Publications
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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Wood duck observed following geese Wood duck observed following geese
No abstract available.
Authors
Matthew C. Perry, Frank B. McGilvrey
Any woodcock in your back forty tonight? Any woodcock in your back forty tonight?
No abstract available.
Authors
W.B. Krohn, Ray B. Owen
An unusual case of lead poisoning in a whistling swan An unusual case of lead poisoning in a whistling swan
No abstract available.
Authors
L. N. Locke, L. T. Young
Comments on the type-specimen of Neotoma desetorum sola Merriam 1894 (Mammalia: Rodentia) Comments on the type-specimen of Neotoma desetorum sola Merriam 1894 (Mammalia: Rodentia)
No abstract available.
Authors
C. Jones, R.D. Fisher
Eggshell breakage by incubating black ducks fed DDE Eggshell breakage by incubating black ducks fed DDE
Black duck (Anas rubripes) hens fed 10 ppm dry weight (approximately 3 ppm wet weight) of p,p'-DDE in the diet laid eggs with shells 22 percent thinner at the equator, 30 percent thinner at the cap, and 33 percent thinner at the apex than those of controls. Natural incubation increased shell cracking more than fourfold as compared with mechanical incubation. Hens removed cracked eggs...
Authors
J. R. Longcore, F. B. Samson
Eggshell thinning, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and mercury in inland aquatic bird eggs, 1969 and 1970 Eggshell thinning, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and mercury in inland aquatic bird eggs, 1969 and 1970
In the Upper Great Lakes States, 9 out of 13 species of fish-eating birds were found in 1969-70 to have sustained statistically significant decreases in eggshell thickness since 1946. Maximum changes in a thickness index occurred in great blue herons (-25%), red-breasted mergansers (-23%), common mergansers (-15%). and double-crested cormorants (-15%). Heron eggs taken in Louisiana...
Authors
R.A. Faber, J.J. Hickey
Toxicity and persistence of mirex in birds Toxicity and persistence of mirex in birds
No abstract available.
Authors
W. H. Stickel, J.A. Galyen, R. A. Dyrland, D.L. Hughes
Dioxin residues in Lakeland sand and bald eagle samples Dioxin residues in Lakeland sand and bald eagle samples
No abstract available.
Authors
E.A. Wooson, P.D.J. Ensor, W. L. Reichel, A.L. Young
The season--January, February, March, 1973 The season--January, February, March, 1973
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins