Changes in the seismicity of central California
J. P. Eaton
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 205-208
No abstract available....
Deer in Arizona and New Mexico: their ecology and a theory explaining recent population decreases
Henry L. Short
1979, Report
No abstract available....
Crustal loading and induced seismicity at the Yacambu Reservoir, Venezuela: final technical report
Christopher H. Scholz
1979, Report
No abstract available....
Toxicities of the lampricides 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) and the 2-aminoethanol salt of 2',5-dichloro-4'-nitrosalicylanilide (Bayer 73) to four bird species
R. H. Hudson
1979, Investigations in Fish Control 89
Abstract not submitted to date...
Efficacy of antimycin for control of larval sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) in lentic habitats
P.A. Gilderhus
1979, Technical Report 34
Abstract not submitted to date...
Effects of granular 2',5-dichloro-4'-nitrosalicylanilide (Bayer 73) on benthic macroinvertebrates in a lake environment
P.A. Gilderhus
1979, Technical Report 34
Abstract not submitted to date...
Modeling sandhill crane population dynamics
Douglas H. Johnson
1979, Special Scientific Report - Wildlife 222
The impact of sport hunting on the Central Flyway population of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) has been a subject of controversy for several years. A recent study (Buller 1979) presented new and important information on sandhill crane population dynamics. The present report is intended to incorporate that and other information...
Excretion of the lampricide Bayer 73 by rainbow trout
J. L. Allen, V. K. Dawson, J. B. Hunn
L. L. Marking, R. A. Kimerle, editor(s)
1979, Conference Paper, Aquatic toxicology: Proceedings of the second annual symposium on aquatic toxicology
Urinary excretion of the 2-aminoethanol salt of 2′, 5-dichloro-4′-nitrosalicylanilide (Bayer 73) in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) was measured after exposure of the trout to Bayer 73 and also after intraperitoneal (ip) injection of the lampricide. Fish exposed to 0.05 mg/litre of Bayer 73 for 12 h quickly began to excrete...
A preliminary assessment of the timing and migration of shorebirds along the northcentral Alaska Peninsula
Robert E. Gill Jr., Paul D. Jorgensen
Frank A. Pitelka, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, Shorebirds in Marine Environments (Studies in Avian Biology no. 2)
An intensive study of post-breeding and migrating shorebirds was conducted in 1976 on a major estuary of the Alaska Peninsula at Nelson Lagoon. Twenty species were recorded, eight of them breeding on the study area. Temporal patterns of relative abundance were obtained from aerial and ground censuses. Prominent events in...
Manganese nodule resources in the northeastern equatorial Pacific
V.E. McKelvey, Nancy A. Wright, Robert W. Rowland
1979, Book chapter, Marine Geology and Oceanography of the Pacific Manganese Nodule Province
Recent publication of maps at scale 1:1,000,000 of the northeastern equatorial Pacific region showing publicly available information on the nickel plus copper content of manganese nodules has made it possible to outline the prime area between the Clarion and Clipperton fracture zones which has been the focus of several recent...
Atomic-absorption spectrometric determination of cobalt, nickel, and copper in geological materials with matrix masking and chelation-extraction
R. F. Sanzolone, T. T. Chao, G. L. Crenshaw
1979, Analytica Chimica Acta (105) 247-253
An atomic-absorption spectrometric method is reported for the determination of cobalt, nickel, and copper in a variety of geological materials including iron- and manganese-rich, and calcareous samples. The sample is decomposed with HP-HNO3 and the residue is dissolved in hydrochloric acid. Ammonium fluoride is added to mask iron and 'aluminum. After...
Maps for America: Cartographic products of the U.S. Geological Survey and others
Morris M. Thompson
1979, Report
This book was first conceived as being devoted entirely to descriptions of the maps produced by the U.S. Geological Survey. As the project developed, however, it became clear that the story of maps is not complete unless it is properly set in the background of the American mapping effort as a...
