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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 (39) bacteria (12) bahias -> bays (14) bailing stations -> agricultural sites (5) bajadas -> deserts (11) nutrient balance -> nutrient cycling (6) water balance -> water budget (4) banana plantations -> agricultural sites (5) banding -> plant and animal tagging (7) bird banding -> plant and animal tagging (7) bankfull stage -> floods (60) 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 (328) basement maps (8) -> maps and atlases WITH bedrock geologic units scientific research bases -> research facilities (4) docking basins -> harbors (4) drainage basins (62) petroleum basins -> mineral deposit areas (82) turning basins -> harbors (4) bathymetric maps -> topographic maps (5) bathymetry (25) bathymetry data -> bathymetry (25) bathymetry measurement (22) bats (11) bayous -> wetlands (39) bays (14) Be -> beryllium (2) beach erosion (28) -> erosion WITH coastal processes beaches (13) bears (9) black bears -> bears (9) grizzly bears -> bears (9) polar bears -> bears (9) beaver dams -> habitats (2) beaver ponds -> lakes (36) bedforms (2) bed forms -> bedforms (2) bed load -> sediment transport (47) bedload -> sediment transport (47) coal bed methane resources -> coalbed methane resources (8) bedrock geologic units (12) dry stream beds -> streams (95) lake beds -> lakes (36) 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 (95) wadi bends -> arroyos (2) bends (river) (1) benthic ecosystems (3) benthos (6) beryllium (2) bibliographies (28) bights (1) biking -> recreation (6) bioaccumulation (5) biochemistry (10) biocide contamination -> pesticide and herbicide contamination (24) bioconcentration -> bioaccumulation (5) biodegradation (4) biodiversity (23) bioenergetic processes -> biological and physical processes (280) biogeochemical cycling (10) biogeochemical functioning -> biogeochemical cycling (10) biogeochemical processes -> biogeochemical cycling (10) biogeochemistry -> biochemistry (10) biogeographic regions (69) biogeography (72) biographies -> reports (106) bioinformatics -> biological informatics (4) biological and physical processes (280) biological diversity -> biodiversity (23) biological informatics (4) biological oceanography -> marine biology (21) biological organisms -> organisms (96) biological population management (50) biological productivity (1) biological remediation -> bioremediation (5) biological sciences -> life sciences (383) aquatic biology (56) biology -> life sciences (383) developmental biology (2) marine biology (21) wildlife biology (52) biomes -> biogeographic regions (69) bionomics -> ecology (132) bioremediation (5) biosphere -> ecosystems (103) biostratigraphy (9) biota (2) biotelemetry -> telemetry (13) polychlorinated biphenyls -> industrial pollution (26) bird banding -> plant and animal tagging (7) bird flu -> avian influenza (7) birds (70) water birds -> birds (70) bird watching -> recreation (6) bituminous coal resources -> coal resources (14) black bears -> bears (9) blast furnaces -> industrial sites (3) blizzards (1) algal blooms (3) blowholes -> physiographic features (212) blowouts -> physiographic features (212) boating -> recreation (6) boat landings -> hydrographic structures (35) boat launches -> hydrographic structures (35) boat ramps -> hydrographic structures (35) boat yards -> harbors (4) boatyards -> harbors (4) planetary bodies (10) water bodies -> hydrographic features (245) pools (water bodies) -> lakes (36) bodies of water -> hydrographic features (245) bogs -> wetlands (39) bolide impact -> impact cratering (1) bolides -> meteorites (4) books and book chapters -> reports (106) pamphlets, brochures, and booklets -> reports (106) books and book chapters -> reports (106) borderlands (continental margins) -> continental margins (11) border posts -> buildings (11) 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 (212) administrative and political boundaries (5) geographic boundaries -> administrative and political boundaries (5) political boundaries -> administrative and political boundaries (5) boundary regions -> administrative areas (3) Br -> bromine (1) 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 (106) bromine (1) brooks -> streams (95) brown tides -> algal blooms (3) bryozoans and brachiopods (1) water budget (4) buffer zones -> administrative areas (3) bugs -> insects (20) buildings (11) capitol buildings (1) civil buildings -> buildings (11) embassy buildings -> buildings (11) exhibition buildings -> buildings (11) government buildings -> buildings (11) legation buildings -> buildings (11) production buildings -> industrial sites (3) public buildings -> buildings (11) 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 (2) burns (hydrographic) -> streams (95) bushes -> shrublands (2) business and economics (10) business centers -> commercial sites (2) butterflies and moths (3)

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