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Water Resources News, Volume 2, No. 11, December 1970

Water Current Newsletter

March Seminar Planned
Groundwater Seminar
Summer Short Course Planned
Boy Scout Guides
Beneficial Effects of Air Pollution Abatement
Engineering Criteria For Animal Waste Treatment Lagoons in North Carolina
Department of the Interior Organizational Alignments Affecting OWRR
Phosphate Detergents Banned in Chicago
Water Resources Legislation in the Congress
NSF Funds Curriculum Project to Aid Fight Against Water Pollution
Ruckelshaus Named EPA Head
Recycled Wastewater Used at Latex Plant
Research Review
New Publications Received by the Institute
Program for the 1971 Interdisciplinary Seminar on Water Resources

Games : Fun For Folks : Extension Circular 0-04-2, Willa E. Morava

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

A description of games that can be played at 4-H meetings.

Economic Sophistication In Nineteenth Century Congressional Tariff Debates, Richard C. Edwards

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

One of the most controversial economic issues confronting the American public during the nineteenth century was that of protection. The plea for a protective tariff had been raised as soon as the First Congress met in 1789. The issue was sharply debated off and on throughout the nineteenth century but never finally resolved. There is now a large literature relating the outcome of this issue to the economic and political interests of various involved groups.

Little effort has been made, however, to assess the impact of the tariff on economic growth, employment, and the dispersion of new technology. Nor has …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (Dec 1970) 38(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1970 (Forty-fifth) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report ................74

1970 Fall Field Day ................87

Book Review ................88

Notes ................88

Index of Volume XXXVIII ................93

A Summary Of Lake Mcconaughy Rainbow Trout Spawntaking Activities, Rod Van Velson

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

The objective of this activity is to raise and stock progeny from adult Lake McConaughy rainbow trout for the purpose of: (1) establishing spawning runs of McConaughy strain rainbow trout in streams which have the potential to support reproduction, (2) develop a stocking program for streams which have a coldwater habitat but lack suitable spawning areas (these rainbow, upon reaching a size of seven to nine inches will migrate downstream to Lake McConaughy. They will return to the streams in their third and fourth years weighing 2.0 to 6.0 pounds), and (3) providing additional life history and management information about …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 2, Nos. 3 And 4 September–December, 1970

The Prairie Naturalist

EDITORIAL: Ecology and Environmental Education ▪ Keith R. Stamm

PEOPLE IN PERIL ▪ Thomas L. Kimball

MEN IN MAN'S ENVIRONMENT ▪ Robert L. Burgess

ENERGY AND MAN'S ENVIRONMENT ▪ Dale Henegar

MINERALS AND SOILS IN MAN'S ENVIRONMENT ▪ Wilson M. Laird

WATER IN MAN'S ENVIRONMENT ▪ Norman Peterson

THE ATMOSPHERE IN MAN'S ENVIRONMENT ▪ Gene A. Christianson

WHY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN THE LIFE SCIENCES? ▪ James R. Reilly

ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES ▪ William P. Eastwood

MASS MEDIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ▪ Richard Palmer

THE JUDGMENT OF THE JACKAL ▪ C. Benson Thomerson

THE ROLE OF COLLEGES AND …

Two New Species Of Digenea From The Spot, Leiostomus Xanthurus Lacépède, From The Gulf Of Mexico, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Two new species of Digenea are described from the euryhaline fish, Leiostomus xanthurus, from near Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The first, Apocreadium manteri, is most like A. uroproctoferum Sogandares-Bernal, 1959, from which it differs by having multispined scales and larger eggs and not possessing a uroproct. The second, Lecithaster leiostomi, is most like L. gibbosus (Rudolphi, 1802) from which it differs primarily by having a more elongated seminal vesicle and stockier vitelline lobes. Lecithaster musteli Srivastava, 1966, is considered a synonym of L. confusus Odhner, 1905.

The Fishes Of The Nemaha Basin, Nebraska, Larry Witt

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

The possible effects of proposed watershed management practices on fish resources of the Nemaha Basin were poorly understood; thus, a study was undertaken to ascertain the species of fish present and their relative abundance and distribution within the basin. Thirty-five species were collected, 34 of them from the Big Nemaha River system and 28 from the Little Nemaha River system. These data may be used as a basis for future studies of fish population changes in the Nemaha Basin and possibly as a basis for studies in other watersheds.

