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[Book review] No Woman Tenderfoot by Harriet Kofalk
The subject of this biography, identified in the subtitle “Florence Merriam Bailey, Pioneer Naturalist,” was truly a remarkable ornithologist. The bibliography of her writings, included in the book, lists more than 130 articles, a major portion of which were based on her own field work in what was then the wild and unsettled west. Among the titles are the acclaimed “Handbook of Birds of the Wester
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Mercedes S. Foster
Underwater research methods for study of nuclear bomb craters, Enewetak, Marshall Islands
Three craters, created by the explosion of nuclear fusion devices, were mapped, sampled, core drilled and excavated with airlifts at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands by using scuba and a research submersible. The craters studied were Mike, Oak, and Koa. Tests took place near sea level at the transition between lithified reef flat and unlithified lagoonal sediments, where water depth ranged f
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E.A. Shinn, R.B. Halley, J. L. Kindinger, J.H. Hudson, R.A. Slate
Toxicity of organic selenium in the diet to chinook salmon
The toxicity of two organoselenium diets was evaluated in 90- to 120-d partial life cycle tests with two life stages of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Walbaum). One of the diets contained fish meal made from high-selenium mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis Baird and Girard) collected from the selenium-laden San Luis Drain, California (here termed SLD diet) and the other contained meal made f
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Steven J. Hamilton, Kevin J. Buhl, Neil L. Faerber, Fern A. Bullard, Raymond H. Wiedmeyer
Nonspecific immuno-prophylaxis in carp (Cyprinus carpio)
No abstract available at this time.
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A.K. Siwicki, D. P. Anderson
Acid precipitation and food quality: Inhibition of growth and survival in black ducks and mallards by dietary aluminum, calcium and phosphorus
In areas impacted by acid precipitation, water chemistry of acidic ponds and streams often changes, resulting in increased mobilization of aluminum and decreased concentration of calcium carbonate. Aluminum binds with phosphorus and inhibits its uptake by organisms. Thus, invertebrate food organisms used by waterfowl may have inadequate Ca and P or elevated Al for normal growth and development.
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C.S. Robbins
Phrynops geoffroanus tuberosus (Geoffroy's Sideneck Turtle)
No abstract available.
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R.P. Reynolds
Indicators of contaminant exposure in common terns and black-crowned night-herons in the Great Lakes
No abstract available.
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D. J. Hoffman, G. J. Smith, Barnett A. Rattner
Geographic distribution of Micronycteris schmidtorum Sanborn (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
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C.E. Ascorra, D.E. Wilson, A.L. Gardner
Taxonomic status of the coquette hummingbird of Guerrero, Mexico
An isolated population of small hummingbirds in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, was originally named as a subspecies (brachylopha) of the much more southerly Lophornis delattrei, the Rufous-crested Coquette (Moore 1949). The form was not reported again until rediscovered by Ornelas (1987) and remains known by only three male and two female specimens. Examination of two of the males indicates that
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Richard C. Banks
Geographic variation in the yellow-billed cuckoo: Corrections and comments
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R.C. Banks