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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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Phase feeding for catfish

No abstract available.
Authors
W.H. Hastings

Endrin uptake and release by fingerling channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

No abstract available.
Authors
R.L. Argyle, G.C. Williams, H.K. Dupree

Changes in the visual pigments of trout

The proportions of two visual pigments (rhodopsin and porphyropsin) were examined in four species of trout under experimental and natural conditions. Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri), and brown trout (Salmo trutta) have different relative proportions of visual pigments in their retinae. The visual pigment balance in wild cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki) is related
Authors
D.M. Allen, W.N. McFarland, F.W. Munz, H. A. Poston

Geographic distribution: Thamnophis cyrtopsis

No abstract available.
Authors
D.D. Smith, P.A. Medica

Migrational homing by a pair of mallards

It is generally assumed that wild, North American female dabbling ducks (Anatinae: Anatini) select new mates each year and may return to the same nesting areas in consecutive years (McKinney 1964, Wildfowl 16: 93). Lincoln (1934, Bird-Banding 5: 151) first documented migrational homing in a female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), and Sowls (1955, Prairie ducks, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Stackpole Co.
Authors
T.J. Dwyer, S.R. Derrickson, D.S. Gilmer