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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Publications
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Water resources of Branch County, Michigan
Branch County has abundant water resources throughout most of its area. Almost all the water used is supplied by wells that obtain water from glacial drift deposits and locally from fractures and sandy beds in the Coldwater Shale. Glacial drift in buried bedrock valleys may yield large quantities of water to wells. Well yields are generally adequate for domestic and farm supplies. Properly develop
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P.R. Giroux, L.E. Stoimenoff, J. O. Nowlin, E.L. Skinner
Some blood chemistry values for five Chesapeake Bay area fishes
Blood samples from gizzard shad,largemouth bass, white perch, pumpkinseed, and
toadfish were analyzed for hemoglobin, total plasma protein, total plasma cholesterol, and ion
concentrations of plasma sodium, potassium, and chloride. The hemoglobin concentration and total plasma cholesterol found in a given species seem to have positive correlation with the customary activity level of that species
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J. B. Hunn, P.F. Robinson
In vivo uptake of radioiodide by rainbow trout
Abstract has not been submitted
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J. B. Hunn, P.O. Fromm
Some effects of sublethal concentrations of sodium arsenite on bluegills and the aquatic environment
Bluegills were exposed to sodium arsenite at various concentrations and treatment frequencies in outdoor pools. The effects of the treatments on the fish and invertebrates in the pools were assessed. Applications totaling 4.0 ppm or more of NaAsO2 during the experiment were reflected in reduced survival and growth of the fish, with immature fish being affected to a greater degree than adults. Some
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P.A. Gilderhus
The role of chemicals for the control of vertebrate pests
Abstract not submitted to date
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W.W. Dykstra, R.E. Lennon
Induced recharge of an artesian glacial-drift aquifer at Kalamazoo, Michigan
As part of a program for managing its ground-water supply, the city of Kalamazoo has constructed induced-recharge facilities at the sites of several of its well fields. To determine the benefits of induced recharge in a water-management program, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city, conducted a series of field experiments at a city well field (Station 9). The 12 production well
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J. E. Reed, Morris Deutsch, S.W. Wiitala
Reconnaissance of the geology and ground-water resources in the Aurora area, St. Louis county, Minnesota
The Aurora area is a glaciated upland of drift-mantled slopes, channels, swamps, and glacial-lake plains. It covers about 24 square miles of the eastern part of the Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota. A deep narrow channel along the Embarrass River, the principal outlet of a former large glacial lake north of the Embarrass Mountains, lies partly within the area.
The deposits in the report
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Robert W. Maclay
Effects of toxaphene on fishes and bottom fauna of Big Kitoi Creek, Afognak Island, Alaska
Abstract not submitted to date
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W.R. Meehan, W.L. Sheridan
Mortality of some species of fish to toxaphene at three temperatures
Abstract not submitted to date
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M.A. Mahdi
Minimum lethal levels of toxaphene as a piscicide in North Dakota lakes
Abstract not submitted to date
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D. Henegar
Water resources of the Pomme de Terre River Watershed, West-central Minnesota
The watershed is underlain by water-bearing glacial drift, cretaceous rocks, and Precambrian crystalline rocks. It is an elongate basin 92 miles long and has a drainage area of 977 square miles. The Pomme de Terre River flows within an outwash valley discharging into the Minnesota River at Marsh Lake.
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R. D. Cotter, L. E. Bidwell