Type C botulism in pelicans and other fish-eating birds at the Salton Sea
Tonie E. Rocke, Pauline Nol, C. Pelizza, K. K. Sturm
2004, Studies in Avian Biology (27) 136-140
In 1996, type C avian botulism killed over 10,000 pelicans and nearly 10,000 other fish-eating birds at the Salton Sea in southern California. Although botulism had been previously documented in waterbirds at the Sea, this die-off was unusual in that it involved primarily fish-eating birds. The American White Pelican (Pelecanus...
Evidence of chromosomal damage in common eiders (Somateria mollissima) from the Baltic Sea
C. W. Matson, J. C. Franson, Tuula E. Hollmén, Mikael Kilpi, Martti Hario, Paul L. Flint, J. W. Bickham
2004, Marine Pollution Bulletin (49) 1066-1071
Common eiders nesting in the Baltic Sea are exposed to generally high levels of contaminants including potentially genotoxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorines. Blood samples were collected from eiders at eight sites in the Baltic Sea and two sites in the Beaufort Sea. DNA content variation was estimated using the...
The Ozobranchus leech is a candidate mechanical vector for the fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus found latently infecting skin tumors on Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas)
R.J. Greenblatt, Thierry M. Work, G. Balazs, C.A. Sutton, R.N. Casey, J.W. Casey
2004, Virology (321) 101-110
Fibropapillomatosis (FP) of marine turtles is a neoplastic disease of ecological concern. A fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus (FPTHV) is consistently present, usually at loads exceeding one virus copy per tumor cell. DNA from an array of parasites of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) was examined with quantitative PCR (qPCR) to determine whether...
Development and validation of a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry procedure for confirmation of para-toluenesulfonamide in edible fish fillet tissue
O.R. Idowu, P.J. Kijak, J.R. Meinertz, L.J. Schmidt
2004, Journal of AOAC International (87) 1098-1108
Chloramine-T is a disinfectant being developed as a treatment for bacterial gill disease in cultured fish. As part of the drug approval process, a method is required for the confirmation of chloramine-T residues in edible fish tissue. The marker residue that will be used to determine the depletion of chloramine-T...
Retrospective pathology survey of green turtles Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis in the Hawaiian Islands, 1993-2003
Thierry M. Work, George H. Balazs, Robert Rameyer, R.A. Morris
2004, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (62) 163-176
We necropsied 255 stranded green turtles Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis (FP) from the Hawaiian Islands, North Pacific, from August 1993 through May 2003. Of these, 214 (84%) were euthanized due to advanced FP and the remainder were found dead in fresh condition. Turtles were assigned a standardized tumor severity score...
Acidification of forest soil in Russia: From 1893 to present
A.G. Lapenis, G.B. Lawrence, A.A. Andreev, A.A. Bobrov, M.S. Torn, J.W. Harden
2004, Global Biogeochemical Cycles (18)
It is commonly believed that fine-textured soils developed on carbonate parent material are well buffered from possible acidification. There are no data, however, that document resistance of such soils to acidic deposition exposure on a timescale longer than 30-40 years. In this paper, we report on directly testing the long-term...
EXAFS study of mercury(II) sorption to Fe- and Al-(hydr)oxides: I. Effects of pH
C.S. Kim, J. J. Rytuba, Gordon E. Brown Jr.
2004, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (271) 1-15
The study of mercury sorption products in model systems using appropriate in situ molecular-scale probes can provide detailed information on the modes of sorption at mineral/water interfaces. Such studies are essential for assessing the influence of sorption processes on the transport of Hg in contaminated natural systems. Macroscopic uptake of...
Trace elements in moose (Alces alces) found dead in Northwestern Minnesota, USA
T. W. Custer, E. Cox, B. Gray
2004, Science of the Total Environment (330) 81-87
The moose (Alces alces) population in bog and forest areas of Northwestern Minnesota has declined for more than 25 years, and more recently the decline is throughout Northwestern Minnesota. Both deficiencies and elevations in trace elements have been linked to the health of moose worldwide. The objective of this study...
Geochemical models of metasomatism in ultramafic systems: Serpentinization, rodingitization, and sea floor carbonate chimney precipitation
J.L. Palandri, M.H. Reed
2004, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (68) 1115-1133
In a series of water-rock reaction simulations, we assess the processes of serpentinization of harzburgite and related calcium metasomatism resulting in rodingite-type alteration, and seafloor carbonate chimney precipitation. At temperatures from 25 to 300??C (P = 10 to 100 bar), using either fresh water or seawater, serpentinization simulations produce an...
Phylogenetic evidence for an ancient rapid radiation of Caribbean sponge-dwelling snapping shrimps (Synalpheus)
C.L. Morrison, R. Rios, J.E. Duffy
2004, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (30) 563-581
A common challenge in reconstructing phylogenies involves a high frequency of short internal branches, which makes basal relationships difficult to resolve. Often it is not clear whether this pattern results from insufficient or inappropriate data, versus from a rapid evolutionary radiation. The snapping shrimp genus Synalpheus, which contains in excess...
Avian nest success in midwestern forests fragmented by agriculture
Melinda G. Knutson, Gerald J. Niemi, Wesley E. Newton, M. A. Friberg
2004, Condor (106) 116-130
We studied how forest-bird nest success varied by landscape context from 1996 to 1998 in an agricultural region of southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, and northeastern Iowa. Nest success was 48% for all nests, 82% for cavity-nesting species, and 42% for cup-nesting species. Mayfield-adjusted nest success for five common species ranged...
