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The Probe, Issue 28 - January 1983

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association January, 1983
Bear behavior
Duck production.
Effects of coyote reduction on white-tailed deer productivity
Bait consumption and diethylstilbesterol influence on North Dakota red fox reproductive performance
California Voters On Gun Control
Annual Report of Agricultural Protection Board of Western Australia for 1982
Friends of Animals
Seen Any Black-footed Ferrets Lately?
An ammendment to the USDI appropriations bill which would ban all trapping in National Parks
Fur exports from the U.S.A. exceeded $500,000,000 last year.
Rat Poison for Gophers
Solid State Technology Comes to Fishing
LET'S TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT PREDATION by Dr. Bart …

Pasture Manipulaton On Animal, Crop And Pasture Production, C W. Thorn, C J. Stockdale

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1. Effect of Pasture Manipulation on Animal Production - 81M01 - 'Ranfurly'.

2. Effect of Pasture Manipulation on Crop Production - 81M01 - 'Ranfurly'.

3. Effect of Pasture Manipulation on Animal Production - 82NA29 - 'Culford'.

4. Pasture Manipulation in a 1:1 Rotation at Esperance - 79El5 – 'Esperance Downs'.

5. Pasture Manipulation in a 2 pasture: 1 crop Rotation – 81E35 – 'Esperance Downs'.

6. Pasture Manipulation - Effects on Take-all - 82LG25 - 'McMahons'.

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.

Abundance And Biomass Of The Meiobenthos In Nearshore Lake Michigan With Comparisons To The Macrobenthos, Thomas F. Nalepa, Michael A. Quigley

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

The meiobenthos of nearshore southeastern Lake Michigan was quantified by taking cores from three depths (11, 17, and 23 m) at monthly intervals from May to November 1976-79. Total meiobenthic abundance rangedfrom 69,700/m² to 1,300,000/m² and total biomass rangedfrom 0.03 to 0.87 g/m². Nematodes accounted for 80% of all individuals and 66% of the biomass. Most of the major groups peaked in late spring/summer, but some peaked in early spring and fall. With the exception of nematodes, mean annual densities varied from two-fold to twelve-fold at a given station. Harpacticoids, tardigrades, and ostracods tended to be …

1983-1984 Nova College The Center For Undergraduate Studies Bulletin, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Limited Food Availability On The Striped Bass Fishery In Lake Mead, John R. Baker, Larry J. Paulson

Publications (WR)

The original range of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) was along the Atlantic Coast. They were introduced into the lower Sacramento River in 1879 and are now also found along the Pacific Coast. A landlocked striped bass fishery was established in Santee-Cooper Reservoir, South Carolina, in 1954, and they have since been introduced into numerous other reservoirs, including Lake Havasu, Lake Mead and Lake Powell on the Colorado River. Striped bass were introduced into Lake Mead in 1969 in response to declines in the largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) fishery that occurred during the 1960s and in order to further utilize the …

Physics, Robert B. Witmer, Wilbur O. Weisser

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Centennial in 1983.

Entwicklung Und Stand Der Geobotanischen Forschung Über Die Mongolische Volksrepublik, W. Hilbig, B. M. Mirkin

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

In vor liegendem Beitrag wird die Entwick lung der geobotanischen Forschung über das Gebiet der Mongolischen Volksrepublik dargestellt. Ausgehend von ersten eigen­ ständigen geobotanischen Forschungen sowjetischer Botaniker auf Expeditionen durch die Mongolei in den 20er und 30er Jahren, wurde die pflanzengeograph isch-vegeta­ tionskundliche Erkundung der Mongolei auf sowjetisch-mongolischen Exped itionen der 40er und 50er Jahre weitergeführt. Die besonderen Verd'.enste von A. A JUNA­ TOV und E. M. LAVRENKO an der Entwicklung der geobotanischen Forschung in der Mongolei werden hervorgehoben. JUNATOV war auch besonders an der Heran­ bildung mongolischer Geobotaniker beteiligt. Einen besond eren Schwerpunkt der geobotanischen Forschung in der Mongolischen …

Internationales Symposium Über Die Erforschung Biologischer Ressourcen Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik, Michael Stubbe, W. Hilbig, N. Dawaa

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

First two paragraphs:

Vom 29. 8. b is 2. 9. 1983 organisierte die Sektion Biowissenschaften der Martin-Luther-Universität gemeinsam mit der Biologischen Gesellschaft der DDR in Halle/ Saale die bisher größte internationale wissenschaftliche Konferenz über die Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der MVR.

