Better utilization of ground water in the Piedmont and mountain region of the southeast
Ralph C. Heath
1979, Conference Paper, Water conservation and alternative water supplies: proceedings of a southeast regional conference
The development of water supplies for domestic consumption, and for those commercial and industrial uses requiring relatively pure water, has followed a pattern in the Piedmont and mountain areas of the southeast similar to that in most other humid areas. The first settlers utilized seepage springs on hillsides. Such springs...
Reconnaissance of chemical quality of surface water and fluvial sediment in the Dirty Devil River basin, Utah
James C. Mundorff
1979, Technical Publication 65
The water-quality reconnaissance in the Dirty Devil River basin, covered an area of about 4,300 square miles (11,100 square kilometers). were obtained by the U.S. Geological Survey one or more times at 104 during the period July 1975 to September 1976; and during visits to 34 sites during the same...
National Center tour guide
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Report
On behalf of each employee at the Geological Survey's National Center, I [H. William Menard, Director] extend a warm welcome to you during our Centennial Year. We hope that your visit to our headquarters will be a pleasant and rewarding experience. Our scientific research is directed towards helping to solve...
Land use statistics for West Virginia, Part I
Robert B. Erwin, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Environmental Geology Bulletin 18
The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey and the United States Geological Survey have completed a cooperative program to provide land-use and land-cover maps and data for the State. This program begins to satisfy a longstanding need for a consistent level of detail, standardization in categorization, and scale of compilation...
Toxicity of fishery chemicals to the asiatic clam, Corbicula manilensis
Jack H. Chandler, L. L. Marking
1979, Progressive Fish-Culturist (41) 148-151
The Asiatic clam (Corbicula manilensis), a species introduced into U. S. waters, has spread rapidly, and its ability to survive, reproduce, and spread has caused concern. Aquatic biologists suspect that the clams may crowd out indigenous mollusks, and the animals sometimes plug water intakes and leave shell deposits that interfere...
Chloride inhibition of nitrite-induced methemoglobinemia in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
J.R. Tomasso, B.A. Simco, K. B. Davis
1979, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (36) 1141-1144
Exposure of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fingerlings for 24?h to 1.0, 2.5, and 5.0?mg/L nitrite (pH?=?7; hardness?=?40?mg/L; temperature?=?22–25 °C) produced methemoglobin levels of 20.7?±?1.9%, 59.8?±?1.9%, and 77.4?±?1.4% (SE), respectively. However, methemoglobin levels were not elevated when fish were simultaneously exposed to 1.0, 2.5, and 5.0?mg/L nitrite and 25, 50, and...
United States Geological Survey Yearbook, fiscal year 1978
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Report
Fiscal year 1978 saw the U.S. Geological Survey continuing to perform its basic historical missions of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information about the Earth, its processes, and its water and mineral resources. Classifying Federal lands and supervising lessee mineral extraction operations on those lands were also major Survey concerns during...
Water quality of Livingston Reservoir on the Trinity River, southeastern Texas
Jack Rawson
1979, Texas Department of Water Resources Report 230
The concentrations of dissolved solids, chloride, and sulfate in Livingston Reservoir on the Trinity River in southeastern Texas usually average less than 250 mg/l (milligrams per liter), 40 mg/l, and 50 mg/l, respectively. The water is usually hard or moderately hard (61 to 180 mg/l as calcium carbonate). The concentrations...
Distribution of ground-water withdrawals on Long Island, New York, in 1973 by area, aquifer, and use
F.R. Erlichman
1979, Long Island Water Resources Bulletin LIWR-10
Hydrogeology of the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York
Chabot Kilburn
1979, Long Island Water Resources Bulletin LIWR-12
Use of storm-water basins for artificial recharge with reclaimed water, Nassau County, Long Island, New York - A hydraulic feasibility study
D. A. Aronson, T. E. Reilly, A.W. Harbaugh
1979, Long Island Water Resources Bulletin LIWR-11
Hydrologic and water-quality appraisal of southeast Nassau County, Long Island, New York
H.F.H. Ku, D.J. Sulam
1979, Long Island Water Resources Bulletin LIWR-13
Status of the everglade kite in Florida--1968-1978
P.W. Sykes Jr.
1979, The Wilson Bulletin (91) 495-511
The population status of the Everglade Kite (Rostrhamus sociabils plumbeus) was studied in Florida from 1968 through 1978. Sixty-four nestlings (40% of known fledged young) were leg-banded with unique color combinations, and of these, 17.2% were seen 1 or more years after they were banded. Kites were capable of breeding...
