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Colonial waterbirds Colonial waterbirds

Colonial waterbirds, that is, seabirds (gulls, terns, cormorants, pelicans) and wading birds (herons, egrets, ibises), have attracted the attention of scientists, conservationists, and the public since the turn of the century when plume hunters nearly drove many species to extinction. The first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida, was founded to conserve a large nesting...
Authors
R. Michael Erwin

Apparent digestion coefficients and metabolizable energy of feed ingredients for rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Apparent digestion coefficients and metabolizable energy of feed ingredients for rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

More than 50 feedstuffs used or of potential use in diets for rainbow trout Oncorhyndus mykiss were compared through metabolism chamber trials. Testing included determination of apparent digestibility and metabolic energy for a wide variety of ingredients, including fish and animal meals, vegetable proteins, and single cell protein products. Testing involved feeding individual 200–300-g...
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R. R. Smith, R.A. Winfree, G.W. Rumsey, A. Allred, M. Peterson

Malignant lymphoma in black bullhead from Allouez Bay, Superior, Wisconsin, USA Malignant lymphoma in black bullhead from Allouez Bay, Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Leukemic malignant lymphoma was diagnosed in a black bullhead collected from Allouez Bay, in an industrialized Lake Superior estuary near Superior, Wisconsin, USA. No gross signs of thymic involvement were observed and it is believed this tumor originated in the hematopoetic tissue of the kidney. Neoplastic cells infiltrated excretory kidney, spleen, liver and gill tissue. This finding...
Authors
V. S. Blazer, C.S. Schrank

Increases in gill cytosolic corticosteroid receptor abundance and saltwater tolerance in juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) treated with growth hormone and placental lactogen Increases in gill cytosolic corticosteroid receptor abundance and saltwater tolerance in juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) treated with growth hormone and placental lactogen

Juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were injected with one of two recombinant bovine hormones, growth hormone (bGH; 5.0 and 0.5 μg · g-1 body wt) or placental lactogen (bPL; 5.0, 0.5, μg · g-1 body wt) to determine the effect on growth, plasma cortisol concentration, cytosolic corticosteroid receptors (CR) in the gills, and the development of hypoosmoregulatory ability. One week...
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J. M. Shrimpton, R.H. Devlin, E. McLean, J.C. Byatt, E.M. Donaldson, D.J. Randall

Short-term cold storage of Atlantic sturgeon sperm Short-term cold storage of Atlantic sturgeon sperm

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Authors
M. N. DiLauro, W. F. Krise, M. A. Hendrix, S.E. Baker
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