A study of some effects of urbanization on storm runoff from a small watershed
William Howard Espey Jr., Carl W. Morgan, Frank D. Masch
1966, Report 23
The evaluation of the effects of urbanization on the runoff characteristics of a small watershed is a problem that can be studied by either a short-range or a long-range investigation. Because the long-range type of investigation would require several years for hydrologic data accumulation, it cannot provide any immediate information...
Water Resources of Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Roy Newcome, Raymond Sloss
1966, Water Resources Bulletin 8
The Alaska earthquake, March 27, 1964: effects on hydrologic regimen
Roger M. Waller, R. W. Coble, Austin Post, Arthur McGarr, Robert C. Vorhis
1966, Professional Paper 544
This is the fourth in a series of six reports that the U.S. Geological Survey published on the results of a comprehensive geologic study that began, as a reconnaissance survey, within 24 hours after the March 27, 1964, Magnitude 9.2 Great Alaska Earthquake and extended, as detailed investigations, through several...
Hydrogeologic data in the Quinebaug River basin, Connecticut
Chester E. Thomas Jr., Allan D. Randall, Mendall P. Thomas
1966, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 9
This report presents hydrologic and geologic data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during an investigation of water resources in the Quinebaug River basin of Connecticut in cooperation with the Connecticut Water Resources Commission. The Quinebaug River basin occupies about 425 square miles in the northeastern part of the State,...
Water resources inventory of Connecticut Part 1: Quinebaug River basin
Allan D. Randall, Mendall P. Thomas, Chester E. Thomas Jr., John A. Baker
1966, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 8
The Quinebaug River basin is blessed with a relatively abundant supply of water of generally good quality which is derived from precipitation that has fallen on the basin. Annual precipitation has ranged from about 30 to 67 inches and has averaged about 45 inches over a 44-year period. Approximately 21...
Systems for monitoring and digitally recording water-quality parameters
George F. Smoot, James F. Blakey
1966, Report
Digital recording of water-quality parameters is a link in the automated data collection and processing system of the U.S. Geological Survey. The monitoring and digital recording systems adopted by the Geological Survey, while punching all measurements on a standard paper tape, provide a choice of compatible components to construct a...
Water resources data for New Mexico, water year 1965; Part 1. Surface water records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1966, Water Data Report NM-65-1
The surface-water records for the 1965 water year for gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites within the State of New Mexico are given in this report. For convenience there are also Included records for a few pertinent gaging stations in bordering States. The records were collected and computed by...
Deformation measurements on Kilauea volcano, Hawaii
R.W. Decker, D.P. Hill, T. L. Wright
1966, Bulletin Volcanologique (29) 721-731
Repeated electronic distance measurements across Kilauea Caldera with Tellurometers and Geodimeter show definite horizontal expansion related to the vertical uplift and outward tilting of the summit prior to an eruption, and contraction during and after a flank eruption. Measurements started in October 1964, along a 3098 meter line between Uwekahuna...
Thirtieth breeding-bird census. 41. Uneven-aged mixed hardwood forest (urban woodlot)
R. E. Jones, J. T. Linehan
1966, Audubon Field Notes (20) 643-645
No abstract available....
A method of shipping live larvae of Simulium vittatum long distances (Diptera: Simuliidae)
I.B. Tarshis
1966, Annals of the Entomological Society of America (59) 866-867
During studies on the biology and ecology of black flies (Simuliidae) at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Seney, Michigan, and at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, larvae of 3 species of black fly (Simulium vittatum Zetterstedt, S. aureum Fries, and S. decorum Walker) were collected and transported for distances of up to 50...
Trichinosis in Maryland raccoons
D.J. Winslow, D.L. Price, R.C. Neafie, C. M. Herman
1966, Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association (2) 81-82
During recent studies of experimental Chagas’ disease, trichinosis was found in 2 out of a total of 44 Maryland raccoons (Procyon lotor) examined histologically following necropsy. All raccoons were trapped near the towns of Beltsville or Laurel. The raccoons found to have trichinosis were trapped in the area of the...
Electron microscope study of Sarcocystis sp
V.H. Zeve, D.L. Price, C. M. Herman
1966, Experimental Parasitology (18) 338-346
Sarcocystis sp. obtained from wild populations of grackles, Quiscalus quiscula (Linn.), were examined to clarify the effect of the parasite on the host. Electron micrographs are presented to show areas of muscle destruction adjacent to the parasite which appear to be mechanically produced by the parasite. The microtubules within the...
Second nestings of the wood ducks
Frank B. McGilvrey
1966, The Auk (83) 303-303
This is a description of the renesting of two Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) after hatching broods. I can find but two previous records of such behavior. Barnes (Auk, 65: 449, 1948) reported an incident of a hand-reared bird nesting in the wild in Indiana. This female was unable to get...
