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Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
Introduction And Enhancement Of Vegetative Cover At Lake Mead, Jennifer S. Haley, Lisa K. Croft, Suzanne E. Leavitt, Larry J. Paulson
Introduction And Enhancement Of Vegetative Cover At Lake Mead, Jennifer S. Haley, Lisa K. Croft, Suzanne E. Leavitt, Larry J. Paulson
Publications (WR)
Studies done by the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) and the Arizona Fish and Game between 1978 and 1981 indicate that inadequate cover may be limiting the production and survival of largemouth bass at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LMNRA). As a result of these studies, NDOW initiated a contract in 1986 with the Lake Mead Research Center (LMRC) to investigate means of improving habitat for game fish by introducing natural and/or artificial cover.
During Phase I (1986-1987) of this contract, the shoreline of Lake Mead was surveyed for aquatic and terrestrial plant growth. Also during this time, submerged …
Phase I - Preconstruction Progress Report For Biological Monitoring Of The John U. Lloyd Beach Renourishment, Richard E. Dodge, Steven C. Hess, Charles G. Messing, Glenda Kelley
Phase I - Preconstruction Progress Report For Biological Monitoring Of The John U. Lloyd Beach Renourishment, Richard E. Dodge, Steven C. Hess, Charles G. Messing, Glenda Kelley
Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports
In 1987, Nova University (Contractor) with ERM South (Subcontractor) was awarded a contract to provide biological monitoring services for the John U. Lloyd State Recreation Area Beach Renourishment Project. A notice to proceed for the initial biological monitoring (phase I - Preconstruction) was issued in February, 1989. Field monitoring took place in February and March, 1989. Laboratory work has continued from March, 1989 to present. The renourishment dredging took place from May 16, 1989 to July 14, 1989. Approximately 603,000 cu yds of sediment were removed and subsequently emplaced on 1.6 miles of shoreline. Within the next 6 months, Broward …
Temporal And Spatial Patterns Of Abundance Of Age 0 Threadfin Shad (Dorosoma Petenense) In Overton Arm, Lake Mead, William Lee Pelle
Temporal And Spatial Patterns Of Abundance Of Age 0 Threadfin Shad (Dorosoma Petenense) In Overton Arm, Lake Mead, William Lee Pelle
Publications (WR)
Temporal and spatial patterns of age 0 threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense) abundance and growth, in the Overton Arm of Lake Mead, were examined to evaluate the effects of resource availability on the young fish. This was part of a larger, game fishery enhancement study (Lake Mead Fertilization Project), designed to assess feasability of increasing survivorship of larval/juvenile shad by boosting phosphate levels, thereby increasing algal and zooplankton biomass, during the shad spawning period. Shad are the primary forage base for the striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and black bass (Macropterus salmoides) fisheries. Weekly samples were …
Limnological Monitoring Data For Lake Mead During 1988, Suzanne E. Leavitt, Larry J. Paulson, State Of Nevada: Division Of Environmental Protection
Limnological Monitoring Data For Lake Mead During 1988, Suzanne E. Leavitt, Larry J. Paulson, State Of Nevada: Division Of Environmental Protection
Publications (WR)
Limnological monitoring was conducted in Las Vegas Bay and Boulder Basin from April to December of 1988. The purpose of the monitoring was to (i) document possible changes in water quality resulting from decreased phosphorus loading and increased ammonia in Las Vegas Wash, and (ii) establish a data base for evaluating the adequacy of water quality standards.
Red Swamp Crayfish Ecology In Lake Mead, Suzanne E. Leavitt, Jennifer Stephens Haley, Mikell Hager, Donald H. Baepler, Nevada Department Of Wildlife
Red Swamp Crayfish Ecology In Lake Mead, Suzanne E. Leavitt, Jennifer Stephens Haley, Mikell Hager, Donald H. Baepler, Nevada Department Of Wildlife
Publications (WR)
Red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) were trapped in Flamingo Wash, an urban wash of Las Vegas, during four periods of 1988. Life history and reproductive success were determined. The trapped crayfish were marked and released into a study cove in Lake Mead as part of an experimental stocking program. Retrap data from the study cove were used to determine life history, habitat preferences, and movement patterns of the stocked crayfish. In addition, a literature search was done on red swamp crayfish ecology, including food preferences, life history, habitat preferences and fish predation.
