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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
Effects of twenty-five compounds on four species of aquatic fungi (Saprolegniales) pathogenic to fish Effects of twenty-five compounds on four species of aquatic fungi (Saprolegniales) pathogenic to fish
Four species of aquatic fungi (Achlya flagellata, A. racemosa, Saprolegnia hypogyna, and S. megasperma) were exposed to 25 chemicals representing seven classes of compounds for 15 and 60 min, in an effort to identify potential fungicidal agents for use in fish culture. The antifungal activity of each chemical was compared with that of malachite green, a reference compound with known...
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Tom A. Bailey
Chromatographic investigations of the configurational and geometrical isomerism of allylic N-terpenyl-N-hydroxyethyl-nitrosamines Chromatographic investigations of the configurational and geometrical isomerism of allylic N-terpenyl-N-hydroxyethyl-nitrosamines
A preparative adsorption column chromatographic method is reported for the separation of cis and trans geometrical isomers of two types of N-nitrosamines derived from allylic terpenyl ethanolamines (experimental fish toxicants). Column eluates were monitored by gas chromatography in which a Carbowax 20M stationary phase was used. Further separation of E and Z configurational isomers was...
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S. L. Abidi
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
Procedures for use of freshwater fishes in the development of reproducible toxicological information Procedures for use of freshwater fishes in the development of reproducible toxicological information
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L. L. Marking
Species composition of fish communities in northern Wisconsin lakes: Relation to pH Species composition of fish communities in northern Wisconsin lakes: Relation to pH
Fish communities in circumneutral Wisconsin lakes contained significantly more species than did those in acidic lakes (pH 5.1-6.0). Common, as well as rare, species occurred with lower frequency in acidic lakes than in circumneutral lakes. Certain taxa, such as minnows and darters, were either absent or rare in the acidic lakes, probably because of pH-related stress. The differences in...
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J.G. Wiener, P.J. Rago, J.M. Eilers
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
Tissue lead distribution and hematologic effects in American kestrels (Falco sparverius) fed biologically incorporated lead Tissue lead distribution and hematologic effects in American kestrels (Falco sparverius) fed biologically incorporated lead
American kestrels were fed a diet containing 0.5, 120, 212, and 448 ppm (dry wt) biologically incorporated lead (Pb) for 60 days. The diet consisted of homogenized 4-wk-old cockerels raised on feed mixed with and without lead. No kestrels died and weights did not differ among treatment groups. The control group (0.5 ppm Pb) had the lowest mean concentration of lead and the high dietary...
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T. W. Custer, J. C. Franson, O. H. Pattee
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...
Fish abundance and population stability in a reservoir tailwater and an unregulated headwater stream Fish abundance and population stability in a reservoir tailwater and an unregulated headwater stream
Fish abundance and population stability were compared in the tailwater and in an unregulated tributary of Barren River Lake, a flood control reservoir in south central Kentucky. Fish abundance was greater in the tailwater near the dam and was dominated by three species common in the reservoir: gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), bluegills (Lepomis macrochirus), and white crappies...
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K.E. Jacobs, W.D. Swink