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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Chlorinated hydrocarbons in the marine environment. A report prepared by the Panel on Monitoring Persistent Pesticides in the Marine Environment of the Committee on Oceanography Chlorinated hydrocarbons in the marine environment. A report prepared by the Panel on Monitoring Persistent Pesticides in the Marine Environment of the Committee on Oceanography
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS : The oceans are an ultimate accumulation site for the persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons. As much as 25 percent of the DDT compounds produced to date may have been transferred to the sea. The amount of DDT compounds in the marine biota is estimated to be less than 0.1 percent of total production, yet this amount has produced a demonstrable impact upon the...
Authors
E.D. Goldberg, P. Butler, P. Meier, D. Menzel, G. Paulik, R. Risebrough, L.F. Stickel
Increasing a wood duck nesting population by releases of pen-reared birds Increasing a wood duck nesting population by releases of pen-reared birds
No abstract available.
Authors
Frank B. McGilvrey
'When in doubt, check it out'--A request for banders to look before they leap, or publish and perhaps perish 'When in doubt, check it out'--A request for banders to look before they leap, or publish and perhaps perish
If you have a recovery which is worthy of a note, it should be verified first with either the Banding Laboratory, where all the recovery letters are kept on file, or with the person who found the band.
Authors
Brian Sharp
Transcontinental mourning dove recovery Transcontinental mourning dove recovery
A Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) banded in New York has been reported shot in California. On 25 August 1969, near Palmyra (43°00' N, 77°10' W), New York Department of Environmental Conservation personnel placed U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service band 883-97279 on the leg of a hatching-year Mourning Dove of unknown sex. During the first weekend of the dove season in September 1970, Stan...
Authors
Brian Sharp
The season - April, May, June, 1971 The season - April, May, June, 1971
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
Publication dates of the North American Fauna series Publication dates of the North American Fauna series
The correct date of publication of numbers in the well-known North American Fauna series, begun in 1889, was printed on the cover of each issue through No. 48. After that time dates of publication that appear on the covers are either incomplete or incorrect. For taxonomic purposes, for developing a chronological survey of a subject, or for other reasons, the exact date of publication of...
Authors
Richard C. Banks
How to prepare a winter range map from Christmas bird count data How to prepare a winter range map from Christmas bird count data
No abstract available.
Authors
D. Bystrak
Unusual drowning in captive short-tailed shrews Unusual drowning in captive short-tailed shrews
Three captive short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda) drowned in attempting underwater escapes from their cages.
Authors
Lawrence J. Blus
Annual adult survival rates of blackbirds and starlings Annual adult survival rates of blackbirds and starlings
No abstract available.
Authors
Don P. Fankhauser