Human-Dominated Ecosystems

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Human-Dominated Ecosystems

Richard Gallagher and Betsy Carpenter
Science 25 July 1997: 485.
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ECOLOGY:
Extinction on the High Seas

David Malakoff
Science 25 July 1997: 486-488.
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ECOLOGY:
Seas Yield a Bounty of Species

David Malakoff
Science 25 July 1997: 487.
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ECOLOGY:
'No-Take' Zones Spark Fisheries Debate

Karen F. Schmidt
Science 25 July 1997: 489-491.
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ECOLOGY:
Brighter Prospects for the World's Coral Reefs?

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 25 July 1997: 491-493.
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Articles

Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems

Peter M. Vitousek, Harold A. Mooney, Jane Lubchenco, and Jerry M. Melillo
Science 25 July 1997: 494-499.
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Biotic Control over the Functioning of Ecosystems

F. Stuart Chapin, III, Brian H. Walker, Richard J. Hobbs, David U. Hooper, John H. Lawton, Osvaldo E. Sala, and David Tilman
Science 25 July 1997: 500-504.
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Agricultural Intensification and Ecosystem Properties

P. A. Matson, W. J. Parton, A. G. Power, and M. J. Swift
Science 25 July 1997: 504-509.
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The Management of Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems

Louis W. Botsford, Juan Carlos Castilla, and Charles H. Peterson
Science 25 July 1997: 509-515.
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Hopes for the Future: Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology

Andy P. Dobson, A. D. Bradshaw, and A. J. M. Baker
Science 25 July 1997: 515-522.
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Forests as Human-Dominated Ecosystems

Ian R. Noble and Rodolfo Dirzo
Science 25 July 1997: 522-525.
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This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
The Scientific Underpinning of Policy

Gro Harlem Brundtland
Science 25 July 1997: 457.
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 AAAS News & Notes

Science 25 July 1997: 581-582.

News and Comment

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY:
Showdown Over Clean Air Science

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 25 July 1997: 466-469.
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY:
Researchers and Lawmakers Clash Over Access to Data

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 25 July 1997: 467.
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY:
Puzzling Over a Potential Killer's Modus Operandi

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 25 July 1997: 469.
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APPROPRIATIONS BILLS:
NIH Leads Research Gains As Congress Picks Up Pace

Andrew Lawler, Eliot Marshall, Jeffrey Mervis, and Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 25 July 1997: 470-471.
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ANIMALS IN RESEARCH:
Chimp Retirement Plan Proposed

Wade Roush
Science 25 July 1997: 471.
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BIOTECHNOLOGY:
European Parliament Backs New Biopatent Guidelines

Nigel Williams
Science 25 July 1997: 472.
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SCIENCE ADVICE:
Academy Seeks Government Help to Fight Openness Law

Andrew Lawler
Science 25 July 1997: 473.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

Science 25 July 1997: 483.
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Research News

COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY:
High-Speed Materials Design

Robert F. Service
Science 25 July 1997: 474-475.
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PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE:
Biologists Cut Reductionist Approach Down to Size

Nigel Williams
Science 25 July 1997: 476-477.
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COMPUTER SCIENCE:
Model Explains Internet 'Storms'

Charles Seife
Science 25 July 1997: 477.
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GENOMES:
Gram-Positive Bacterium Sequenced

Nigel Williams
Science 25 July 1997: 478.
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ASTROPHYSICS:
Meteorite Grains Trace Wandering Stars

David Ehrenstein
Science 25 July 1997: 478.
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SOLAR PHYSICS:
SOHO Probes the Sun's Turbulent Neighborhood

Alexander Hellemans
Science 25 July 1997: 479.
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BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS:
How Jet-Lag Hormone Does Double Duty in the Brain

Marcia Barinaga
Science 25 July 1997: 480.
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QUANTUM MECHANICS:
Quantum Spookiness Wins, Einstein Loses in Photon Test

Andrew Watson
Science 25 July 1997: 481.
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Letters

"The search should begin ..."

Science 25 July 1997: 459-463.
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 "Snowballs" from Space?

