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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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Forty-first breeding bird census. 175. Abandoned field

No abstract available.
Authors
L. Teuber, M. K. Klimkiewicz

Effects of chronic ingestion of South Louisiana crude oil on mallard ducklings

South Louisiana crude oil was fed to duckling mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) in concentrations of 0.025, 0.25, 2.5, and 5.0% of the diet from hatching to 8 weeks of age to assess the effects of chronic oil ingestion during early development. Growth was depressed in birds receiving a diet containing 5% oil but there was no oil-related mortality. Diets containing 0.25, 2.5, and 5.0% oil impaired avoi
Authors
Robert C. Szaro, M. P. Dieter, G. H. Heinz, J. F. Ferrell

Effects of dietary cadmium in mallard ducks

No abstract available.
Authors
D. H. White, M. T. Finley

Organochlorine residues in New Jersey osprey eggs

No abstract available.
Authors
Stanley N. Wiemeyer, D. M. Swineford, P.R. Spitzer, P.D. McLain

Diazinon poisoning in wild Canada geese

No abstract available.
Authors
J.G. Zinkl, J. Rathert, R.R. Hudson

Distribution and abundance patterns of the palila on Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Censuses of the known geographical range of the rare and endangered Palila were conducted in January (nonbreeding season) and September (breeding season) 1975. The habitat (mamane and naio forest of Mauna Kea, Hawaii) was divided into five major areas, with each analyzed for vegetational composition, phenology of the predominant tree species, and Palila density. Using a line transect census techni
Authors
Charles van Riper, J. Michael Scott, D.M. Woodside