Additional Notes An Some Mammals From Eastern Nebraska, Hugh H. Genoways, Jerry R. Choate

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Field studies concerned primarily with distribution of the short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda, in eastern Nebraska have resulted in noteworthy records of several other species of small mammals. These field studies, which were supported by a grant from the Kansas Academy of Science, entailed extensive trapping of prairie habitats in Cass County, approximately 15 miles west of the Missouri River. In addition to the species discussed below, specimens of Reithrodontomys megalotis, Peromyscus maniculatus, P. leucopus, and Mus musculus were obtained at several localities. All catalogue numbers in the following accounts refer to specimens deposited in the Museum of Natural …

The Effects Of Channelization In The Missouri River On Fish And Fish-Food Organisms, Earl R. Kendle

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

Plans by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to channel the Missouri River from Sioux City to Yankton are of great concern to the ecologists interested in this section of the river. The channelization of the last remaining relatively natural sketch of the Missouri River below the main stem reservoirs could prove to be ecologically disastrous. As the present time too little is known in the form of scientifically proven facts of the likely effects on fish and other organisms inhabitating the river. The populations of certain species of fish far downstream from and in the section to be channelized …

Water Resources News, Volume 2, No. 10, November 1970

Water Current Newsletter

NWRRI Director Named Executive Secretary of Universities Council on Water Resources
1971 Summer Institutes Planned
Research and Development Sources Sought
NWRRI Proposals Submitted
FWQA Booklet on Fish Mortalities
Urban Wastewater Renovation Through Agriculture
Control of Oil Pollution
Environmental Education Bill to White House
Title II Awards for FY 1971
Case Studies in Water Resources Systems Analysis
National Environmental Pollution Conference
UCOWR Annual Meeting Held in Virginia
Reorganizational Plans for Environmental Programs
National Water Commission Studies
Research Review
New Publications Received by the Institute - November

Bioassay Procedures For Oil And Oil Dispersant Toxicity Evaluation, Gilles Laroche, Ronald Eisler, Clarence M. Tarzwell

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Staff Publications

Hazards to marine and estuarine fauna associated with offshore drilling of oil and with transport of large quantities of oils via tankers are numerous and understandable. At present, there is a growing body of evidence on adverse effects to these organisms of crude oil (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) and chemical oil counteracting agents or dispersants (5) (6) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17). These effects are well summarized by Smith (18) and by Carthy and Arthur (19).

Comparatively few workers have studied the influence of oil-dispersant mixtures of marine life. Studies by …

Machairodont Cats From The Early Pleistocene Broadwater And Lisco Local Faunas, C. Bertrand Schultz, Larry D. Martin

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum

A new species of Ischyrosmilus (I. crusafonti) is reported from the Early Pleistocene Broadwater Local Fauna of Morrill County, Nebraska. Ischyrosmilus sp. is reported from the Early Pleistocene Lisco Local Fauna. Megantereon is reported from the Broadwater Local Fauna and this is the first record of the genus from North America.

Orderly Production And Marketing In The Beef-Pork Sector, John E. Trierweiler, James B. Hassler

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

This study will present economic models for analyzing temporal equilibrium positions for the beef-pork sector. The issues of spatial distribution, storage, and meat forms will not be directly analyzed. Grade and yield changes for various carcass classes will, however, be implied in the carrying costs of the animal. The models will be designed such that a number of different factors that affect the production and marketing of beef and pork can be analyzed simultaneously.

Nebraska Trappers' Guide: A Handbook On The Taking Of Muskrat, Mink, Beaver, And Coyote And The Handling Of Pelts, Edson Fichter, George Hytrek

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

Management of any game or fur animal is an effort to insure an annual harvestable surplus. Much of this effort must be placed upon the land. The development and maintenance of habitat--the place where the animals can live--constitutes a large portion of this effort. The objective of habitat development is the increase and improvement of homes for wildlife and thereby the increase in numbers and improvement of the quality of the animals produced. Another important and continuous job of game management. is the annual check on populations--their ups and downs. Information on the numbers of animals is necessary if only …

Excitation Of The (2P2)3P State Of Helium Near Threshold, Paul Burrow

Paul Burrow Publications

The trapped-electron method is applied to the excitation by electron impact of the (2p²)³P state, the lowest doubly excited state of helium which is stable against auto-ionization. The energy of this state, 59.64±0.08 eV, is in good agreement with theory. An estimate of the slope of the total cross section for excitation of the (2p²)³P state at threshold gives a value of 4 × 10^-20 cm²/eV.

