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This is a list of publications written by Patuxent employees since Patuxent opened in 1939.  To search for Patuxent's publications by author or title, please click below to go to the USGS Publication Warehouse.

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Environmental contaminants and productivity in an extinct heronry at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, U.S.A., 1984 Environmental contaminants and productivity in an extinct heronry at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, U.S.A., 1984

Our objectives were to collect information on contaminant levels and productivity of wading birds at the Drum Island heronry in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, before diversion of the Cooper River took place in 1985. The diversion was expected to reduce water flow by ∼80% into the Harbor, thereby concentrating industrial effluents near the heronry with potentially harmful effects...
Authors
Donald H. White, J.G.H. Geitner

A new era for carnivore conservation A new era for carnivore conservation

Restoration has become an important technique in carnivore management. As the public becomes increasingly interested in carnivores, their management may become more contentious. Nevertheless, the value of this charismatic group of animals is high. Although they will have to be controlled where interfering too much with human activities, they should also be nurtured wherever they can live
Authors
L.D. Mech

Effects of boron and selenium on mallard reproduction and duckling growth and survival Effects of boron and selenium on mallard reproduction and duckling growth and survival

Boron (B) and selenium (Se) sometimes occur together in high concentrations in the environment and can accumulate in plants and invertebrates consumed by waterfowl. One hundred twenty-six pairs of breeding mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) were fed diets supplemented with B (as boric acid) at 0, 450, or 900 ppm, in combination with Se (as seleno-DL-methionine) at 0, 3.5, or 7 ppm, in a...
Authors
T.R. Stanley, G. J. Smith, D. J. Hoffman, G. H. Heinz, R. Rosscoe

Habitat characteristics of American woodcock nest sites on a managed area in Maine Habitat characteristics of American woodcock nest sites on a managed area in Maine

We measured characteristics of habitat near 89 nests of American woodcock (Scolopax minor) and 100 randomly selected points on Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, Calais, Maine, an area managed for woodcock. At nest sites, basal area was lower (P 0.001), densities of deciduous saplings were greater (P 0.001), densities of coniferous saplings were lower (P = 0.001), densities of shrub...
Authors
Daniel G. McAuley, Jerry R. Longcore, Greg F. Sepik, Grey W. Pendleton

Cyanide Cyanide

No abstract available.
Authors
E. F. Hill, P.F.P. Henry

Data standards Data standards

No abstract available.
Authors
R.W. McDiarmid, D.E. Wilson

Organochlorine pesticides Organochlorine pesticides

No abstract available.
Authors
L. J. Blus, Stanley N. Wiemeyer, Charles J. Henny
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