Recurrent geothermally induced debris avalanches on Boulder Glacier, Mount Baker, Washington
David Frank, Austin Post, Jules D. Friedman
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 77-87
Avalanches of snow, firn and hydrothermally altered rock and mud have been released six times since 1958 from Sherman Peak, part of the crater rim south of the main summit of Mount Baker, Wash. The avalanches traveled nearly identical paths 2.0-2.6 km down Boulder Glacier on the east slope of...
Basic ground-water data for the Moscow Basin, Idaho
Emerson Gerald Crosthwaite
1975, Report
The Moscow basin encompasses an area of 65 square miles (170 square kilometres) in Latah County and borders the Idaho Washington State line (fig. 1). The basin is along the eastern edge of the "Palouse Country" where the rolling Palouse hills merge with the low mountains of northern Idaho. It...
A proposed glacial history of the Henrys Lake Basin, Idaho
Irving J. Witkind
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 67-76
Deposits of several glaciations from oldest to youngest, pre-Bull Lake, Bull Lake, and Pinedale are in and near the Henrys Lake basin, a northwest-trending hourglass-shaped trough in southeastern Idaho. Glacial deposits of pre-Bull Lake age are represented by till remnants confined mostly to the higher levels of the surrounding mountains....
Wildlife and oil shale: a problem analysis and research program: volume 2, appendix and bibliography
Hubert D. Burke
1975, FWS/OBS 76/01.2
This appendix is designed to apply to the program of studies recommended in the problem analysis and research program Volume I. It has two purposes: (1) to provide reference that may be used in the preparation of requests for proposals or for studies, and (2) to suggest a core group of references for...
Changes in the lake trout population of southern Lake Superior in relation to the fishery, the sea lamprey, and stocking, 1950-70
Richard L. Pycha, George R. King
1975, Technical Report 28
Commercial catch and effort statistics for 1929-70, samples of commercial catches in 1959-62, and records of examinations of all lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) taken commercially in inshore waters of Michigan and Wisconsin in 1962-70 were the basis for descriptions of changes in the population in 1929-70. Abundance fluctuated cyclically and gradually...
Thoracic collapse as affected by the retia thoracica in the dolphin
Clifford A. Hui
1975, Respiration Physiology (25) 63-70
The carcass of a subadult female Delphinus was placed in a hyperbaric chamber and subjected to two simulated dives each equivalent to 69.7 m. In one dive the thorax was in its natural state, and in the other 100 ml of water had been injected into each pleural cavity. Various morphometric...
Boreal owl taken near Watertown
W.A. Rose, P. F. Springer
1975, South Dakota Bird Notes (27) 64-65
Abstract has not been submitted...
Some nutritional aspects of reproduction in prairie nesting pintails
Gary L. Krapu, G.A. Swanson
1975, Journal of Wildlife Management (39) 156-162
The nutritional significance of invertebrate foods in the diet of breeding hen waterfowl during the period of egg formation is discussed. Proximate, elemental, and amino acid analyses of the principal foods consumed by hen pintails (Anas acut) during the nesting season indicate the animal foods selected are rich sources of...
Utilization of Skylab (EREP) system for appraising changes in continental migratory bird habitat
E.A. Work Jr., D.S. Gilmer
1975, Technical Report CR-147542
The author has identified the following significant results. Surface water statistics using data obtained by supporting aircraft were generated. Signature extraction and refinement preliminary to wetland and associated upland vegetation recognition were accomplished, using a selected portion of the aircraft data. Final classification mapping and...
History of fish toxicants in the United States
K.B. Cumming
1975, Special Publication 4
Many bodies of water have been overrun with fish species that are undesirable for the well-being of endemic aquatic biota and are of little or no interest to anglers. This situation has resulted from the transplanting of fish, creation of new waters, increasing fishing pressure and changing water quality. Although...
Effects of pH on toxicity of antimycin to fish
L. L. Marking
1975, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (32) 769-773
Detoxification of antimycin at pH 9.5 was caused by two factors. The piscicide was biologically unavailable at the high pH, and this unavailability was reversed by decreasing the pH of water solutions. Simultaneously antimycin detoxified with time, and the resulting loss in toxicity was irreversible. The toxicity of antimycin was...
Effects of agricultural burning on nesting waterfowl
E.K. Fritzell
1975, Canadian Field-Naturalist (89) 21-27
Agricultural burning in an intensively farmed region within Manitoba's pothole district is shown to affect the nesting activities of ground-nesting ducks. All species, except Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors), preferred unburned nest cover, although success was higher in burned areas, where predators may have exerted less influence. Attitudes of farmers, burning...
Leech (Hirudinea) infestations among waterfowl near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
James C. Bartonek, David L. Trauger
1975, Canadian Field-Naturalist (89) 234-243
Fourteen species of aquatic birds, including 11 species of ducks, were infested with leeches Theromyzon rude and Placobdella ornata near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Leeches infested 88% of 41 American Wigeon (Anas americana) and 31% of 86 Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) examined after death. Lesser Scaup captured by drive-trapping contained significantly...
