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Feasibility Study Of Fish Passage Facilities In The James River, Richmond, Virginia, Joseph G. Loesch, Steven M. Atran, William F. Kriete, Ben Rizzo

Reports

This is a feasibility study on the construction and maintenance of fish passage facilities in the Richmond area of the James River.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 15, No. 4. December 1983

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ASPECTS OF THE NESTING ECOLOGY OF LEAST TERNS AND PIPING PLOVERS IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA ▪ C. A. Faanes

LEAD SHOT INCIDENCE IN SANDHILL CRANES COLLECTED FROM ALASKA, CANADA, AND TEXAS ▪ B. M. Wallace, R. J. Warren and G. D. Gaines

LEAD SHOT INCIDENCE IN WATERFOWL COLLECTED FROM THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS ▪ B. M. Wallace, R. J. Warren and R. J. Whyte

SMALL MAMMALS OF WINTER WHEAT AND GRAIN SORGHUM CROPLANDS IN WEST-CENTRAL KANSAS ▪ K. W. Navo and E. D. …

Regional Sea Level, Southern Oscillation And Beach Change, New South Wales, Australia, Edward A. Bryant

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

Coastal erosion is a problem of increasing concern that affects 60% of the world's sandy coastline. This erosion has been attributed to increased storminess, tectonic subsidence, eustatic sea-level rise, decreased shoreward sediment movement from the shelf, permanent longshore leakage of sediment from beach compartments, shifts in global pressure belts resulting in changes in the directional component of wave climates, and human interference. No one explanation has worldwide applicability because all factors vary in importance regionally. Evaluation of factors is complicated by a lack of accurate, continuous, long-term erosional data. Historical map evidence spanning 100-1,000 yr has been used in a …

York River Slack Water Data Report : Temperature, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, 1971 - 1980, T. J. Brooks

Reports

The slack water survey program, provides an extended series of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and nutrient measurements along the York River. These have been used to:

1) calibrate, verify, and update mathematical models; 2) provide a baseline against which effects of unusual events have been measured; and could be used to: 3) establish annual and longer period "climatological" trends in response to changing natural phenomena and man-made modifications to the estuary; 4) provide a basis against which fluctuations in biota could be compared.

This report contains station locations, survey schedules, field procedures, sample handling procedures, and data reduction and storage …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 15, No. 3. September 1983

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WINTER DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT USE BY MULE DEER AND WHITE-TAILED DEER IN SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA ▪ J. E. Swenson, S. J. Knapp and H. J. Wentland

HISTORY AND STATUS OF EUROPEAN FALLOW DEER (Dama dama dama) AT ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, ILLINOIS ▪ G. G. Gray

REPRODUCTIVE CHRONOLOGY OF GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKENS IN MINNESOTA AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CENSUSING AND NEST SEARCHING ▪ W. D. Svedarsky

SUMMER BIRD USE OF A STATE-OWNED HUNTING AREA IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS ▪ M. W. Brown

EVALUATION OF INTRODUCED RUFFED GROUSE IN WESTERN …

Postmarsupial Development And Growth Of Pagurapseudes Largoensis Mcsweeny (Crustacea, Tanaidacea), Charles G. Messing

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Postmarsupial development of the gastropod shell-inhabiting tanaidacean Pagurapseudes largoensis McSweeny is described and compared with that of Heterotanais oerstedii (Krøyer) and Neotanais micromopher Gardiner. This is the first such study of an apseudomorphan based on experimentally reared animals. P. largoensis is gonochoristic; two manca instars are typical of all tanaidaceans so far investigated. In females, the mancas are followed by two or possibly three juvenile instars (=neutra), one or two preparatory instars characterized by rudimentary oostegites, and a copulatory stage with complete marsupium. Laboratory maintained animals pass through up to three copulatory stages, each separated by a preparatory stage of …

Atlas Of Wetlands In The Principal Coal Surface Mining Region Of Western Kentucky, William J. Mitsch, Jan R. Taylor, Kimberly B. Benson, Paul L. Hill Jr.

