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*Bateman, H. A., Jr. 1965. Clapper rail ( Rallus longirostrus ) studies 



on Grand Terre Island, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Louisiana Wild 



Life and Fisheries Commission, Baton Rouge. 144 pp. 



The objectives of the study were to investigate and develop meth- 

 ods of trapping, field marking, and external sexing and aging of 

 clapper rails. Fall food habits, internal parasites, censusing, 

 and nesting of clapper rails on Grand Terre Island were also in- 

 vestigated. 



Grand Isle 



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 *Behre, E. H. 1950. Annotated list of the fauna of the Grand Island 

 region. Louisiana State University, Occasional Papers of Marine 

 Laboratory No. 6:1-66. 



Provides a comprehensive list of the fauna of the Grand Isle 

 region, along with a list of associated flora. 



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Conatser, W. E. 1969. The Grand Isle barrier island complex. Ph.D. 



Thesis. Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. 262 pp. 



(Dissertation Abstracts 30:3759-B.) 



Examines the composition and geography of the Grand Isle barrier 

 island complex. 



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 *Conatser, W. E. 1971. Grand Isle: a barrier island in the Gulf of 

 Mexico. Geological Society of America Bulletin 82(11 ) :3049-3068. 



Discusses the geomorphology, sediment characteristics, and stra- 

 tigraphy of Grand Isle, Louisiana. 



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