Interseismic deformation along the San Andreas Fault in southern California
J.C. Savage, M. Lisowski
1995, Journal of Geophysical Research (100) 12703-12717
Eight trilateration networks located along the San Andreas fault in southern California have been surveyed 8 to 19 times within a 14- to 17-year interval between 1971 and 1992. The data, measurements of distances between the same 10 to 32 pairs of geodetic monuments within a...
Reproductive impairment in the Florida panther: Nature or nurture?
C.F. Facemire, T. S. Gross, L. J. Guillette
1995, Environmental Health Perspectives (103) 79-86
Many of the remaining members of the endangered Florida panther (Felis concolor coryi) population suffer from one or more of a variety of physiological, reproductive, endocrine, and immune system defects including congenital heart defects, abnormal sperm, low sperm density, cryptorchidism, thyroid dysfunction, and possible immunosuppression. Mercury contamination, determined to be...
Variations of weekly atmospheric deposition for multiple collectors at a site on the shore of Lake Okeechobee, Florida
N.E. Peters, R.S. Reese
1995, Atmospheric Environment (29) 179-187
Eight wet/dry precipitation collectors were modified to house four additional dryfall collectors and one bulk precipitation collector to sample atmospheric deposition for 12 weeks in a small area on the southwestern shore of Lake Okeechobee; sample contamination, primarily by insects, reduced the comparison to the last nine weeks. The deposition...
Techniques of contributing-area delineation for analysis of nonpoint-source contamination of Long Island, New York
P. Misut
1995, Models for assessing and monitoring groundwater quality. Proc. symposium, Boulder, 1995 (227) 31-37
Ninety shallow monitoring wells on Long Island, N.Y., were used to test the hypothesis that the correlation between the detection of volatile organic compounds (VOC's) at a well and explanatory variables representing land use, population density, and hydrogeologic conditions around the well is affected by the size and shape of...
Stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Shell 410-1 well, Georges Bank Basin, US North Atlantic outer continental shelf
L. J. Poppe, C. W. Poag, B.A. Swift
1995, Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences (17) 259-270
The Shell 410-1 well is the most downdip (seaward) hydrocarbon exploratory well in the Georges Bank Basin. It was drilled to a total depth of 4745 m RKB, and penetrated a section composed of Middle Jurassic to Quaternary sedimentary rocks. The lithostratigraphy of the section is described. The strata penetrated...
Wind damage effects of Hurricane Andrew on mangrove communities along the southwest coast of Florida, USA
T.W. Doyle, T. J. Smith III, M. B. Robblee
1995, Journal of Coastal Research 159-168
On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew downed and defoliated an extensive swath of mangrove trees across the lower Florida peninsula. Permanent field sites were established to assess the extent of forest damage and to monitor the rate and process of forest recovery. Canopy trees suffered the highest mortality particularly for...
Quaternary soils and dust deposition in southern Nevada and California
M.C. Reheis
1995, Geological Society of America Bulletin (107) 1003-1022
Eolian dust constitutes much of the pedogenic material in late Pleistocene and Holocene soils of many arid regions of the world. Comparison of the compositions and influx rates of modern dust with the eolian component of dated soils at 24 sites in southern Nevada and California yields information on (1)...
Formation and regression of the corpus luteum of the American alligator
L. J. Guillette, A.R. Woodward, Q. You-Xiang, M.C. Cox, J.H. Matter, T. S. Gross
1995, Journal of Morphology (224) 97-110
Luteal morphology of the American alligator is unique when compared to other reptiles but is similar to that of its phylogenetic relatives, the birds. The theca is extensively hypertrophied, but the granulosa never fills the cavity formed following the ovulation of the ovum. The formation of the corpus luteum (CL)...
Disarticulation of turtle shells in north-central Florida: How long does a shell remain in the woods?
C.K. Dodd Jr.
1995, American Midland Naturalist (134) 378-387
From 1985 through 1991, I examined and categorized the sequential shell disarticulation patterns of 80 turtle specimens, representing six species and three families, in N-central Florida. Shells were allowed to disarticulate on land under natural environmental conditions. Turtle shells were observed from 5-54 mo. Based on examinations of photos, nine...
Rapid toluene mineralization by aquifer microorganisms at Adak, Alaska: Implications for intrinsic bioremediation in cold environments
P. M. Bradley, F. H. Chapelle
1995, Environmental Science & Technology (29) 2778-2781
No abstract available. ...
Size-dependent, sex-dependent and seasonal changes in insulin-lige growth-factor-I in the loggerhead sea turtle
D.A. Crain, A.B. Bolten, K.A. Bjorndal, L. J. Guillette, T. S. Gross
1995, General and Comparative Endocrinology (98) 219-226
This study examines size-dependent, sex-dependent, and seasonal fluctuations in plasma insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentrations in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Loggerhead turtles (n = 158) were captured in shrimp trawler nets during a 12-month survey in Cape Canaveral Channel, Florida. Plasma samples were analyzed using a validated heterologous radioimmunoassay. Large...
Can Dugongs Survive in Palau?
H. Marsh, G. B. Rathbun, T. J. O'Shea, A.R. Preen
1995, Biological Conservation (72) 85-89
In August 1991 we surveyed dugongs Dugong dugon in the coastal waters of Palau using methods similar to aerial surveys conducted in 1977, 1978 and 1983. Twenty-six dugongs (including four calves) were seen, a count within the range obtained previously. The rate at which dugongs were seen per unit flight-time was lower...
