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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Duck plague (duck virus enteritis) in wild waterfowl
No abstract availablie.
Authors
Milton Friend, Gary L. Pearson
The use of fish bioassays to determine the rate of deactivation of pesticides
Abstract not submitted to date
Authors
L. L. Marking, C.R. Walker
Discussion (Chapter on reproductive endocrinology: The hypothalamo-hypophysial axis)
No abstract available.
Authors
Charles W. Dane
Response of the alewives, Alosa pseudoharengus, to environmental change
No abstract available.
Authors
Peter J. Colby
History of salmon in the Great Lakes, 1850-1970
This history of the salmon in the Great Lakes describes the decline and extinction of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Lake Ontario in the 1800's; the failure to establish, by salmon culture, permanent or sizable populations of Atlantic or Pacific salmon in any of the Great Lakes in 1867-1965; and the success of the plantings of coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and chinook salmon (O. tshawytsha) in
Authors
John W. Parsons
Sex determination of eagles, owls, and herons by analyzing plasma steroid hormones
No abstract available.
Authors
Michael P. Dieter
Distribution of red-winged blackbird (Adelaius phoeniceus L.) breeding populations in the Lake Erie region of the United States and Canada
No abstract available.
Authors
M.I. Dyer, D.B. Siniff, S.G. Curtis, J.S. Webb
Pesticide residues in birds and mammals
SUMMARY: Residues of organochlorine pesticides and their breakdown products are present in the tissues of essentially all wild birds throughout the world. These chemicals accumulate in fat from a relatively small environmental exposure. DDE and dieldrin are most prevalent. Others, such as heptachlor epoxide, chlordane, endrin, and benzene hexachloride also occur, the quantities and kinds generall
Authors
L. F. Stickel
Reproduction and related residues in birds fed mirex
No abstract available.
Authors
R.G. Heath, J. W. Spann