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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Impacts of chemicals on waterfowl reproduction and survival
Residues of organochlorine pesticides, PCB's, heavy metals, and other toxic chemicals are ubiquitous in the biosphere and are commonly found in tissues and eggs of wild birds. This paper reviews research on the effects of these chemicals, with particular reference to waterfowl. Extensive mortality of waterfowl has occurred in the Gulf Coast region as a result of ingestion of aldrin-treated rice
Authors
D. H. White, L. F. Stickel
Endangered bird species: Report on whooping crane research and management--1974
No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Erickson
Incidence of ingested lead shot in sora rails
Gizzards of 934 sora rails (Porzana carolina) collected in Maryland (767) and Missouri (167) were examined for ingested shot. Ingested shot were found in 12.3 percent of the Maryland sample and 1.8 percent of the Missouri birds. Individual Maryland birds had ingested up to 28 pellets. None of the lead pellets examined was larger than a No. 7 1/2 shot. Maryland ingestion rates did not differ by a
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J.W. Artmann, E.M. Martin
Final summary report for cooperating woodcock hunters, 1971, 1972, 1973
No abstract available.
Authors
R.A. Coon
The seventy-fifth Christmas bird count. 355. Little Creek, Va
No abstract available.
Authors
P. Sykes
The seventy-fifth Christmas bird count. 341. Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Va
No abstract available.
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P. Sykes
The seventy-fifth Audubon Christmas bird count. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
No abstract available.
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P.W. Sykes
Twenty-eighth winter bird-population study. 12. Hickory-oak-ash floodplain forest
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins