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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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Food-habits procedures Food-habits procedures

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Authors
A. C. Martin, L.J. Korschgen

1963 progress report: Pesticide-bald eagle relationships 1963 progress report: Pesticide-bald eagle relationships

To sum up, we know that DDT in sufficient quantity will kill eagles. We know that wild eagles carry body burdens of DDT, and that some of this is transferred to the egg by the females. We do not know that the levels in the egg are sufficient to affect hatching; nor do we know that body burdens in wild eagles are sufficiently high to be detrimental. Certainly, however, we have no evidence...
Authors
J.L. Buckley, J.B. DeWitt

Pre-nesting activity of the purple gallinule near Savannah, Georgia Pre-nesting activity of the purple gallinule near Savannah, Georgia

Observations on the pre-nesting activity of the Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica) were made by me at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Jasper County, South Carolina from 9 to 16 April 1960, 12 to 23 April 1961, and 28 to 30 April 1963. Jasper County is in extreme southeastern South Carolina. The Refuge headquarters is approximately 10 miles (16 km) up the Savannah River from...
Authors
Brooke Meanley
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