A new device for collection of interstitial water from wetland sediments
Ned H. Euliss Jr., Ronald K. Barnes
1992, Wetlands Ecology and Management (1) 233-237
A sampler for collection of interstitial water from wetland sediments is described. It differs from other sampling devices because it does not have to be filled with solution to facilitate diffusion, it does not have to be removed from the wetland to collect samples, and it can be used to...
Multiple tube sampler for benthic and pelagic invertebrates in shallow wetlands
N.H. Euliss Jr., G.A. Swanson, J. MacKay
1992, Journal of Wildlife Management (56) 186-191
Sampling devices that minimize bias and function in aquatic habitats used by waterfowl are needed. We devised a multiple tube sampling device for quantitative sampling of small (< 3 cm) aquatic invertebrates in wetlands. The sampler reduced bias associated with sampling macroinvertebrates that utilize the benthic-pelagic interface because it simultaneously...
Status of the double-crested cormorant on the west coast of North America
H.R. Carter, A.L. Sowls, M.S. Rodway, W.W. Ulrich, Roy W. Lowe, F. Gress, D. W. Anderson
1992, Conference Paper, Colonial Waterbirds
Evaluation of the effects of candidate molluscicides on two nontarget bivalves
D. L. Waller, L. L. Marking, J.J. Rach
1992, Journal of Shellfish Research (11) 241
A variety of molluscicides have been proposed for use in control of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), but their effect on nontarget aquatic organisms has not been evaluated. Standard methods were adapted for assessing the toxicity of candidate molluscicides to two nontarget bivalves. Fingernail clams, Musculium transversum, and...
Effect of the lampricide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol on the pink heelsplitter
T.D. Bills, J.J. Rach, L. L. Marking, G.E. Howe
1992, Resource Publication 183
The lampricide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) is used to selectively kill sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus ) in the tributaries of the Great Lakes. Over the years, TFM was tested most often on nontarget fishes and only occasionally on invertebrates, including freshwater mussels. We exposed pink heelsplitters (Potamilus alatus )...
Natural gemstones
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1992, Report
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: a focus on waterfowl research
R.E. Kirby, D.S. Gilmer
1992, California Waterfowl (18) 41-43
No abstract available at this time...
Selenium and boron in aquatic birds from central California
Fred L. Paveglio, Christine M. Bunck, Gary H. Heinz
1992, Journal of Wildlife Management (56) 31-42
Subsurface agricultural drainwater used for marsh management has resulted in trace element contamination of aquatic bird food chains in central California. Consequently, we collected breeding and wintering aquatic birds from the Grassland Water District (GWD) of California during 1985-88 to measure selenium (Se) and boron (B) contamination resulting from use...
Selection of prey by walleyes in the Ohio waters of the central basin of Lake Erie, 1985-1987
David R. Wolfert, Michael T. Bur
1992, Resource Publication 182
Walleyes (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) were collected at five locations in the central basin of Lake Erie in 1985-87. The contents of the fishes' stomachs were examined to identify the species of prey. The seasonal availability of potential prey was determined from sampling with trawl tows. Food electivity indexes...
Status of coregonine fishes in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Guy W. Fleischer
1992, Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii (39) 247-259
The post-glacial coregonine assemblage in the Great Lakes included several species of the genera Prosopium and Coregonus. Overfishing, habitat degradation, and competition with various exotic fish species severely reduced coregonine abundance and altered their distribution by the mid to latter part of the 20th century. Most of the...
Implications for faunal habitat related to altered macrophyte structure in regulated lakes in northern Minnesota
Douglas A. Wilcox, James E. Meeker
1992, Wetlands (12) 192-203
Water-level regulation has altered the plant species composition and thus the structure of nearshore aquatic macrophyte communities in two regulated lakes in northern Minnesota as compared with a nearby unregulated lake. Results of previous faunal studies in the regulated lakes were used as a basis for assessing the effects of...
Design and performance of a horizontal, axial-flow, water circulator
R.D. Howerton, C.E. Boyd, B.J. Watten
1992, Conference Paper, Research and Review: A Compilation of Abstracts of Research on Channel Catfish
No abstract available at this time...
Ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus: Newly introduced in North America
Dennis M. Pratt, William H. Blust, James H. Selgeby
1992, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (49) 1616-1618
The Eurasian ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus, was collected from the lower St. Louis River, Lake Superior's westernmost tributary, in late summer 1987. This is the first known occurrence of the ruffe in North America. The likely vector for this species was ballast water of a transoceanic vessel dumped into the international port...
