Hydrogeologic data for the lower Connecticut River basin, Connecticut
J.W. Bingham, F.D. Paine, L.A. Weiss
1980, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 32
This report contains geologic, ground-water, and miscellaneous data on the quality of surface water collected for a water-resources inventory of the lower Connecticut River basin, Connecticut. The study was made by the U.S. Geological Survey in fiscal cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. A companion report (Connecticut Water...
Inhibition of nitrite-induced toxicity in channel catfish by calcium chloride and sodium chloride
Wright M. I. Tommasso J.R. M. I., B.A. Simco, K. B. Davis
1980, Progressive Fish-Culturist (42) 144-146
Environmental chloride has been shown to inhibit methemoglobin formation in fish, thereby offering a protective effect against nitrite toxicity. Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) were simultaneously exposed to various environmental nitrite and chloride levels (as either CaCl2 or NaCl) in dechlorinated tap water (40 mg/L total hardness, 47 mg/L alkalinity, 4...
Elevations and Distances in the United States
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Report
The information in this booklet was compiled to answer inquiries received by the Geological Survey from students, teachers, writers, editors, publishers of encyclopedias, almanacs and other reference books, and people in many other fields of work. The elevations of features and distances between points in the United States were determined...
You asked for it! How to cheaply improve water for hatching fish eggs
M. Martin, D. Greenland, D. Tackett
1980, Aquaculture Magazine (6) 35-35
Effects of environmental pH and calcium on ammonia toxicity in channel catfish
J.R. Tomasso, C. A. Goudie, B.A. Simco, K. B. Davis
1980, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (109) 229-234
The twenty-four-hour median lethal concentrations (24-hour LC50) of total ammonia nitrogen (TA-N) to channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) at pH 7, 8, and 9 (total hardness, 40 mg/liter; temperature, 21–25 C) were 263.6 ± 11.3 (SE), 38.8 ± 1.8, and 4.5 ± 0.2 mg/liter, respectively. The 24-hour LC50 of un-ionized ammonia...
United States Geological Survey Yearbook, fiscal year 1979
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Report
In March 1979, the U.S. Geological Survey celebrated its 100th year of service to the Nation and 10 decades of stewardship of the land and its resources. During this year, as in the previous 99, the Survey discharged its national trust by collecting, analyzing, and disseminating earth science information and...
Water resources thesaurus: A vocabulary for indexing and retrieving the literature of water resources research and development
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Report
This Water Resources Thesaurus encompasses such broad research areas as the hydrologic cycle, supply of and demand for water, conservation and best use of available supplies of water, methods of increasing supplies, and the economic, legal, social, engineering, recreational, biological, geographical, ecological, and qualitative aspects of water resources. This volume...
Hydrogeologic data from the northern part of the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York
E. J. Koszalka
1980, Long Island Water Resources Bulletin LIWR-15
The Meadowbrook artificial-recharge project in Nassau County, Long Island, New York
D. A. Aronson
1980, Long Island Water Resources Bulletin LIWR-14
Is nothing sacred?
G. L. Hoffman
1980, Fish Health Section Newsletter (8) 3-3
N-sodium-N-chloro-rho-toluenesulfonamide (chloramine-T) effectively controls bacterial gill disease (BGD) in cultured fishes, BGD, a common disease of hatchery-reared salmonids, causes more fish losses than any other disease among these species, This study describes a liquid chromatographic (LC) method that is capable of direct, simultaneous analysis of chloramine-T and its primary degradation...
Oxygen isotopic determinations of sequentially erupted plagioclases in the 1974 magma of Fuego Volcano, Guatemala
W.I. Rose Jr., I. Friedman, L. G. Woodruff
1980, Bulletin Volcanologique (43) 191-194
Plagioclases in the 1974 high-Al basalt from Fuego Volcano have ??O18 values of +6.0 to +8.5 per mil. Meteoric water cannot have played a significant role in Fuego's magma. Large, weakly zone clear phenocrysts had ??O18 values in the accepted mantle range, while patchyzoned and oscillatory-zoned plagioclases inferred to have...
The asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea (Müller), in the tidal Potomac River, Maryland
Paul V. Dresler, Robert L. Cory
1980, Estuaries (3) 150-151
The Asiatic clam,Corbicula fluminea (Müller), has extended its range to include the tidal fresh-water portion of the Potomac River, Maryland. Though patchily distributed, the clams have attained densities of 665 m−2. Size-class distributions indicate that the clams first appeared in 1975. About 90% of the population belong to year-class I...
