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Spawning of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and rearing of veligers under laboratory conditions Spawning of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and rearing of veligers under laboratory conditions

The spawning cycle of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, is amenable to laboratory manipulations. Techniques are presented that can be used to initiate spawning and rear veligers from fertilized egg to settlement stage. Spawning can be induced in sexually mature mussels by temperature flucuations or by the addition of ripe gametes. Embryonic survival is excellent until the straight...
Authors
S. Jerrine Nichols

State-of-the-art techniques for inventory of Great Lakes aquatic habitats and resources State-of-the-art techniques for inventory of Great Lakes aquatic habitats and resources

This section of the Classification and Inventory of Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat report was prepared as a series of individually authored contributions that describe, in various levels of detail, state-of-the-art techniques that can be used alone or in combination to inventory aquatic habitats and resources in the Laurentian Great Lakes system. No attempt was made to review and evaluate...
Authors
Thomas A. Edsall, R.H. Brock, R.P. Bukata, J.J. Dawson, F.J. Horvath

Stop A-3, Holy Sepulchre fault scarp Stop A-3, Holy Sepulchre fault scarp

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Authors
J. J. Lienkaemper, J. C. Hamilton

Techniques for rearing and releasing nonmigratory cranes: Lessons from the Mississippi Sandhill Crane program Techniques for rearing and releasing nonmigratory cranes: Lessons from the Mississippi Sandhill Crane program

Captive-reared Mississippi sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis pulla) reared at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (Patuxent) have been released at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge (MSCNWR) since 1981. Of 131 birds released through December 1990, 103 were reared by foster parents. The remaining 28 were experimentally hand-reared in 1989 and 1990. After refining...
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D. H. Ellis, Glenn H. Olsen, G.F. Gee, Jane M. Nicolich, K.E. O’Malley, Meenakshi Nagendran, Scott G. Hereford, P. Range, W.T. Harper, R.P. Ingram, D.G. Smith
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