Studies On The Helminth Fauna Of Alaska. Xlix. The Occurrence Of Diphyllobothrium Latum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) In Alaska, With Notes On Other Species, Robert L. Rausch, D. K. Hilliard

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Cestodes representing six species of the genus Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858, were collected from naturally infected terrestrial mammals in Alaska during the period 1949-1970. Additional specimens were reared in experimentally infected animals. Of the species identified, viz., D. latum (Linnaeus, 1758), D. dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824), D. lanceolatum (Krabbe, 1865), D. ursi Rausch, 1954, D. dalliae Rausch, 1956, and D. alascense Rausch and Williamson, 1958, all but D. alascense were obtained from man after treatment with quinacrine. D. latum occurred most commonly in humans; D. ursi is reported for the first time from this host, and D. lanceolatum in humans was represented …

Raman Scattering From Localized Vibrational Modes In Gap, D. T. Hon, W. L. Faust, W. G. Spitzer, P. F. Williams

P. F. (Paul Frazer) Williams Publications

High-frequency localized vibrational modes of impurities in a III-V compound have been observed by Raman scattering. Three lines from the GaP samples closely correspond to some loccal modes previously reported in infrared studies, and depolarization measurements tend to confirm their proposed assignments. We describe several attractive features of this method for the study of semiconductor impurities.

Water Resources News, Volume 2, No. 9, October 1970

Water Current Newsletter

Water Resource Projects Will Be Scrutinized
Mann Appointed to National Water Commission Staff
Klein Resigns
National Irrigation Symposium
Water Pollution and Water Quality
Closed Industrial Wastewater Systems
47 Rivers as Potential Wild or Scenic Streams
Community Water Supply Study Revealed
Office of Saline Water Annual Report
New Federal Legislation on Municipal Water Supplies
Underground Injection of Wastewaters
New Guidelines Will Place Greater Emphasis on Alternatives
Environmental Quality Education Bill Passed
Wastes Linger in Long Island Ground Water
Research Review
Interdisciplinary Water Resources Seminar
New Publications Received by the Institute

Collecting Slime Flux Feeding Coleoptera In Japan, Brett C. Ratcliffe

University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers

Sappy wounds of injured or diseased trees entice a wide variety of insects. Carter (1945) stated that when fluxing is prolific or long continued, air-borne bacteria, yeasts, and fungi contaminate the oozing sap, ferment it and produce the material called slime flux. Apparently the oozing flux is toxic to the flux site and so prevents callusing by the tree. Consequently, the same tree usually can be a good collecting site for insects from year to year. My stay in Japan spanned four years, and collecting at flux sites was one of the most fruitful areas of endeavor. As soon as …

Fluorometric Assay Of Free And Bound, Cis- And Trans-O-Hydroxycinnamic Acid In A Single Plant Extract, Francis A. Haskins, H. J. Gorz

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Fluorescence is measured on unhydrolyzed and hydrolyzed plant extracts, with and without prior ultraviolet treatment. Readings permit direct determination of free o-hydroxycinnamic acid (o-HCA), free trans-o-HCA, total o-HCA, and total trans-o-HCA. Levels of bound trans-o-HCA and free and bound cis-o-HCA are calculated by appropriate subtraction.

Sweetclover Weevil Feeding Stimulants: Variation In Levels Of Glucose, Fructose, And Sucrose In Melilotus Leaves, W. R. Akeson, H. J. Gorz, Francis A. Haskins

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Youngest fully expanded leaves, from plants of M. Officinalis (L.) Lam. seeded at weekly intervals but harvested on the same day, were approximately 1.5 to 2.0 times as high in content of glucose, fructose, and sucrose at all stages of growth as leaves from comparable plants of M. infesta Guss. These plants varied in age from 3 to 14 weeks. Levels of glucose and fructose increased with increasing plant age in both species. Sucrose content increased in M. officinalis but decreased in M. infesta as the plants matured. When plants of approximately the same age were sampled at six different …

Rapid Detection Of O-Hydroxycinnamic Acid And Beta-Glucosidase In Melilotus Alba, Francis A. Haskins, H. J. Gorz