Notes on sedimentation activities calendar year 1977
U.S. Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data- Subcommittee on Sedimentation
1979, Report
The need for disseminating current information on activities in the field of sedimentation was proposed by the Chairman of the Federal Interagency River Basin Committee's Subcommittee on Sedimentation shortly after the subcommittee was formed in May 1946. At the fifth meeting of the subcommittee on September 17, 1946, the members...
b values and ω−γ seismic source models: Implications for tectonic stress variations along active crustal fault zones and the estimation of high-frequency strong ground motion
Thomas C. Hanks
1979, Conference Paper
In this study the tectonic stress along active crustal fault zones is taken to be of the form , where is the average tectonic stress at depth y and Δσp(x, y) is a seismologically observable, essentially...
Venus: Preliminary topographic and surface imaging results from the Pioneer Orbiter
G.H. Pettengill, P.G. Ford, W.E. Brown, W.M. Kaula, H. Masursky, E. Eliason, G.E. McGill
1979, Science (205) 90-93
Three large Venus surface features, identified previously in images obtained from Earth-based radar observations, are shown by the Pioneer Venus radar mapper to be elevated 5 to 10 kilometers above the surrounding terrain. Two of these features, one bright and the other dark, lie adjacent to each...
Modeling of rock friction 1. Experimental results and constitutive equations
James H. Dieterich
1979, Conference Paper, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
Direct shear experiments on ground surfaces of a granodiorite from Raymond, California, at normal stresses of ??6 MPa demonstrate that competing time, displacement, and velocity effects control rock friction. It is proposed that the strength of the population of points of contacts between sliding surfaces determines frictional strength and that...
Modeling of rock friction 2. Simulation of preseismic slip
James H. Dieterich
1979, Conference Paper, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
The constitutive relations developed in the companion paper are used to model detailed observations of preseismic slip and the onset of unstable slip in biaxial laboratory experiments. The simulations employ a deterministic plane strain finite element model to represent the interactions both within the sliding blocks and between the blocks...
Laboratory experiments and preseismic slip
James H. Dieterich
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 224-227
Approaches, field considerations and problems associated with radio tracking carnivores
A.B. Sargeant
C. J. Amlaner Jr., D.W. MacDonald, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, A handbook on biotelemetry and radio tracking
The adaptation of radio tracking to ecological studies was a major technological advance affecting field investigations of animal movements and behavior. Carnivores have been the recipients of much attention with this new technology and study approaches have varied from simple to complex. Equipment performance has much improved over the years,...
Biotransformation of selected chemicals by fish
J. L. Allen, V. K. Dawson, J. B. Hunn
M. A. Q. Khan, J.J. Lech, J.J. Menn, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, Pesticide and xenobiotic metabolism in aquatic organisms
Abstract not submitted to date...
The role of stress in fish disease
F. P. Meyer
J.A. Plumb, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, Principal diseases of farm-raised catfish
Abstract not submitted to date...
Worth of data and natural disaster insurance
E. D. Attanasi, M.R. Karlinger
1979, Water Resources Research (15) 1763-1766
The Federal Government in the past has provided medical and economic aid to victims of earthquakes and floods. However, regulating the use of hazard-prone areas would probably be more efficient. One way to implement such land use regulation is through the national flood and earthquake insurance program. Because insurance firms...
Quantitative variation and the ecological role of vulpinic acid and atranorin in thallus of Letharia vulpina
Nathan L. Stephenson, Philip W. Rundel
1979, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology (7) 263-267
High pressure liquid chromatography was used to determine concentrations of vulpinic acid and atranorin in the thaullus of Letharia vulpina. Vulpinic acid concentration is lowest in the old basal branches of the thallus and increases toward the young branch tips, whereas the reverse is true for atranorin. The suggested role of...
Illustrated field guide for the classification of sea lamprey attack marks on Great Lakes lake trout
Everett Louis King Jr., Thomas A. Edsall
1979, Special Publication 79-1
No abstract available....
Influence of dietary zinc on cataracts in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
H. G. Ketola
1979, Journal of Nutrition (109) 965-969
The purpose of this study was to determine the cause of lens cataracts in hatchery trout fed diets containing white fish meal. After preliminary investigations, three experiments were conducted with fry of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) that were fed practical-type diets containing either 40% herring meal (control diet) or 40%...