alabama coastal region ecological characterization volume 1 coastal bibliography

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Biological Services Program
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Cover: Sand Island Lighthouse, Mobile County, Alabama
Artist: Ray Rayfield
FWS/OBS-82/21
June 1982
ALABAMA COASTAL REGION ECOLOGICAL CHAR.ACTERIZATION
VOLUME 1
COASTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
by
Patrick E. O'Neil, Maurice F. Mettee,
Elizabeth J. McCullough, Linda A. Acker,
and Danny W. Wilson
Geological Survey of Alabama
P. O. Drawer 0
University, Alabama 35486
Contract No. 14-16-0009-80-1016
Project Officer
Ken Adams
National Coastal Ecosystems Team
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1010 Gause Boulevard
Slidell, LA 70458
Performed for
National Coastal Ecosystems Team
Office of Biological Services
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of Interior
Washington, D.C. 20240
In Cooperation With
Bureau of Land Management
Outer Continental Shelf Office
New Orleans, LA 70130
DISCLAIMER
The opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this report/product are
those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of Biological Services,
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, nor does mention of trade names or
commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the Federal Govern-
ment.
Library of Congress Card Number 82-600554
This report should be cited as follows:
O'Neil, P.E., M.F. Mettee, E.J. McCullough, L.A. Acker, and D.W. Wilson. 1982. Alabama coastal
region ecological characterization. Volume 1. Coastal bibliography. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Office of Biological Services, Washington, D .C. FWS/OBS-82/21. 404 pp.
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PREFACE
In September 1980, the Geological
Survey of Alabama and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service signed a cooperative agree-
ment to conduct a characterization study of
Mobile and Baldwin Counties, Alabama's
coastal counties. The purpose of this study
was to assemble and analyze available data on
the environmental and socioeconomic facets
of coastal Alabama. A second but nevertheless
important responsibility was to identify
geographic areas or disciplines for which
limited information existed .
Primary to the data synthesis portion of
the characterization study was the review and
compilation of all or most of the noteworthy
published and unpublished reports and
available data concerning ongoing studies in
coastal Alabama. Once collected, all refer-
ences were formatted and placed on computer
tape for sorting and retrieval.
Potential users of the coastal Alabama
bibliography include industrial and govern-
mental officials, planners, developers, scien-
tists, and interested citizens. Copies of this
report may be obtained by writing to either
of the following addresses:
Information Transfer Specialist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Coastal Ecosystems Team
1010 Gause Boulevard
Slidell, Louisiana 70458
Geological Survey of Alabama
Publications Sales Office
P.O. Drawer 0
University, Alabama 35486
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CONTENTS
Page
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Literature cited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Subject index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Geographic index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
TABLES
Table 1. FAMULUS format examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Keyword categories and citation examples for the coastal Alabama
information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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INTRODUCTION
formatted, other studies were reviewed and,
when pertinent, added to the bibliography. In
Although small compared to other addition, various local, state and federal
southeastern states, Alabama's coastal area is agencies and colleges and universities were
rich in natural and economic resources. contacted for pertinent information. Agencies
Future development in this high interest and research institutions found to be most
area will undoubtedly result in competition helpful in our information search included the
for space and resources between such activi- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army
ties as recreation, commercial fishing, re- Corps of Engineers, Gulf Coast Research
source development, industrial development, Laboratory, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant
and land use. In order to make responsible Consortium, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Ala-
management decisions concerning the future bama Department of Conservation (including
use of coastal resources, governmental offi- the Marine Resources Laboratory), South
cials, planners, and scientists must have a Alabama Regional Planning Commission, and
broad and extensive information base . the Alabama Coastal Area Board .
The primary goal of the coastal Alabama Information was managed using a
bibliography is to provide such a comprehen- computer-based information storage and
sive information base to potential users of retrieval system known as FAMULUS. Biblio-
Alabama's coastal areas and resources . The graphic entries into the FAMULUS system
bibliography is comprised of published and were formatted according to the following
unpublished studies that describe the socio- scheme:
economic structure and environmental setting
of coastal Alabama. Entries include papers
AUTH author(s)
from professional journals, unpublished theses
DATE date
and dissertations, unpublished open-file re-
TITL title
ports, symposia proceedings, ongoing studies,
SRCE source
and governmental documents. Ideally, the
KEYW keywords
bibliography should be used in conjunction
with the companion reports on socioeco-
All citations followed the Council of
nomic and ecological characterization studies
Biology Editors (CBE) 3rd edition style
for a comprehensive understanding of coastal
manual (1972). Bibliographical sources were
Alabama processes and resources.
abbreviated according to the Biosciences
Information Services (BIOSIS, 1980). In
METHODS
those cases where a source was not listed in
BIOSIS, an abbreviation was constructed by
Information entered into the bibliogra-
using convention in BIOSIS and CBE. For
phy was obtained from a variety of sources . citations involving government agencies, a lo-
Initially, published bibliographies such as
cation of the agency through which the study
those from GURC (Gulf Universities Research
was conducted or where further information
Consortium 1979) and Lipp and Chermock
may be obtained is given, unless the agency
(1975) were used to establish a base reference
publishes a named journal on a regular basis
list. Once this information was verified and
(Table 1).
