Nesting behavior of the poo-uli
C. B. Kepler, T.K. Pratt, A.M. Ecton, A. Engilis Jr., K.M. Fluetsch
1996, The Wilson Bulletin (108) 620-638
We describe two sequential nestings of a pair of Poo-uli (Melamprosops phaeosoma), a Hawaiian honeycreeper nearing extinction. Similarities to nesting of most other honeycreepers included: nest site in ohia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha Gaud.) canopy; breeding in March through June; monogamous breeding system with the putative male helping build the nest,...
Age-specific survival and philopatry in three species of European ducks: A long-term study
Peter Blums, Aivars Mednis, I. Bauga, J.D. Nichols, J.E. Hines
1996, Condor (98) 61-74
Capture-recapture and band recovery models were used to estimate age-specific survival probabilities for female Northern Shovelers (Anas clypeata), Common Pochards (Aythya ferina), and Tufted Ducks (Aythya.fuligula) at Engure Marsh, Latvia, in 1964-1993. We banded more than 65,100 day-old ducklings of both sexes and captured 10,211 incubating females (3,713 new...
Detecting trends in raptor counts: power and type I error rates of various statistical tests
Jeff S. Hatfield, W.R. Gould IV, Brett A. Hoover, M.R. Fuller, E. L. Lindquist
1996, Wildlife Society Bulletin (24) 505-515
We conducted simulations that estimated power and type I error rates of statistical tests for detecting trends in raptor population count data collected from a single monitoring site. Results of the simulations were used to help analyze count data of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) from 7 national forests in Michigan,...
Environmental Contaminants in Wildlife: Interpreting Tissue Concentrations
1996, Report
Covers the complex issue of how to evaluate contaminants in wildlife. This comprehensive resource deals with the question: 'How much of a chemical in the tissues of an animal is harmful?' Features: Authoritative and sound advice is provided on many environmental contaminants, including what the contaminants...
The management of hunting of Anatidae
J.D. Nichols, Fred A. Johnson
Marcel Birkan, editor(s)
1996, Book chapter, Anatidae 2000 : an international conference on the conservation, habitat management and wise use of ducks, geese and swans = une conference internationale sur la conservation, la gestion des habitats et l'utilisation rationnelle des canards, des oies et des cygnes : Strasbourg, France, December 5-9, 1994
The objectives of harvest management for members of family Anatidae typically involve the size of the harvested population and the size of the harvest. Hunting regulations are the primary tool used to try to achieve the objectives of harvest management. Informed harvest management thus requires a knowledge...
Integrating research and management to conserve wildfowl (Anatidae) and wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, U.S.A
K. J. Reinecke, C.R. Loesch
Marcel Birkan, editor(s)
1996, Book chapter, Anatidae 2000 : an international conference on the conservation, habitat management and wise use of ducks, geese and swans = une conference internationale sur la conservation, la gestion des habitats et l'utilisation rationnelle des canards, des oies et des cygnes : Strasbourg, France, December 5-9, 1994
Efforts to conserve winter habitat for wildfowl, Anatidae, in the alluvial valley of the lower Mississippi River, U.S.A., are directed by the Lower Mississippi Valley (LMV) Joint Venture of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NA WMP). The Joint Venture is based on a biological framework developed through cooperative...
The relevance of the Mediterranean Region to colonial waterbird conservation
R.M. Erwin
Alain J. Crivelli, Heinz Hafner, Mauro Fasola, R. Michael Erwin, Donald A.= McCrimmon Jr., editor(s)
1996, Book chapter, Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Colonial Waterbirds in the Mediterranean Region
The Mediterranean Sea is the largest partially enclosed sea in the world and provides habitat to more than 100 species of waterbirds from the Palearctic-North African-Middle Eastern regions. Even though the Mediterranean suffers from pollution, has little tidal influence, and is oligotrophic, more than half of the western Palearctic...
On NAAMP and the use of the Internet as a forum for evolving science
R. Schmieder
1996, Book chapter, Third Annual Meeting of the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program.
Traditionally, science has been communicated through peerreviewed hardcopy. With the rapid growth of internet technology, many new potentials for sharing and evolution of ideas are possible: open, low cost communication between researchers, both accredited and amateur, may allow not joint problem solving at scales previously not possible. Conservation especially, is...
Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia
E.A.T. Blom, J. Cullom, J.H. Farrell, E.D. Joyce, M. K. Klimkiewicz, J.G. Malcolm, D.A. Rasberry, R.F. Ringler, J.K. Solem
C.S. Robbins, G.D. Therres, editor(s)
1996, Book
This was the result of a 5-year cooperative study with the Maryland Ornithological Society and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Each of Maryland's 1,256 5-km (25 sq km) blocks was surveyed for breeding birds using the standard categories of Possible, Probable, and Confirmed breeding. Special features include:...
Measuring and monitoring biological diversity: Standard methods for mammals
Don E. Wilson, F. Russell Cole, James D. Nichols, Rasanayagam Rudran, Mercedes S. Foster, editor(s)
1996, Book
Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Mammals provides a comprehensive manual for designing and implementing inventories of mammalian biodiversity anywhere in the world and for any group, from rodents to open-country grazers. The book emphasizes formal estimation approaches, which supply data that can be compared across habitats and...
National Digital Orthophoto Program
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, National States Geographic Information Council, U.S. Forest Service, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1996, Report
A critical component of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) is Framework. Framework provides a base on which to collect, register, and integrate geospatial information accurately and consistently. The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) proposed that Framework include geodetic control, orthoimagery, elevation, transportation, hydrography, governmental units, and cadastral data. The...