166 Biologen, Fachleute anderer Disziplinen der Naturwissenschaften, der Landwirtschaftswissenschaften und Medizi aus der UdSSR (18), CSSR (15), MVR (13), VR olen (3), Frankreich (2) und der DDR (115) nahmen an diesem Symposium teil, um in einem intensiven Erfahrungsaustausch Fragen der Erforschung der biologischen Ressourcen der MVR zu beraten.

Der Erste Nachweis Von Sorex Isodon Turov, 1924 (Mammalia: Insectivora) In Der Mongolei, Namshil Chotolchu

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

First paragraph:

Das bekannte Areal von Sorex isodon erstreckt sich von Finnland über den europäischen Teil der Sowjetunion, durch Mittel- und Ostsibirien über das Baikalgebiet bis zum Fernen Osten, nach Kamtschatka und den nördlichen Kurilen. Vom Territorium der Mongolischen Volksrepublik war die Art bischer nicht nachgewiesen (BANNIKOV 1954, DULAMCEREN 1970).

Abriß Der Erforschungsgeschichte Der Avifauna Mongolica, R. Piechocki

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Die erste Periode der Erforschung der Avifauna mongolica umfaßt den Zeitraum von 1871 bis 1931. Nach den zentralasiatischen Expeditionen von N. M. PRZEVALSKIJ brachten dieser und danach F. D. PLESKE und W. L. BIANCHI die ersten ornithologischen Beiträge heraus. Im Auftrage der Russischen Geographischen Gesellschaft leitete G. N. POTANIN eine Expedition durch die Nordwest-Mongolei. Weitere Expeditionen führte P. K. KOZLOV durch; die ornithologische Ausbeute wurde von W. L. BIANCHI bearbeitet. Um die Jahrhundertwende setzt die Erforschung der Nordmongolei ein durch W. S. MOLLESON, 0. BAMBERG und F. SCHILLING. Die ornithologische Erschließung der Nordwest-Mongolei ist P. P. SUSHKIN und A. J. …

Beitrag Zur Ökologie Und Morphologie Von Ovis Ammon L. 1758 In Der Mvr, N. Dawaa, Ch. Suchbat, Michael Stubbe

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

In dеп Jahгen 1971 und 1974 bis 1977 wurden einige Daten zum Sozialverhalten von Ovis ammon im Mongolischen und Gobi-Altai in der Mongolischen Volksгepublik zusammengetгagen. Die Rudelgrößen und -zusammensetzungen sind saisonal be­ dingt. Beobachtungen zur ciгcadianen und ciгcannualen Aktivität sowie zu inteгspezifischen Kontakten von Wild- und Haustieгen weгden aufsummiert. Die jährliche Zuwachsrate liegt im Mongolischen Altai erhebich unter jener im Gobi-Altai . Diese Erkenntnis sowie zu eraгbeitende Analysen zur Altersstгuktur und natiürlichen Mortalität stellen Gruпdparameter zuг wirtschaftlichen Nutzung der Wildschafbestände dar. Morphologische Daten von 5 Widdern aus dem Gobi-Altai kennzeichnen das Hornwachstum in dieser Region.

Russian abstract:

Заключение

В 1971 …

Stand Und Aufgaben Der Erforschung Der Eintagsfliegenfauna (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) In Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik, D. Braasch

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Der gegenwärtige Stand der Erforschung der mongolischen Ephemeropterenfauna wird dargelegt. Für die MVR können 54 Arten belegt werden. Die Eintagsfliegen des Landes entstammen verschiedenen Gruppen und Faunenelementen: holarktische, eurosibirische, mongolische und mandschuro-japanische.

Zur Entwicklung Der Wildforschung Und Jagdwirtschaft In Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik, N. Dawaa, Ch. Suchbat

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

1972 wurde an dег Mongolischen Staallichen Unveгsität Ulan-Bator mit der Ausbildung von Wildbiologen begonnen, um durch diese Fachkadeг die Aгbeit auf jagd wirtschaftlichem Gebiet qualitativ entscheidend zul veгbesseгn. Die Veгfasseг beгichten übег die wichtigsteп Forschuпgsaufgaben im Lehrstuhl füг Zoologie, Bereich Jagdwirtschaft, die sich auf Fгagen der Ökonomie und Organisation der Jagdwirtschaft, dег Erkundung dег Wildbiologie und Bejagungs- sowie Erfassungsmethoden der Wildbestäпde, dег Qualitätsverbesserung der Jagdprodukte und dег Akklimatisation bzw. Reakklimutisation von Wildtieren koпzentгieгen.