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The tests utilize small samples of leaf tissue crushed on sheets of filter paper. For detection of o-hydroxycinnamic acid (o-HCA), a crude preparation containing sweetclover β-glucosidase is added to a spot of crushed tissue to insure hydrolysis of glucosidically bound o-HCA. An extract containing cis-o-HCA glucoside is added to another tissue spot to serve as the substrate for the detection of β-glucosidase activity. Finally, all spots are moistened with NaOH and are scored for fluorescence under ultraviolet light. Results of qualitative and quantitative tests on plants representing various genotypes are compared. The importance of exposing plants to sunlight before testing …

Agricultural Experiment Station News October 1970

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR'S DESK
1970•71 ENROLLMENTS
PERSONNEL ACTIONS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
GENERAL NOTES
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - October 1970
BULLETINS PRINTED

Increase In Size Of Eimeria Separata Oocysts During Patency, Donald W. Duszynski

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Examinations of 18 consecutive fecal samples collected at 6-hr intervals from infected rats showed that oocysts increased in length and width by approximately 40% from the beginning to the end of the patent period. Unsporulated oocysts were first observed in the 3rd fecal collection, 84 to 90 hr post-inoculation (PI) and 100 of these measured 9.9 to 14.3 by 8.8 to 12.1 μ (mean 11.7 by 10.1). Patency ended with the 15th fecal collection, 156 to 162 hr PI, and 100 unsporulated oocysts from this sample measured 14.3 to 17.6 by 13.2 to 15.4 μ (mean 16.3 by 14.2). Despite …

Lasiotocus Trachinoti Sp. N. (Digenea: Monorchiidae) From The Pompano, Trachinotus Carolinus (Linnaeus), Along The Coast Of Florida, Robin M. Overstreet, Charles E. Brown

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

The monorchiid trematode Lasiotocus trachinoti sp. n. is described from the intestine and the pyloric ceca of young Trachinotus carolinus. It is most like L. mulliof Bartoli and Prévot, 1966, but differs from it primarily by being smaller and having cirrus spines more evenly dispersed.

Ornitrol: Recent Developments, M. R. Woulfe

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

This talk today will be on recent developments with Ornitrol. All the recent developments have been with blackbirds and grackles; and, unfortunately, the man who has done the most recent work is sitting right here, so I can't steal his data very well!

We have done some work since I spoke to you last on some of the pharmacol¬ogy of SC-12937--which is an axocholesterol the active ingredient of Ornitrol. One of these developments is the determination of the half-life of SC-12937, which is 28 days. This is the reason, we feel, for its prolonged activity in birds. It is stored …

Sampling Of Corn To Assess Bird Damage: A Preliminary Review Of A Comprehensive Study, Philip Granett, John T. Linehan

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

"How large a sample is needed to survey the bird damage to corn in a county in Ohio or New Jersey or South Dakota?" Like those in the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and the U.S.D.A. who have been faced with a question of this sort we found only meager information on which to base an answer, whether the problem related to a county in Ohio or to one in New Jersey, or elsewhere. Many sampling methods and rates of sampling did yield reliable estimates but the judgment was often intuitive or based on the reasonableness of the resulting …

Photoperiodic Control Of The Testicular Cycle In The Eastern Red-Winged Blackbird, (Agelaius Phoeniceus Phoeniceus), Joel T. Kerlan

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

The annual testicular cycle of many avian species which reside in temperate zones can be divided into two stages: the recrudescent stage and the regressive stage. The recrudescent stage is characterized by an increase in testis size which reflects the transition from an aspermatogenic condition to a spermatogenic condition. At the end of the breeding season, the birds enter the regressive stage. During this period a marked decrease in testis weight and volume indicates the return to an aspermatogenic condition. This stage is maintained until the next spring when presumably the increasing photoperiod induces gonadal recrudescence. If the birds are …

Physiological Interpretations Of Morphological Variation In The Red-Winged Blackbird, Dennis M. Power

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

A number of widespread species vary morphologically throughout their range. Ultimately such geographic variation appears to be adaptive and represents local evolutionary responses to the pressures of natural selection. Detailed knowledge of size, shape and color variation in species such as the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) may eventually allow the identification of breeding localities of autumn and winter flocks simply from morphological evidence. Knowledge of variation in behavioral and physiological parameters also will be useful in assessing the effect of various control devices.

The present study stems from an attempt to elucidate the adaptive significance of geographic variation of redwings …