Squamous cell carcinoma in a free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
R. K. Stroud, Terry E. Amundson
1983, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (19) 162-164
No abstract available....
Outbreak of avian cholera on the wintering grounds of the Mississippi Valley Canada goose flock
R. M. Windingstad, R. M. Duncan, D. Thornburg
1983, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (19) 95-97
Avian cholera is reported for the first time in Canada geese, Branta canadensis, of the Mississippi Valley population. The disease was detected in weekly surveillance transects and was responsible to the loss of about 850 geese during the winter of 1978–1979 at localized areas in southern Illinois. Necropsies performed on 480...
Research note: Isolation of a herpesvirus from a bald eagle nestling
D. E. Docherty, R.I. Romaine, R.L. Knight
1983, Avian Diseases (27) 1162-1165
Cloacal swabs collected from wild bald eagle nestlings (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) were tested for viruses. A virus isolated from one of these samples had a lipid coat and contained DNA. Electron microscopy confirmed that it was a herpesvirus. This appears to be the first report of a herpesvirus isolation from a...
Waterbird mortality from botulism type E in Lake Michigan: An update
Christopher J. Brand, Ruth M. Duncan, Scott P. Garrow, Dan Olson, Leonard E. Schumann
1983, The Wilson Bulletin (95) 269-275
Three outbreaks of botulism type E occurring in waterbirds on Lake Michigan since autumn 1976 are discussed. Natural ingestion of food containing type E toxin by Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis) and the presence of type E toxin in blood from moribund gulls were demonstrated. Concurrent presence of type C and...
The white pelican (Pelicanus erythrorhynchos) as a host of Pelecanectes apunctatus (Acarina: Hypoderidae)
B.N. Tuggle
1983, Journal of Parasitology (69) 1083-1083
Several species of nymphs from the family Hypoderidae have been reported from pelecaniform birds (Cerny, 1969, Folia Parasit. (Praha) 16:271-274; Pence, 1972, J. Med. Ent. 9: 435-438; Pence and Courtney, 1973, J. Parasitol. 59: 711-718); however, there are no records from the white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. I report here the...
An updated Bouguer anomaly map of south-central West Africa
David A. Hastings
1983, Geophysics (48) 1120-1128
A new Bouguer gravity anomaly map compiled for western Africa adds data for Ghana, Guinea, and Liberia.The new data add detail to a key part of the Eburnean shield and assist in the development of a model of rifting at the time of the Eburnean orogeny, 2000 million years ago....
Preliminary evaluation of Ivermectin for control of Psoroptes ovis in Desert Bighorn Sheep
H.G. Kinzer, W.P. Meleney, Robert E. Lange Jr., W.E. Houghton
1983, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (19) 52-54
No abstract available....
Tetrameres grusi (Nemotoda: Tetrameridae) from foster-raised whooping crane
B.N. Tuggle
1983, Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington (50) 332-332
No abstract available....
Detection of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in river water and demonstration of waterborne transmission
Daniel M. Mulcahy, Ronald J. Pascho, C.K. Jenes
1983, Journal of Fish Diseases (6) 321-330
In a study of the possible role of waterborne infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus in transmission of the disease among spawning sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum), both infection rates and virus titres were higher in fish held at high density in a side channel than in fish in the adjacent river....
Afternoon closure of hunting and recovery rates of mallards banded in Minnesota
Ronald E. Kirby, James E. Hines, James D. Nichols
1983, Journal of Wildlife Management (47) 209-213
No abstract available. ...
Size variation of ungraded and graded channel catfish reared in cages
Donald C. Greenland, W.R. Robison, S.H. Newton
1983, Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings (37) 34-35
From the U.S. Department of Interior
G.S. Gutsell
1983, Trout Growers Creel (16) 12-13
Nontronite from a low-temperature hydrothermal system on the Juan de Fuca Ridge
R. Murnane, D.A. Clague
1983, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (65) 343-352
A deposit of Fe-rich, Al-poor, hydrothermal nontronite was recovered from the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Analyses show the deposit to be mineralogically and chemically similar to nontronite described at other oceanic localities. The deposit is located near the tip of a...
Calculation of amorphous silica solubilities at 25° to 300°C and apparent cation hydration numbers in aqueous salt solutions using the concept of effective density of water
Robert O. Fournier, Marshall L. Williams
1983, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (47) 587-596
The solubility of amorphous silica in aqueous salt solutions at 25° to 300°C can be calculated using information on its solubility in pure water and a model in which the activity of water in the salt solution is defined to equal the effective density. pe, of “free” water in that solution....
