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 function of the Fish and Wildlife Service in insect control programs
No abstract available.
Authors
J.B. DeWitt
Birds and Dutch elm disease control
Brief, factual review of information on effect of DDT and other insecticides on birds. One program for control of elm disease caused 22% decrease in number of adult birds and 56% mortality of nestlings. Quail fed 3 oz. of DDT per ton of food had 16% reduction in young hatched and 500% increase in defective chicks. Quail fed same dosage during winter and breeding seasons had 30% decrease in fertil
Authors
J.B. DeWitt
Water problems in the present trend towards greater aridity
In the past few days we have heard a number of scientists, gathered here at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, discuss research work which, in one manner or another, bears on problems related to water resources. They have been discussing, particularly, problems in the field of climatology, and have speculated on the meaning of the results of this research. One of the problems under discussion wa
Authors
Luna Bergere Leopold
Toxicity of 4,346 chemicals to larval lampreys and fishes
The problem of controlling the sea lamprey in the upper Great Lakes has received considerable attention in recent years and requires no review here (Applegate and Moffett. 1955). Electromechanical weirs and traps and electrical barriers have been developed which can be successfully employed to block and/or destroy spawning runs of adult sea lampreys. These devices. when installed in all known $paw
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Vernon C. Applegate, John H. Howell, A.E. Hall, Manning A. Smith
Disease resistant and susceptible populations of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
No abstract available at this time
Authors
S. F. Snieszko
Blue-sac disease investigations: microbiology and laboratory induction
No abstract available.
Authors
K. Wolf
Contributions to the study of subpopulations of fishes
No abstract available at this time
Authors
S. F. Snieszko
Gyrodactylus eucaliae n. sp. (Trematoda: Monogenea) from the brook stickleback, Eucalia inconstans
No abstract available.
Authors
F.M. Ikezaki, G. L. Hoffman