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Correlation of the outcropping Upper Cretaceous formations in Alabama and Texas

No abstract available.
Authors
Watson Hiner Monroe

Correlation of the pre-Selma Upper Cretaceous formations between Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, and Neshoba County, Mississippi

No abstract available.
Authors
D. H. Eargle

DDT: Its effect on fish and wildlife

No abstract available.
Authors
C. Cottam, E. Higgins
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Determination of water quality

No abstract available.
Authors
Max M. Ellis, B.A. Westfall, Marion D. Ellis

Devonian stratigraphy of central and northwestern Montana

No abstract available.
Authors
L.L. Sloss, Wilson M. Laird

Ducks on your pond

No abstract available.
Authors
A. C. Martin
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Effects of DDT on birds at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge

The spraying of DDT at the rate of 2 pounds per acre on a tract of land within the well-drained bottomland forest at the Patuxent Research Refuge on June 5, 1945, had little or no effect on the bird population of the area, with the possible exception of the redstart (Setophaga ruticilla). Considerable evidence was accumulated showing that this species was probably somewhat reduced. The effective
Authors
R. E. Stewart, J.B. Cope, C.S. Robbins, J.W. Brainerd
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Effects of DDT spray on eggs and nestlings of birds

Thirty-four nests of 11 species of birds containing eggs, and 38 nests of 12 species containing young of various ages, were used to determine the effect of applying DDT spray. Seventeen of the nests containing eggs and 19 of those containing young were left unsprayed as checks. The spray consisted of 1 pound of DDT to 2 pints of xylene diluted in fuel oil to make 1gallon, and was applied by a hand
Authors
R.T. Mitchell
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Effects on forest birds of DDT used for gypsy moth control in Pennsylvania

1. Systematic censuses of the birds on three 40-acre tracts of forest near Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, were made between May 1 and June 27, 1945, to determine the breeding populations....2. Between May 24 and June 1 a 600-acre area enclosing the first (Mile Square) was sprayed by airplane with DDT in oil solution at 5 pounds per acre. On June 9 a 350-acre area enclosing the second t
Authors
N. Hotchkiss, R.H. Pough
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

Elimination of interference by nickel in the determination of uranium by means of zinc amalgam reductors

No abstract available.
Authors
F. S. Grimaldi

Engineering report on the water problem in the Ember formation of the South Oregon Basin field, Wyoming

No abstract available.
Authors
R.D. Ferguson, W.A. Milek

Excelsior high-alumina clay deposit, Spokane County, Washington

No abstract available.
Authors
Vernon E. Scheid, John W. Hosterman, I. G. Sohn
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