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Invertebrates Section from Our Living Resources with overview and selected articles with emphasis on insects including general insect information, butterflies, grasshoppers, and stoneflies, plus articles on Illinois cave biota and mussels. (Score: 1.000)

Mollusks Information on mollusks and uses of the identification of fossil mollusks in the fields of biostratigraphy, geochronology, paleocoeanography, paleoecology and ecosystems history. Links to experts and related USGS projects. (Score: 1.000)

National analysis of trace elements in ground water, streams, stream and reservoir sediment, and fish and clam tissue across the United States Trace elements are inorganic chemicals occurring in small amounts in nature. This web site of the National Water-Quality Assessment links to U.S. data, publications, news, and other sites on trace metals, metalloids and radionuclides in water. (Score: 0.690)

Nonindigenous Mollusk Distribution Information Descriptions and examples of deleterious effects of nonindigenous species with links to distribution maps, species lists and related information. (Score: 0.690)

Aquatic ecosystems Overview of chapter Aquatic Ecosystems in publication Our Living Resources, with links to articles on habitat changes, river biota, freshwater fish populations, marine and freshwater algae, protozoa, contaminants in fish,and freshwater gastropods. (Score: 0.606)

Salinity variation in an estuary used for oyster cultivation in southeastern North Carolina during the passover of the eye of Hurricane Bertha Review of a study monitoring changes in salinity in Alligator Bay, NC during a 1996 hurricane due to the influx of fresh and saltwarer and the effect it would have on oyster aquaculture. (Score: 0.433)

Center for Aquatic Resource Studies - ongoing research Descriptions of selected ongoing projects with links to a complete list and associated descriptions. Includes studies on environmental contaminants and effects on the health of fish, gambusia, mussels, alligators and animals of the Everglades. (Score: 0.413)

Center for Aquatic Resource Studies - poster presentations Poster presentations for Center for Aquatic Resource Studies projects related to Greater Everglades, marine and coastal studies, manatees, coastal ecology, nonindigenous species, mussels, and herpetology. (Score: 0.413)

Nonindigenous Plants and Animals Program Brief descriptions of programs of research on aquatic nonindigenous plants and animals at the Florida Integrated Science Centers with links to descriptions, videos, posters, and reports on various exotic plant and animals species. (Score: 0.413)

Restoration Ecology for Southeast ecosystems Overview of research at the Restoration Ecology facility on sustainable restoration of South Floridas greater Everglades and coastal ecosystems. Includes links study of birds, snails, and alligators, ecological modeling, photos, and posters. (Score: 0.413)

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Definition: Solitary invertebrates belonging to the phylum Mollusca, characterized by a nonsegmented body that is bilaterally symmetrical and by a radially or biradially symmetrical mantle and shell. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]