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Below is a list of WERC's peer-reviewed publications. If you are searching for a specific publication and cannot find it in this list, please contact werc_web@usgs.gov

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Bioaccumulation of selenium in birds at Kesterson Reservoir, California Bioaccumulation of selenium in birds at Kesterson Reservoir, California

This study was conducted to determine selenium (Se) concentrations in tissues of birds collected during the 1983-1985 nesting seasons at Kesterson Reservoir (an area receiving high-Se irrigation drainage water), compare them with birds from reference sites within California's Central Valley, and relate them to food-chain Se concentrations at the study sites. Within years, Se in livers of...
Authors
Harry M. Ohlendorf, Roger L. Hothem, Christine M. Bunck, Katherine C. Marois

The California Valley grassland The California Valley grassland

Grasslands are distributed throughout California from Oregon to Baja California Norte and from the coast to the desert (Brown 1982) (Figure 1). This review will focus on the dominant formation in cismontane California, a community referred to as Valley Grassland (Munz 1959). Today, Valley Grassland is dominated by non-native annual grasses in genera such as Avena (wild oat), Bromus...
Authors
Jon E. Keeley
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