Hydrology and geochemistry of carbonate springs in Mantua Valley, northern Utah
Karen C. Rice, Lawrence E. Spangler
Lawrence E. Spangler, Constance J. Allen, editor(s)
1999, Utah Geological Association Publications 337-352
Water chemistry, tritium data, precipitation-discharge relations, geology, topography, and dye tracing were used to determine recharge areas, ground-water residence times, factors influencing ground-water flow, and aquifer characteristic for five springs that discharge from Paleozoic limestones and dolostones along the margin of Manuta Valley, northern Utah.Temperature of Mantua Valley spring water...
Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1999
Carole B. Burden, L.E. Spangler, J.D. Sory, Robert J. Eacret, T.A. Kenney, K. K. Johnson, B.L. Loving, S.J. Brockner, M.R. Danner, Paul Downhour, B.A. Slaugh, R.L. Swenson, J.H. Howells, H.K. Christiansen, M.J. Fisher
1999, Cooperative Investigations Report 40
This is the thirty-sixth in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, published cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources and Division of Water Rights, provide data to enable interested parties to...
Measuring streamflow in Virginia (1999 revision)
Roger M. Moberg, Karen C. Rice, Eugene D. Powell
1999, Open-File Report 95-713
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior, is the Nation's largest Earth-science information agency. Among its many responsibilities, such as map making and providing information on earthquakes and other natural hazards, the USGS provides information on the Nation's water resources. The USGS has collected and analyzed hydrologic...
Use of power analysis to develop detectable significance criteria for sea urchin toxicity tests
R.S. Carr, J.M. Biedenbach
1999, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management (2) 413-418
When sufficient data are available, the statistical power of a test can be determined using power analysis procedures. The term “detectable significance” has been coined to refer to this criterion based on power analysis and past performance of a test. This power analysis procedure has been performed with sea urchin...
Stress-induced immune-endocrine interaction
A.G. Maule, S. P. VanderKooi
P.H.M. Balm, editor(s)
1999, Book chapter, Stress physiology in animals
No abstract available...
Successful aquatic animal disease emergency programmes
T. Hastein, B. J. Hill, J. R. Winton
1999, Revue Scientifique et Technique (18) 214-227
The authors provide examples of emergency programmes which have been successful in eradicating or controlling certain diseases of aquatic animals. The paper is divided into four parts. The first part describes the initial isolation of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) virus in North America in the autumn of 1988 from feral adult...
Sedimentation in the delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers
R.L. Dinehart, D. H. Schoellhamer
1999, Conference Paper
No abstract available....
Species - and community- level responses to disturbance imposed by feral horse grazing and other management practices
Erik A. Beever, Peter F. Advised by Brussard
1999, Thesis
Growth and mortality of age-0 northern squawfish, Ptychocheilus oregonensis, rearing in shoreline habitats of the Columbia River Reservoir
C.A. Barfoot, D.M. Gadomski, R.H. Wertheimer
1999, Environmental Biology of Fishes (54) 107-115
We investigated growth and mortality of age-0 northern squawfish during early rearing in shallow shoreline habitats. Larvae and juveniles (n=22914) were collected by weekly seining at three sample sites in the upper John Day Reservoir, Columbia River, during June through early September 1994–1996. Using a length-based ageing method, it was...
Characterization of branch complexity by fractal analyses and detect plant functional adaptations
C.L. Alados, J. Escos, J.M. Emlen, D.C. Freeman
1999, International Journal of Plant Sciences (160(S6)) 147-155
The comparison between complexity in the sense of space occupancy (box-counting fractal dimension Dc and information dimension DI ) and heterogeneity in the sense of space distribution (average evenness index and evenness variation coefficient JCV) were investigated in mathematical fractal objects and natural branch ¯ J structures. In general, increased...
Cloning, in Vitro expression, and novel phylogenetic classification of a channel catfish estrogen receptor
Z. Xia, R. Patino, W.L. Gale, A.G. Maule, L.D. Densmore
1999, General and Comparative Endocrinology (113) 360-368
We obtained two channel catfish estrogen receptor (ccER) cDNA from liver of female fish using RT–PCR. The two fragments were identical in sequence except that the smaller one had an out-of-frame deletion in the E domain, suggesting the existence of ccER splice variants. The larger fragment was used to screen...
Migrational characteristics of radio-tagged juvenile salmonids during operation of a surface collection and bypass system
N.S. Adams, D.W. Rondorf, S.D. Evans, J.E. Kelly, R.W. Perry, J.M. Plumb, D.R. Kennedy
M. Odeh, editor(s)
1999, Book chapter, Innovations in fish passage technology
No abstract available....
Pathogenecity of Ichthyophonus hoferi for laboratory-reared Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) and its early appearance in wild Puget Sound herring
R. Kocan, P. Hershberger, T. Mehl, N. Elder, M. Bradley, D. Wildermuth, K. Stick
1999, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (35) 23-29
Laboratory-reared pathogen-free Pacific herring were exposed to pure cultures of Ichthyophonus hoferi, and reproduced the disease seen in naturally infected fish--thus fulfilling Koch's Postulates. Pathogen-free herring used in this study were reared from artificially spawned eggs incubated in filtered, UV-sterilized seawater, eliminating the variables associated with multiple infections, which are...