Russian abstract:

Заключение

С 1972 г. в Монгольском Государственном Унинерситеге в Улан-Баторе обучаются охотоведы, чтобы с помощью этих кадров качественно заметно улучшить работу в области охотничьего хозяйства. …

Stand Der Akklimatisation Von Ondatra Zibethica L., 1766 In Der Mongolei, N. Dawaa, P. Lchamsuren, Michael Stubbe

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Die Bisamratte Ondatra zibethica ist auf dem Territorium der Mongolischen Volksrepublik in den Flußsystemen der Selenga, des Ulz und Onon sowie des Bulgan-gol selbständig eingewandert. Zu Einbürgerungen kam es 1967 und 1971 am Char-us-nuur sowie 1978 am Zergijn-caagan-nuur und Olon-nuur. Der weiteren Verbreitung dieses wertvollen Pelzlieferanten wird besondere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt.

Russian abstract:

Заключение

На территсрии Монгольской Народной Республики ондатра Ondatra zibethica са­ мостоятельно заселила системы рек Селенга, Улз, Онон и Булган-Гол. Интро­ дукции происошли в 1967 и 1973 гг. на Хар-Ус-Нууре, а также в 1978 г. на Зер­ гийн-Цагаан-Нуурс и Олон-Нууре. Дальнейшему распространению этого ценного шушного зверя удс."l'ястся особое внимание. …

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.

Growth And Activity Of Juvenile Mosquitofish: Temperature And Ration Effects, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, J. Cech

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

The effects of constant temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 C) and ration size on the growth rates and activity of juvenile mosquitofish Gambusia affinis (mean wet weight, about 20 mg) were measured in laboratory experiments. On ad libitum rations of Tubifex spp. worms, food-consumption rates of mosquitofish were very high, ranging from 7% dry body weight/day at 10 C to 83%/day at 35 C. Growth increased from 0% dry body weight/day at 10 C to 21%/day at 30 C and declined slightly at 35 C. Gross efficiencies (100 growth/food consumption) increased from 0 at 10 C to …

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 …

Iowa Academy Of Science Leadership Directory And Membership Roster, 1983-84, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Board of Directors ... 3
Section Chairs ... 4
Section Vice Chairs ... 7
Committees ... 9
Award Recipients ... 21
Past Presidents ... 23
Constitution, Article III ... 24
Membership Roster ... 26

Birds On Modified Wetlands In Eastern South Dakota, E. Nell Brady

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

To examine the role of bird species (other than Anatidae) in the prairie wetlands ecosystem. Seven wetlands on Waterfowl Production Areas in eastern South Dakota were utilized to measure differences between bird communities in plots with dug brood complexes and non-modified plots. Thirty-eight species of wetland birds were recorded on wetlands during June 1981 and June 1982. The most abundant species included the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris), and song sparrow (Melospiza melodia). Analysis of variance was used to test between treatment (modified and natural plots on the wetlands) differences for the dependent variables: density, bird species …

Feeding Behavior, Food Consumption, Growth, And Survival Of Hybrid Grass Carp (Hypophthalmichthys Nobilis X Ctenopharyngodon Idella) In South Dakota, Marc C. Harberg

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Plant preference of yearling hybrids (Hypophthlmichthys nobilis X Ctenopharyngodon idella) was examined under control conditions at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery, Yankton, South Dakota and under field conditions in two stockwater impoundments in south-central South Dakota. IN feeding trials, conducted in a 0.07 ha hatchery pond, hybrid grass carp selected Najas guadalupensis, Chara sp. and Potamogeton pectinuatus. Ceratophyllum demersum and Myriophyllum spicatum were not consumed. Under field conditions N. guadalupensis also appeared to be preferred while C. demersum was not. Feeding behavior, daily consumption, growth, and survival were also evaluated in the two stockwater impoundments. Hybrids averaging 51g were …

The Phosphacylium Ion: Evidence For Its Existence As An Intermediate In Reactions Of Organophosphates, Thomas D. Matus

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Prior to this work, no strong evidence existed which unequivocably proved the existence of phosphacylium ions as intermediates in reactions of this type. It is the object of this study to look into nucleophilic substitution at phosphorus, and the intermediates of these possible dissociative type reactions.

