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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Great Lakes fauna, flora, and their environment: A bibliography
No abstract available.
Authors
John Van Oosten
History of Red Lakes fishery, 1917-38, with observations on population status
A historical account traces the development of the commercial fisheries of the Red Lakes, Minnesota, from its inception in 1917 as a war measure through 1938. The trends of production and catch per unit of effort were followed for the principal species with notes on statistics of the minor fishes. Life history data were recorded for the walleye and yellow perch. A historical account was present
Authors
John Van Oosten, Hilary J. Deason
Strain differences in a fish-pathogenic Corynebacterium
No abstract available.
Authors
K. Wolf, C.E. Dunbar
Fifty-seventh Christmas Bird Count. 160. Southern Dorchester County, Md
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
H-bomb in the garden patch
Effect of newer insecticides on survival and reproduction of birds, especially quail and pheasants. According to author (who disclaims responsibility for title of paper), material here is essentially the same as that presented by him in Atlantic Naturalist 11(3), 1956 and Agr. & Food Chem. 4(10), 1956.
Authors
J.B. DeWitt
An ecological study of waterfowl areas in central Florida
No abstract available.
Authors
J.L. Sincock, J. A. Powell
A summer whistling cock count of bobwhite quail as an index to wintering populations
A summer whistling-cock count of bobwhite quail was made and compared with covey numbers in subsequent hunting seasons in 1950-53 on 4 areas in Alabama and 6 in South Carolina. Findings involved a total of 901 whistling cocks and 910 coveys. Study area acreage in Alabama was 5,571 and 6,679 in South Carolina. There was a relationship between the numbers of whistling cocks heard in summer and
Authors
W. Rosene
Chemicals and wildlife
Short paper that reviews some of the facts about effects of insecticides on wildlife and states principles that should be followed for maximum safety in treatment. These principles include minimal doses, good ground-to-plane control to avoid overdoses, and least possible pollution of water areas.
Authors
J.B. DeWitt, P. F. Springer
Eastern glossy ibis nesting in southeastern Maryland
On June 25, 1956, Don P. Fankhauser and I investigated a large heron colony of mixed species, on Mills Island in Chincoteague Bay, Worcester County, Maryland. Large numbers of American Egrets (Casmerodius albus), Snowy Egrets (Leucophoyx thula), Louisiana Herons (Hydranassa tricolor), Little Blue Herons (Florida caerulea), and Black-crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) were found, all nest
Authors
R. E. Stewart
[Book review]: The Mammals of Shenandoah National Park, by Richard H. Manville
No abstract available.
Authors
W. H. Stickel