KWRRI Research Reports

This atlas contains maps of wetlands and surface mining activity in the Western Kentucky Coal Field, and focuses on a 3960 km² (1530 mi²) region where approximately 90 percent of surface mining in the Coal field occures. Some present and potential competition exists between surface coal mining and wetland protection. A wetland classification, based on the recent FWS classification, includes six types of palustrine systems and one each of riverine and laucstrine systems. Wetlands and surface mines are located on twenty-seven 7.5 minute USGS quadrangles that define the study region. A total of 460 km² (177 …

Effects Of Surface Application Of Dairy Manure On The Infiltration Rate And Quality Of Surface Runoff, Joseph L. Taraba, I. J. Ross, John D. Bottom, Bill J. Barfield

KWRRI Research Reports

Dairy manure was surface spread on 12 ft x 12 ft plots on an established fescue pasture in the summer and fall of 1981 and 1982. The soil was a Maury silt loam. A simulated rainfall was applied to plots to test the effects of nitrogen loading rate (75, 150, and 300 #N/acre) time delay between manure application and the simulated rainfall events (0, 3, 6, 24, 48, 96 hours and a 120 hour test repeated on 0 hr plot with 300 #N/acre), and type manure (semi-solid - 1981 and liquid - 1982) on the concentrations of pollutants in the …

The Induction Of Tolerance To Heavy Metals In Natural And Laboratory Populations Of Fish, Wesley J. Birge, William H. Benson, Jeffrey A. Black

KWRRI Research Reports

Aquatic toxicity studies were performed on two natural populations of fathead minnows. One group of organisms was taken from a metal-contaminated flyash pond associated with a coal-fired power plant and the other group was collected from relatively uncontaminated hatchery ponds. Acute tests indicated that flyash pond fish were significantly more tolerant to cadmium and copper than were hatchery fish. At an exposure concentration of 6.0 mg Cd/L in moderately hard water, the median period of survival for flyash pond fish was 50.0 hr compared to 6.8 hr for hatchery fish. Both groups of organisms were about equally sensitive to zinc. …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 15, No. 2. June 1983

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EFFECTS OF FIRE ON RODENTS IN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE OF THE FLINT HILLS REGION OF EASTERN KANSAS. D. W. Kaufman, G. A. Kaufman, and E. J. Finck

FECAL pH AND FOOD HABITS OF SYMPATRIC LAGOMORPHS IN TEXAS R. J. Warren

UNUSUAL PLANT ASSEMBLAGE IN WALSH COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ B. Heidel

ADDITIONAL RECORDS OF PASSERINES FEEDING ON POPLAR GALLS, AND A POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR SUMMER NOMADISM IN BOREAL FINCHES ▪ P. J. DuBowy

UPDATE ON THE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE, Haliaeetus leucocephalus L., IN NEBRASKA ▪ S. J. Rothenberger …

Annean Station Management Plan, A A. Mitchell

Resource management technical reports

Annean Station's carrying capacity has been estimated at 8,340 sheep on its 168,539 hectares. The halophyte pastures of Carnegie Land System were in good condition while those of Mileura Land System were in poor condition. The wandarrie pasture of the Belele Land System was in fair to poor condition. This system comnprises 34 per cent of Annean's area and is estimated as capable of presently carrying 2,900 stock.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 15, No. 1. March 1983

The Prairie Naturalist

NUTRIENT POOL SIZE RELATIONS IN THE UNDERSTORY STRATA OF A NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS GALLERY FOREST ▪ K. T. Killingbeck

COMPARISON OF OLD FIELD SUCCESSION ON A TALLGRASS PRAIRIE AND A NEBRASKA SANDHILLS PRAIRIE ▪ M. L. Bomberger, S. L. Shields, A. T. Harrison and K. H. Keeler

MANIPULATION OF FLOOD MEADOW VEGETATION AND OBSERVATIONS ON SMALL MAMMAL POPULATIONS ▪ J. E. Cornely, C. M. Britton and F. A. Sneva

CANVASBACK INTRODUCTION IN WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA ▪ H. A. Doty

FORAGING BEHAVIOR AND WATER USE OF HORSES AND CATTLE IN THE WYOMING RED DESERT ▪ L. J. Krysl, G. E. Plumb, M. …

Precise And Accurate Determination By Infrared Photometry Of Co2 Dynamics In Marine Ecosystems, Kenneth M. Johnson, Curtis M. Burney, John Mcn. Sieburth

