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January 1, 1980

Water-quality monitoring of three major tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay: Interim data report Water-quality monitoring of three major tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay: Interim data report

The U.S. Geological Survey is monitoring the water quality of three major tributaries to Chesapeake Bay at their fall lines to obtain estimates of constituent inputs potentially available to the bay. The monitoring sites are: Susquehanna River at Conowingo, Md.; Potomac River at Washington, D.C.; and James River at Cartersville, Va. Water-quality data collected from October 1978 to April...

Authors

David J. Lang, David Grason

Chesapeake Bay Activities

January 1, 1980

Lead residues in sora rails from Maryland Lead residues in sora rails from Maryland

During September and October, mi- grating sora rails (Porzana carolina) use tidal marshes of the Patuxent River in Maryland, where they have been hunted for many years. Spent shot accumulates in the marsh during the rail hunting sea- son, and some shot is ingested by the birds. Twelve percent of gizzards from rails collected at the marsh during 1965- 73 contained lead shot (Artmann and...

Authors

Rey C. Stendell, Joseph W. Artmann, Elwood Martin

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Chesapeake Bay Activities, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

January 1, 1980

Benthic communities of the tidal Potomac River and Estuary, Maryland and Virginia, November 1977 through August 1979 Benthic communities of the tidal Potomac River and Estuary, Maryland and Virginia, November 1977 through August 1979

No abstract available.

Authors

P.V. Dresler

Chesapeake Bay Activities

January 1, 1979

Relations of wintering canvasbacks to environmental pollutants-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland Relations of wintering canvasbacks to environmental pollutants-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

No abstract available.

Authors

Donald H. White, Rey C. Stendell, B.M. Mulhern

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

January 1, 1979

Vegetation and vertebrates of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: outline of ecology and annotated lists. A reprint, with new supplements, of 'Vegetation of the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland' Vegetation and vertebrates of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: outline of ecology and annotated lists. A reprint, with new supplements, of 'Vegetation of the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland'

No abstract available.

Authors

N. Hotchkiss, R. E. Stewart

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

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 pollution history of Chesapeake Bay A pollution history of Chesapeake Bay

Present day anthropogenic fluxes of some heavy metals to central Chesapeake Bay appear to be intermediate to those of the southern California coastal region and those of Narragansett Bay. The natural fluxes, however, are in general higher. On the bases of Pb-210 and Pu-239 + 240 geochronologies and of the time changes in interstitial water compositions, there is a mixing of the upper 30...

Authors

E.D. Goldberg, V. Hodge, M. Koide, J. Griffin, E. Gamble, O.P. Bricker, G. Matisoff, G.R. Holdren, R. Braun

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