Snow and ice in a changing hydrological world
M. F. Meier
1983, Hydrological Sciences Journal (28) 3-22
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, the 100th and 50th anniversaries of the First and Second International Polar Years, and the 25th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year, it seems appropriate to re-examine the world's water balance and the role of snow...
Characteristics of resuspended sediment from Georges Bank collected with a sediment trap
C.M. Parmenter, Michael H. Bothner, B. Butman
1983, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (17) 521-533
A sediment trap was deployed 3 m from the bottom at a water depth of 62 m on the southern flank of Georges Bank (41°02·2′N, 67°33·5′W) from 30 September 1978 to 10 March 1979 to qualitatively determine the size of sediments resuspended from the bottom by winter storms and to...
The use of sagebrush (Artemisia) as a biogeochemical indicator of base-metal deposits in Precambrian rocks of west-central Colorado
T.G. Lovering, J. A. Hedal
1983, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (18) 205-230
The efficacy of sagebrush (Artemisia) as a biogeochemical indicator of base-metal mineralization in stratabound Precambrian ore deposits in west-central Colorado was investigated by collecting new (mostly flowering) growth from several sagebrush shrubs over and near five such deposits in three different areas. These are the Sedalia mine and two mines...
Variable tolerance to copper in two species from San Francisco Bay
Samuel N. Luoma, D.J. Cain, K. Ho, A. Hutchinson
1983, Marine Environmental Research (10) 209-222
In static toxicity experiments, tolerance to soluble Cu of the bivalve, Macoma balthica, and the copepod, Acartia clausi, varied substantially among populations sampled within San Francisco Bay. Intraspecific tolerance differed ten-fold or more for both species over relatively small distances, suggesting geographical isolation of populations is not a prerequisite for...
Nucleation and growth of strike slip faults in granite
P. Segall, D.P. Pollard
1983, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (88) 555-568
Fractures within granodiorite of the central Sierra Nevada, California, were studied to elucidate the mechanics of faulting in crystalline rocks, with emphasis on the nucleation of new fault surfaces and their subsequent propagation and growth. Within the study area the fractures form a single, subparallel array which strikes N50°–70°E and...
Submarine hydrothermal metamorphism of the Del Puerto ophiolite, California
Russell C. Evarts, Peter Schiffman
1983, American Journal of Science (283) 289-340
No abstract available....
Introduction: seismology and earthquake engineering in Central and South America.
A. F. Espinosa
1983, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (15) 4-6
Reports the state-of-the-art in seismology and earthquake engineering that is being advanced in Central and South America. Provides basic information on seismological station locations in Latin America and some of the programmes in strong-motion seismology, as well as some of the organizations involved in these activities.-from Author...
Can the earth be dated from decay of its magnetic field?.
G. B. Dalrymple
1983, Journal of Geological Education (31) 124-133
Thomas G. Barnes, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Texas, El Paso, and a creationist, argues that the geomagnetic field was created by unknown processes at the time of creation of the earth and has been decaying irreversibly and exponentially, with a half-life of about 1400 years,...
Reinterpretation of the exposed record of the last two cycles of Lake Bonneville, Western United States
W. E. Scott, W.D. McCoy, R. R. Shroba, M. Rubin
1983, Quaternary Research (20) 261-285
A substantially modified history of the last two cycles of Lake Bonneville is proposed. The Bonneville lake cycle began prior to 26,000 yr B.P.; the lake reached the Bonneville shoreline about 16,000 yr B.P. Poor dating control limits our knowledge of the timing of subsequent events. Lake level was maintained...
Correlation of Alaskan varve thickness with climatic parameters, and use in paleoclimatic reconstruction
J.A. Perkins, J.D. Sims
1983, Quaternary Research (20) 308-321
The thickness of varves in the sediments of Skilak Lake, Alaska, are correlated with the mean annual temperature (r = 0.574), inversely correlated with the mean annual cumulative snowfall (r = -0.794), and not correlated with the mean annual precipitation (r = 0.202) of the southern Alaska climatological division for...
A quantitative comparison of Soil Development in four climatic regimes
J.W. Harden, E. M. Taylor
1983, Quaternary Research (20) 342-359
A new quantitative Soil Development Index based on field data has been applied to chronosequences formed under different climatic regimes. The four soil chronosequences, developed primarily on sandy deposits, have some numeric age control and are located in xeric-inland (Merced, Calif.), xeric-coastal (Ventura, Calif.), aridic (Las Cruces, N. Mex.), and...