Acid-fast intranuclear inclusion bodies in the kidneys of mallards fed lead shot
L. N. Locke, George E. Bagley, H.D. Irby
1966, Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association (2) 127-131
Acid-fast intranuclear inclusion bodies were found in the cells of the proximal convoluted tubules of the kidneys of mallards fed one, two, three or eight number 6 lead shot and maintained on cracked or whole corn and on grain-duck pellet diets. No acid-fast inclusion bodies were found in mallards fed...
Residues of DDT in brains and bodies of birds that died on dosage and in survivors
L.F. Stickel, W. H. Stickel, R. Christensen
1966, Science (151) 1549-1551
Residues of 1,1 ,l-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethane (DDT) and 1,1 -dichloro-2.2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethane (DDD) in brains of cowbirds (Molothrus ater) killed hy dietary dosage of DDT were similar in birds that died after various lengths of time on dosage and in birds that died of delayed effects after as much as 40 days on clean...
Bald eagle pesticide relations
L.F. Stickel, N.J. Chura, P.A. Stewart, C. M. Menzie, R. M. Prouty, W. L. Reichel
1966, Conference Paper, Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
No abstract available....
Fall food habits of ducks near Santee Refuge, South Carolina
Frank B. McGilvrey
1966, Journal of Wildlife Management (30) 577-580
During the 1961 waterfowl hunting season, 360 stomachs of 10 duck species were collected from hunters near the Santee National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Marion, South Carolina. Based on percentage of total volume, 20 of the most important foods are listed. The six most important duck species in the kill were:...
Red-winged blackbirds searching beneath pine bark for insects in winter
B. Meanley
1966, The Auk (83) 480-481
Most observers usually associate the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) with open country such as marshes or upland fields and their wooded or brushy borders. On the wintering grounds in the coniferous belt of the southeastern United States, however, Red-wings spend some of their time feeding in pine forests. In...
Spermatogenesis in bald eagles experimentally fed a diet containing DDT
L. N. Locke, N.J. Chura, P.A. Stewart
1966, Condor (68) 497-502
When Bald Eagles were fed DDT in the diet at the level of 10 ppm (dry weight basis) for periods of 60 and 120 days, there was no interference with spermatogenic activity. Degenerative testicular changes were produced only by levels of DDT that produced abnormal neurological signs and usually resulted...
Nesting of hooded mergansers of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland
Frank B. McGilvrey
1966, The Auk (83) 477-479
The first known record of Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) nesting on the coastal plain of Maryland was in 1961, when Mr. Francis Uhler (pers. comm) found two clutches in Wood Duck nest boxes in impoundments at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, about five miles southeast of Laurel, Maryland. R.E. Stewart...
Movements of starlings in relation to a roost near Hanover, Pennsylvania
Don P. Fankhauser
1966, Bird-Banding (37) 200-203
No abstract available....
Monitoring wildlife for pesticide content
E. H. Dustman
1966, National Academy of Sciences NRC Publication 1402
In May 1963, the President's Science Advisory Committee issued a report entitled Use of Pesticides.17 the President already had requested the responsible federal agencies to implement the recommendations in the report. One of these recommendations was to provide for the development and coordination of a pesticide-monitoring program conducted on a continuing...
Summary of hydrologic and physical properties of rock and soil materials, as analyzed by the hydrologic laboratory of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1948-60
D. A. Morris, A.I. Johnson
1966, Report
The Hydrologic Laboratory was established in 1948 to serve as the central laboratory for the Ground Water Branch, Water Resources Division, of the U.S. Geological Survey. During the period it has been in existence, numerous samples of rock and soil materials have been analyzed. Analysis data on samples from 42...
Geohydrologic use of lithofacies maps in glaciated areas
Wayne A. Pettyjohn, P.G. Randich
1966, Water Resources Research (2) 679-689
Subsurface conditions may differ considerably from conditions indicated by surficial geologic maps, particularly in glaciated areas. Therefore, it is advantageous to use a series of lithofacies maps as a sequence of overlays plotted on transparent paper. Such maps permit direct visual determination of the lithology and areal extent of aquifers...
Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, in the Copper River Basin area, Alaska
Oscar J. Ferrians Jr.
1966, Professional Paper 543-E
The Copper River Basin area is in south-central Alaska and covers 17,800 square miles. It includes most of the Copper River Basin and parts of the surrounding Alaska Range and the Talkeetna, Chugach, and Wrangell Mountains. On March 27, 1964, shortly after 5:36 p.m. Alaska standard time, a great earthquake having...
