Dieldrin and DDT: effects on sparrow hawk eggshells and reproduction
Richard D. Porter, Stanley N. Wiemeyer
1969, Science (165) 199-200
Patterns of reproductive failure in declining populations of several European and North American raptorial species were duplicated experimentally with captive American sparrow hawks Falco sparverius that were given a diet containing two commonly used organochlorine insecticides. Major effects on reproduction were increased egg disappearance, increased egg destruction by parent...
Pre-nesting and nesting behavior of the Swainson's warbler
B. Meanley
1969, The Wilson Bulletin (81) 246-257
The Swainson?s Warbler is one of the least known of southern birds. Although fairly common in some parts of its summer range, observations of its breeding biology have been made by very few persons. The present study was conducted mostly at Macon, Georgia; Pendleton Ferry, Arkansas; and Dismal Swamp, Virginia....In...
A winter record of the Wilson's warbler at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland
L. N. Locke, F.S. Locke
1969, Maryland Birdlife (25) 16
No abstract available....
The killing efficiency of soft iron shot
R. Andrews, J. R. Longcore
1969, Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference (34) 337-345
A cooperative research effort between the ammunition industry and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife is aimed at finding a suitable non-toxic substitute for lead shot. A contract study by an independent research organization evaluated ways of coating or detoxifying lead shot or replacing it with another metal. As...
Nationwide residues of organochlorine pesticides in wings of mallards and black ducks
Robert G. Heath
1969, Pesticides Monitoring Journal (3) 115-123
Nationwide monitoring of organochlorine pesticides in wings of more than 24,000 mallards and black ducks bagged during the1965 and 1966 hunting seasons showed DDE to be the predominant residue, followed in order by DDT, DDD, dieldrin, and heptachlor epoxide. Residues were generally highest in wings from the Atlantic and...
Relationships of the avifauna of San Esteban Island, Sonora
R.C. Banks
1969, Condor (71) 88-93
Seven species of geographically variable birds have been reported as part of the resident avifauna of San Esteban Island in the Gulf of California, Sonora. Two of these, the Curvebilled Thrasher and the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, may not actually have breeding populations there, at least at the present time. Of the...
The Breeding Bird Survey, 1967 and 1968
C.S. Robbins, W.T. Van Velzen
1969, Special Scientific Report - Wildlife 124
In the Breeding Bird Survey of North America, cooperators ran 982 survey routes in 1967 and 1,174 in 1968. All States except Hawaii and all Canadian Provinces except Newfoundland were included. Roadside routes are selected at random within 1-degree blocks of latitude and longitude. Each 24 1/2-mile route, with 3-minute...
Statement
C. M. Herman
1969, Book chapter, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, U.S. House of Representatives, 91st Congress, on the recent outbreak of botulism in the Tulare Lake Basin of California's Joaquin Valley. Serial No. 91-8
Blood protozoa of free-living birds
C. M. Herman
Archibald McDiarmid, editor(s)
1969, Book chapter, Diseases in free-living wild animals: the proceedings of a symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 9 and 10 May 1968
Blood protozoa were first reported from wild birds in 1884. Since then numerous surveys throughout the world have demonstrated their presence in a wide variety of hosts and localities with continuing designations of new species. Taxonomic determinations include parasites in the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon, Babesia, Lankesterella and Trypanosoma....
Water resources investigation program for Rio Aconcagua Valley, Chile
John Ezra Moore
1969, Report
This report, prepared at the request of the Government of Chile under the auspices of the U. S. Agency for International Development (US AID), is based on a 2-month assignment (Oct. 22 to Dec. 31, 1969) of the author and outlines a program of water resources studies. The study program,...
Activities and services of the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver area, Colorado
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1969, Report
This booklet is a summary of the activities and services of the United States Geological Survey, written for people who have visited or plan to visit one or more of its offices in the Denver area as well as to provide general information about the Geological Survey and its work....
Discussion on the paper "The origin of ultramafic and ultrabasic rocks" by P.J. Wyllie
Everett D. Jackson
1969, Tectonophysics (7) 517-518
No abstract available....
Analysis of a 24-Year photographic record of Nisqually glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Fred M. Veatch
1969, Professional Paper 631
A systematic coverage of Nisqually Glacier by photographs taken from a network of stations on the ground was begun in 1942 to explore the value and limitations of such photographs as an aid in glacier study. Principles developed may be of value elsewhere, especially for the program 'Measurement of Glacier...
