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Atlantic crossings
Thesis (S.M. in Science Writing)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, 2003.
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Growth and Reproduction of Atlantic Chub Mackerel (<i>Scomber colias</i>) in the Northwest Atlantic
<p>Recent efforts to manage Atlantic Chub Mackerel (<em>Scomber colias</em>) in the northwest Atlantic have necessitated the description of the stocks life-history characteristics. The purpose of this study was to address the absence of regional information on growth and reproduction. Growth models …
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Molecular Population Genetics of the Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab, Uca Pugilator, Along the Atlantic Coast
<p>Author's abstract: The Atlantic sand fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, is an extremely abundant fiddler crab found along the eastern and Gulf coast of the United States. Fiddler crabs have a life cycle with an obligatory planktonic larval phase of 30-90 days, which might be expected to lead to …
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Plutonium isotopes in the North Atlantic
… trap material and sea water from the North Atlantic. With the m.s. technique, not only is the detection limit for 239,240Pu increased by over an order-of-magnitude, but the 240Pu and 239Pu isotopes can be separated as well. The increased sensitivity for Pu provided by m.s. allowed me to …
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Plutonium isotopes in the North Atlantic
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 1986.
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Population structure of Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus L., in the northeast Atlantic using phenotypic and molecular approaches
… Thus, the population genetic structure of Atlantic herring remains undefined. Three sets of phenotypic (meristics, morphometries, otolith shape) and molecular (allozymes, mitochondrial DNA RFLPs, micro satellites) markers were simultaneously used to investigate the morphological and genetic …
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Media relations between the hotel casino industry of Atlantic City, New Jersey and The Press of Atlantic City
… practitioners, specifically those in the Atlantic City hotel casino industry, from the point of view of media representatives. Secondly, how do public relations practitioners view the relationship between their organizations and similar organizations with local media? Next, what can an …
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The influence of the Atlantic Meridional Mode on the frequency, duration, and intensity of tropical North Atlantic cyclones
This paper describes the Atlantic Meridional Mode (AMM) and its influence on tropical storm activity in the North Atlantic Basin. The Atlantic Meridional Mode is the oscillating sea- surface temperature (SST) gradient anomaly between the Northern Hemisphere (NH) and Southern Hemisphere (SH) …
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Dynamics of North Atlantic western boundary currents
… the distribution of heat and carbon in the North Atlantic, with consequences for global climate. This thesis employs a combination of theory, observations and models to probe the dynamics of these two western boundary currents. First, to diagnose the dynamical balance of the Gulf Stream, a …
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Creek diplomacy in an imperial Atlantic world
<p>"Creek Diplomacy in an Imperial Atlantic World," argues that Creek leaders saw opportunities for Creek peoples to play an important political and economic role in the Atlantic world even while the Confederacy itself was still forming. This study explores Creek participation in the Atlantic world …
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Human activities in the deep North Atlantic
… of human activities in the deep North East Atlantic, OSPAR Maritime Area, revealed that during 2005 bottom-trawl fisheries affected an area of seafloor at least one order of magnitude greater than all the other the activities in the study combined. It was also found that identifying data …
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Pleistocene Terraces of The Atlantic Coastal Plain
<p>Pleistocene terraces on the Atlantic Coastal Plain have been recognized since the late 1800's, and from four to seven terraces have been described throughout Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. These terraces are now named Brandywine, Coharie, Sunderland, Wicomico, …
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Capital budgeting practices in the Atlantic region
… concept of capital budgeting practices in the Atlantic region. The study consists of some theoretical considerations on the subject. It also reports on the results of a survey carried out by questionnaire. This questionnaire was forwarded to 80 firms in the Atlantic region."
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Aspects of the late Atlantic Iron Age
The Scottish Atlantic Iron Age is recognised as falling into four periods, the EIA, MIA, LIA I and LIA II. Least is known of the LIA I, the immediate post-broch period. Original analysis of the C-14 record confirms these divisions; they result as a combination of the effects of the Trondheim …
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Geographic aspects of American atlantic overseas airways
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Wind variability over the southeast Atlantic Ocean
… of low-level winds over the southeast Atlantic Ocean is investigated using high-resolution satellite derived QuikSCA T wind data spanning a 5- year period from August 1999 to July 2004. Wavelet analysis is applied to 20-70 day bandpass filtered zonal and meridional wind time series over …
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The redevelopment of Boston's Atlantic Avenue waterfront
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1955.
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Meridional circulation in the tropical North Atlantic
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1992.
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The design of a Trans-Atlantic airplane
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering, 1919.
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