Characteristics And Success Of South Dakota Archery Deer Hunters, Kelly Brian Mcphillips

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Two mail questionnaires were sent to South Dakota archery deer hunters after the 1981 archery deer season. One questionnaire was sent to a random sample of all bowhunters, and the second was sent to a sample of bowhunters failing to return the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks (SDGFP) mandatory big game hunter report card. Success rate of bowhunters killing deer and crippling rate of deer by bowhunters were determined. A profile of the average bowhunter was developed. The SDGFP bowhunter reporting system was evaluated. Success rates from the 2 questionnaires (29% and 19%) were significantly different from …

The Effect Of Waste Stabilization Pond Seepage On Groundwater Quality Of Shallow Aquifers In Eastern North Dakota, David J. Brown

Theses and Dissertations

The use of stabilization ponds to dispose of municipal wastes has become popular with many North Dakota cities. When managed properly they are an efficient and economical method of waste disposal and may not adversely affect groundwater quality. In order to achieve efficient treatment, the ponds must be built in sediment that has permeability low enough to inhibit excessive percolation of wastewater into the subsurface. Some North Dakota cities have not met this basic requirement in the construction of their ponds. As a result, insufficiently treated pond liquids are allowed to reach the water table, potentially contaminating groundwater supplies. Three …

The Effect Of Oil-And-Gas Well Drilling Fluids On Shallow Groundwater In Western North Dakota, Edward C. Murphy

Theses and Dissertations

Upon completion of an oil-and-gas well in North Dakota the drilling fluid is buried in the reserve pit at the site. Reclamation of the drill site is expedited by digging a series of trenches which radiate out from the reserve pit, The majority of buried drilling fluid is ultimately contained within these 5-7 metre deep trenches. These fluids are commonly salt-based, i.e. they contain a con centration of 300,000±20,000 ppm NaCl. In addition, these drilling fluids also contain additives including toxic trace-metal compounds.

Four reclaimed oil~and-gas well sites were chosen for study in western North Dakota. The ages of these …

Multidimensional Graphical Representations By Chernoff-Type Faces In Color: Assigning Data Coordinates To Face Parameters Through Principal Component Analysis, Hendrik Johannes Beaujon

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

A new Chernoff-type face in color has been developed for purposes of representing and analyzing multidimensional data. This cartoon-like but fairly realistic face is defined by 20 parameters, including 4 color parameters. The programming was done in extended BASIC on the Hewlett-Packard 9845C color graphics computer. A method based on the mean pooled variances of parameter values within observed clusters was developed in order to establish an empirical rank order of importance among the face parameters. It was found experimentally that the smile, the outline of the face, and certain eye parameters were among the most important. Using a model …

New Relativistic Paradoxes And Open Questions, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Following the Special Theory of Relativity, Florentin Smarandache generalized the Lorentz Contraction Factor to an Oblique-Contraction Factor, which gives the contraction factor of the lengths moving at an oblique angle with respect to the motion direction. He also proved that relativistic moving bodies are distorted, and he computed the Angle-Distortion Equations.

He then showed several paradoxes, inconsistencies, contradictions, and anomalies in the Theory of Relativity.

According to the author, not all physical laws are the same in all inertial reference frames, and he gives several counter-examples. He also supports superluminal speeds, and he considers that the …

Preparation Of 2,5-Diaryl-1,3,4-Oxadiazoles, Joachim D. Dobe

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This report regards the research conducted in the synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted-1,3,4-oxadiazoles as potential insecticides which are closely related to the known insecticide DOWCO 416^R, 2,5-bis(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole. The following compounds were synthesized: 2-(2,4-dichloro-5-nitrophenyl)-5-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole, (2-(2,4-dichloro-5-nitrophenyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole, 2-(2,4-dichloro-5-aminophenyl)-5-aminophenyl)-5-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole and 2-(2,4-dichloro-5-aminophenyl)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole.

From the commercially available starting material, 2, 4-dichlorobenzoic acid, preparation of the above compounds involved nitration, reduction, esterification, preparation of monoacylhydrazines, preparation of substituted diacylhydrazines and preparation of 2, 5-disubstituted-1, 3, 4-oxadiazoles. All these compounds were characterized via NMR and infrared spectroscopy. In addition, this report includes discussion and recommendations concerning the experimental procedures and conditions for the preparation of these compounds.

Flat Plate Solar Thermal Collectors: A Comparison Of Efficiencies Of Various Collector Configurations, Rudolph J. Eichenberger

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Small Systems, Dirk Siefkes

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.