Zoonotic protozoa in the marine environment: a threat to aquatic mammals and public health
M.E. Olson, A. Appelbee, L. Measures, Rebecca A. Cole, D. S. Lindsay, J. P. Dubey, N. J. Thomas, M. Miller, P. Conrad, I. Gardner, J. Kreuder, J. Mazet, D. Jessup, Erin Dodd, M. Harris, J. Ames, K. Worcester, D. Paradies, M. Grigg, R. Fayer, E.J. Lewis, J.M. Trout, L. Xiao, D.W. Howard, R. Palmer, K. Ludwig, S.S. Tyler
2004, Book
This collection of abstracts provides an account of four presentations at the 19th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) (held in New Orleans, LA, USA from 10–14 August 2003) in a symposium session on zoonotic protozoan parasites found in the marine environment and...
Strontium isotope geochemistry of groundwater in the central part of the Dakota (Great Plains) aquifer, USA
D.C. Gosselin, F.E. Harvey, C. Frost, R. Stotler, P. A. Macfarlane
2004, Applied Geochemistry (19) 359-377
The Dakota aquifer of the central and eastern Great Plains of the United States is an important source of water for municipal supplies, irrigation and industrial use. Although the regional flow system can be characterized generally as east to northeasterly from the Rocky Mountains towards the Missouri River, locally the...
The threat of silent earthquakes
Peter Cervelli
2004, Scientific American (290) 86-91
Not all earthquakes shake the ground. The so-called silent types are forcing scientists to rethink their understanding of the way quake-prone faults behave. In rare instances, silent earthquakes that occur along the flakes of seaside volcanoes may cascade into monstrous landslides that crash into the sea and trigger towering tsunamis....
Simulating the effects of ground-water withdrawals on streamflow in a precipitation-runoff model
Philip J. Zarriello, P. M. Barlow, P.B. Duda
2004, Conference Paper, Bridging the Gap: Meeting the World's Water and Environmental Resources Challenges - Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2001
Precipitation-runoff models are used to assess the effects of water use and management alternatives on streamflow. Often, ground-water withdrawals are a major water-use component that affect streamflow, but the ability of surface-water models to simulate ground-water withdrawals is limited. As part of a Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN (HSPF) precipitation-runoff model developed...
Strain accumulation across the Coast Ranges at the latitude of San Francisco, 1994-2000
J.C. Savage, Weijun Gan, W.H. Prescott, J. L. Svarc
2004, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (109)
A 66-monument geodetic array spanning the Coast Ranges near San Francisco has been surveyed more than eight times by GIPS between late 1993 and early 2001. The measured horizontal velocities of the monuments are well represented by uniform, right-lateral, simple shear parallel to N29°W. (The local strike of the San...
Solar and temporal effects on Escherichia coli concentration at a Lake Michigan swimming beach
Richard L. Whitman, Meredith B. Nevers, Ginger C. Korinek, Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli
2004, Applied and Environmental Microbiology (70) 4276-4285
Studies on solar inactivation of Escherichia coli in freshwater and in situ have been limited. At 63rd St. Beach, Chicago, Ill., factors influencing the daily periodicity of culturable E. coli, particularly insolation, were examined. Water samples for E. coli analysis were collected twice daily between April and September 2000 three times a week along five...
Use of the instream flow incremental methodology: Introduction to the special issue
Berton Lee Lamb, C. Sabaton, Y. Souchon
2004, Hydroécologie Appliquée (14) 1-7
No abstract available....
Impacts of West Nile Virus on wildlife
E.K. Saito, M.A. Wild
2004, Park Science (22) 59-60
The recent epidemic of West Nile virus in the United States proved to be unexpectedly active and was the largest epidemic of the virus ever recorded. Much remains to be discovered about the ecology and epidemiology of West Nile virus in the United States, including which species are important in...
Rana aurora draytonii (California red-legged frog) Predation
Gary M. Fellers, Leslie Long Wood
2004, Herpetological Review (35) 163
Obituary: C. Robert Shoop (1935-2003)
C.K. Dodd Jr.
2004, Herpetological Review (35) 211-212
Abstract not supplied at this time...
Wildfire, fuels reduction, and herpetofaunas across diverse landscape mosaics in northwestern forests
R. Bruce Bury
2004, Conservation Biology (18) 968-975
The herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles) of northwestern forests (U.S.A.) is diverse, and many species are locally abundant. Most forest amphibians west of the Cascade Mountain crest are associated with cool, cascading streams or coarse woody material on the forest floor, which are characteristics of mature forests. Extensive loss and fragmentation...
Assessing the risk of Loveland Dam operations to the arroyo toad (Bufo californicus) in the Sweetwater River Channel, San Diego County, California
M. C. Madden-Smith, A.J. Atkinson, Robert N. Fisher, W.R. Danskin, Gregory O. Mendez
2004, Report
No abstract available....
Distribution and abundance of the southwestern willow flycatcher at selected southern California sites in 2001
J. Rourke, B. Kus, M. Whitfield
2004, Report
No abstract available at this time...
Population characteristics of Siren lacertina and Amphiuma means in north Florida
K. Sorensen
2004, Southeastern Naturalist (3) 249-258
Abstract not supplied at this time...
