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Alphabetical index of categories: B

a B c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Number of information resources is shown in parentheses after each term.

B -> boron (1) Ba -> barium (1) optical backscatterance sensing -> optical methods (3) backwaters -> wetlands (38) bacteria (12) bahias -> bays (14) bailing stations -> agricultural sites (5) bajadas -> deserts (10) nutrient balance -> nutrient cycling (6) water balance -> water budget (3) banana plantations -> agricultural sites (5) banding -> plant and animal tagging (7) bird banding -> plant and animal tagging (7) bankfull stage -> floods (57) banks (commercial) -> commercial sites (2) banks (seafloor) -> seafloor features (15) barium (1) barns -> agricultural sites (5) barrier reefs -> reefs (15) bars (physiographic) (2) baseline characterization -> field inventory and monitoring (375) basement maps (8) -> maps and atlases WITH bedrock geologic units scientific research bases -> research facilities (4) docking basins -> harbors (4) drainage basins (56) petroleum basins -> mineral deposit areas (76) turning basins -> harbors (4) bathymetric maps -> topographic maps (5) bathymetry (25) bathymetry data -> bathymetry (25) bathymetry measurement (22) bats (11) bayous -> wetlands (38) bays (14) Be -> beryllium (2) beach erosion (28) -> erosion WITH coastal processes beaches (11) bears (8) black bears -> bears (8) grizzly bears -> bears (8) polar bears -> bears (8) beaver dams -> habitats (2) beaver ponds -> lakes (33) bedforms (2) bed forms -> bedforms (2) bed load -> sediment transport (46) bedload -> sediment transport (46) coal bed methane resources -> coalbed methane resources (8) bedrock geologic units (12) dry stream beds -> streams (85) lake beds -> lakes (33) bees -> bees and wasps (3) bees and wasps (3) animal behavior (27) corn belts -> agricultural regions (2) wheat belts -> agricultural regions (2) benches (seafloor) -> seafloor features (15) benchmarks -> field monitoring stations (2) river bends -> bends (river) (1) road bends -> roadways (2) stream bends -> streams (85) wadi bends -> arroyos (2) bends (river) (1) benthic ecosystems (3) benthos (6) beryllium (2) bibliographies (28) bights (1) biking -> recreation (4) bioaccumulation (5) biochemistry (10) biocide contamination -> pesticide and herbicide contamination (23) bioconcentration -> bioaccumulation (5) biodegradation (4) biodiversity (22) bioenergetic processes -> biological and physical processes (714) biogeochemical cycling (13) biogeochemical functioning -> biogeochemical cycling (13) biogeochemical processes -> biogeochemical cycling (13) biogeochemistry -> biochemistry (10) biogeographic regions (66) biogeography (69) biographies -> reports (105) bioinformatics -> biological informatics (4) biological and physical processes (714) biological diversity -> biodiversity (22) biological informatics (4) biological oceanography -> marine biology (21) biological organisms -> organisms (300) biological population management (49) biological productivity (1) biological remediation -> bioremediation (5) biological sciences -> life sciences (417) aquatic biology (55) biology -> life sciences (417) developmental biology (2) marine biology (21) wildlife biology (51) biomes -> biogeographic regions (66) bionomics -> ecology (131) bioremediation (5) biosphere -> ecosystems (259) biostratigraphy (9) biota (2) biotelemetry -> telemetry (12) polychlorinated biphenyls -> industrial pollution (24) bird banding -> plant and animal tagging (7) bird flu -> avian influenza (7) birds (70) water birds -> birds (70) bird watching -> recreation (4) bituminous coal resources -> coal resources (13) black bears -> bears (8) blast furnaces -> industrial sites (2) blizzards (1) algal blooms (3) blowholes -> physiographic features (214) blowouts -> physiographic features (214) boating -> recreation (4) boat landings -> hydrographic structures (33) boat launches -> hydrographic structures (33) boat ramps -> hydrographic structures (33) boat yards -> harbors (4) boatyards -> harbors (4) planetary bodies (10) water bodies -> hydrographic features (260) pools (water bodies) -> lakes (33) bodies of water -> hydrographic features (260) bogs -> wetlands (38) bolide impact -> impact cratering (1) bolides -> meteorites (4) books and book chapters -> reports (105) pamphlets, brochures, and booklets -> reports (105) books and book chapters -> reports (105) borderlands (continental margins) -> continental margins (11) border posts -> buildings (12) borders -> administrative and political boundaries (5) borehole logging (7) borehole temperature logging (1) boron (1) boroughs -> countries, 2nd order divisions (1) botanical gardens -> parks (14) botany (25) ocean bottom characteristics -> sea-floor characteristics (37) bottomlands -> floodplains (2) boulder fields -> physiographic features (214) administrative and political boundaries (5) geographic boundaries -> administrative and political boundaries (5) political boundaries -> administrative and political boundaries (5) boundary regions -> administrative areas (8) brachiopods -> bryozoans and brachiopods (1) bryozoans and brachiopods (1) breakwaters (3) breweries -> commercial sites (2) bridges (2) covered bridges -> bridges (2) bridge scour -> scour (2) pamphlets, brochures, and booklets -> reports (105) brooks -> streams (85) brown tides -> algal blooms (3) bryozoans and brachiopods (1) water budget (3) buffer zones -> administrative areas (8) bugs -> insects (20) buildings (12) capitol buildings (1) civil buildings -> buildings (12) embassy buildings -> buildings (12) exhibition buildings -> buildings (12) government buildings -> buildings (12) legation buildings -> buildings (12) production buildings -> industrial sites (2) public buildings -> buildings (12) building stone resources (4) composite burn index (1) -> fire damage WITH remote sensing normalized burn ratio (1) -> fire damage WITH remote sensing controlled burns -> controlled fires (1) burns (hydrographic) -> streams (85) bushes -> shrublands (2) business and economics (10) business centers -> commercial sites (2) butterflies and moths (3)

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