Validation of national land-cover characteristics data for regional water-quality assessment
Ronald B. Zelt, Jesslyn F. Brown, M.S. Kelley
1995, Geocarto International (10) 69-80
Land-cover information is used routinely to support the interpretation of water-quality data. The Prototype 1990 Conterminous US Land Cover Characteristics Data Set, developed primarily from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data, was made available to the US Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The study described in this...
Relation of peralkaline magmatism to heterogeneous extension during the Middle Miocene, southeastern Nevada
R. B. Scott
1995, Journal of Geophysical Research (100) 10381-10401
Volcanism migrated southward in the northern Basin and Range province in the Oligocene and early Miocene to produce voluminous calcalkaline silicic ash flow tuffs. Alkaline volcanism became dominant by middle Miocene (17–14 Ma) as smaller volumes of rhyolite-trachyte-basalt suites were erupted from the relatively small...
Detection and identification of aquatic birnaviruses by PCR assay
S.L. Blake, W. B. Schill, P. E. McAllister, M.K. Lee, J.T. Singer, B.L. Nicholson
1995, Journal of Clinical Microbiology (33) 835-839
A reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was developed for the detection and identification of aquatic birnaviruses. The four sets of primers (PrA, PrB, PrC, and PrD) that we used are specific for regions of cDNA coded by genome segment A of aquatic birnaviruses. PrA identifies a large fragment...
A highly conserved N-terminal sequence for teleost vitellogenin with potential value to the biochemistry, molecular biology and pathology of vitellogenesis
L.D. Folmar, N. D. Denslow, R.A. Wallace, G. LaFleur, T. S. Gross, S. Bonomelli, C.V. Sullivan
1995, Journal of Fish Biology (46) 255-263
N-terminal amino acid sequences for vitellogenin (Vtg) from six species of teleost fish (striped bass, mummichog, pinfish, brown bullhead, medaka, yellow perch and the sturgeon) are compared with published N-terminal Vtg sequences for the lamprey, clawed frog and domestic chicken. Striped bass and mummichog had 100% identical amino acids between...
Difference in the crab fauna of mangrove areas at a southwest Florida and a northeast Australia location: Implications for leaf litter processing
C.C. McIvor, T. J. Smith III
1995, Estuaries (18) 591-597
Existing paradigms suggest that mangrove leaf litter is processed primarily via the detrital pathway in forests in the Caribbean biogeographic realm whereas herbivorous crabs are relatively more important litter processors in the Indo-West Pacific. To test this hypothesis, we used pitfall traps to collect intertidal crabs to characterize the crab...
Species-specifc patterns of hyperostis in marine teleost fishes
W. F. Smith-Vaniz, L.S. Kaufman, J. Glowacki
1995, Marine Biology (121) 573-580
Abstract not supplied at this time...
Gonadal steroidogenesis in-vitro from juvenile alligators obtained from contaminated or control lakes
Louis J. Guillette Jr., Timothy S. Gross, D. A. Gross, A. A. Rooney, H. Franklin Percival
1995, Environmental Health Perspectives (103) 31-36
The ubiquitous distribution of many contaminants and the nonlethal, multigenerational effects of such contaminants on reproductive, endocrine, and immune systems have led to concerns that wildlife worldwide are affected. Although the causal agents and effects are known for some species, the underlying physiological mechanisms associated with contaminant-induced reproductive modifications are...
Estimating populations of nesting brant using aerial videography
R. Michael Anthony, W.H. Anderson, J.S. Sedinger, L.L. McDonald
1995, Wildlife Society Bulletin (23) 80-87
We mounted a video camcorder in a single-engine aircraft to estimate nesting density along 10-m wide strip transects in black brant colonies on the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska during 1990-1992. A global positioning system (GPS) receiver was connected...
Water over the bridge
John F. Piatt
1995, American Scientist (83) 396-398
The March-April issue of American Scientist contains a commentary by Julia K. Parrish and P. Dee Boersma (Macroscope, "Muddy Waters") that purports to "assess the validity of the claims made concerning seabird mortality as a result of the [Exxon Valdez oil] spill." Parrish and Boersma would have us believe that...
Environmental contaminants in eggs of California least terns (Sterna antillarum browni)
R. L. Hothem, Stephani Zador
1995, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (55) 658-665
No abstract available....
Foraging patterns of California sea otters as indicated by telemetry
Katherine Ralls, Brian B. Hatfield, Donald B. Siniff
1995, Canadian Journal of Zoology (73) 523-531
Foraging behavior was studied in 38 sea otters (Enhydra lutris) implanted with radio transmitters. The observed foraging behavior of instrumented individuals was similar to that of uninstrumented otters observed in previous studies: dive duration varied with prey type but not with prey size, dive success was highest for small prey,...
Bothrigaster variolaris (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae) infection in two Florida snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus)
Rebecca A. Cole, Nancy J. Thomas, Constance L. Roderick
1995, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (31) 576-578
Two Florida snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus, Say) collected in August and December 1993 from Osceola County (28°15′N, 81°17′W) and Glades County (26°45′N, 81°10′W), Florida (USA), respectively, were infected with Bothrigaster variolaris (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae); this parasite has not been reported previously from birds in the United States. One bird, a fledgling female,...
First record of an hypopus (Acari: Hypoderatidae) from a jaeger (Aves: Charadriiformes: Stercorariidae)
Danny B. Pence, Rebecca A. Cole
1995, Journal of Medical Entomology (32) 394-396
Thalassornectes (Alcidectes) aukletae, originally described from two species of auklets (Charadriiformes: Alcidae) from maritime eastern Russia, is reported from a third species of pelagic charadriiform (Stercorariidae), the pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius poinarinus (Temminck), from Florida. The specimens from the jaeger are slightly smaller, the genital apodeme is more heavily sclerotized, paired...