Mineral Commodity Summaries 1996
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1996, Mineral Commodity Summaries 1996
This report is the earliest Government publication to furnish estimates covering 1995 nonfuel mineral industry data. Most of the estimates are based on at least 6 months of data. These data sheets contain information on the domestic industry structure, Government programs, tariffs, and 5-year salient statistics for over 90 individual...
South Florida Ecosystem Program database development
J.A. Stapleton, Roy Sonenshein, Bob Halley
1996, Fact Sheet 174-96
Purpose The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program is an intergovernmental effort to reestablish and maintain the ecosystem of south Florida. One element of the restoration effort is the development of a firm scientific basis for resource decision making. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is one of the agencies that provides...
South Florida Ecosystem Program web site
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1996, Fact Sheet 155-96
Introduction The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program is an intergovernmental effort, involving a number of agencies, to reestablish and maintain the ecosystem of south Florida. One element of the restoration effort is the development of a firm scientific basis for resource decision making. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), one of...
Selected geochemical characteristics of ground water from the Marshall aquifer in the central Lower Peninsula of Michigan
Patricia B. Ging, David T. Long, Roger W. Lee
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4220
Chemistry and stable-isotope data for water from wells completed in the Marshall aquifer within the Michigan Basin were used to prepare maps that show area! variations of δ18O; distribution of dissolved solids, dissolved chloride, dissolved iron, and dissolved sulfate; and distribution of hydrochemical facies. Delta oxygen-18 values indicate the presence of...
Damage and restoration of geodetic infrastructure caused by the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake
Kathleen M. Hodgkinson, Ross S. Stein, Kenneth W. Hudnut, Jay Satalich, John H. Richards
1996, Open-File Report 96-517
We seek to restore the integrity of the geodetic network in the San Fernando, Simi, Santa Clarita Valleys and in the northern Los Angeles Basin by remeasurement of the network and identification of BMs which experienced non-tectonic displacements associated with the Northridge earthquake. We then use the observed displacement of...
Digital geologic map of Lawton quadrangle, southwestern Oklahoma
Joel R. Cederstrand
1996, Open-File Report 96-376
This data set consists of digital data and accompanying documentation for the surficial geology of the 1:250,000-scale Lawton quadrangle, Oklahoma. The original data are from the Geologic Map, sheet 1 of 4, included in the Oklahoma Geological Survey publication, 'Reconnaissance of the water resources of the Lawton quadrangle, southwestern Oklahoma',...
Borehole geophysical logging for water-resources investigations in Pennsylvania
Randall W. Conger
1996, Fact Sheet 218-95
Borehole geophysical logging is a procedure to collect and transmit specific information about the geologic formations penetrated by a well by raising and lowering a set of probes or sondes that contain water-tight instruments in the well. The data collected can be used to determine general formation geology, fracture distribution,...
Configuration of freshwater/saline-water interface and geologic controls on distribution of freshwater in a regional aquifer system, central lower peninsula of Michigan
David B. Westjohn, T. L. Weaver
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4242
Electrical-resistivity logs and water-quality data were used to delineate the fresh water/saline-water interface in a 22,000-square-mile area of the central Michigan Basin, where Mississippian and younger geologic units form a regional system of aquifers and confining units.Pleistocene glacial deposits in the central Lower Peninsula of Michigan contain freshwater, except in...
Selected geochemical characteristics of ground water from the Saginaw aquifer in the central Lower Peninsula of Michigan
B. D. Meissner, David T. Long, Roger W. Lee
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4220
Chemical and stable-isotope data of water from wells completed in the Saginaw aquifer in the central Lower Peninsula of Michigan were used to prepare maps that show areal variation of δ18O; distribution of dissolved solids, dissolved chloride, dissolved iron, dissolved sulfate; and distribution of hydrochemical facies. Delta oxygen-18 values indicate...
South Florida High-accuracy elevation data collection project
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1996, Fact Sheet 162-96
BackgroundThe major issues facing ecosystem restoration and management in south Florida are centered on the availability and distribution of clean, fresh water. Surface water flow modeling studies are an important aspect of the scientific information needs of the ecosystem restoration initiative. Hydrologic models provide much needed predictive capabilities for evaluating...
Digital bedrock geologic map database of the Beatty 30 x 60-minute quadrangle, Nevada and California
Michael D. Carr, David A. Sawyer, Kathryn Nimz, Florian Maldonado, W. C. Swadley
1996, Open-File Report 96-291
No abstract available....
Location and depth of sand and clay intervals in Jackson County, Mississippi
Eric W. Strom, William T. Oakley
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4051
Driller's logs and geophysical logs from various sources were used to compile information on the location and depth of water-bearing sands and intervening clays in Jackson County, southeastern Mississippi. Each log was checked for accuracy of location and for adequate description of subsurface materials. Generally, data for sand intervals greater...
U. S. Geological Survey programs in Wisconsin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1996, Fact Sheet 048-96
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has served as the Nation’s principal collector, repository, and interpreter of earth science data for more than a century. In this capacity, the USGS in Wisconsin works in partnership with State, county, municipal public works departments, public health agencies, water and sanitation districts, Indian agencies,...
Controlled Flooding of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon: the Rationale and Data-Collection Planned
Mark T. Anderson, Julia B. Graf, G. Richard Marzolf
1996, Fact Sheet 089-96
