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January 1, 1949

Migration of the green-winged teal Migration of the green-winged teal

No abstract available.

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S.H. Low

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1949

Migration of the redhead Migration of the redhead

No abstract available.

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C.S. Robbins

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1949

The migration of the pintail The migration of the pintail

No abstract available.

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S.H. Low

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1947

Bird flight Bird flight

No abstract available.

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M.T. Cooke

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1947

Field guide for identification Field guide for identification

No abstract available.

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M.T. Cooke

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1945

Pheasant propagation Pheasant propagation

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W. Bailey, R. Nestler

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1942

The Great Lakes whitefish The Great Lakes whitefish

In every one of the Great Lakes- Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior- the most valuable fishes are declining, and there is no evidence that this trend will be reversed. Under existing conditions of a diversity of regulations that vary between states and between the two countries, and with the present methods of fishing, the Great Lakes fisheries are doomed. This chapter deals...

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John Van Oosten

Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

January 1, 1941

The limnological role of the higher plants The limnological role of the higher plants

No abstract available.

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N. Hotchkiss

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1939

Ridge-making thin sandstone in Frederick County, Virginia: Chapter C Ridge-making thin sandstone in Frederick County, Virginia: Chapter C

It is generally recognized that massive thick-bedded sandstones and relatively weak shales and soluble limestones form characteristic surface features. The uncommon effect of a thin argillaceous sandstone in producing ridges in an area in northern Virginia, in which the writer has recently done detailed field work, is briefly described in this paper. This bed, with an average thickness...

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R.S. Edmundson

Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center

January 1, 1928