Human disturbance at water sources of desert bighorn sheep
David M. Leslie Jr., C. L. Douglas
1980, Technical Report CPSU/UNLV 010/12
No abstract available at this time...
A comparison of populations of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in grazed and ungrazed areas in Ivanpah Valley, California
F.B. Turner, P.A. Medica, C.L. Lyons
1980, Report
No abstract available at this time...
Selected vertebrate endangered species of the sea coast of the United States - southern sea otter
R.J. Jameson, B. Csuiti
1980, Report
No abstract available at this time...
Visitor use patterns in Yosemite National Park
J. W. van Wagtendonk
1980, Journal of Travel Research (19) 12-17
After several years of dramatic increases, visitor use in Yosemite National Park has leveled off to an average of 2.4 million visits per year. Coincident with this decline in the growth rate, there have been some changes in visitation trends and patterns. Data collected in the park show that the...
Effect of leaching on apparent digestion coefficients of feedstuffs for salmonids
R. R. Smith, M. C. Peterson, A. C. Allred
1980, Progressive Fish-Culturist (42) 195-199
Fecal excretions were collected from rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) in metabolism chambers. In this method of collection the daily excretion is suspended in about 1 L of water. Aliquots of the suspension were separated into solid and liquid fractions by settling, centrifuging, or filtering. Solid and liquid fractions and the...
Type C botulism losses at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, 1978
R. M. Windingstad, R. M. Duncan, R.L. Drieslein
1980, Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters (68) 208-211
Avian botulism was responsible for the death of over 6,000 waterfowl at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin in 1978. The outbreak occurred in early fall on a flooded 250 hectare fallow agricultural area on the northeast end of the refuge. The species most severely affected was the green-winged teal...
The isolation of a herpes virus from captive cranes with an inclusion body disease
D. E. Docherty, D.J. Henning
1980, Avian Diseases (24) 278-283
A viral agent, identified as a herpesvirus and tentatively called 'inclusion body disease of cranes' (IBDC), was isolated from captive cranes involved in a die-off at the International Crane Foundation near Baraboo, Wisconsin. Preliminary animal susceptibility tests, based on experimental infections, suggested that White Pekin ducklings up to 17 days...
Wilderness permit compliance and validity
J. W. van Wagtendonk, J.M. Benedict
1980, Journal of Forestry (78) 399-401
In Yosemite National Park, 92 percent of the parties using back country areas had permits. Parties without permits were smaller in size and stayed for shorter periods of time. For all parties with permits, 62 percent made changes to their trips. Parties changing their trips in both time and...
Travel time variation on backcountry trails
J. W. van Wagtendonk, J.M. Benedict
1980, Journal of Leisure Research (12) 99-106
Numerous interrelated factors influence the travel times of hikers and riders on backcountry trails. This study sought to quantify those factors which were thought to be most important in affecting trail speeds. The travel times of 897 backpacking parties, 634 day hiking parties, and 111 riding parties were obtained from...
Locality records of Rhinocheilus lecontei in the United States and Mexico
P.A. Medica
1980, Herpetological Review (11) 42
Bordetella bronchiseptica associated with pulmonary disease in mountain voles (Microtus montanus)
Wayne I. Jensen, Ruth M. Duncan
1980, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (16) 11-14
Bordetella bronchiseptica was isolated from the lungs of all of six mountain voles (Microtus montanus) found dead or dying of pulmonary infection near the Bear River Research Station in northern Utah in January, 1973. The possibility of concomitant viral or mycoplasmal infection was not ruled out....
Asian tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934, in North America
G. L. Hoffman
1980, Fisch und Umwelt (Fish and Environment) (8) 69-75
No abstract available at this time...
Epizootiology of fish diseases (Epizootologie der Fischkrankheiten)
S. F. Snieszko
1980, Fisch und Umwelt (Fish and Environment) (8) 1-17
Salmonella meningoencephalomyelitis in a northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinsus)
R. K. Stroud, M.E. Roelke
1980, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (16) 15-18
Salmonella enteritidis was isolated from the brain of a neonatal northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) with gross and microscopic lesions of meningoencephalomyelitis. Microscopic lesions in the liver and lung suggested septicemia....
