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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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The use of merthiolate on green eggs of the Chinook salmon

MERTHIOLATE has been used as a disinfecting agent for green and eyed eggs of various species (Gee and Sarles 1942, Snieszko and Friddle 1948). The present report is a description of the effects of the chemical on green eggs of the chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). The need for this study was indicated when a program of transporting green chinook eggs from various sources to the Coleman Na
Authors
R.R. Rucker

Rapid counting of nematoda in salmon by peptic digestion

The nematode parasite Anisakis sp. can be recovered, relatively unaltered, from chum salmon musculature by high temperature (52°+2°C.) peptic digestion of the flesh. The procedure, which is presented in detail, appears to be more thorough in isolating the parasite than dissection of the flesh and manual isolation of the worms. In addition, the procedure is rapid, comparatively simple, economical,
Authors
Joseph A. Stern, Diptiman Chakravarti, J. R. Uzmann, M. N. Hesselholt

[Book review] Arctic Wild, by L. Crisler

No abstract available.
Authors
J.L. Buckley

Environmental factors affecting the control of alligatorweed

No abstract available.
Authors
J.H. Steenis, F. B. McGilvrey

Susceptibility of wild mammals to infection by Schistosoma mansoni

No abstract available.
Authors
J.I. Bruce, L. M. Llewellyn, E.H. Sadun