By Brett Amy Thelen and Rachel K. Thiet
Japanese and downy brome at Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico (Credit: NPS/Gary Willson). Ranking and mapping exotic species at Capulin Volcano and Fort Union national monuments
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By Gary D.Willson, James Stubbendieck, Susan J. Tunnell, and Sunil Narumalani
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