Publications
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Toxicity of municipal wastewater effluents contaminated by pentachlorophenol in southwest Missouri
Toxicity of effluents from two sewage treatment plants in Joplin, Missouri, was tested using Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas. No test organisms survived in effluents from either plant, in effluents diluted with water from Turkey Creek (the receiving stream), or in water from Turkey Creek. Mortality was complete in all but the most dilute treatments of effluents, in which reconstituted w
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G.D. Wylie, S.E. Finger, R.W. Crawford
An evaluation of techniques to measure contour feather molt in ducks
We evaluated 3 techniques (air jet, flat skin, grab sample) to assess molt in dead waterfowl (green- winged teal [Anas crecca] and king eider [Somateria spectabilis]). The air jet technique was fast and required no specimen preparation. The flat skin technique required lengthy preparation time after which molt was assessed quickly. Both techniques underestimated the extent of molt (P < 0.01). The
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R.D. Titman, M.C. LaGrande, M. R. Miller
Morphometric validation of the striped mud turtle (Kinosternon baurii) in the Carolinas and Virginia
No abstract available.
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T. Lamb, J.E. Lovich
Replies from the fire gods
No abstract available.
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N.L. Stephenson, D.J. Parsons, H.T. Nichols
Female participation in courtship behavior of the turtle, Trachemys scripta scripta
No abstract available.
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J. Lovich, J.W. Garstka, W. Cooper
Planning for global climate change research: an example from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
No abstract available.
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D.J. Parsons, D.M. Graber, N.L. Stephenson
Growth and equilibrium in sea otter populations
(1) Counts through time were compiled for five sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations in the north-east Pacific Ocean that were below equilibrium density: Attu Island, south-east Alaska, British Columbia, Washington State, and central California. Similar data were obtained from the equilibrium density population at Amchitka Island in 1971 and 1986. (2) Shorelines of Attu and Amchitka islands each
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J. A. Estes
Noteworthy mammal distribution records for the Nevada Test Site
No abstract available.
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P.A. Medica
Status of the greater flamingo in Haiti
Although flamingos in Haiti can still be found in most areas of their historical range, survey results indicate that numbers have declined drastically over the last 50 years. The coastal mangrove lagoons between Grand Saline and Gonaïves, the inland lakes of Étang Saumâtre and Trou Caïman, and Ile de la Gonâve have been, and remained, the major areas used by flamingos. The species has been extripa
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J.A. Ottenwalder, C.A. Woods, G. B. Rathbun, J.B. Thorbjarnarson
A roof rat bait station that excludes deer mice
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W.A. Erickson, R.E. Marsh, W. L. Halvorson
Bioaccumulation of selenium in birds at Kesterson Reservoir, California
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H. M. Ohlendorf, R. L. Hothem, C. M. Bunck, Katherine C. Marois