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January 1, 1994

Measurements of toxicity and critical stages of development

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D. J. Hoffman

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1994

Mercury concentrations in perch (Perca fluviatilis) as influenced by lacustrine physical and chemical factors in two regions of Russia

No abstract available.

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T. Haines, V. Komov, C. Jagoe

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Columbia Environmental Research Center

January 1, 1994

Monitoring and protecting biotic diversity

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C. K. Dodd

Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

January 1, 1994

Morphology of the gill apparatus of fish from acidic lakes

No abstract available at this time

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V. Matey, C. Jagoe, T. Haines

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1994

Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

No abstract available.

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C.S. Robbins

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1994

Opercular membranes and skin

No abstract available at this time

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S. D. McCormick

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1994

Organochlorine pesticides, chlorinated dioxins and furans, and PCBs in peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus eggs from the Kola peninsula, Russia

Nesting of a bog-associated population of mlgfatory Peregrine Falcons, Falco peregrinus, along the Ponoy River depression, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has been studied since 1977. In 1987 91 production rates averaged 1.94 young per active nest and the number of breeding pairs increased from 4 to 10. In 1991, most eyrie sites were visited during the egg stage and a 'sample' egg was collected for contam

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C. J. Henny, S.A. Ganusevich, F.P. Ward, T.R. Schwartz

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Columbia Environmental Research Center

January 1, 1994

Pathology of sea otters

In the months following the Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS), 994 sea otters (Enhydra lutris) from oil-spill-affected areas died (Doroff et al. 1993). Carcasses collected from these areas and otters that died in rehabilitation centers are included in this number. The actual number that died was probably much greater.Within days of the spill, the Exxon Company (USA) funded an effort to rehabilitate oi

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T.P. Lipscomb, Richard K. Harris, A.H. Rebar, Brenda E. Ballachey, Romona J. Haebler

Ecosystems Mission Area, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 1994