Use of Landsat data to assess waterfowl habitat quality
J.E. Colwell, D.S. Gilmer, E.A. Work Jr., D. Rebel
1978, Report
This report is a discussion of the feasibility of using Landsat data to generate information of value for effective management of migratory waterfowl. Effective management of waterfowl includes regulating waterfowl populations through hunting regulations and habitat management. This report examines the ability to analyze annual production by monitoring the number...
Earthquakes, September-October 1977
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 60-61
Quality of water in Pascagoula and Escatawpa Rivers, Jackson County, Mississippi
Gene A. Bednar
1978, Open-File Report 78-913
The chemical and physical properties and the range of concentrations of most constituents in water in the Pascagoula and Escatawpa Rivers during the period May 17-19, 1977, varied rapidly between high and low tides, primarily as the result of interactions of freshwater inflow with highly mineralized Gulf waters. The water...
Selected ground-water data, Bonneville Salt Flats and Pilot Valley, western Utah
Gregory C. Lines
1978, Utah Basic-Data Release 30
This report contains ground-water data collected at wells and springs on the Bonneville Salt Flats and in Pilot Valley, western Utah. Most of the data were collected during a study of the hydrology and surface morphology of these two salt-crust areas during the period July 1975 - June 1977. The...
Paleomagnetic evidence for a Late Cretaceous deformation of the Great Valley Sequence, Sacramento Valley, California
Edward A. Mankinen
1978, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (6) 383-390
Paleomagnetic samples from five localities within the Great Valley sequence range in age from Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous. All samples possess normal polarity, and alternating-field demagnetization experiments show that the remanence was acquired after the sequence was folded. A mean paleomagnetic pole position determined from 17 demagnetized samples is...
Earthquakes; January-February, 1978
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 148-149
Seismically speaking, 1978 began slowly. The first major earthquake (magnitude 7.0 and above) of the year occurred on February 9 and was centered in the Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific Ocean. The first destructive earthquake of the year strukc southern Honshu, Japan, on January 14. The magnitude 6.5...
Earthquakes; July-August 1977
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 26-27
July and August were somewhat active seismically speaking, compared to previous months of this year. There were seven earthquakes having magnitudes of 6.5 or greater. The largest was a magnitudes of 6.5 or greater. The largest was a magnitude 8.0 earthquake south of Sumbawa Island on August 19 that killed...
Tiltmeter studies in earthquake prediction
M. Johnston
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 182-186
Our knowledge is still very limited as to the way in which the Earth's surface deforms around active faults and why it does so. By far the easiest method of providing clues to the mechanisms involved is to record the associated pattern of tilt of the Earth's surface. tilt measurements give...
Studies on vertical and horizontal transmission of duck plague virus in apparently healthy waterfowl
Elizabeth C. Burgess
1978, Thesis
Healthy waterfowl were found to be carriers of duck plague (DP) virus. Black ducks (Anas rubripes) and Canada geese (Branta canadensis) surviving a natural outbreak of DP at Coloma, Wisconsin, in 1973 yielded DP virus in cloacal swabs taken four years postinfection. Experimental infection of previously unexposed mallard ducks (Anas...
Earthquakes, November-December 1977
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 97-99
Two major earthquakes occurred in the last 2 months of the year. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck San Juan Province, Argentina, on November 23, causing fatalities and damage. The second major earthquake was a magnitude 7.0 in the Bonin Islands region, an unpopulated area. On December 19, Iran experienced a...
Heritability of tolerance for infectious hematopoietic necrosis in sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
John D. McIntyre, Donald F. Amend
1978, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (107) 305-308
A hierarchical breeding design was used to demonstrate the heritability of tolerance for infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) in sockeye salmon. Oncorhynchus nerka. Heritability was about 30%, indicating that artificial selection may increase the number of fish that can tolerate the disease....
Classification inventory, and analysis of fish and wildlife habitat
L.M. Cowardin
1978, FWS/OBS 604
Albumin polymorphism in the feral donkey of Death Valley National Monument, California
J.G. Blake, C. L. Douglas
1978, Technical Report CPSU/UNLV 008/06
No abstract available at this time...
Aeromagnetic map of northeastern Nevada
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Open-File Report 78-280
No abstract available....