Storm runoff as related to urbanization in the Portland, Oregon-Vancouver, Washington Area
Antonius Laenen
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-689
A series of equations was developed to provide a better method of determining flood frequencies in the Portland-Vancouver urban area than is now available. The resulting regression equations can be used to compute peak discharge and storm runoff with a standard error of estimate of approximately 30 percent. Basins used...
Lead residues in sora rails from Maryland
Rey C. Stendell, Joseph W. Artmann, Elwood Martin
1980, Journal of Wildlife Management (44) 525-527
During September and October, mi- grating sora rails (Porzana carolina) use tidal marshes of the Patuxent River in Maryland, where they have been hunted for many years. Spent shot accumulates in the marsh during the rail hunting sea- son, and some shot is ingested by the birds. Twelve percent...
Factors controlling the fate of pesticides in rural watersheds of the lower Mississippi River alluvial valley
C. J. Schmitt, P. V. Winger
1980, Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference (45) 354-375
Demography of the Everglade kite: Implications for population management
J.D. Nichols, Gary L. Hensler, P.W. Sykes Jr.
1980, Ecological Modelling (9) 215-232
Simple deterministic and stochastic population modelsi are used to examine the demographic patterns of the Everglade Kite population. These efforts are directed at making inferences about the evolution of the kite life-history pattern, and at providing guidelines for the management of the kite population. The Everglade Kite has...
Winter, waterfowl, and the salt marsh
R.E. Kirby, Fred Ferrigno
1980, New Jersey Outdoors (7) 10-13
Sex-specific differences in winter distribution patterns of canvasbacks
J.D. Nichols, G.M. Haramis
1980, Condor (82) 406-416
Winter band recovery distributions of North American Canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) suggested that males and females exhibit comparable degrees of fidelity to general wintering areas. Of birds banded during the winter, the proportion of males was found to be higher in northern than in southern areas. Winter band recovery...
Factors affecting waterfowl breeding density and productivity estimates in the Northeast
J. R. Longcore, J.K. Ringelman
1980, Transactions of the Northeast Section of the Wildlife Society, Annual Fish and Wildlife Conference (37) 169-181
During 1977-79, information useful for making breeding pair and brood surveys was obtained while studying black duck (Anas rubripes) habitat selection and productivity in south-central Maine. Surveys should be initiated in relation to sunrise and sunset time. Morning versus evening counts, familiarity with the survey area, wetland dynamics of the...
Toxic effects of endrin and toxaphene on the southern leopard frog Rana sphenocephala
R.J. Hall, D. Swineford
1980, Environmental Pollution (Series A) (23) 53-65
Eggs, larvae and sub-adults of the southern leopard frog Rana sphenocephala were exposed to endrin and toxaphene. Exposure was in water by a continuous-flow technique, following standards that have been used successfully in the study of fish and invertebrates. R. sphenocephala is more sensitive to both pesticides than are higher vertebrates but is slightly...
Response of captive, breeding mallards to oiled water
T. W. Custer, P.H. Albers
1980, Journal of Wildlife Management (44) 915-918
No abstract available....
Notes on Aleutian Canada Goose breeding
G.F. Gee
1980, American Pheasant and Waterfowl Society Magazine (80) 2-9
Situation report: Heavy DDT contamination at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
W. James Fleming, T.Z. Atkeson
1980, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (34) 453-461
A DDT manufacturing plant that operated on the Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama discharged DDT-Iaden effluent from 1947 to 1970 into a creek on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Seven to 9 years after the plant closed, high DDT, DDE, and DDD levels were reported in soils, river sediments, and fish...
Waterfowl production estimates on forested wetlands from pair and brood counts
R.E. Kirby
1980, Wildlife Society Bulletin (8) 273-278
Waterfowl pair and brood counts and estimates of total brood utilization were obtained from 10 beaver (Castor canadensis) flowages in north-central Minnesota and compared with rank correlation techniques. Summing the data for each species, correlation between pair and brood censuses was significant ( p = 0.8304, P < 0.025). Similarly,...
Organochlorine pollutants in small cetaceans from the Pacific and south Atlantic Oceans, November 1968-June 1976
T. J. O'Shea, R.L. Brownell Jr., D. R. Clark Jr., W.A. Walker, M. L. Gay, T. G. Lamont
1980, Pesticides Monitoring Journal (14) 35-46
Organochlorine residues were analyzed in blubber, brain, or muscle tissues of 69 individuals representing 10 species of small cetaceans. Collections were made from November 1968 through June 1976 at localities in the Eastern Tropical Pacific and along the coasts of California, Hawaii, Japan, and Uruguay, Relations of residue concentrations between...