Factors Affecting Lupin Crop Establishment In The Northern Agricultural Region Of Western Australia., K W. Mccarthy, A M. Doswell, R J. Delane, M W. Sweetingham
Factors Affecting Lupin Crop Establishment In The Northern Agricultural Region Of Western Australia., K W. Mccarthy, A M. Doswell, R J. Delane, M W. Sweetingham
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Lupin establishment, 89EC6. The effect of machine, depth of sowing, seed soil contact and herbicide incorporation on lupin establishment, 89GE8. The effect of phosphate application on lupin establishment, 89GE99. The effect of seeding technique, depth of sowing, seed soil contact and fungicide on lupin establishment on course sands, 89GE9. Integrated control strategy of Rhizoctonia hypocotyl root rot of lupins, 89GE11, 89GE12, 89GE12B, 89GE13, 89GE14. Strategies for lupin patch control, 89EC7 and 89GE15. The effect of seed size and sowing rate on lupin establishment, 89C1, 89GE6, 89GE7, 89EC5, 89BA34, 89TS49, 89GE10, 89EC4, 89GE4,
Systems For Early Sowing Of Wheat In Low Rainfall Zones., N J. Kerr
Systems For Early Sowing Of Wheat In Low Rainfall Zones., N J. Kerr
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Background and early significance. Effect of sowing date and nitrogen fertilizer on wheat varieties in low rainfall areas, 89GE76, 89GE77, 89NM1, 89GE78, 89NM2, 89NM3, 89GE78. Tillage and sowing methods for early sowing of wheat in low rainfall areas, 89GE79. Aims, Background, Experimental details.
Pasture Agronomy., C. K. Revell
Pasture Agronomy., C. K. Revell
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 89ME82
a. Medic establishment.
Establishing burr medic pastures with cereal cover.
Merredin
Trial 89SC19
b. Serradella - Potash response.
Response of serradella to potash fertilizer.
South Carrabin
Trial 89M44
c. Serradella/Grass competition
Effect of grass competition on production of serradella.
Merredin Research Station.
Trial 89SC HERB
d. Herbicide tolerance of Serradella.
Herbicide tolerance of Madeira serradella.
South Carrabin
Medic Variety Evaluation., C. K. Revell
Medic Variety Evaluation., C. K. Revell
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 89M57
Medic variety evaluation - rows.
Merredin Research Station (Paddock T5)
Trial 89ME71
Selection of early maturing M. murex.
Nokaning.
Trial 88ME86
Evaluation of Santiago in low rainfall areas.
Mukinbudin.
Trial 87M73
Medic variety evaluation - large plots.
Merredin Research Station.
Trial 86M65
M. polymorpha variety evaluation - large plots.
Merredin Research Station.
Trial 88ME84
Evaluation of burr medics on Morrel soils.
Nokaning.
Trial 88SC30
Selection of early maturing M. murex.
Merredin.
The Grazing Value Of Medicago Murex., C. M. Saunders
The Grazing Value Of Medicago Murex., C. M. Saunders
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 88KA92
Location: Potts Road, East Kojonup.
At present, limited information is available on the grazing value of Medicago murex cv. Zodiac on sheep live weights and wool growth. This trial was designed to provide data on the relative performance of sheep grazing Zodiac compared with the recommended subterranean clovers (Junee/Seaton Park) in the > 450mm rainfall zone in WA.
Legume Species Mixtures., C. M. Saunders
Legume Species Mixtures., C. M. Saunders
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 86KA64 - ironstone hardsetting clay pH 8.0
86KA65 - orange/red loam pH 7.0
86KA66 - sandy gravel pH 5.6 - 5.7
Location: Dumbleyung.
Current recommendations for pasture species in the medium rainfall zone has not included species mixtures for paddocks with varying soil types. These trials (three in total) are designed to test the hypothesis that legume species mixtures are more productive and persistent in the long term than monocultures, across three soil types and three different cropping/pasture rotations (continuous pasture, 1 year pasture : 1 year crop rotation, 2 years pasture : 1 year crop rotation).
Cultivar Evaluation On Low Rainfall Heavy Textured Soils., Bradley Nutt
Cultivar Evaluation On Low Rainfall Heavy Textured Soils., Bradley Nutt
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
a. Trial 88GE34
Cultivar evaluation in machine sown plots.
Location: NMRS
The higher seed yield of Serena compared to the other cultivars resulted in better early forage .production as well a legume dominated pasture.
b. Trial 88TS 63 and 88TS 65
Wheat yields following pastures.
Location: 88TS63 - Perenjori and 88TS65 - Three Springs.
There was no response to nitrogen in either biological yield or grain yield of wheat sown over volunteer based pasture at the Three Springs site. All pasture treatments resulted in similar wheat yields except for Sava because of poor control of the snail medic under the …
Tactical Nitrogen Decisions For Wheat (And N Rates Trials), J. W. Bowden, R. J. Lunt
Tactical Nitrogen Decisions For Wheat (And N Rates Trials), J. W. Bowden, R. J. Lunt
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 89NO77 (89NO76)
Location: Grass Valley.
History: 1984 Lupins.
1985/86 pasture legumes and about 100 kg super/ha.
1987 Wheat yield of 2.8 t/ha using 45 kg DAP/ha and 60 of urea 2-4 WAS.
1988 Gungurru lupins (27 kg/ha seed) yielding 1.9 t/ha using 80 kg super/ha.
Tactical nitrogen trials - summary of treatments required.
