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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Publications
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Observations on burrowing rates and comments on host specificity in the endangered mussel Lampsilis higginsi Observations on burrowing rates and comments on host specificity in the endangered mussel Lampsilis higginsi
In preliminary laboratory studies, the endangered mussel Lampsitis higginsi was unable to burrow into rocky substrates, but did burrow into substrates comprised of silt, clay, sand, and/or pebble-gravel. Burrowing times were shortest in silt and longest in pebble-gravel. As judged by longevity of glochidial infection, walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) and largemouth bass (Micropterus...
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J.R. Sylvester, L. E. Holland, T.K. Kamer
Water chemistry at selected sites on pools 7 and 8 of the upper Mississippi River: a ten-year survey Water chemistry at selected sites on pools 7 and 8 of the upper Mississippi River: a ten-year survey
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V. K. Dawson, G. A. Jackson, C. E. Korschgen
Longitudinal distribution of trace elements (As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, and Se) in fishes and sediments in the upper Mississippi River Longitudinal distribution of trace elements (As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, and Se) in fishes and sediments in the upper Mississippi River
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J.G. Wiener, G. A. Jackson, T.W. May, B.P. Cole
Introduction - Contaminants in the upper Mississippi River Introduction - Contaminants in the upper Mississippi River
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J.G. Wiener, R.V. Anderson, D.R. McConville
Occurrence and timing of second clutches in common terns Occurrence and timing of second clutches in common terns
Eighteen pairs of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) at three different colonies laid second clutches while still feeding young from their first broods. Seven clutches were laid before the chicks from the first brood fledged, and 11 were laid after the chicks from the first brood fledged. In each case, parents alternately fed chicks from the first brood and incubated the second clutch...
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D.A. Wiggins, R.D. Morris, I.C.T. Nisbet, T. W. Custer
Ground-water contamination by crude oil at the Bemidji, Minnesota, research site; US Geological Survey Toxic Waste--ground-water contamination study Ground-water contamination by crude oil at the Bemidji, Minnesota, research site; US Geological Survey Toxic Waste--ground-water contamination study
The U.S. Geological Survey has begun a research project to improve understanding of the mobilization, transport, and fate of petroleum contaminants in the shallow subsurface and to use this understanding to develop predictive models of contaminant behavior. The project site is near Bemidji in northern Minnesota where an accidental spill of 10,500 barrels of crude oil occurred when a...
Evaluation of alternative reservoir-management practices in the Rock River basin, Wisconsin Evaluation of alternative reservoir-management practices in the Rock River basin, Wisconsin
Simulation of the operation of upstream impoundments in the Rock River basin to reduce spring floods showed that such operation would reduce flood peaks by 0.11 foot on the average, and would increase flood peaks some years. The most significant reductions would occur during the average- size floods, whereas little or no reductions would occur for larger and smaller floods. Modifying the
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W.R. Krug, L. B. House
National water summary 1983: Hydrologic events and issues National water summary 1983: Hydrologic events and issues
The United States as a Nation possesses abundant water resources and has developed and used those resources extensively. The national renewable supply of water is about 1,400 billion gallons per day (for the conterminous 48 States). Approximately 380 billion gallons per day of freshwater is withdrawn for use by the Nation's homes, farms, and industries, and about 280 billion gallons per...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Relationship between quantity and quality of storm runoff and various watershed characteristics in Minnesota, USA Relationship between quantity and quality of storm runoff and various watershed characteristics in Minnesota, USA
Watersheds are rural areas undergoing urbanization with current urban land use comprising 4 to 58 percent of the watershed area. The quantity and quality of storm runoff in the watersheds was tested for correlations (significance level of 0. 05) with various land-surface features and landuse characteristics. Quantity of storm runoff is not related to any single characteristic but is...
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Rob G. Brown
Monocrotophos and dicrotophos residues in birds as a result of misuse of organophosphates in Matagorda county Texas USA Monocrotophos and dicrotophos residues in birds as a result of misuse of organophosphates in Matagorda county Texas USA
About 1100 birds of 12 spp. [Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus), brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater), mourning dove (Zenaida macrours), Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna), vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus), common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), blue-winged teal (Anas discors), mottled duck (Anas fulvigula), common moorhen...
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Edward L. Flickinger, Donald H. White, C. A. Mitchell, T. G. Lamont
Toxicity of chemical mixtures Toxicity of chemical mixtures
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L. L. Marking