Feeding ecology and development of juvenile black ducks in Maine
Kenneth J. Reinecke
1979, The Auk (96) 737-745
Data from 41 juvenile Black Ducks (Anas rubripes) collected in the Penobscot River valley of Maine from June through August 1974-76 were used to estimate the proportion of aquatic invertebrates in the prefledging diet and the allometric growth rates of the tarsi, flight muscles, and alimentary system. The proportion of...
Nesting waterfowl in the central Atlantic states
Matthew C. Perry
1979, Audubon Naturalist News (5) 8
Multiple-factor influences upon feeding flight rates at wading bird colonies (Alias: Are flight-line counts useful?)
R. Michael Erwin, John C. Ogden
1979, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 1979 conference of the colonial waterbird group
The temporal patterns of feeding, resting, and reproductive behavior in colonial wading birds have been studied by a number of investigators (Recher and Recher 1972, King 1974, Capen 1978, Custer and Osborn 1978, Kushlan 1978) both on a short-term (daily) and long-term (annual) basis. In coastal marine environments, activities...
Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase enzyme activity in blood, brain, and liver of lead-dosed ducks
M. P. Dieter, M. T. Finley
1979, Environmental Research (19) 127-135
Mallard ducks were dosed with a single shotgun pellet (ca. 200 mg lead). After 1 month there was about 1 ppm lead in blood, 2.5 in liver, and 0.5 in brain. Lead-induced inhibition of delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase enzyme in blood and cerebellum was much greater than in cerebral hemisphere or...
Recovery of breeding success in a population of brown pelicans
Vivian M. Mendenhall, Richard M. Prouty
1979, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 1978 conference of the colonial waterbird group
Breeding populations of the brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) declined during the 1960's on both east and west coasts of the United States. In 1969, colonies in South Carolina fledged an average of 0.78 young per nest (Blus et al. 1974b), and those in California only 0.004 (Anderson et al....
Exposure of waterfowl to lead: A nationwide survey of residues in wing bones of seven species, 1972-73
Rey C. Stendell, R.I. Smith, K.P. Burnham, R. E. Christensen
1979, Special Scientific Report - Wildlife 223
Seasonal occurrence and distribution of submerged aquatic macrophytes in the tidal Potomac River
G.M. Haramis, V. Carter, P. Gammon, C. Hupp
1979, Book chapter, Seminar on water quality in the tidal Potomac River, December 1978
A systematic survey was conducted in the Tidal Potomac River in 1978 to determine the presence, abundance, and phenology of submersed aquatic macrophytes. The survey covered 81.5 km of main river and 59.3 km of tributary on the Maryland shore. Four regions were selected for the study: (1)...
Texas colonial waterbird census, 1977-78
Gene W. Blacklock, R.D. Slack, D.R. Blankinship, A.H. Chaney, Kirk A. King, J.C. Smith, L. Mullins
D. Lynn Drawe, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, Proceedings of the First Welder Wildlife Foundation Symposium
Assessment and population management of North American migratory birds
F.W. Martin, R.S. Pospahala, J.D. Nichols
John Cairns, Ganapati P. Patil, William E. Waters, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, Environmental Biomonitoring, Assessment, Prediction, and Management--Certain Case Studies and Related Quantitative Issues
Small-scale slump deposits, Middle Atlantic Continental Slope, off eastern United States
H.J. Knebes, Bobb Carson
1979, Marine Geology (29) 221-236
Analyses of 24 high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles that were collected during local and regional surveys show that small-scale slump deposite are ubiquitous whthin the intercanyon areas of the Continental Slope of the Middle Atlantic Bight. The deposits involve the upper 10-90 m of sediments, extend downslops for 1.8-7.2 km, and are...
Effects of oil transferred from incubating gulls to their eggs
Kirk A. King, C.A. LeFever
1979, Marine Pollution Bulletin (10) 319-321
No. 2 fuel oil, or water, was applied to the breast feathers of incubating laughing gulls trapped at their nest site on an island colony in Texas. Gulls were released after treatment and allowed to incubate their eggs for 5 days. Oil was transferred from the feathers of incubating adults...
Clay mineralogy, fine-grained sediment dispersal, and inferred current patterns, lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak shelf, Alaska
James R. Hein, Arnold H. Bouma, Monty A. Hampton, Ross C. Robin
1979, Sedimentary Geology (24) 291-306
Because lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak shelf are being explored and developed for their petroleum resources, it is essential for environmental reasons to understand the sediment dispersal routes and current patterns. The Susitna River flows into upper Cook Inlet and is the source of clay minerals in Holocene deposits found...