Masculinization of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by immersion in androgens
W.L. Gale, M.S. Fitzpatrick, M. Lucero, W.M. Contreras-Sanchez, C. B. Schreck
1999, Aquaculture (178) 349-357
The use of all-male populations increases the efficiency and feasibility of tilapia aquaculture. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of a short-term immersion procedure for masculinizing Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Two synthetic androgens were evaluated: 17α-methyldihydrotestosterone (MDHT) and 17α-methyltestosterone (MT). Exposure (3 h) on 10 and again...
Fish assemblages and habitat relationships in a small northern Great Plains stream
C.A. Barfoot, R.G. White
1999, Prairie Naturalist (31) 87-106
We examined fish populations and environmental characteristics of pool and riffle habitats of Little Beaver Creek, Montana, a small northern Great Plains stream. We collected 4,980 fishes representing 20 species in eight families. The most abundant and species-rich family was Cyprinidae. Nearly 88% (4,369) of all fishes were collected in...
Genetic characterization of naturally spawned Snake River fall-run Chinook salmon
A.R. Marshall, H.L. Blankenship, W.P. Connor
1999, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (129) 680-698
We sampled juvenile Snake River chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha to genetically characterize the endangered Snake River fall-run population. Juveniles from fall and spring–summer lineages coexisted in our sampling areas but were differentiated by large allozyme allele frequency differences. We sorted juveniles by multilocus genotypes into putative fall and spring lineage...
Outbreeding depression in hybrids between odd-and even-broodyear pink salmon
A.J. Gharrett, W.W. Smoker, R.R. Reisenbichler, S.G. Taylor
1999, Aquaculture (173) 117-129
Fewer F2 hybrids between even- and odd-broodline pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), which are lines that are genetically isolated by their strict two-year life cycle, survived than did F2 controls, indicating outbreeding depression. Cryopreserved sperm of 40 broodyear 1990 males and of 40 broodyear 1991 males fertilized equal subsamples of eggs...
Analysis of the nucleoprotein gene identifies three distinct lineages of viral haemorrhagic septicemia virus within the European marine environment
M. Snow, C.O. Cunningham, W.T. Melvin, Gael Kurath
1999, Virus Research (63) 35-44
A ribonuclease (RNase) protection assay (RPA) has been used to detect nucleotide sequence variation within the nucleoprotein gene of 39 viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) isolates of European marine origin. The classification of VHSV isolates based on RPA cleavage patterns permitted the identification of ten distinct groups of viruses based...
Evaluation of the protective immunogencity of the N, P, M, NV and G proteins of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss using DNA vaccines
S. Corbeil, S. E. LaPatra, Eric Anderson, J. Jones, B. Vincent, Ya Li Hsu, G. Kurath
1999, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (39) 29-36
The protective immunogenicity of the nucleoprotein (N), phosphoprotein (P), matrix protein (M), non-virion protein (NV) and glycoprotein (G) of the rhabdovirus infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) was assessed in rainbow trout using DNA vaccine technology. DNA vaccines were produced by amplifying and cloning the viral genes in the plasmid pCDNA...
Influence of externally attached trasmitters on the swimming performance of juvenile white sturgeon
T.D. Counihan, C.N. Frost
1999, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (128) 965-970
We measured the critical swimming speed of juvenile white sturgeons Acipenser transmontanus equipped with externally attached dummy ultrasonic transmitters and of untagged control fish in the laboratory. White sturgeons ranging from 31.9 to 37.0 cm fork length were subjected to one of three treatments: Control (handled but not tagged), tag...
Antigenic and functional characterization of p57 produced by Renibacterium salmoninarum
G. Weins, M.S. Chien, J. R. Winton, S.L. Kaatari
1999, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (37) 43-52
Renibacterium salmoninarum, the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease, produces large quantities of a 57-58 kDa protein (p57) during growth in broth culture and during infection of salmonid fish. Biological activities of secreted p57 include agglutination of salrnonid leucocytes and rabbit erythrocytes. We define the location of epitopes on p57...
Biomass of coastal cutthroat trout in unlogged and previously clearcut basins in the central Coast Range of Oregon
P.J. Connolly, J.D. Hall
1999, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (128) 890-899
Populations of coastal cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki clarki were sampled in 16 Oregon headwater streams during 1991–1993. These streams were above upstream migration barriers and distributed among basins that had been logged 20–30 and 40–60 years ago and basins that had not been logged but had burned 125–150 years ago....
Health evaluation of Columbian white-tailed deer on Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian white-tailed deer
Terry E. Creekmore, Linda C. Glaser
1999, Technical Report 99-001
The Columbian white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus leucurus) was designated an endangered species in 1968. At that time the estimated population along the lower Columbia River of Washington and Oregon was 300 to 400 deer (Gavin, 1984). The Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-tailed Deer was established in...
Characterizing hydrology and the importance of ground-water discharge in natural and constructed wetlands
Randall J. Hunt, John F. Walker, David P. Krabbenhoft
1999, Wetlands (19) 458-472
Although considered the most important component for the establishment and persistence of wetlands, hydrology has been hard to characterize and linkages between hydrology and other environmental conditions are often poorly understood. In this work, methods for characterizing a wetland’s hydrology from hydrographs were developed, and the importance of ground water...
Debating complexity in modeling
Randall J. Hunt, Chunmiao Zheng
1999, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (80) 29-29
Complexity in modeling would seem to be an issue of universal importance throughout the geosciences, perhaps throughout all science, if the debate last year among groundwater modelers is any indication. During the discussion the following questions and observations made up the heart of the debate. As scientists trying to understand the...