[Book review] Birds of the Great Plains: breeding species and their distribution, by Paul A. Johnsgard
C. A. Faanes, H.A. Kantrud
1980, Prairie Naturalist (12) 124-125
Review of: Birds of the Great Plains: breeding species and their distribution. Paul A. Johnsgard. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979. ISBN: 0803225504....
Age and growth of rock bass in eastern Lake Ontario
David R. Wolfert
1980, New York Fish and Game Journal (27) 88-90
To test the reliability of current techniques, five biologists appraised the ages of 200 quail from a random sample of wings collected during the 1952-53 hunting season in Alabama. Attempt was made to distinguish adults from juveniles, to ascertain the stage of post-nuptial and post-juvenile molts, and to estimate the...
Epizootic of coccidiosis in free-flying lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)
R. M. Windingstad, M.E. McDonald, Louis N. Locke, S.M. Kerr, J.A. Sinn
1980, Avian Diseases (24) 1044-1049
A coccidiosis epizootic has occurred in lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) at Bluestem Reservoir in eastern Nebraska during the spring in each of three recent years: 1976-1978. Losses peaked during the period from mid-March through April. As much as 29% of the peak population of scaup using the reservoir died. Necropsies...
A quantitative analysis of naiad mollusks from the Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin dredge material site on the Mississippi River
M.E. Havlik, L. L. Marking
1980, Bulletin of American Malacological Union 30-34
The Prairie du Chien dredge material site contains about 100,000 cubic meters of material dredged from the East Channel of the Mississippi Riverin1976. Previous studies in that area suggested a rich molluscan fauna, but most studies were only qualitative or simply observations. Our study of this material was designed...
Potential problems in the registration of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control agents
F. P. Meyer, R. A. Schnick
1980, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (37) 2093-2102
Abstract has not been submitted...
Development of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) larvicides
John H. Howell, John J. Lech, John L. Allen
1980, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (37) 2103-2107
Larvicides are used to control sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Great Lakes. These larvicides are useful because they are more toxic to sea lamprey than fish species found in the same habitat. The lampricides come from two classes of chemical compounds: (1) halonitrophenols, and (2) halonitrosalicylanilides. Selectivity of the...
Effects of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control in the Great Lakes on aquatic plants, invertebrates and amphibians
P.A. Gilderhus, B. G. H. Johnson
1980, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (37) 1895-1905
The chemicals 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) or a combination of TFM and 2a??,5-dichloro-4a??-nitrosalicylanilide (Bayer 73) have been used to control the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Great Lakes for about 20 yr. These chemicals cause some mortalities of Oligochaeta and Hirudinea, immature forms of Ephemeroptera (Hexagenia sp.), and certain Trichoptera, Simuliidae,...
Enumeration of prairie wetlands with Landsat and aircraft data
D.S. Gilmer, E.A. Work Jr., J.E. Colwell, D.L. Rebel
1980, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (46) 631-634
A method is described for making an estimate of wetland numbers in the glaciated prairie region. A double-phase sampling approach is used which consists of first making a total census of wetlands using Landsat data, and then adjusting the Landsat results on the basis of samples derived from high resolution...
The comparison of usage and availability measurements for evaluating resource preference
Douglas H. Johnson
1980, Ecology (61) 65-71
Modern ecological research often involves the comparison of the usage of habitat types or food items to the availability of those resources to the animal. Widely used methods of determining preference from measurements of usage and availability depend critically on the array of components that the researcher, often with a...
Minerals, lands, and geology for the common defence and general welfare, Volume 2, 1879-1904 : A history of geology in relation to the development of public-land, federal-science, and mapping policies and the development of mineral resources in the United States during the first 25 years of the U.S. Geological Survey
Mary C. Rabbitt
1980, Book
In the traditional view of the Survey's first 25 years, which are the subject of much of this volume, John Wesley Powell, with his broad view of science and advanced ideas of land and water in the West, is the heroic figure. Clarence King is dismissed as brilliant but with...
Changes in mortality of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Michigan waters of Lake Superior in relation to sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) predation, 1968-78
Richard L. Pycha
1980, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (37) 2063-2073
Total mortality rates of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) of age VII and older from eastern Lake Superior were estimated from catch curves of age distributions each year in 1968–78. The instantaneous rate of total mortality Z varied from 0.62 to 2.31 in close synchrony with sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) wounding rates on lake...