Chemical properties of ground water and their corrosion and encrustation effects on wells
Ivan Barnes, Frank Eldridge Clarke
1969, Professional Paper 498-D
Well waters in Egypt, Nigeria, and West Pakistan were studied for their chemical properties and corrosive or encrusting behavior. From the chemical composition of the waters, reaction states with reference to equilibrium were tested for 29 possible coexisting oxides, carbonates, sulfides, and elements. Of the 29 solids considered, only calcite,...
The Alaska earthquake, March 27, 1964: Effects on communities
Wallace R. Hansen, Reuben Kachadoorian, Henry W. Coulter, Ralph R. Migliaccio, Roger M. Waller, Kirk W. Stanley, Richard W. Lemke, George Plafker, Edwin B. Eckel, Lawrence R. Mayo
1969, Professional Paper 542
This is the second in a series of six reports that the U.S. Geological Survey published on the results of a comprehensive geologic study that began, as a reconnaissance survey, within 24 hours after the March 27, 1964, Magnitude 9.2 Great Alaska Earthquake and extended, as detailed investigations, through several...
Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, on various communities
George Plafker, Reuben Kachadoorian, Edwin B. Eckel, Lawrence R. Mayo
1969, Professional Paper 542-G
The 1964 earthquake caused wide-spread damage to inhabited places throughout more than 60,000 square miles of south-central Alaska. This report describes damage to all communities in the area except Anchorage, Whittier, Homer, Valdez, Seward, the communities of the Kodiak group of islands, and communities in the Copper River Basin; these...
Synthetic record study and velocity determinations of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rocky Mountain Arsenal No. 1, P.I.D.W., C NW-NW, Section 26, Township 2S, Range 67W, Adams County, Colorado
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1969, Open-File Report 69-306
Platinum, palladium, and rhodium analyses of ultramafic and mafic rocks from the Stillwater Complex, Montana
Norman J. Page, Leonard Benjamin Riley, Joseph Haffty
1969, Circular 624
Analyses by a combination fire- assay-solution-optical-emission spectrographic method of 137 rocks from the Stillwater Complex, Mont., indicate that platinum, palladium, and rhodium are preferentially concentrated in chromitite zones. The A chromitite zone (21 samples) has an average of 988.9 ppb (pans per billion, 10-9) Pt, 2290.2 ppb Pd, and 245.9...
A descriptive catalog of selected aerial photographs of geologic features in areas outside the United States
C.R. Warren, D. L. Schmidt, C. S. Denny, W.J. Dale
1969, Professional Paper 591
Mercury in soil gas and air--A potential tool in mineral exploration
Joseph Howard McCarthy, W.W. Vaughn, R. E. Learned, J. L. Meuschke
1969, Circular 609
The mercury content in soil gas and in the atmosphere was measured in several mining districts to test the possibility that the mercury content in the atmosphere is higher over ore deposits than over barren ground. At Cortez, Nev., the distribution of anorhalous amounts of mercury in the air collected...
Surface distribution of selected elements around the Copper Canyon copper-gold-silver open pit mine, Lander County, Nevada
Ted G. Theodore
1969, Open-File Report 69-278
Seismic activity during the 1968 test pumping at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal disposal well
Donald B. Hoover, J.A. Dietrich
1969, Circular 613
During the 1968 pumping tests at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal disposal welt, the U.S. Geological Survey was responsible for monitoring earthquakes occurring in the area of the arsenal and making chemical analysis of the fluids removed, three criteria were established to suspend the pumping if anomalous earthquake activity occurred during...
Sensor detection capabilities study
John Emery Wilson
1969, Circular 616
Movement of a solute in the Potomac River estuary at Washington, D.C., at low inflow conditions
James F. Wilson, Ernest D. Cobb, Nobuhiro Yotsukura
1969, Circular 529-B
The movement of a solute, as represented by a soluble fluorescent dye, was observed in the Potomac River estuary at Washington, D.C. The average net rate of downstream movement of the solute centroid was less than 0.6 mile per day. The movement of a solute is highly dependent on the...
Geologic map of the McCoy quadrangle, Lander County, Nevada
Edwin H. McKee, John H. Stewart
1969, Open-File Report 69-159