Duck plague in free-flying waterfowl observed during the Lake Andes epizootic
S.J. Proctor, G.L. Pearson, Louis Leibovitz
1975, Wildlife Disease Conference (67) 1-16
The first major epizootic of duck plague in free-flying waterfowl occurred at Lake Andes, South Dakota, in January and February, 1973. Duck plague was diagnosed in black ducks, mallards, pintail-mallard hybrids, redheads, common mergansers, common golden eyes, canvasbacks, American widgeon, wood ducks, and Canada geese, indicating the general susceptibility of...
Predation by fish on walleye eggs on a spawning reef in western Lake Erie, 1969-71
David R. Wolfert, Wolf-Dieter N. Busch, Carl T. Baker
1975, Ohio Journal of Science (75) 118-125
Nearly 2,000 fish representing 21 species were captured with experimental gillnets on Kelleys Island Shoal during the spawning and incubation periods of walleyes (Stizostedion v. vitreum) in 1969-71. A total of 794 stomachs were examined. Four species contained walleye eggs: yellow perch (Perca flavescens), spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius), stonecat (Noturus...
Phallodrilus hallae, a new tubificid oligochaete from the St. Lawrence Great Lakes
David G. Cook, Jarl K. Hiltunen
1975, Canadian Journal of Zoology (53) 934-941
The predominantly marine tubificid genus Phallodrilus is defined, a key to its nine species constructed, and an illustrated description of Phallodrilus hallae n. sp. from the St. Lawrence Great Lakes presented. The species is distinguished from other members of the genus by its well-developed atrial musculature, extensions of which ensheath the posterior prostatic ducts.Phallodrilus...
Annual contribution of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus by migrant Canada geese to a hardwater lake
Bruce A. Manny, Robert G. Wetzel, W.C. Johnson
1975, International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (19) 949-951
Each year more than 6,000 migrant Canada geese (Branta canadensis interior Todd) rest for 3 to 10 days during the months of March, October, November, and December on Wintergreen Lake, a productive 15 ha (33 acre) hardwater lake in the W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary of Michigan State University in...
Effect of different constant incubation temperatures on egg survival and embryonic development in lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)
L.T. Brooke
1975, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (104) 555-559
Eggs of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) were incubated in a constant-flow incubator at constant temperatures of 0.5, 2.0, 4.0, 5.9, 7.8, and 10.0 C. The time from fertilization to median hatch was inversely related to temperature, and ranged from 41.7 days at 10.0 C to 182 days at 0.5 C....
Environmental factors affecting the strength of walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) year-classes in western Lake Erie, 1960-70
Wolf-Dieter N. Busch, Russell L. Scholl, Wilbur L. Hartman
1975, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (32) 1733-1743
Commercial production of walleyes (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) from western Lake Erie declined from 5.9 million pounds in 1956 to 140,000 pounds by 1969. Since 1956, marked irregularity in year-class success has developed. Only four year-classes were considered good during 1959–70. The rate and regularity of water warming during the spring...
Dynamics of turbidity plumes in Lake Ontario
Edward J. Pluhowski
1975, Open-File Report 75-249
Large-turbidity features along the 275-kilometre long south shore of Lake Ontario were analyzed using LANDSAT-1 images. The ESIAC system developed by the Stanford Research Institute, was used to obtain enlargements and false-color renditions of turbidity plumes. After projection on a video screen, individual turbidity features were analyzed, mapped, and photographed.The...
Water-resources appraisal of the Carson River basin, western Nevada
Patrick A. Glancy, T. L. Katzer
1975, Open-File Report 75-179
No abstract available....
Location of the non-tidal current null zone in northern San Francisco Bay
David H. Peterson, T. J. Conomos, W. W. Broenkow, Patrick C. Doherty
1975, Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science (3) 1-11
Variations in Sacramento-San Joaquin River discharge into northern San Francisco Bay causes shifts in location of the bottom density current null zone. At a river flow of 2000 m3/s this null zone is approximately 20 km from the seaward end of the estuary,...
Uranium determination in natural water by the fissiontrack technique
G.M. Reimer
1975, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (4) 425-431
The fission track technique, utilizing the neutron-induced fission of uranium-235, provides a versatile analytical method for the routine analysis of uranium in liquid samples of natural water. A detector is immersed in the sample and both are irradiated. The fission track density observed...
PCB's in Suburban Watershed, Reston, Va
J.M. Martell, D. A. Rickert, F.R. Siegel
1975, Environmental Science & Technology (9) 872-875
No abstract available....
Automated ion-selective electrode method for determining fluoride in natural waters
D. E. Erdmann
1975, Environmental Science & Technology (9) 252-253
No abstract available....