Lake trout spawning habitat in the Six Fathom Bank-Yankee Reef lake trout sanctuary, Lake Huron
Thomas A. Edsall, Charles L. Brown, Gregory W. Kennedy, Thomas P. Poe
1992, Journal of Great Lakes Research (18) 70-90
Attempts to reestablish self-sustaining stocks of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in the lower four Great Lakes, where the species was extinguished in the 1950s and 1960s, have been largely unsuccessful. To avoid many of the problems believed to be contributing to this failure, the fishery management community recently established several...
Preliminary analysis of impacts of agricultural drainage evaporation ponds on wintering waterfow
D. A. Barnum
1992, Report
No abstract available at this time...
Patterns of organochlorine contamination in lake trout from Wisconsin waters of the Great Lakes
Michael A. Miller, Charles P. Madenjian, Robert G. Masnado
1992, Journal of Great Lakes Research (18) 742-754
To investigate spatial and temporal patterns of organochlorine contamination in lake trout from Wisconsin waters of the Great Lakes, we examined laboratory contaminant analysis data of muscle tissue samples from Lake Michigan (n = 317) and Lake Superior (n = 53)...
Water quality changes and their relation to fishery resources in the upper Mississippi River
L. E. Holland Bartels
C.D. Becker, D.A. Neitzel, editor(s)
1992, Book chapter, Water quality in North American river systems
Despite a long history of human manipulation, the most dramatic changes in the upper Mississippi River occurred in the 1930s with construction of a lock and dam system to facilitate the commercial transport of commodities. In 1988, barge traffic through the system ranged from 7,500 tows per year at Lock...
Foraging ecology and nutrition
Gary L. Krapu, K. J. Reinecke
D.J. Batt, A. D. Afton, M.G. Anderson, C.D. Ankney, Douglas H. Johnson, J.A. Kadlec, Gary L. Krapu, editor(s)
1992, Book chapter, Ecology and management of breeding waterfowl
No abstract available....
Application of a computer simulation model to migrating white-fronted geese in the Klamath Basin
R.B. Frederick, William R. Clark, John Y. Takekawa
Dale R. McCullough, R.H. Barrett, editor(s)
1992, Book chapter, Wildlife 2001: Populations
The Pacific greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) population has declined precipitously over the past 20 years. Loss of wetland habitat in California wintering areas has had a significant effect on the population, so recovery of the population may depend on innovative management of the few remaining wetlands. A computer simulation...
Review of habitat classification schemes appropriate to streams, rivers, and connecting channels in the Great Lakes drainage system
Patrick L. Hudson, R.W. Griffiths, T.J. Wheaton
W.-Dieter N. Busch, Peter G. Sly, editor(s)
1992, Book chapter, The development of an aquatic habitat classification system for lakes
Studies of lotic classification, zonation, and distribution carried out since the turn of the century were reviewed for their use in developing a habitat classification scheme for flowing water in the Great Lakes drainage basin. Seventy papers, dealing mainly with fish but including benthos, were organized into four somewhat...
Sedimentary history of the Tethyan margins of eastern Gondwana during the Mesozoic
James G. Ogg, Felix Gradstein, Julie A. Dumoulin, Massimo Sarti, Paul Brown
1992, Book chapter, Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 70: Synthesis of results from scientific drilling in the Indian Ocean
A composite Mesozoic geological history for the Gondwana margins to the Eastern Tethys Ocean can be assembled from stratigraphic successions on the Australian and Himalayan margins and from drill sites of Ocean Drilling Program Legs 122 and 123. During the Triassic, this region drifted northwards, entering tropical paleolatitudes during the...
Population dynamics of breeding waterfowl
Douglas H. Johnson, J.D. Nichols, M.D. Schwartz
D.J. Batt, A. D. Afton, M.G. Anderson, C.D. Ankney, Douglas H. Johnson, J.A. Kadlec, Gary L. Krapu, editor(s)
1992, Book chapter, Ecology and management of breeding waterfowl
No abstract available....
The use of freshwater and saltwater animals to distinguish between the toxic effects of salinity and contaminants in irrigation drain water
Christopher G. Ingersoll, F.J. Dwyer, S.A. Burch, M.K. Nelson, D.R. Buckler, J. B. Hunn
1992, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (11) 503-511
Irrigation drain waters entering Stillwater Wildlife Management Area (SWMA) in south-western Nevada contain elevated levels of salinity and several inorganic contaminants (As, B, Cu, Li, Mo, and Sr). Mortalities of fish and waterfowl at the management area are believed to be associated with the poor water quality of the drains....
Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1992, Report
This catalog is a list of (1) books and maps 1 that were published during 1992, and (2) articles by U.S. Geological Survey personnel in non-U.S. Geological Survey journals and books that came to our attention in 1992; it supplements the permanent catalogs "Publications of the Geological Survey, 1879-1961", "Publications...
Locating well sites in the Georgia Piedmont using a geographic information system
J.S. Clarke, K.W. McFadden
1992, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the National symposium on the future availability of ground water resources
