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January 1, 1979

Decline of submerged aquatic plants in Chesapeake Bay Decline of submerged aquatic plants in Chesapeake Bay

No abstract available.

Authors

J. Court Stevenson, Nedra Confer, Catherine B. Pieper

Chesapeake Bay Activities

January 1, 1979

Seminar on water quality in the tidal Potomac River Seminar on water quality in the tidal Potomac River

In the interest of maintaining communication between researchers and managers concerned with the tidal Potomac River, the U.S. Geological Survey sponsored a Seminar on the Water Quality of the Tidal Potomac River. The Seminar was held on December 6 and 7, 1978, at the U.S. Geological Survey National Headquarters in Reston, Virginia. The Seminar was attended by 135 individuals...

Authors

(compiler) J. P. Bennett

Chesapeake Bay Activities

January 1, 1978

A conceptual ecological model for Chesapeake Bay A conceptual ecological model for Chesapeake Bay

No abstract available.

Authors

Katherine A. Green

Chesapeake Bay Activities

January 1, 1978

The seventy-eighth Audubon Christmas bird count. 365. Ocean City, Md The seventy-eighth Audubon Christmas bird count. 365. Ocean City, Md

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Authors

C.S. Robbins

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

January 1, 1978

Exceedance probability-depth relationships of floods for Maryland streams west of Chesapeake Bay Exceedance probability-depth relationships of floods for Maryland streams west of Chesapeake Bay

A procedure is outlined for estimating the depths of floods of specified exceedance probabilities for Maryland streams west of the Chesapeake Bay. Data required for use of the estimating procedure are the stream's location in one of three flood-depth regions and the drainage area. Regression equations developed for depth estimation of the 50-, 20-, 10-, 2-, and 1-percent floods have...

Authors

William J. Herb

Chesapeake Bay Activities

January 1, 1978

The breeding bird atlas of Montgomery and Howard Counties, Maryland The breeding bird atlas of Montgomery and Howard Counties, Maryland

A pilot Breeding Bird Atlas was initiated during 1971 in Montgomery County. A second atlas was begun during 1973 in Howard County. The Montgomery project was completed in 1973 and the Howard project in 1975......A total of 138 species were recorded for the two counties (129 confirmed, 7 probable, 2 possible). Montgomery County had 135 species recorded (122 confirmed, 9 probable, 4...

Authors

M. K. Klimkiewicz, J.K. Solem

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

January 1, 1978

Organochlorine residues and reproduction in the little brown bat, Laurel, Maryland - June 1976 Organochlorine residues and reproduction in the little brown bat, Laurel, Maryland - June 1976

Twelve of 43 pregnant little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) collected at Montpelier Barn, Laurel, Maryland, gave birth to dead young. Eleven of these 12 dead neonates were abnormally small. Most of the stillbirths were attributable to unknown reproductive difficulties associated with first pregnancies, but four may have been due to high concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in...

Authors

D. R. Clark, A. J. Krynitsky

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities

January 1, 1978