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Status of the wolf in Michigan, 1973

Wolf (Canis lupus) numbers in Michigan's Upper Peninsula declined from an estimated 45-50 animals in the mid-1950s to near extinction in 1973, probably because of overharvesting through the bounty system. Sporadic breeding and occasional immigration of wolves from Ontario and Minnesota are postulated to be the factors tending to maintain the present population at the level of perhaps six individua
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J. Hendrickson, W. L. Robinson

Analysis of tissues of mallard ducks fed two phthalate esters

No abstract available.
Authors
A. A. Belisle, W. L. Reichel, J. W. Spann

The brown pelican and certain environmental pollutants in Louisiana

No abstract available.
Authors
L. J. Blus, T. Joanen, A. A. Belisle, R. M. Prouty

Effects of methylmercury on approach and avoidance behavior of mallard ducklings

Mallard ducks were fed a control diet or a diet containing 0.5 or 3 ppm mercury (as methylmercury dicyandiamide) based on the dry feed. These mercury diets are approximately equivalent to 0.1 and 0.6 ppm mercury in a natural succulent diet. I measured for the ducklings the approach behavior in response to a tape-recorded maternal call and the avoidance of a frightening stimulus....There were no si
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G. H. Heinz

DDD poisoning in a loon and the identification of the hydroxylated form of DDD

No abstract available.
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R. M. Prouty, J.E. Peterson, L. N. Locke, B. M. Mulhern

Sources of suspended matter in waters of the Middle Atlantic Bight

Suspended matter collected in the Middle Atlantic Bight (the coastal segment of the United States between Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras) in September 1969 was predominantly organic: an average of 80% combustible organic matter in surface waters and 40)% near bottom. Total suspended concentrations decreased between the inner shelf and the shelf break by an order of magnitude in both near-surface and n
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Robert H. Meade, Peter L. Sachs, Frank T. Manheim, J. C. Hathaway, Derek Spencer

Cholinesterase (ChE) response and related mortality among birds fed ChE inhibitors

Patterns of mortality and inhibition of brain and plasma ChE in birds treated with ChE inhibitors were studied in an attempt to determine the validity of using ChE activity as a monitoring and diagnostic technique. Analysis of brain ChE activity proved to be reliable for diagnosing and monitoring effects of selected ChE inhibitors in birds. Brain ChE inhibition exceeding 20% indicated exposure, an
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J. Larry Ludke, Elwood F. Hill, Michael P. Dieter

Geology of Bulgaria: A review

Bulgaria is in southeastern Europe between reasonably well-described areas of predominantly Alpine crustal deformation on the north and northwest (Carpathians in Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia; Alps in Austria), on the east (Pontides and Taurides in Turkey), and on the west and south (Dinaric Alps in Yugoslavia; Pindos Mountains in Greece) but has not been well described in easily available
Authors
Richard M. Foose, Frank T. Manheim

Quantitative determination of dawsonite in Green River Shale by powder-sample X-ray diffraction; effect of grinding

In an effort to evaluate the method of quantitative analysis by X-ray diffraction as a means of determining dawsonite abundances in Green River" oil shale, we performed a series of grinding experiments. Weighed mixtures of dawsonite + quartz and dawsonite + quartz + shale were ground for preset lengths of time, and the following X-ray diffraction peaks were measured for intensity: dawsonite (110)
Authors
E-an Zen, Jane M. Hammarstrom

Availability of ground water in Marion County, Indiana

County constitute the most extensive aquifers in the county. Four areally distinct sand and gravel aquifers were mapped in the drift during the course of this study. The aquifer of greatest economic importance consists of sand and gravel deposits of glacial-outwash origin which coincide with the courses of the White River and Fall Creek. Ground water in this aquifer is generally unconfined. Three
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William R. Meyer, J. P. Reussow, D. C. Gillies, W. J. Shampine

Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Upper Mississippi region

The Upper Mississippi Region in general is rich in water-surface water is plentiful, and ground water is a large, important, and manageable resource. Total potable water in storage in the outwash and alluvial aquifers of the Mississippi River valley and the subbasins is about 45,000 billion gallons. This is about 10 percent of the water in storage in Lake Ontario. Water in storage in other aquifer
Authors
R. M. Bloyd