An elutriation apparatus for macroinvertebrates
Joseph M. Worswick Jr., Michael T. Barbour
1974, Limnology and Oceanography (19) 538-540
An inexpensive hydropneumatic apparatus screens macroinvertebrates from bottom samples containing silt, mud, or clay. The elutriator, an acrylic cylinder with screened windows, cemented on an upright plastic funnel, retains benthic fauna while the sediment is washed away. The apparatus yields clean samples and has reduced the time required to sort...
Effect of acclimation temperature and heat shock on vulnerability of fry of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) to predation
Thomas G. Yocom, Thomas A. Edsall
1974, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (31) 1503-1506
Fry of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) acclimated to 10, 15, and 18 C were exposed to temperatures of 24.5, 25, and 28 C for 1 min and then immediately returned to water at their acclimation temperature, in test tanks containing yearling yellow perch (Perca flavescens). The number of attacks on the fry and...
Short-term fate of dietary dieldrin in the digestive tract of juvenile lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
Donald J. Stewart, Roy A. Stein
1974, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (11) 563-566
Short-term fate of dietary dieldrin in the digestive tract of fishes is poorly known. Studies of the uptake, distribution, and elimination of chlorinated hydrocarbons have suggested that uptake or degradation is rapid in the intestine (GROSS 1969; MACEK et al. 1970; GRZENDA et al. 1970, 1971). The present study was...
Residues of DDT in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) from the Great Lakes
Robert E. Reinert, Harold L. Bergman
1974, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (31) 191-199
Concentrations of DDT residues were higher in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) from southern Lake Michigan in 1966–70 (average 18.1 ppm in fish 558–684 mm long) than in lake trout of the same size-class from Lake Superior in 1968–69 (4.4 ppm), and higher in adult coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) from Lake Michigan in 1968–71...
Immature insects (Plecoptera, Trichoptera, and Ephemeroptera) collected from deep water in western Lake Superior
James H. Selgeby
1974, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (31) 109-111
Five species of aquatic insects - two plecopterans, two trichopterans, and one ephemeropteran - usually found in streams or ponds were collected in water 32-100 m deep in western Lake Superior. All appear to be new records for the lake and all were collected from far greater depths than previously...
Earthquake history of Minnesota
C. A. von Hake
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 28-29
French traders and missionaries were active in the region that is now Minnesota as early as the 1650's; however, settlement proceeded slowly and the area was not organized as a territory until 1849. Minnesota was admitted to the Union as the 32nd State on May 11, 1858. the earthquake history...
Comparative toxicity of two Iodophors to rainbow trout eggs
Donald F. Amend
1974, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (103) 73-78
Toxicity of Wescodyne(R) and Betadine(R) to eyed eggs was not adversely affected by water hardness (as calcium and magnesium) or by exposure periods up to 60 min. Both iodophors were much more toxic below pH 6.0 than at pH 8.0. In general Wescodyne was slightly more toxic than Betadine. Significant egg loss...
Earthquake history of Nevada
C. A. von Hake
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 26-29
Since 1852, more than 30 shocks of intensity VI or greater (Modified Mercalli scale) have occurred in western Nevada. At least three of these were classified as intensity X. In addition, seven earthquakes (intensity VI or greater) were centered in the eastern part of the State. Almost 2,000 other shocks...
Earthquake history of Nebraska
C. A. von Hake
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 32-33
Nebraska is in a region of moderate seismicity occasionally punctuated by rather strong earthquakes. Most of the State is seismic risk zone 1, with a small part in the southeast corner in risk zone 2. the first significant earthquake felt in Nebraska occurred in 1867, the year that statehood was...
Earthquake history of Montana
C. A. von Hake
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 30-35
Montana is one of the most seismically active States in the Union. Since 1925, the State has experienced five shocks that reached intensity VIII or greater (Modified Mercalli Scale). During the same interval hundreds of less severe tremors were felt within the State. Montana's earthquake activity is concentrated mostly in...
Earthquake history of Missouri
C. A. von Hake
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 24-26
Most of Missouri's earthquake activity has been concentrated in the southeast corner of the State, which lies within the New Madrid seismic zone. As recently as Merch 29, 1972, the region was jolted by a magnitude 3.7 shock that was felt over a 168,000 square kilometre area including parts of...
