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Coastal Waterbird Colonies: Cape Elizabeth, Maine to Virginia

Description: "This report describes colony distribution, species abundance, historical trends, nesting chronology, and census techniques for 28 species of seabirds and wading birds from Cape Elizabeth, Maine to the Virginia-North Carolina border" (p. iv).
Date: September 1979
Creator: Erwin, R. Michael
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of Alterations to Low Gradient Reaches of Utah Streams

Description: This report describes an investigation of the effects of stream channelization on fish and macro-invertebrates in low gradient reaches of Blacksmith Fork River and the Logan River in the floodplain of Cache Valley in northern Utah. Channelization adversely affected both fish and macro-invertebrate populations and biomass, with the severity of impact directly related to the amount and duration of disturbance of the physical habitat.
Date: April 1980
Creator: Wydoski, Richard S. & Helm, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Ecology of Stream and Riparian Habitats of the Great Basin Region

Description: "The purpose of this profile is to summarize the ecological information available for and relevant to stream and riparian habitats of the Great Basin. The Great Basin comprises the northern half of the Basin and Range physiographic province and covers most of Nevada and western Utah and portions of California, Oregon, and Idaho. The entire basin actually consists of numerous subbasins and mountain ranges which present an extremely diverse physical setting" (p. iii).
Date: September 1989
Creator: Minshall, G. Wayne; Jensen, Sherman E. & Platts, William S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Chenier Plain Ecosystem: An Ecological Characterization

Description: Foldout poster detailing the physical setting and socioeconomics of the Chenier Plain ecosystem. Discussion of habitats including ridge, upland forest, wetlands, aquatic, agricultural, and urban.
Date: July 1979
Creator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Systems Approach to Ecological Baseline Studies

Description: Report intended to present improvements for ecological baseline studies and methods by which such studies could be designed.
Date: March 1978
Creator: States, James B.; Haug, Peter T.; Shoemaker, Thomas G.; Reed, Lanny W. & Reed, Edward B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy Related Use Conflicts for the Columbia River Estuary, Volume 2: Atlas

Description: "This volume consists of 3 overviews, an index to the quadrants, and a series of 11 scenario maps that forecast energy related developments of the Lower Columbia River and Estuary from 1981 to 2006."
Date: June 1983
Creator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liming of Acidified Waters: A Review of Methods and Effects on Aquatic Ecosystems

Description: Report discussing acid deposition in surface waters and the resulting effects on wildlife. The report suggests using lime in order to counteract this acidification, and mentions the potential hazards of doing so.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Fraser, James E. & Britt, Douglas L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Limnological Survey of Western Lake Erie

Description: From introduction: This report is an investigation into the effects of pollution on the fisheries of Lake Erie.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Wright, Stillman
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Creel Census and Expenditure Studies, Missouri River Basin

Description: From introduction: This paper summarizes data on fisherman use, yield to the fisherman, and fisherman's expenditures for 26 areas of the Missouri River Basin.
Date: March 1955
Creator: Nicholson, A. J. & Borges, H. Milton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Maturity and Fecundity of Bigeye Tuna in the Pacific

Description: From abstract: This study on bigeye-tuna spawning is based on ovaries from 700 fish collected in the central equatorial, western equatorial, and Hawaii areas of the Pacific.
Date: June 1955
Creator: Yuen, Heeny S. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stream Catalog of Eastern Section of Ketchikan Management District of Southeastern Alaska

Description: From abstract: This report contains information about part of Southeastern Alaska salmon streams is cataloged from the voluminous records of the Fisheries Research Institute of the University of Washington, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Salmon Industry, and Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and other agencies.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Martin, John Wilson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stream Catalog of Southeastern Alaska Regulatory District No. 2

Description: From introduction: As a handbook of salmon streams, this catalog is expected to serve as an aid to conservation agencies as well as others who have an interest in the valuable salmon resources of Southeastern Alaska.
Date: April 1963
Creator: Orrell, Russell F. & Klinkhart, Edward G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stream Catalog of Southeastern Alaska, Regulatory District Nos. 3 and 4

Description: From introduction: The pink salmon of Southeastern Alaska are an important fishery resource that appear in more than 1,100 known spawning streams. Information on each stream is presented by a stream description and, when available, a map and escapement record.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Orrell, Russell F.; Rosier, Carl & Simpson, Lyle R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tuna Longline Fishery and Fishing Grounds

Description: From introduction: The Japanese tuna fishery, which formerly had for its fishing grounds almost the whole western Pacific and a part of the Indian Ocean, wherein its small vessels roamed at will, was reduced by the Pacific war to such a nearly complete state of destruction that little was left to remind one of its former condition.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Nakamura, Hiroshi & Van Campen, Wilvan G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Use of Electricity in the Control of Sea Lampreys: Electromechanical Weirs and Traps and Electrical Barriers

Description: From abstract: An account is given of experiments conducted in 1951 and 1952 with electro-mechanical and electrical barriers for the blocking and/or capture of sea lamprey runs in tributary streams of northern Lake Huron and northern Lake Michigan.
Date: December 1952
Creator: Applegate, Vernon C.; Smith, Bernard R. & Nielsen, Willis L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Directing the Movement of Fish with Electricity

Description: From introduction: The Fish and Wildlife Service's Great Lakes Fishery Investigations has recently developed alternating current electrical devices which appear most promising as a means of controlling the parasitic sea lamprey in the Great Lakes.
Date: January 1953
Creator: McLain, Alberton L. & Nielsen, Willis L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Live-Bait Fishing for Tuna in the Central Pacific

Description: From introduction: This report details a project to conduct exploratory live-bait fishing in the central Pacific.
Date: July 1953
Creator: Ikehara, Isaac I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Variability of Longline Catches of Yellowfin Tuna

Description: From introduction: The purpose of this paper is to provide a method of estimating the reliability with which longline catches of yellowfin tuna represent the relative abundance of the population.
Date: March 1954
Creator: Murphy, Garth I. & Elliott, Keith C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tests of Hatchery Foods for Salmon, 1952

Description: From introduction: Feeding trials were conducted in 1952 with blueback salmon and chinook salmon used as test animals.
Date: April 1954
Creator: Newman, H. William; Palmer, David D. & Burrows, Roger E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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