Publications
This list of publications includes peer-review journal articles, official USGS publications series, reports and more authored by scientists in the Ecosystems Mission Area. A database of all USGS publications, with advanced search features, can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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The dispersal of smelt, Oserus mordax (Mitchill), in the Great Lakes region
No abstract avaiable.
Authors
John Van Oosten
The age, growth, and sex ratio of the Lake Superior longjaw, Leucichthys zenithicus (Jordan and Evermann)
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
John Van Oosten
First records of the smelt, Osmerus mordax, in Lake Erie
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
John Van Oosten
The Artificial propagation of the commercial species of fish of the Great Lakes
No abstract available.
Authors
John Van Oosten
Founders of fish culture - European origins
Just where true fish culture appeared in history depends entirely upon what one considers fish culture to be. If the transportation of fishes from regions of plenty to those of few is to be regarded as fish culture - as it is by some even today - then this story should start in remotest antiquity and deal with an amazing series of failures. However, fish culture to be classed as a science must inc
Authors
F. F. Fish
Mortality of fish in Lake Erie
The food habits of Blue Grouse vary from a simple winter diet that is made up predominantly of coniferous needles to a complex diet during the summer months, characterized by great variety of foods including green leaves, fruits and seeds, flowers, animal matter and coniferous needles. The spring and fall, which represent the transition periods between these two, are characterized by feeding habit
Authors
John Van Oosten
Net selectivity on the Great Lakes
Two experiments, using 784 bobwhite quail chicks, were conducted at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Bowie, Maryland, to find a growing diet that would meet wartime restrictions. In 1941 a diet containing 14 per cent sardine fish meal was formulated and gave satisfactory results from the standpoints of survival and growth. Since fish meal now is scarce, search was made for a diet without war-restrict
Authors
John Van Oosten
Lake fisheries facing extermination: disappearance of valuable species causes alarm
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
John Van Oosten