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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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Distribution of the black duck

No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Stewart

Better nest boxes for wood ducks

No abstract available.
Authors
C.G. Webster

Tuberculosis of fish

The causes for the decrease in the catch of Pacific salmon over the past few years have been the subject of much controversy. A disease caused by an acid-fast organism and commonly called “fish tuberculosis,” one of a number of possible serious diseases affecting adult fish, may be contributing to this loss to a much greater extent than has been previously realized. The purpose of this review of t

A possible cause of sunburn in fish

A LESION DESCRIBED AS A GRAY ΡATCH GENERALLY LOCATED ΑΝΤΕRIOR TO THE DORSAL FIN has been associated with high mortality of fish on numerous occasions in production hatcheries throughout the United States. This lesion has been called "sunburn" or "backpeel." No bacteria or other pathogens have been found in fish with these symptoms. For example, at a Montana hatchery in April 1956, mortality of 10

Rapid counting of nematoda in salmon by peptic digestion

The nematode parasite Anisakis sp. can be recovered, relatively unaltered, from chum salmon musculature by high temperature (52°+2°C.) peptic digestion of the flesh. The procedure, which is presented in detail, appears to be more thorough in isolating the parasite than dissection of the flesh and manual isolation of the worms. In addition, the procedure is rapid, comparatively simple, economical,
Authors
Joseph A. Stern, Diptiman Chakravarti, Joseph R. Uzmann, M. N. Hesselholt

'Operation recovery'--the Atlantic coastal netting project

No abstract available.
Authors
J. Baird, C.S. Robbins, A.M. Bagg, J.V. Dennis

Bird populations in relation to changes in land use

Changes in breeding-bird populations on a 210-acre farm area were observed from 1947 to 1952. During this period, clearing, drainage, and planting changed the area from a partially abandoned farm with only 34 acres in cultivation to a modem conservation farm. Number of bird species nesting in the area was about 10 per cent lower in the last three years than in the first three years; number of nest
Authors
O. Warbach