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Control of furunculosis and enteric redmouth disease in sea-run Atlantic salmon broodstock in the Connecticut and Merrimack Rivers Control of furunculosis and enteric redmouth disease in sea-run Atlantic salmon broodstock in the Connecticut and Merrimack Rivers
Adult sea‐run Atlantic salmon Salmo salar captured and transported to Richard Cronin National Salmon Station (Sunderland, Massachusetts), Nashua National Fish Hatchery (Nashua, New Hampshire), and Whittemore State Fish Hatchery (Waterford, Connecticut) during 1986–1992 were treated with oxolinic acid and a bacterin. The bacterin was developed against furunculosis and enteric redmouth...
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L.A. Ford, P.A. Barbash, R. C. Cipriano
Paleozoic orogens in New England, USA Paleozoic orogens in New England, USA
Stratigraphy and isotope geochronology in the crystalline core of the Appalachians suggest revised interpretations of the extent, nature and timing of Paleozoic orogens in New England. Five major episodes of magmatism, deformation, and high-grade regional metamorphism are recognized: Taconian (455-442 Ma), Acadian (423-385 Ma), Neo-Acadian (366-350 Ma), Late Pennsylvanian (300-290 Ma)...
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Peter Robinson, Robert D. Tucker, Dwight Bradley, H. N. Berry, P. H. Osberg
Studies on the bacterial flora of native freshwater bivalves from the Ohio River Studies on the bacterial flora of native freshwater bivalves from the Ohio River
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C. E. Starliper, R. Villella, P. Morrison, J. Mathias
A comparison of triploid induction validation techniques A comparison of triploid induction validation techniques
Triploidy induction is a technique that allows genetic manipulation of chromosome number to control reproduction and potentially create faster‐growing animals; however, most methods for inducing polyploidy are not 100% effective. Using sunshine bass (white bass Morone chrysops ♀ × striped bass M. saxatilis ♂) as a model, we cross‐validated the most common verification techniques: DNA...
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R.M. Harrell, W. Van Heukelem, J.H. Kerby
An inter-comparison test of an RD Instruments' workhorse ADCP mounted in a new trawl-resistant bottom mount, an RD instruments' broadband ADCP and Vector measuring current meter An inter-comparison test of an RD Instruments' workhorse ADCP mounted in a new trawl-resistant bottom mount, an RD instruments' broadband ADCP and Vector measuring current meter
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M. Martini, P. Clay
Fish communities and their relation to physical and chemical characteristics of streams from selected environmental settings in the Lower Susquehanna River basin, 1993-95 Fish communities and their relation to physical and chemical characteristics of streams from selected environmental settings in the Lower Susquehanna River basin, 1993-95
Studies of fish-community composition were conducted annually in selected reaches (from 100 to 303 meters in length) on seven streams from June 1993 to June 1995 within the Lower Susquehanna River Basin. In 1994, additional reaches were selected on three of the streams, resulting in a total of 28 samples. The study reaches were selected on the basis of type of bedrock and land use/land...
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Michael D. Bilger, Robin A. Brightbill
Evaluation of hydrologic data collected at the North Penn Area 12 Superfund Site, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Evaluation of hydrologic data collected at the North Penn Area 12 Superfund Site, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
The North Penn Area 12 Superfund Site is underlain by the Lockatong Formation, which consists of interbedded gray to black siltstone and shale. The beds of the Lockatong Formation strike northeast and dip about 10d to 20d to the northwest in the vicinity of the site. Ground water moves through fractures that are nearly vertical and horizontal in the shale and siltstone. Permeability and...
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Lisa A. Senior, Kevin E. Grazul, Charles R. Wood
Glaciers of South America Glaciers of South America
Landsat images, together with maps and aerial photographs, have been used to produce glacier inventories, define glacier locations, and study glacier dynamics in the countries of South America, along with the Andes Mountains. In Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia, the small glaciers have been undergoing extensive glacier recession since the late 1800's. Glacier-related hazards...
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C. Schubert, Fabian Hoyos-Patino, Ekkehard Jordan, Stefan Hastenrath, Benjamin Morales Arnao, Louis Lliboutry, Arturo Corte
Biochemical and conjugation studies of romet-resistant strains of Aeromonas salmonicida from salmonid rearing facilities in the eastern United States Biochemical and conjugation studies of romet-resistant strains of Aeromonas salmonicida from salmonid rearing facilities in the eastern United States
Strains of Aeromonas salmonicida (n = 585) were collected from covertly infected and diseased salmonid hosts from 12 hatcheries in the eastern United States. Strains and sites were selected because of their potential for harboring antimicrobial resistance, in particular, to Romet™. Resistance to Romet was displayed by 315 strains (53.8%), which were isolated from all six host species...
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C. E. Starliper, R.K. Cooper
Pennsylvania's crossbill winter of 1997-1998 Pennsylvania's crossbill winter of 1997-1998
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P. Hess, M.R. Leahy, R. M. Ross
Identification of Flavobacterinium and Flexibacterin species by species-specific polymerase chain reaction primers to the 16S ribosomal RNA gene Identification of Flavobacterinium and Flexibacterin species by species-specific polymerase chain reaction primers to the 16S ribosomal RNA gene
Species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers have been developed for the identification of the causative agents of warmwater and marine finrot in fish: Flavobacterium columnare (Flexibacter columnaris) and Flexibacter maritimus. Differences in gene sequence in the bacterial small-subunit (16S) ribosomal RNA (rRNA) were used to design the species-specific PCR primers. The...
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J.A. Bader, E. B. Shotts
Analysis of coastal change in Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land, West Antarctica, using Landsat imagery Analysis of coastal change in Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land, West Antarctica, using Landsat imagery
The U.S. Geological Survey is using Landsat imagery from the early 1970s and mid- to late 1980s/early 1990s to analyze glaciological features, compile a glacier inventory, measure surface velocities of outlet glaciers, ice streams and ice shelves, determine coastline change and calculate the area and volume of iceberg calving in Antarctica. Ice-surface velocities in Marie Byrd and...
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Jane G. Ferrigno, Richard S. Williams, Christine E. Rosanova, Baerbel K. Lucchitta, Charles Swithinbank