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Preliminary studies with an ampule analyzing unit and infrared (IR) detector showed that procedures for standardization and determination of total carbon dioxide (ΣCO₂), while often precise, lacked the accuracy required to estimate the net productivity and respiration of aquatic ecosystems during studies in which sampling over diel cycles was used. Scaling down sample and standard volumes to the µl range and the use of a commercial sodium carbonate standard without dilution before and after replicate sample injections gave accurate results as shown by comparison with indirect (pH-alkalinity) ΣCO₂, determinations with a standard error of ±3 µmoles …

Cercospora Disease Of Sub-Clover, M J. Barbetti

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Cercospora disease of sub-clover. Fungicide control of cercospora disease on sub-clover. Aim: To determine the effectiveness of various times and rates of application of benomyl for control of Cercospora disease (Cercospora zebrina) in sub-clover cv. Esperance. Locality: Bibby Springs (83MO4). Fungicide control of cercospora disease on sub-clover. Aim: To determine the effectiveness of various fungicides for control of Cercospora disease (Cercospora zebrina) in sub-clover cv. Esperance. Locality: Bibby Springs (83M03). Role of seed contamination and infection in cercospora disease on sub-clover. Aim: To determine the role of Cercospora zebrina seed contamination and infection in spreading Cercospora disease of sub-clover. Locality: …

Oilseed Agronomy, A G. Mckay

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Seeding rates for Wesbrook 83MT56 Interstate rapeseed variety testing 83MT47 Fusilade on rapeseed 83MT57 Triazine resistant rapeseed 83MT55 Rapeseed windrowing - time of harvest 83MA9

Annual Medics For The Kalgoorlie Region And Adjacent Eastern Rangeland Zones, G Gintzburger

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Species selection and establishment methods Extensive overgrazing and burning of the dominant winter rainfall Goldfields pastoral zones have left large areas degraded with a poor annual vegetation cover of nearly no grazing value. Thus, more grazing pressure is exerted on shrubs and small trees accelerating the desertification process. Shrubs and trees are the main stabilising agent left in a rangeland plant community when alI annuals have been grazed out. In order to upgrade or regenerate some of these areas, conventional methods of grazing prohibition or deferred grazing can be used but often, improvement obtained are slow. It is hypothesized that …

Molybdenum Nutrition, M M. Riley

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Field Trials 1. Molybdenum and Ammonium sulphate on wheat - 81N040. 2. Foliar applications of Molybdenum on wheat - 83TS4. 3. Foliar applications of Molybdenum on wheat - 83ME7. 4. Residual value of Molybdenum on an acid soil. 81M2. Residual value of Molybdenum on an acid soil - 81LG12. 6. Residual value of Molybdenum on an acid soil - 83ME82. 7. Molybdenum responses in wheat and lupins - 83ME10. Glasshouse Trials; 1. The response of wheat to Molybdenum on eleven acid sandy soils - 83GL1. 2. Leaching of Molybdenum - 83GL2.

Sulphur Nutrition Of Pastures. Potassium Nutrition Of High Rainfall Pastures On Deep Sands, J S. Yeates, M F. Clarke

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

A. Sulphur - High Rainfall – 80AL1, 80AL4 (1980), 80AL4 B (established 1983). Sulphur rundown on heavy soils - 80BY1. Sources, rates, time of application of sulphur to pastures - 80AL1, 80AL4, 80AL4B. Sources, rates, time of application of sulphur to legume pastures – 80AL1, 80AL4, 80AL4B. Sulphur nutrition of pastures. 83PE36. B. Sulphur - Low Rainfall – 82AL9, 80JE16/17 82KA4. Sulphur on pastures - 80JE16/17, 82AL9, 82KA4. Sulphur on absorbing soils receiving no current S input – 80BY1. C. Potassium. Sources, rates, time of application of potassium on high rainfall deep sand pastures - 80AL3, 80AL6.

Limiting Swine Stress With Evaporative Cooling In The Southeast, Robert L. Fehr, K. T. Priddy, Samuel G. Mcneill, Douglas G. Overhults

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Three-hourly weather data for 7 locations in the Southeast and Central United States were used to evaluate the feasibility of evaporative cooling for reducing swine stress. Stress was defined as a relationship between dry and wet bulb temperatures which exceeded a stress index of 85. This analysis indicates that properly installed evaporative coolers could reduce the number of hours that stress would occur in swine facilities from 89.6 to 96.4% depending on location.

