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Vegetation Development In Relation To Age Of River Stabilization Structures Along A Channelized Segment Of The Missouri River, John Arthur Vaubel Jun 1975

Vegetation Development In Relation To Age Of River Stabilization Structures Along A Channelized Segment Of The Missouri River, John Arthur Vaubel

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

During the summer of 1974, I sampled sites of vegetation representative of successional trends in plant communities along the Missouri River floodplain from Sioux City, Iowa, to Rulo, Nebraska. Five district community types listed from youngest to oldest are as follows: Salix spp. – dominated, Populus deltoides – dominated, Platanus occidentalis-Ulmus rubra – dominated, Tilia americana-Quercus rubra – dominated, and Quercus macrocarpa-Carya ovata – dominated vegetation.

The technique of relating vegetation succession to age of river stabilization structures was found to be useful and offered a quite precise method of developing a timescale …


An Evaluation Of The Fishery Resources Of The Thames River Watershed, Connecticut, Connecticut Department Of Environmental Protection May 1975

An Evaluation Of The Fishery Resources Of The Thames River Watershed, Connecticut, Connecticut Department Of Environmental Protection

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Nutritional Quality And Herbage Production Of Intermediate Wheatgrass (Agropyron Intermedium [Host] Beauv.) When Infested With Black Grass Bugs (Labops Hesperius Uhler), Alan M. Gray May 1975

Nutritional Quality And Herbage Production Of Intermediate Wheatgrass (Agropyron Intermedium [Host] Beauv.) When Infested With Black Grass Bugs (Labops Hesperius Uhler), Alan M. Gray

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Two intermediate wheatgrass seedings with different levels of grass bug infestation were evaluated for herbage production, seedhead production, percent dry matter, crude protein, and cell contents. Study sites were located at different elevations on mountain summer ranges in northern (Site I) and central (Site II) Utah. Study plots at Site I and Site II were infested with 113 and 210 bugs per sweep, respectively. Herbage production appeared to be reduced in early spring on the site with the higher infestation; however, no effect on season-long herbage production could be detected on either site. Seedhead production on infested plots was reduced …


Seasonal And Spatial Variation In Primary Productivity In Boulder Basin, Lake Mead, Clark County, Nevada, Isamu Aoki May 1975

Seasonal And Spatial Variation In Primary Productivity In Boulder Basin, Lake Mead, Clark County, Nevada, Isamu Aoki

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The 14C light and dark bottle technique for measurement of primary production was utilized as a means of assessing the amount of inorganic carbon being converted Into organic form by the photosynthesis of phytoplankton populations In the Boulder Basin of Lake Mead.

Spatial and time series changes of productivity levels observed at eight sampling locations within Boulder Basin Indicate that the Influence of treated municipal arts' industrial effluent flowing into Les Vegas Bay is contributing high levels of available nutrients at Las Vegas Wash Inlet to cause productivity to approximate those levels associated with polluted waters.

Productivity levels at …


State Of The Fisheries Report 1974, Department Of Fisheries And Wildlife, Western Australia May 1975

State Of The Fisheries Report 1974, Department Of Fisheries And Wildlife, Western Australia

Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

The total value of the fisheries of Western Australia is the highest of any of the States, and the Western Australian rock lobster fishery is the most valuable single fishery in Australia.


Respiratory Metabolism And Energy Requirements Of Embryo, Larval And Juvenile Mountain Whitefish, Prosopium Williamsoni, Pokkavil Karunakara Rajagopal May 1975

Respiratory Metabolism And Energy Requirements Of Embryo, Larval And Juvenile Mountain Whitefish, Prosopium Williamsoni, Pokkavil Karunakara Rajagopal

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The upper optimum temperature for embryonic development of mountain whitefish is 6 C, and for the post yolk sac stage is 9 to 12 C. The need to know effects on all stages in the life cycle in cases of thermal pollution is demonstrated. Abnormalities caused by thermal pollution in hatched larvae were agape jaws, coloboma or fissure of the eye, monophthalmia or the presence of only one eye, monomicrophthalmia or the presence of one small eye and one case of twinning. High mortalities of eggs occurred at 9 C and higher.

