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Soda Lake-Painted Rock(!) Petroleum System in the Cuyama Basin, California, U.S.A. Soda Lake-Painted Rock(!) Petroleum System in the Cuyama Basin, California, U.S.A.

The Cuyama basin, located in the central California Coast Ranges, was formed by extension during early Miocene time and was filled with a variety of nonmarine, marginal marine, and neritic to bathyal marine sediments. Low sulfur oil is produced primarily from the lower Miocene Painted Rock Sandstone Member of the Vaqueros Formation along a structural trend parallel to the Russell fault...
Authors
Paul G. Lillis

Sources and fates of mercury and methylmercury in Wisconsin lakes Sources and fates of mercury and methylmercury in Wisconsin lakes

Abstract not submitted to date
Authors
C.J. Watras, N.S. Bloom, R.J.M. Hudson, S. Gherini, R. Munson, S.A. Claas, K.A. Morrison, J. Hurley, J.G. Wiener

Synopsis of discussion session on physicochemical factors affecting toxicity Synopsis of discussion session on physicochemical factors affecting toxicity

The paper documents the workshop discussion regarding the role of these factors in altering toxicity. For each factor, the nature, magnitude, and uncertainty of its empirical relation to the toxicity of various chemicals or chemical classes is discussed. Limitations in the empirical database regarding the variety of species and endpoints tested were addressed. Possible mechanisms...
Authors
R.J. Erickson, T.D. Bills, J. R. Clark, D.J. Hansen, J. Knezovich

Trace metals speciation and cycling Trace metals speciation and cycling

No abstract available
Authors
C. T. Driscoll, J. K. Otton, Ake Iverfeldt

Use of boreal forested wetlands by Pacific loons (Gavia pacifica Lawrence) and horned grebes (Podiceps auritus L.): Relations with limnological characteristics Use of boreal forested wetlands by Pacific loons (Gavia pacifica Lawrence) and horned grebes (Podiceps auritus L.): Relations with limnological characteristics

Our objective was to determine if the occurrence and abundance of Pacific loons (Gavia pacifica Lawrence) and horned grebes (Podiceps auritus L.) on 123 wetlands of Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in east central Alaska were related to the limnological characteristics of those wetlands. Aquatic bird-wetland use surveys were conducted in conjunction with limnological sampling from...
Authors
P.J. Heglund, J.R. Jones, L.H. Fredrickson, M.S. Kaiser
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