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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Horn Island"”.
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Holocene Formation and Evolution of Horn Island, Mississippi, USA
<p>Horn Island, one of the most stable barriers along the Mississippi-Alabama chain, provides critical habitat, helps regulate estuarine conditions in the Mississippi Sound, and reduces wave energy and storm surge for the mainland. This study integrates 2,200 km of high-resolution geophysics, 35 …
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A Vegetation Analysis on Horn Island, Mississippi, ca. 1940 Using Characteristic Dimensions Derived from Historical Aerial Photography
<p>Horn Island is part of the MS/AL barrier island chain in the northern Gulf of Mexico located approximately 18kn off the coast of Mississippi. This island’s habitats have undergone many transitions over the last several decades. The goal of this study was to quantify habitat change over a seventy …
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Response and Recovery of Horn and Petit Bois Islands, Mississippi, USA to Tropical Cyclone Impacts: 2004 – 2016
<p>Horn and Petit Bois islands are two of five Mississippi (MS) barrier islands that provide physical protection from tropical cyclones threatening the MS Gulf Coast, in addition to critical habitat for the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM). In September 2004, Hurricane Ivan removed a large volume of …
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INVESTIGATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF MARINE VIRUSES TO OPTICAL BACKSCATTER IN THE <0.2 µM FRACTION OF SEAWATER
… three areas of the Gulf of Mexico (Petit Bois, Horn Island, Cat Island). Samples were subjected to two size fractionations (0.2 µm, and 30 kDa) where marine viruses are assumed present in thefor 0.2 µm – 30 kDa) of seawater. When examining the contribution of virus scattering to the dissolved …
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Gulf Sturgeon (<i>Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi</i>) Pre-Restoration Occupancy Patterns on Ship Island, Mississippi Sound with an Evaluation of Designated Critical Habitat Use by Eastern and Western Population Segments
… through critical habitat monitored by the Ship Island (SI) acoustic array during overwintering periods from 2011 to 2015 prior to MsCIP SI restoration. An occupancy index analyzed patterns of spatial and temporal habitat use of both western and eastern population segments (WPS and EPS, …