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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Publications
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Sources and fates of mercury and methylmercury in Wisconsin lakes
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C.J. Watras, N.S. Bloom, R.J.M. Hudson, S.A. Gherini, R. Munson, S.A. Claas, K.A. Morrison, J. Hurley, J.G. Wiener
Polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in emergent mayflies from the upper Mississippi River
We determined polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) in emergent mayflies (hexagenia bilineata) from a 1250-km reach of the upper mississippi river (UMR). Total pcb concentrations (sum of 125 congeners) ranged from 0.21 To 4.1 Mu g/g of dry weight (1.2-29 mu g/g of lipid weight). Concentrations were highest in pools near the twin cities and the quad cities metropolitan areas. Longitudinal...
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M.T. Steingraeber, T.R. Schwartz, J.G. Wiener, Jon A. Lebo
Liquid-chromatographic determination of sarafloxacin residues in channel catfish muscle-tissue
A liquid chromatographic method is described for the determination of sarafloxacin hydrochloride residues in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fillets. Sarafloxacin was extracted from fillet tissue with acetonitrile–water (1+1). The extract was centrifuged and the supernatant was partitioned with hexane. The aqueous fraction was filtered through a 0.45 μm filter and evaporated to...
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Jeffery R. Meinertz, V.K. Dawson, W.H. Gingerich, B. Cheng, M.M. Tubergen
Effects of water temperature and pH on toxicity of terbufos, trichlorfon, 4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol to the amphipod Gammarus pseudolimnaeus and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Acute toxicity tests were conducted to determine (a) the individual and interactive effects of water temperature (7, 12, 17°C), pH (6 5, 7 5, 8 5, 9 5), and time on the toxicity of terbufos, trichlorfon, 4 nitrophenol, and 2,4-dinitrophenol to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and the amphipod Gammarus pseudohmnaeus, and (b) the individual and interactive effects of water temperature...
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G.E. Howe, Leif L. Marking, T.D. Bills, J.J. Rach, F.L. Mayer
The strategic plan of the American Fisheries Society
In August 1994, at its annual meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Executive Committee of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) approved a new Strategic Plan. The plan sets out eight goals that define a vision of AFS in the year 2001, and provides strategies to achieve each goal. Accomplishing the plan should position AFS to be more responsive to member needs and more effective at meeting...
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B. Thomas Johnson, E.R. Irwin, M.L. Landolt, M. Loefflad, J. G. Marsh, T.R. Marshall, L.L. Olmsted, P. Pajak, S. Peterson, J. Webster
Salinity and temperature effects on chronic toxicity of 2,4-dinitrophenol and 4-nitrophenol to sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus)
Toxicity tests (28-d early-life-stage) were conducted to determine the effects of nine combinations of salinity (15, 20, 25 ppt) and temperature (22, 27, 32°C) on the toxicity of 2,4-dinitrophenol (2,4-DNP) and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus). The highest tested concentration having no observed effect (NOEC) on mortality and growth was derived weekly...
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T.K. Linton, F.L. Mayer, T.L. Simon, J.A. Malone, Leif L. Marking
Hydrology and water quality of Whitewater and Rice lakes in southeastern Wisconsin, 1990-91
The hydrology and water quality of Whitewater and Rice Lakes was studied by the U.S. Geological Survey during November 15, 1990November 14, 1991, in cooperation with the Whitewater-Rice Lakes Management District, Walworth County, Wis. Whitewater and Rice Lakes are small, shallow lakes; surface areas are 697 and 162 acres and mean depths are 8.4 feet and 5.8 feet, respectively. Although...
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Gerald L. Goddard, S. J. Field
The travel-time ellipse: An approximate zone of transport
A zone of transport for a well is defined as the area in the horizontal plane bounded by a contour of equal ground-water travel time to the well. For short distances and ground-water travel times near a well, the potentiometric surface may be simulated analytically as that for a fully penetrating well in a uniform flow field. The zone of transport for this configuration is nearly...
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James Edward Almendinger
Northern cornbelt sand plains Management Systems Evaluation Area
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H. W. Anderson, R.H. Dowdy, J.A. Lamb, Geoffrey N. Delin, Ray Knighton, David Clay, Birl Lowery
Occurrence of agricultural chemicals in ground water at the Princeton, Minnesota Management Systems Evaluation Area
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Matthew K. Landon, Geoffrey N. Delin, Lifeng Guo, C.P. Regan, J.A. Lamb, R.H. Dowdy, J. Alton Anderson
Biomonitoring environmental contamination with pipping black-crowned night heron embryos: Induction of cytochrome P450
Cytochrome P450-associated monooxygenase activities and cytochrome P450 proteins were measured in pipping black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) embryos collected from a reference site (next to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, VA) and three polluted sites (Cat Island, Green Bay, Lake Michigan, WI; Bair Island, San Francisco Bay, CA; West Marin Island, San Francisco...
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Barnett Rattner, M. J. Melancon, Thomas W. Custer, R. L. Hothem, Kirke A. King, L. J. LeCaptain, James W. Spann, Bruce R. Woodin, John J. Stegeman
Management Systems Evaluation Areas: An overview
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J.L. Hatfield, J. Alton Anderson, E.E. Alberts, Tony Prato, D.G. Watts, Andy Ward, Geoffrey N. Delin, Robert Swank