Study of the energy expenditure, by the dry …


Factors Influencing Germination And Seedling Survival Of Several Varieties Of Astragalus Lentiginosus Dougl., Paul Ziemkiewicz May 1975

Factors Influencing Germination And Seedling Survival Of Several Varieties Of Astragalus Lentiginosus Dougl., Paul Ziemkiewicz

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Astragalus lentiginosus, which consists of 36 varieties, is one of the principal locoweeds of western North America. The objectives of this study included identification of some of the major factors affecting germination of the seed and survival of the newly established seedlings for several of these varieties.

The seeds of the varieties studied exhibited two mechanisms for dormancy. One is a seed coat that is impermeable to water, and the other is a water-leachable inhibitor. The presence or absence of low-intensity incandescent light (in 14-hour day lengths) had no effect on germination. Of three temperature regimes studied, the regime …


Exploratory Sensitivity Analysis Of A Stream Ecosystem Model, Joseph H. Wlosinski May 1975

Exploratory Sensitivity Analysis Of A Stream Ecosystem Model, Joseph H. Wlosinski

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The framework of a stream ecosystem simulation model is described. Using this framework and data from two different geographical areas, a cold desert stream and a generalized mountain stream, exploratory sensitivity analysis was performed on the model. This was accomplished by qualitatively comparing outputs of a series of simulations in which a different level of a driving variable was used in each simulation. Based on these results, recommendations are made for improving the structure of the model.


Gas Exchange And Water Relations Of Two Alpine And Two Arctic Tundra Plant Species, Douglas Allan Johnson May 1975

Gas Exchange And Water Relations Of Two Alpine And Two Arctic Tundra Plant Species, Douglas Allan Johnson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Although water stress is an important selective force in many environments, it is not commonly considered to be of particular importance in tundra areas. Even though large portions of tundra may have an abundance of water, other more exposed areas may become quite dry. This microsite variability with respect to moisture stress was reflected in soil water potential measurements obtained from an alpine tundra area on Niwot Ridge in Colorado. Even though soil water potentials were consistently above -5 bars in a relatively low lying Deschampsia meadow, soil water potentials from an exposed fellfield area were often as low as …


The Prairie Naturalist Volume 7, No.1. March 1975 Mar 1975

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 7, No.1. March 1975

The Prairie Naturalist

MIGRATION OF BIRDS IN NORTH DAKOTA DURING FAll 1974 ▪ J. T. Lokemoen & D. H. Johnson.

REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR MALLARD LINES ▪ R. J. Greenwood


Distribution And Relative Abundance Of Billfishes (Istiophoridae) Of The Indian Ocean, John Kenneth Howard, Walter A. Starck Ii Jan 1975

Distribution And Relative Abundance Of Billfishes (Istiophoridae) Of The Indian Ocean, John Kenneth Howard, Walter A. Starck Ii

Studies in Tropical Oceanography

No abstract provided.


Decomposition And Mineralization In An Artemisia Tridentata Community In Northern Nevada, P. L. Comanor Jan 1975

Decomposition And Mineralization In An Artemisia Tridentata Community In Northern Nevada, P. L. Comanor

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Water Loss In Chihuahuan Desert Ants, W. G. Whitford, C. A. Kay, A. M. Schumacher Jan 1975

Water Loss In Chihuahuan Desert Ants, W. G. Whitford, C. A. Kay, A. M. Schumacher

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Biology Of Nematodes In Desert Ecosystems, D. W. Freckman, R. Mankau, S. A. Sher Jan 1975

Biology Of Nematodes In Desert Ecosystems, D. W. Freckman, R. Mankau, S. A. Sher

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Conceptualization And Early Development Of A Water Response Ecosystem Model, D. C. Wilkin, P. W. Lommen, J. V. Robinson, G. S. Innis Jan 1975

Conceptualization And Early Development Of A Water Response Ecosystem Model, D. C. Wilkin, P. W. Lommen, J. V. Robinson, G. S. Innis

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Measurement Of Evapotranspiration With A Monolith Lysimeter, D. W. Young, D. D. Evans, T. W. Sammis Jan 1975

Measurement Of Evapotranspiration With A Monolith Lysimeter, D. W. Young, D. D. Evans, T. W. Sammis

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Use Of The Normal Generating Distribution For Estimating Population Survival, H. C. Romesburg Jan 1975

