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Life histories of the Coregoninae

No abstract available.
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John Van Oosten
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Life history of the lake herring (Leucichthys artedi Le Sueur) of Lake Huron as revealed by its scales, with a critique of the scale method

This study shows that the structural characters of the scales of the coregonid fishes of Lake Huron are so clearly recognizable as to permit their use by the scale method. It shows, further, that the fundamental assumptions underlying the scale method are warranted in so far as they apply to the lake herring (Leucichthys artedi Le Sueur). The scale method is therefore valid when applied in a stu
Authors
John Van Oosten
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Methods of exploring and repairing leaky artesian wells

No abstract available.
Authors
John McCombs, Albert George Fiedler, O. E. preface by Meinzer

Notes on Pleistocene faunas from Maryland and Virginia and Pliocene and Pleistocene faunas from North Carolina

No abstract available.
Authors
W. C. Mansfield

Notes on practical water analysis

No abstract available.
Authors
W. D. Collins

Plan of Kootenai River, Idaho, international boundary to a point 1 mile below Moyie River

No abstract available.
Authors
A.B. Searle, W.G. Carson, J.P. Harrison, C.W.H. Nessler, C.N. Mortenson

Power capacity and production in the United States

No abstract available.
Authors
Carroll Roop Daughtery, A.H. Horton, Royal William Davenport

Quality of the surface waters of New Jersey

No abstract available.
Authors
W. D. Collins, C. S. Howard

Quality of water in Colorado River in 1925-1926

Most of the analyses given in this report represent composites of daily samples collected by the observers at United States Geological Survey gaging stations on Colorado River at Grand Canyon and Topock, Ariz. These stations are operated under the direction of W. E. Dickinson, district engineer of the Geological Survey at Tucson, Ariz., who personally collected some of the samples at other points
Authors
W. D. Collins, Charles S. Howard
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Water Resources Mission Area, Utah Water Science Center

Quality of water of Pecos River in Texas

No abstract available.
Authors
W. D. Collins, Harry Buchholz Riffenburg

Scientific investigations of [Great Lakes fishery by] the Bureau of Fisheries

No abstract available.
Authors
John Van Oosten
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Sedimentary rocks of the San Rafael Swell and some adjacent areas in eastern Utah

No abstract available.
Authors
James Gilluly, J. B. Reeside