Summary Of Experimental Results 1982/83., J. Hamblin

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

82C22, 82C23 Wheat Production Trials, 82C24 Nitrogen flows from different legume species and varieties, 82C10 Lupins under sown with Harbinger, 82Cl9 The effect of Simazine on Harbinger Medic, 82C21 Pea variety trial, 82C23 The effect of green manuring on wheat yields.

1. Clover Scorch Screening, 2. Bluegreen Aphid Screening, 3. Root Rot Screening, 4. Medicago Murex, 5. Clover Establishment Techniques, 6. Salinity Effects On Irrigation Pastures, 7. Moisture Usage And Seed Production In Subterranean Clover., D. J. Gillespie

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Clover scorch screening, Bluegreen aphid screening, Root rot screening, Medicago murex, Clover establishment techniques, Salinity effects on irrigation pastures, Moisture usage and seed production in subterranean clover.

Studies On The Effects Of Nutrition And Tillage Systems On Cereal Root Diseases, R F. Brennan

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1. Split Applications of Nitrogen and Take-all 83ES33. 2. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Rates and Take-all 83ES41. 3. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Rates and Take-all 83ES42. 4. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Rates and Take-all 83ES43. 5. Micronutrients (Cu, Zn) and Take-all 83ES39. 6. Micronutrients (Cu, Zn) and Take-all 83ES40. 7. Cu Residual on Wheat and Take-all 67E8. 8. Cu Residual on Wheat and Take-all 67E9. 9. Effects of Sources of Nitrogen on Take-all 77E4. 10. Root Rot Survey: West of Gibson. 11. Root Rot Survey: East of Gibson.

Sources Of Phosphate Trials. Miscellaneous Trials, J W. Bowden, R J. Lunt, M Baker

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

I. Sources of Phosphate Trials. Cropping Trials: (80BA6) - Deep sand, Badgingarra, Lupins. (77WH2) - Gravel, old land, WHRS, Wheat. (76WH9) - WLS, new land, WHRS, Wheat (1982). (76WH10) - WLS, young land, WHRS Wheat (1982). (77MT2) - Loamy gravel, old land, Mount Barker Oats. Pasture trials: (77MT1) - Loamy gravel, new land, Mount Barker. (77E1) - Sandy gravel, new land, Esperance. (77E4) – [78E4?] Sandy gravel, old land, Esperance. II. Miscellaneous Trials Long term trials. 66M30 - Super x stocking rate at Merredin. 48M/149 EX - Residual super trial at Merredin. 65A1, 65C5 and 69WH15 - Maintenance P x …

Seed Ecology Of Weeds. Calotropis/Buffel Grass Interactions, A H. Cheam

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1. Emergence of weed seedlings from different soil depths. 82MT49 Mt Barker Research Station. 83MT4 Mt Barker Research Station. 82NR12 Northam Research Station. 83NR2 Northam Research Station. 82C37 Chapman Research Station. 83C3 Chapman Research Station. 2. Longevity of buried weed seeds. 82MT50 Mt Barker Research Station. 83MT5 Mt Barker Research Station. 82NR13 Northam Research Station. 83NR3 Northam Research Station. 82C38 Chapman Research Station. 83C4 Chapman Research Station. 3. Emergence of weed seedlings in relation to soil type and cultivation 82PE32 South Perth. 4. Changes in the number of viable dock seeds in soil under different soil surface treatments 83V2 Vasse …

Phosphorus Nutrition Of High Rainfall Pastures - Peel Harvey Estuarine System Study (Phase Ii) And Related Phosphorus Work, D M. Deeley, J S. Yeates, B. Barker, M F. Clarke

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

A. Sources, rates, time of application of phosphorus on high rainfall pastures. 80AL2, 80AL5, 81AL5, 81AL6, 81KE2, 81MA4, 82AL10, 82HA31, 82HA32, 83HA26, 83HA27. B. Soil test calibration curve trials on Bassendean sands. 82HA20, 82HA21, 82HA22, 82HA23, 82HA24, 82HA25, 82HA26, 82HA27, 82HA28, 82HA29, 82HA30. C. Soil test calibration curve trials on Coolup sands. 83HA20, 83HA21, 83HA22, 83HA23, 83HA24, 83HA25. D. Phosphorus rundown. 82HA14, 82HA15, 82HA16, 82HA18. NOTE: Summary is in two parts. 1. Peel Harvey catchment program (Deeley, Barker). 2. General program on high rainfall sandy soils (Yeates, Clarke). Summary of Experimental Work. General Aims. The work summarized here was commenced …

