Thomas Custer (Former Employee)
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Nest initiation and clutch size of great blue herons on the Mississippi River in relation to the 1993 flood Nest initiation and clutch size of great blue herons on the Mississippi River in relation to the 1993 flood
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) eggs were collected from ten colonies between Clinton, Iowa and Royalton, Minnesota on the Mississippi River in 1993, a year of record floods in the midwestern United States. In the live southernmost colonies where record flooding occurred, Great Blue Herons initiated nesting two weeks later than herons nesting in the five northernmost colonies that were...
Authors
T. W. Custer, R. K. Hines, Christine M. Custer
Food habits of diving ducks in the Great Lakes after the zebra mussel invasion Food habits of diving ducks in the Great Lakes after the zebra mussel invasion
Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) invaded the Great Lakes in the mid-1980s and quickly reached high densities. The objective of this study was to determine current consumption of zebra mussels by waterfowl in the Great Lakes region. Feeding Lesser Scaups (Aythya affinis), Greater Scaups (A. marila), Canvasbacks (A. valisineria), Redheads (A. americana), Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola)...
Authors
Christine M. Custer, T. W. Custer
Evaluation of an extendable pole-net to collect heron eggs in the canopy of tall trees Evaluation of an extendable pole-net to collect heron eggs in the canopy of tall trees
A pole, extendable from 2 to 8 m, with a nylon-mesh collecting net, was used to retrieve eggs from nests of Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) in the canopy of floodplain forests. A total of 200 eggs was collected for contaminant analysis from ten colonies along the upper Mississippi River during the spring of 1993. Low egg breakage (1%) and acceptable survival of embryos in an incubator...
Authors
R. K. Hines, T. W. Custer
Transfer and accumulation of organochlorines from black-crowned night-heron eggs to chicks Transfer and accumulation of organochlorines from black-crowned night-heron eggs to chicks
Eggs and sibling 1-, 3-, and 5-d-old chicks from seven black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) broods were collected from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and analyzed for organochlorines. The concentration (μg/g) of nine organochlorines either decreased (n = 7) or remained the same (n = 2) as the chicks grew older. In contrast, the total mass (μg) of these nine organochlorines increased...
Authors
T. W. Custer, Christine M. Custer
Evaluation of an extendable pole-net to collect heron eggs in the canopy of tall trees Evaluation of an extendable pole-net to collect heron eggs in the canopy of tall trees
A pole, extendable from 2 to 8 m, with a nylon-mesh collecting net, was used to retrieve eggs from nests of Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) in the canopy of floodplain forests. A total of 200 eggs was collected for contaminant analysis from ten colonies along the upper Mississippi River during the spring of 1993. Low egg breakage (1%) and acceptable survival of embryos in an incubator...
Authors
R. K. Hines, T. W. Custer
Flow cytometry for monitoring contaminant exposure in black-crowned night-herons Flow cytometry for monitoring contaminant exposure in black-crowned night-herons
The flow cytometry method (FCM) was employed to determine cellular DNA content of black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) embryos and 10-day-old chicks collected at sites differing in types of chemical contamination. The coefficient of variation of DNA content (CV) in blood collected from embryos suggested cytogenetic damage at a site in Louisiana known to be contaminated with...
Authors
T. W. Custer, J. W. Bickham, T.B. Lyne, T. Lewis, L.A. Ruedas, Christine M. Custer, M. J. Melancon
Science and Products
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Nest initiation and clutch size of great blue herons on the Mississippi River in relation to the 1993 flood Nest initiation and clutch size of great blue herons on the Mississippi River in relation to the 1993 flood
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) eggs were collected from ten colonies between Clinton, Iowa and Royalton, Minnesota on the Mississippi River in 1993, a year of record floods in the midwestern United States. In the live southernmost colonies where record flooding occurred, Great Blue Herons initiated nesting two weeks later than herons nesting in the five northernmost colonies that were...
Authors
T. W. Custer, R. K. Hines, Christine M. Custer
Food habits of diving ducks in the Great Lakes after the zebra mussel invasion Food habits of diving ducks in the Great Lakes after the zebra mussel invasion
Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) invaded the Great Lakes in the mid-1980s and quickly reached high densities. The objective of this study was to determine current consumption of zebra mussels by waterfowl in the Great Lakes region. Feeding Lesser Scaups (Aythya affinis), Greater Scaups (A. marila), Canvasbacks (A. valisineria), Redheads (A. americana), Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola)...
Authors
Christine M. Custer, T. W. Custer
Evaluation of an extendable pole-net to collect heron eggs in the canopy of tall trees Evaluation of an extendable pole-net to collect heron eggs in the canopy of tall trees
A pole, extendable from 2 to 8 m, with a nylon-mesh collecting net, was used to retrieve eggs from nests of Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) in the canopy of floodplain forests. A total of 200 eggs was collected for contaminant analysis from ten colonies along the upper Mississippi River during the spring of 1993. Low egg breakage (1%) and acceptable survival of embryos in an incubator...
Authors
R. K. Hines, T. W. Custer
Transfer and accumulation of organochlorines from black-crowned night-heron eggs to chicks Transfer and accumulation of organochlorines from black-crowned night-heron eggs to chicks
Eggs and sibling 1-, 3-, and 5-d-old chicks from seven black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) broods were collected from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and analyzed for organochlorines. The concentration (μg/g) of nine organochlorines either decreased (n = 7) or remained the same (n = 2) as the chicks grew older. In contrast, the total mass (μg) of these nine organochlorines increased...
Authors
T. W. Custer, Christine M. Custer
Evaluation of an extendable pole-net to collect heron eggs in the canopy of tall trees Evaluation of an extendable pole-net to collect heron eggs in the canopy of tall trees
A pole, extendable from 2 to 8 m, with a nylon-mesh collecting net, was used to retrieve eggs from nests of Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) in the canopy of floodplain forests. A total of 200 eggs was collected for contaminant analysis from ten colonies along the upper Mississippi River during the spring of 1993. Low egg breakage (1%) and acceptable survival of embryos in an incubator...
Authors
R. K. Hines, T. W. Custer
Flow cytometry for monitoring contaminant exposure in black-crowned night-herons Flow cytometry for monitoring contaminant exposure in black-crowned night-herons
The flow cytometry method (FCM) was employed to determine cellular DNA content of black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) embryos and 10-day-old chicks collected at sites differing in types of chemical contamination. The coefficient of variation of DNA content (CV) in blood collected from embryos suggested cytogenetic damage at a site in Louisiana known to be contaminated with...
Authors
T. W. Custer, J. W. Bickham, T.B. Lyne, T. Lewis, L.A. Ruedas, Christine M. Custer, M. J. Melancon