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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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Selenium and boron in aquatic birds from central California Selenium and boron in aquatic birds from central California

Subsurface agricultural drainwater used for marsh management has resulted in trace element contamination of aquatic bird food chains in central California. Consequently, we collected breeding and wintering aquatic birds from the Grassland Water District (GWD) of California during 1985-88 to measure selenium (Se) and boron (B) contamination resulting from use of such drainage water for...
Authors
Fred L. Paveglio, Christine M. Bunck, Gary H. Heinz

Trapping the arboreal snake Boiga irregularis Trapping the arboreal snake Boiga irregularis

The snake Boiga irregularis, an exotic on Guam, has eliminated the majority of the native vertebrates there. We tested traps designed to control this arboreal snake during three periods of 20-41 days in 1988 and 1989. The relative trapping successes with different baits and trap configurations indicated that this snake will not readily push through a visually obstructed entrance. However...
Authors
Gordon H. Rodda, O. Eugene Maughan, Thomas H. Fritts, Renee Rondeau

Allozyme evidence for crane systematics and polymorphisms within populations of Sandhill, Sarus, Siberian and whooping cranes Allozyme evidence for crane systematics and polymorphisms within populations of Sandhill, Sarus, Siberian and whooping cranes

Electrophoretic analysis of proteins yielded evidence on the relationships of species of cranes and on genetic diversity within populations of some species. Diversity within the Greater Sandhill crane and a Florida population of the Florida Sandhill crane was similar to that of most other vertebrates, but diversity was low in the Mississippi Sandhill crane, in the Okefenokee population...
Authors
H.C. Dessauer, G.F. Gee, J.S. Rogers

The taxonomic status of the white-tailed kite The taxonomic status of the white-tailed kite

The White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) of the Americas has been merged with the Black-shouldered (or Black-winged) Kite (E. caeruleus) of the Old World and the Australian Black-shouldered Kite (E. axillaris) by North American authorities (but not elsewhere), primarily because of similarity in plumage. However, American kites differ from Old World kites in greater size and weight, in...
Authors
W.S. Clark, R.C. Banks

Uptake of environmental contaminants by small mammals in pickleweed habitats at San Francisco Bay, California Uptake of environmental contaminants by small mammals in pickleweed habitats at San Francisco Bay, California

Small mammals were live-trapped in pickleweed (Salicornia virginica) habitats near San Francisco Bay, California in order to measure the uptake of several contaminants and to evaluate the potential effects of these contaminants on the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris). Tissues of house mice (Mus musculus), deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), and California...
Authors
D. R. Clark, K.S. Foerster, C. M. Marn, R. L. Hothem
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