Use Of The Normal Generating Distribution For Estimating Population Survival, H. C. Romesburg

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Rodents On Germination Of Desert Annuals, O. J. Reichman Jan 1975

Effects Of Rodents On Germination Of Desert Annuals, O. J. Reichman

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Rodent Seed Foraging Strategies And Competition With Ants In The Sonoran Desert, J. H. Brown Jan 1975

Rodent Seed Foraging Strategies And Competition With Ants In The Sonoran Desert, J. H. Brown

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Distribution And Balance Of Biomass And Nutrients In Desert Shrub Ecosystem, J. O. Klemmedson, R. C. Barth Jan 1975

Distribution And Balance Of Biomass And Nutrients In Desert Shrub Ecosystem, J. O. Klemmedson, R. C. Barth

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Process Studies Related To The Deep Creek Ecosystem, C. W. Minshall, J. T. Brock, D. A. Mccullough, R. Dunn, M. R. Mcsorley, R. Pace Jan 1975

Process Studies Related To The Deep Creek Ecosystem, C. W. Minshall, J. T. Brock, D. A. Mccullough, R. Dunn, M. R. Mcsorley, R. Pace

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Comparative Ecology Of The Harvester Ants Pogonomyrmex Barbatus (F. Smith) And Pogonomyrmex Rugosus (Emery), W. G. Whitford, P. Johnson, J. Ramirez Jan 1975

Comparative Ecology Of The Harvester Ants Pogonomyrmex Barbatus (F. Smith) And Pogonomyrmex Rugosus (Emery), W. G. Whitford, P. Johnson, J. Ramirez

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Factors Contributing To Production And Distribution Of Chihuahuan Desert Annuals, P. D. Whitson Jan 1975

Factors Contributing To Production And Distribution Of Chihuahuan Desert Annuals, P. D. Whitson

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Data Search For Aquatic Model, J. Perry Ii, G. W. Minshall Jan 1975

Data Search For Aquatic Model, J. Perry Ii, G. W. Minshall

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Primary Production And Carbon Allocation In Creosotebush, G. L. Cunningham, J. P. Syvertsen, T. V. Feather Jan 1975

Primary Production And Carbon Allocation In Creosotebush, G. L. Cunningham, J. P. Syvertsen, T. V. Feather

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Abundance And Distribution Of Soil Microarthropods In Rock Valley, Nevada, E. B. Edney, J. F. Mcbrayer, P. J. Franco, A. W. Phillips Jan 1975

Abundance And Distribution Of Soil Microarthropods In Rock Valley, Nevada, E. B. Edney, J. F. Mcbrayer, P. J. Franco, A. W. Phillips

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Seasonal Use Of Soil Moisture By Larrea Tridentata And Ambrosia Deltoidea, D. R. Cable Jan 1975

Seasonal Use Of Soil Moisture By Larrea Tridentata And Ambrosia Deltoidea, D. R. Cable

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Jornada Validation Site Report, W. G. Whitford Jan 1975

Jornada Validation Site Report, W. G. Whitford

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Plant Productivity And Nutrient Interrelationships Of Perennials In The Mohave Desert, A. T. Vollmer, S. A. Bamberg, A. Wallace, J. W. Cha Jan 1975

Plant Productivity And Nutrient Interrelationships Of Perennials In The Mohave Desert, A. T. Vollmer, S. A. Bamberg, A. Wallace, J. W. Cha

Memorandum

No abstract provided.


Fisheries Report No 19 - The Western Rock Lobster Fishery 1973 - 1974, G. R. Morgan, E H. Barker Jan 1975

Fisheries Report No 19 - The Western Rock Lobster Fishery 1973 - 1974, G. R. Morgan, E H. Barker

Fisheries Research Reports

The fishery for the western rock lobster* is one of the most important single fisheries in Australia and an important export earner for the State. The fishery is governed by a complex set of regulations which have been reviewed by Bowen (1971) and which are designed to limit the total effort to acceptable levels and to enforce a legal minimum size. It is thus important to constantly monitor the state of the fishery both to ensure that the effort is remaining within the accepted limits and that the regulations are adequately performing their function of maintaining reasonably stable catches. Inherent …