Earthquake history of Mississippi
C. A. von Hake
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 20-21
Since its admission into the Union in 1817, Mississippi has had only four earthquakes of intensity V or greater within its borders. Although the number of earthquakes known to have been centered within Mississippi's boundaries is small, the State has been affected by numerous shocks located in neighboring States. In...
Availability of ground water in the lower Pawcatuck River basin, Rhode Island
Joseph B. Gonthier, Herbert E. Johnston, Glenn T. Malmberg
1974, Water Supply Paper 2033
The lower Pawcatuck River basin in southwestern Rhode Island is an area of about 169 square miles underlain by crystalline bedrock over which lies a relatively thin mantle of glacial till and stratified drift. Stratified drift, consisting dominantly of sand and gravel, occurs in irregularly shaped linear deposits that are...
An experimental trap net fishery, Lake Oahe, South Dakota, 1965
James A. Gabel
1974, Technical Paper 82
Large trap nets were evaluated as a commercial gear for capturing buffalo fish during July-September 1965. During the 72-day fishing period, 13,171 fish weighing 21,669 kg were taken. Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) and smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus) dominated the catch (78.2% by weight). Eight sport species accounted for 3.6% of...
Progress report on flood magnitude and frequency of Vermont streams
Carl G. Johnson, Gary D. Tasker
1974, Open-File Report 74-130
A technique is presented for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods on streams in Vermont with drainage areas between 0.27 and 1,040 square miles. Multiple-regression techniques are used to define the relation between flood peaks, collected at a network of gaging stations maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey, and...
Report on direct current soundings over a geothermal prospect in the Bruneau-Grand View area, Idaho
Dallas B. Jackson
1974, Open-File Report 74-240
No abstract available....
Utilization of ERTS-1 for appraising changes in continental migratory bird habitat
E.A. Work, D.S. Gilmer, Albert T. Klett
1974, Report
No abstract available....
Geology of the Buchanan Quadrangle, Liberia
Russell G. Tysdal
1974, Open-File Report 74-308
No abstract available....
Nitrogen and phosphorus balance of grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, fed elodea, Egeria denea
J.G. Stanley
1974, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (103) 587-592
The herbivorous grass carp fed winter elodea exhibited a negative nitrogen balance in metabolism, suggesting that food having a higher protein content would be required for normal growth. About a third of the phosphorus contained in food was retained; hence, a combination of aquatic plants and grass carp might afford...
Fish Immunology, Chapter 4: Techniques used in immunology of fishes
D. P. Anderson
1974, Book chapter, Disease of Fishes
No abstract available ...
Earthquakes, November-December 1973
W. J. Person
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 26-27
A number of significant earthquakes happened during the last 2 months of 1973. Two major earthquakes (magnitude 7.0-7.9) occurred in the New Hebrides Islands, bringing the final major earthquake total for the year to 11, somewhat below the annual average which is 18. One great earthquake (magntidue 8.0 and above)...
The Mississippi Valley earthquakes of 1811 and 1812
O.W. Nuttli
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 8-13
Shortly after 2 o'clock on the morning of December 16, 1811, the Mississippi River valley was convulsed by an earthquake so severe that it awakened people in cities as distant as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Norfolk, Virginia. This shock inaugurated what must have been the most frightening sequence of earthquakes ever...
Locating the world’s earthquakes
J.S. Derr
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 11-15
Earthquakes, January-February 1974
W. J. Person
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 18-19
During the first 2 months of 1974, earthquakes caused fatalities in Peru and Turkey. The largest earthquake during the period was a magnitude 7.2 shock in the New Hebrides Islands. A local tsunami was generated by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in the Solomon Islands. The relative quiet that characterized world...
The California geodimeter network; measuring movement along the San Andreas Fault
J.C. Savage
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 3-7
Following the great California earthquake of 1906 H. F. Reid, a contemporary seismologist, proposed the elastic rebound theory which in effect says that earthquake potential arises from the accumulation of elastic strain within the Earth's crust, just as the stretching of a rubberband creates the potential for violent rebound upon...