The architecture of the porphyry-metal system as a prospecting stratagem in the Southern Rocky Mountains
George J. Neuerburg
1978, Open-File Report 78-130
A model of the porphyry-metal system characteristic of the consanguineous Cretaceous and Tertiary igneous rocks and associated ores of the southern Rocky Mountains is constructed from the bits and pieces exposed in the Colorado mineral belt and the San Juan volcanic field. Hydrothermally altered rocks in a part of the...
Habitat use by prairie raccoons during the waterfowl breeding season
E.K. Fritzell
1978, Journal of Wildlife Management (42) 118-127
Mobility and habitat use of raccoons (Procyon lotor) in an intensively farmed area of the prairie pothole region were studied during the waterfowl breeding seasons (April-July) of 1973-75. Over 5700 locations of 30 raccoons were analyzed. Movement patterns varied with sex, age, and reproductive status. Adult males moved regularly throughout...
Changes in submerged aquatic macrophyte populations at the head of Chesapeake Bay, 1958-1975
S. Bayley, Vernon D. Stotts, P. F. Springer, J. Steenis
1978, Estuaries (1) 171-182
Submerged aquatic plant populations in the Susquehanna Flats of the Chesapeake Bay were followed for 18 years. An exotic species, eurasian water milfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum, increased dramatically from 1958 to 1962; at the same time the dominant native species declined. After 1962, milfoil populations declined and the native rooted aquatics...
Feeding habitat use by colonially-breeding herons, egrets, and ibises in North Carolina
Thomas W. Custer, Ronald G. Osborn
1978, The Auk (95) 733-743
Nine species of herons, egrets, and ibises were followed by airplane from a nesting colony near Beaufort, North Carolina to their feeding sites. Except for Cattle Egrets, which flew exclusively to fields and dumps, the birds flew mainly to saltmarsh habitat. The selection of feeding habitats by Great Egrets and...
Seasonal trends in summer diet of the lapland longspur near Barrow Alaska USA
T. W. Custer, F.A. Pitelka
1978, The Condor (80) 295-301
Contents of lapland longspur [Calcarius lapponicus] stomachs and esophagi were sampled near Barrow, Alaska [USA], from May-Aug. in 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1973. Data from stomach contents were corrected for differential digestion of prey items. Longspurs shifted seasonally from larval to adult arthropods and back to larvae, responding to changes...
Aspects of raccoon (Procyon lotor) social organization
E.K. Fritzell
1978, Canadian Journal of Zoology (56) 260-271
Spatial and temporal relationships among members of a raccoon (Procyon lotor) population were studied during spring and summer in east-central North Dakota during 1973–1975. Radio telemetry was used to locate 48 raccoons 6443 times. Livetrapping results and other observations suggested that most raccoons in the area were radio equipped; densities...
Geologic interpretation of aeromagnetic maps of the coastal plain region of South Carolina and parts of North Carolina and Georgia
David L. Daniels, Isidore Zietz
1978, Open-File Report 78-261
No abstract available....
Searching for seismic precursors to earthquakes in central California
R. L. Wesson
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 51-54
Geology and coal resources of the Hanging Woman Creek Study Area, Big Horn and Powder River Counties, Montana
William Craven Culbertson, Joseph R. Hatch, Ronald H. Affolter
1978, Open-File Report 78-506
In an area of 7,200 acres (29 sq km) In the Hanging Woman Creek study area, the Anderson coal bed contains potentially surface minable resources of 378 million short tons (343 million metric tons) of subbituminous C coal that ranges in thickness from 26 to 33 feet (7.9-10.1 m) at...
Effect of capture stress on plasma enzyme activities in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
G.R. Bouck, M. A. Cairns, A. R. Christian
1978, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 1485-1488
Four capture methods were used to collect domesticated rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri): angling, electroshocking, seining, and direct netting (control). Blood was sampled rapidly upon capture, usually within 2 min. No significant differences were noted within the time frame of the experiment between the four capture groups for plasma protein concentration, lactate...
Survival of the salmonid viruses infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHNV) and infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPNV) in ozonated, chlorinated, and Untreated waters
Gary A. Wedemeyer, Nancy C. Nelson, Cathy A. Smith
1978, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (35) 875-879
Ozone and chlorine inactivation curves were determined in three water types at 10 °C for the fish pathogenic viruses infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHNV) and infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPNV). In phosphate-buffered, distilled water (PBDW) an ozone dose of 0.01 mg/L for 30 or 60 s inactivated IHNV or IPNV, respectively, suspended at a...
