This bibliography contains citations, abstracts or annotations, and keywords for professional publications on water and water-related natural resources of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The specific geographical area covered is the area within a 100 km radius of the mouth of the Rio Grande and within 100 km on each side of the Rio Grande between its mouth and Falcon Dam.
The bibliography was compiled through a manual search of seventeen journals plus Texas Parks and Wildlife Department archives of research reports for the project area. More than thirty years of issues were searched for twelve of the titles. In addition, thirty-one electronic and paper bibliographies were searched, and seventeen libraries were visited.
A master database of over 3,000 citations was compiled and 846 publications were selected for the bibliography. Of these, 717 entries include an abstract or annotation. An index is provided. Each index citation includes first author, date of publication, and the first several words of the title. Areas indexed, keywords, and number of items found for keywords (if more than 30 titles) are - Plants and Animals: Algae [31], plants other than algae [37], oyster [49], shrimp [62], birds [55], fish [151], reptiles [32], endangered species [33];Water Bodies: Arroyo Colorado [50], Laguna Madre [238], Rio Grande [209], groundwater [45]; Habitats: coastal barrier [106], seagrass [57]; Water Quality: water quality [92], metal pollution [32]; Interest Areas: agriculture [52], border issues [31], dredging [37], geology [63], hydrology [74], planning document [55]; State and Federal Agencies: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department [140]; Texas Water Development Board [34], U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [48].
The bibliography was compiled using EndNote Plus-2 for the Macintosh. The electronic version may be searched or converted to other bibliographic database formats by using EndNote search engines for Macintosh, DOS, or Windows.
The Introduction (including a list of libraries and bibliograpies searched, standard keywords, and an index by subject area) may be viewed and printed (for educational purposes only) using Adobe Acrobat software. It is advisable to read this document if keyword searches are to be done. Once you have Adobe Acrobat installed, click HERE to download the Introduction to the bibliography. (Bib_Intr.pdf -- 43K)
End Note or End Note Demo must be used to view, search, or export the bibliography. Once you have downloaded EndNote Demo, Click HERE to download the bibliography. (Bibl.ent -- 1,300 K)
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