Catherine Pilachowski, Nalin Samarasinha, and Beatrice Mueller
Science 25 July 1997: 459-463.
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 The Purpose of Glycolysis

Steven Sparks
Science 25 July 1997: 459-463.
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 Sickle Cell Anemia Research and a Recombinant DNA Technique

Andrzej Stasiak, Stephen C. West, Edward H. Egelman;, and Eric B. Kmiec;
Science 25 July 1997: 459-463.
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 Synergistic Effect of Environmental Estrogens: Report Withdrawn

John A. McLachlan
Science 25 July 1997: 459-463.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

Science 25 July 1997: 459-463.
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Books et al.

A Paradigm in Conservation Biology

Peter F. Brussard
Science 25 July 1997: 527-528.
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Assessing Assessments

John C. Bailar III
Science 25 July 1997: 528-529.
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Browsings

Science 25 July 1997: 529.
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Perspectives

OPTICAL MATERIALS:
High Gains for Polymer Dynamic Holography

Dana Z. Anderson
Science 25 July 1997: 530-531.
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BIOMEDICINE:
Enhanced: Proinsulin C-Peptide-Biological Activity?

Donald F. Steiner and Arthur H. Rubenstein
Science 25 July 1997: 531-532.
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ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY:
Nuclide Production by Cosmic Rays During the Last Ice Age

Edouard Bard
Science 25 July 1997: 532-533.
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SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION:
Update: PtdIns(3,4,5)P₃ Gets Its Message Across

Brian A. Hemmings
Science 25 July 1997: 534.
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Tech.Sight

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Reports

Social Dilemmas and Internet Congestion

Bernardo A. Huberman and Rajan M. Lukose
Science 25 July 1997: 535-537.
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Chlorine-36 in Fossil Rat Urine: An Archive of Cosmogenic Nuclide Deposition During the Past 40,000 Years

Mitchell A. Plummer, Fred M. Phillips, June Fabryka-Martin, H. J. Turin, Peter E. Wigand, and Pankaj Sharma
Science 25 July 1997: 538-541.
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Evidence for a Large-Scale Reorganization of Early Cambrian Continental Masses by Inertial Interchange True Polar Wander

Joseph L. Kirschvink, Robert L. Ripperdan, and David A. Evans
Science 25 July 1997: 541-545.
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Large Enhancement of Magnetoresistance in Tl₂Mn₂O₇: Pyrochlore Versus Perovskite

A. P. Ramirez and M. A. Subramanian
Science 25 July 1997: 546-549.
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Spontaneous Oscillation and Self-Pumped Phase Conjugation in a Photorefractive Polymer Optical Amplifier

A. Grunnet-Jepsen, C. L. Thompson, and W. E. Moerner
Science 25 July 1997: 549-552.
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Formation of a Silicate L₃ Phase with Continuously Adjustable Pore Sizes

K. M. McGrath, D. M. Dabbs, N. Yao, I. A. Aksay, and S. M. Gruner
Science 25 July 1997: 552-556.
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A Di-Acidic Signal Required for Selective Export from the Endoplasmic Reticulum

Noriyuki Nishimura and William E. Balch
Science 25 July 1997: 556-558.
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Bcl-2: Prolonging Life in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Vladimir Kostic, Vernice Jackson-Lewis, Fabienne de Bilbao, Michel Dubois-Dauphin, and Serge Przedborski
Science 25 July 1997: 559-563.
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Prevention of Vascular and Neural Dysfunction in Diabetic Rats by C-Peptide

Y. Ido, A. Vindigni, K. Chang, L. Stramm, R. Chance, W. F. Heath, R. D. DiMarchi, E. Di Cera, and J. R. Williamson
Science 25 July 1997: 563-566.
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Dual Role of Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate in the Activation of Protein Kinase B

David Stokoe, Leonard R. Stephens, Terry Copeland, Piers R. J. Gaffney, Colin B. Reese, Gavin F. Painter, Andrew B. Holmes, Frank McCormick, and Phillip T. Hawkins
Science 25 July 1997: 567-570.
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Transmission of Hepatitis C by Intrahepatic Inoculation with Transcribed RNA

Alexander A. Kolykhalov, Eugene V. Agapov, Keril J. Blight, Kathleen Mihalik, Stephen M. Feinstone, and Charles M. Rice
Science 25 July 1997: 570-574.
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Mitosis in Living Budding Yeast: Anaphase A But No Metaphase Plate

Aaron F. Straight, Wallace F. Marshall, John W. Sedat, and Andrew W. Murray
Science 25 July 1997: 574-578.
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