A hematopoietic virus disease of rainbow trout and sockeye salmon
Donald F. Amend, William T. Yasutake, Robert W. Mead
1969, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (98) 796-804
A previously undescribed virus disease epizootic of hatchery rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) in British Columbia, Canada is presented. In the same locality, a similar virus disease was experienced among hatchery sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Typical symptoms included flashing, fecal casts, hemorrhagic areas at the base of fins, and petechial hemorrhages...
Equilibrium coexistence of three amphiboles
P. Robinson, H.W. Jaffe, C. Klein Jr., M. Ross
1969, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (22) 248-258
Electron probe and wet chemical analyses of amphibole pairs from the sillimanite zone of central Massachusetts and adjacent New Hampshire indicated that for a particular metamorphic grade there should be a restricted composition range in which three amphiboles can coexist stably. An unequivocal example of such...
Petrological, magnetic and chemical properties of basalt dredged from an abyssal hill in the North-east pacific
B.P. Luyendyk, C.G. Engel
1969, Nature (223) 1049-1050
OVER the years, samples of basalt from the oceanic crust have been taken mainly from seamounts, fracture zones and ridge and rise crests1–6, and rarely from the vast fields of abyssal hills which cover a large part of the deep-sea floor. The basalt sampled from the...
Critical review of some multivariate procedures in the analysis of geochemical data
A.T. Miesch
1969, Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology (1) 171-184
Simulation experiments have been conducted to examine the potential usefulness of R-mode and Q-mode factor methods in the analysis and interpretation of geochemical data. The R-mode factor analysis experiment consisted of constructing a factor model, using the model to generate a correlation matrix, and attempting to...
A Rubidium-Strontium study of the Twilight Gneiss, West Needle Mountains, Colorado
F. Barker, Z. E. Peterman, R.A. Hildreth
1969, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (23) 271-282
The Precambrian trondhjemitic Twilight Gneiss (Twilight Granite of CROSS and HOWE, 1905b) of the West Needle Mountains, southwestern Colorado, and its interlayered amphibolite and metarhyodacite yield a Rb-Sr isochron of 1,805±35 m.y. A low initial Sr87/Sr86 ratio of 0.7015 implies that metamorphism of these rocks to amphibolite facies...
Primitive and contaminated basalts from the Southern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A
B. R. Doe, P. W. Lipman, C. E. Hedge, H. Kurasawa
1969, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (21) 142-156
Basalts in the Southern Rocky Mountains province have been analyzed to determine if any of them are primitive. Alkali plagioclase xenocrysts armored with calcic plagioclase seem to be the best petrographic indicator of contamination. The next best indicator of contamination is quartz xenocrysts armored with clinopyroxene. On the rocks and...
History of the geomagnetic field
Richard R. Doell
1969, Journal of Applied Physics (40) 945-954
Direct measurements of the direction and strength of the earth's magnetic field have provided a knowledge of the field's form and behavior during the last few hundreds of years. For older times, however, it has been necessary to measure the magnetism of certain rocks to learn what the geomagnetic field was like. For example, when a...
[Book review] Life histories of North American cardinals, grosbeaks, buntings, towhees, finches, sparrows, and allies
R.C. Banks
1969, The Auk (86) 768-770
The completion of an ornithological series as important as the Bent Life Histories is an exciting event. Here is a series of 21 volumes, spanning a history of nearly 60 years from inception to completion, containing over 9,500 text pages of information about North American birds, largely the work of...
Residues in two bald eagles suspected of pesticide poisoning
W. L. Reichel, T. G. Lamont, E. Cromartie, L. N. Locke
1969, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (4) 24-30
No abstract available....
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....
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 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...
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...
