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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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Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States

This classification, to be used in a new inventory of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States, is intended to describe ecological taxa, arrange them in a system useful to resource managers, furnish units for mapping, and provide uniformity of concepts and terms. Wetlands are defined by plants (hydrophytes), soils (hydric soils), and frequency of flooding. Ecologically related areas of
Authors
L.M. Cowardin, V. Carter, F.C. Golet, E.T. LaRoe

Annotated list of the fishes of the Lake Ontario watershed

This annotated list of the fishes of Lake Ontario and its watershed is based on published distribution records, museum collections, and reports of fish surveys that confirm the occurrence of fish species dating back to the 1850's. It includes 130 forms (129 spp. + the hybrid splake), 20 of which have disappeared or are extremely rare today. Considering species present only in the lake proper, 64 w
Authors
Edwin J. Crossman, Harry D. Van Meter

Desert bighorn sheep of the River Mountains, Nevada

No abstract available at this time
Authors
D.M. Leslie, C. L. Douglas

Mesurol--it's for the birds

No abstract available at this time
Authors
T.J. Zabadal, R. L. Hothem

The social structure and ecology of elephant-shrews

No abstract available at this time
Authors
G. B. Rathbun

[Book review] Role of the wolf in a deer decline in the Superior National Forest, by L. David Mech and Patrick D. Karns

Review of: Role of the Wolf in a Deer Decline in the Superior National Forest. Volume 148 of USDA Forest Service Research Paper. L. David Mech and Patrick D. Karns. North Central Forest Experiment Station, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1977. 23 pages.
Authors
R. J. Greenwood

[Book review] Procedures for the Detection and Identification of Certain Fish Pathogens, edited by D. McDaniel

Review of: Procedures for the Detection and Identification of Certain Fish Pathogens. D.W. McDaniel. American Fisheries Society; (1979). 118 p.
Authors
S. F. Snieszko

[Book review] Applied Ecology

No abstract available at this time
Authors
C. L. Douglas