LITERATURE CITED
Compilation of keywords for bibliogra-
phic entries followed a basic outline for
Biosciences Information Service. 1980. Serial
categorizing citations (Table 2). A locator
sources for the BIOSIS data base.
keyword, if given, confines the study to a
BIOSIS Information Service, Philadel-
particular region such as Mobile County,
Mobile Bay, Mobile Delta, Gulf of Mexico, phia, PA. 325 pp.
etc. A discipline keyword, if given, is used to Council of Biology Editors, Committee on
identify a scientific discipline. For example, Form and Style. 1972. CBE Style Man-
botany, zoology, geology, hydrology, ecolo- ual. Third edition. American Institute
gy, etc. The organism group keywords are of Biological Sciences, Washington,
limited, of course, to biological studies and D.C. 297 pp.
identifies major groups of organisms. For Gulf Universities Research Consortium. 1979.
Alabama coastal zone ecology and water
example, fishes, oysters, birds, or in some
cases a scientific name. Modifying keywords quality data information sources. Marine
Environmental Sciences Consortium,
describe the major theme or processes identi-
fied in the citation. For example, land use, Dauphin Island, Alabama. 247 pp.
taxonomy, distribution, transportation, popu- Lipp, R. L. and R. L. Chermock 1975. A
bibliography of coastal Alabama with
lation, etc.
Most citations conform to the classifica- selected annotations. Alabama Geol.
tion scheme explained above. However, some Survey Bull. 108. 96 pp.
citations did not fit the classification and
consequently were keyworded totally at our
discretion.
Studies cited in the bibliography that
are ongoing in Alabama's coastal area have an
additional field in the citation. Annotations
(ANOT) briefly describe the study to orient
the user to the scope of work.
In the bibliographic listing, entries
are arranged alphabetically by author and/or
agency. Each entry is assigned a citation num-
ber located in the left-hand column.
The keyword index consists of two
parts: (1) a subject index which lists topics
according to discipline and (2) a geographic
index. Following each index keyword is a list
of citation numbers which cross references
the user back to the bibliography.
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Table 1. FAMULUS format examples.
Published Paper
AUTH Swingle, H. A.; Bland, D. G.
DATE 1974
TITL A study of the fishes of the coastal water courses of Alabama.
SRCE Ala. Mar. Resour. Bull. 10:17-102.
KEYW Fishes, Distribution, Zoology
Chapter in a Proceedings
or Symposium
AUTH Vittor, B. A.
DATE 1979
TITL Benthos of the Mobile Bay estuary p. 143-149 in Loyacano, H. A.;
Smith, J. P. (editors), Symposium on the natural resources of the
Mobile estuary, Alabama.
SRCE Alabama Coastal Area Board, Daphne, Alabama
KEYW Benthos, Mobile Bay, Estuaries, Zoology, Ecology
Government Document
AUTH U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
DATE 1980
TITL Final environmental impact statement for four exploratory/appraisal
hydrocarbon wells, Mobile Bay, Alabama .
SRCE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, Alabama,
181 pp.
KEYW Mobile Bay, Environmental Impact Statement, Gas, Geology
Dissertation or
Thesis
AUTH Hemphill, A. F.
DATE 1961
TITL A survey of the fishes of the lower Coastal Plain of Alabama .
SRCE University of Alabama, Ph.D. dissertation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
368 pp.
KEYW Survey, Fishes, Coastal Plain, Zoology, Distribution
Open-File Report
AUTH Christmas, J. Y.; Waller, R. S.
DATE 1975
TITL Location and time of menhaden spawning in the Gulf of Mexico .
SRCE Gulf Coastal Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi Open-
file Report, 20 pp.
KEYW Zoology, Menhaden, Spawning, Larvae, Salinity, Gulf of Mexico
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Table 2. Keyword categories and citation
examples for the coastal Alabama informa-
tion system.
Keyword Citation examples
categories Biological Geological
Locator: Mobile Bay Alabama
Discipline: Ecology Geology
Organism Group: Oysters
Modifiers: Dredging, Oil, gas,
Water quality exploration
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