Low Rainfall Pasture Project, M. Ewing

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1. Variety Comparisons - rows and small plots. a). Rows 83M54, 83M55, 83M57 and 83ME86. b). Small plots 83M36, 83ME58 and 83ME59. 2. Variety Comparisons - large plots. a). Old sites - 82ME47-51, 82LG32, 82N31, 82TS32. b). New site - 82ME62. 3. Medic rhizobial trials - 83M43, 83M47, 83M46. 4. Pasture establishment trials - 83M37, 83TS40, 83WH39. 5. Lupin - wheat rotation trials - 82ME52, 82ME53. 6. Pasture wheat rotation trials - 82N044, 82M47, 82WH39.

Doublegee Dormancy. Lupins. Lupin Varieties Tolerance Of Simazine. Lupins Ssh 0860. Peas - Broadleaf Weed Control, D J. Gilbey, R Klemm

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1. Doublegee dormancy. 2. Lupins - capeweed control. 3. Lupins - self sown cereal competition. 4. Lupins - simazine/trifluralin. 5. Lupins - diuron/trifluralin. 6. Lupins - simazine/metribuzin. 7. Lupins - simazine on gravel soils. 8. Lupin varieties tolerance of simazine. 9. Lupins SSH 0860. 10. Lupins - SSH 0860/metribuzin. 11. Lupins - SSH 0860/diuron. 12. Lupins - SSH 0860/simazine. 13. Lupins - SSH 0860 time of spraying. 14. Lupins - radish control. 15. Lupins - grass control. 16. Peas - broadleaf weed control. Doublegee seed longevity x depth - 76C9 - Chapman. Research Station. 76KA8 – Katanning townsite. Capeweed control …

Water Use Of Wheatbelt Crop And Pasture Species, A Hamblin, D Miers, R Nulsen, M Perry, D Tennant

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Water use of wheatbelt crop and pasture species Location: 83WH29 - Wongan Hills Research Station, Wongan Hills Abstract. A comprehensive experiment to investigate the productivity and water use of important wheatbelt crop and pasture species was undertaken in 1983. The experiment has provided important information on potential crop and pasture productivity and the role of alternate crop and pasture species in managing groundwater recharge and the development of secondary salinity. Contents 1. Background and industry significance 2. Aims of the experiment 3. Personnel 4. Site characterisation 5. Experimental detail 6. Results i) Meterological data ii) Dry matter, leaf area and …

Ryegrass, Barley, Wildoats, Isoproturon, Kerb, Glean, Silver Grass, Brome Trials, Hoegrass, J. E. Holmes, R L. Thomas

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1983 Summary – trials reported. 83ME48 - Ryegrass - Glean and Hoegrass 83ME68 A&B - Barley Grass - Glean, Bladex 83ME69 - Brome Grass - Herbicides 83ME70 - Barley Grass - Mixtures 83ME71 - Wildoats Herbicides 83ME72 - Timing Spraying Ryegrass 83ME73 - Isoproturon - Barley Grass 82BA46 - Kerb Residues 82N40 - Kerb Residues 83N38 - Glean on Oats 83N39 - Efficiency of SSH on Barley Grass 83N40 - Barley Grass Effect on Crop Density 83N41 - Silver Grass Competition 83N42 - Brome Control by SSH 0800 Affected by crop Density 83N43 - Silver Grass Herbicides 83N50 - Hoegrass …

Barley Foliage Diseases, T N. Khan, K. Brain, M Judges

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

General comments and highlights

Scald: Effect of time of application - 83BA10, 83MT9.

Scald: Effect of rate of fungicide – 83BA11.

Scald: Comparing fungicides – 83BA42.

Scald: Effect of seeding rate – 83BA12, 83MT10.

Scald: Response to fungicide in farmer's field – 83AL18, 83AL81, 83AL82.

Scald: Variation in pathogenicity – 83AB11, 83BA13, 83MT11, 83WH7.

Scald: Cultivar x fungicide in farmer's field – 83LG63.

Net Blotch: Potential yield losses – 83A15, 83BA15, 83WH6.

Net Blotch: Screening new fungicides – 83BA43.

Spot-type net blotch: Potential yield losses – 83C5.

Spot-type net blotch: Sources of resistance - Chapman Research Station, Nabawa.

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