Trial 89NO77
Location: Meckering
Treatments existed of nitrogen and urea. Nitrogen was not applied at seeding. Urea was applied at seeding.
Trial 88No77
Tactical nitrogen trials. - summary of observations.
Location: Grass Valley.
Trial 89NO76
Hand harvest 23/11/1989.
Yield components for copper sufficient plots reps. I …
Temporal And Spatial Variation In Pelagic Fish Abundance In Lake Mead Determined From Echograms, Gene R. Wilde, Larry J. Paulson
Temporal And Spatial Variation In Pelagic Fish Abundance In Lake Mead Determined From Echograms, Gene R. Wilde, Larry J. Paulson
Publications (WR)
Echograms have been used extensively to locate and estimate the relative abundance of marine fish stocks (Cushing 1973). In freshwater, echograms have been used to describe vertical (Netsch et al. 1971; Eggers 1978; O'Brien et al. 1984; Matthews et al. 1985), spatial (O'Brien et al. 1984; Wanjala et al. 1986) and temporal (Baker and Paulson 1983) patterns in fish abundance. Although most uses of echograms have been qualitative, Mullan and Applegate (1969) and Matthews et al. (1985) obtained relative estimates of fish abundance by counting targets (fish) on echograms. However, neither Mullan and Applegate (1969) nor Matthews et al. (1985) …
Riparian Plant Water Relations Along The North Fork Of The Kings River, California, J. L. Nachlinger, S. D. Smith, R. J. Risser
Riparian Plant Water Relations Along The North Fork Of The Kings River, California, J. L. Nachlinger, S. D. Smith, R. J. Risser
Life Sciences Faculty Research
Plant water relations of five obligate ripar-ian species were studied along California's North Fork Kings River. Diurnal stomatal conductance, transpi-ration, and xylem pressure potentials were measured throughout the 1986 growing season and in mid-season in 1987. Patterns were similar for all species although absolute values varied considerably. Maximum stomatal conductance occurred early in the day and season during favorable environmental conditions and decreased as air temperature and the vapor pressure difference between the leaf and air increased. Maximum transpiration rates occurred in mid-morning and mid-summer resulting in estimated daily water losses per unit sunlit leaf area of 163-328 mol H2O …
Water Relations Of Obligate Riparian Plants As A Function Of Streamflow Diversion On The Bishop Creek Watershed, S. D. Smith, J. L. Nachlinger, A. B. Wellington, C. A. Fox
Water Relations Of Obligate Riparian Plants As A Function Of Streamflow Diversion On The Bishop Creek Watershed, S. D. Smith, J. L. Nachlinger, A. B. Wellington, C. A. Fox
Life Sciences Faculty Research
We investigated the water relations of obli-gate riparian plants on paired diverted and undiverted reaches on Bishop Creek, Eastern Sierra Nevada. Ri-parian plants on diverted reaches had reduced stomatal conductance and water potential compared to plants on undiverted reaches in a dry year, but not in a high runoff year. Juvenile plants on diverted reaches had reduced stomatal conductance and lower midday water potentials relative to surrounding mature trees, a trend that was not observed on undiverted reaches. Plants on diverted reaches possessed significantly smaller, thicker leaves and a reduced total leaf area relative to trees on streamside reaches. Reduced …
An Isotopic Analysis Of The Hydrology And Riparian Vegetation Water Sources On Bishop Creek, M. L. Space, J. W. Hess, S. D. Smith
An Isotopic Analysis Of The Hydrology And Riparian Vegetation Water Sources On Bishop Creek, M. L. Space, J. W. Hess, S. D. Smith
Life Sciences Faculty Research
Five power generation plants along an eleven kilometer stretch divert Bishop Creek water for hydro-electric power. Stream diversion may be adversely affecting the riparian vegetation. Stable isotopic analysis is employed to determine surface water/ground-water interactions along the creek. surface water originates primarily from three headwater lakes. Discharge into Bishop Creek below the headwaters is primarily derived from ground water. The average δD and δ18O values are significantly different for surface water and ground water that an isotopic analysis can delineate between these two components of flow. Therefore isotopic shifts along the creek can determine gaining reaches. In addition, by knowing …
Tactical Nitrogen Decisions For Wheat (And Nitrogen Sources Rates And Times On Wheat), J. W. Bowden, R. J. Lunt
Tactical Nitrogen Decisions For Wheat (And Nitrogen Sources Rates And Times On Wheat), J. W. Bowden, R. J. Lunt
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 89MO49
Location: Tenderloin, Brand Highway, Regan's Ford.
History:
1987 Aroona wheat with 70 kg DAP and 3 kg CuSO4 at seeding followed by 60 urea at 3WAS and another 40 urea at 6WAS. Yield was about 1.7 to 1.8 t/ha;
1988 Gungurru lupins with 120 kg super and manganese/ha yielded 1.9 t/ha. 350-400 ml Roundup/ha and one cultivation prior to seeding.
Loss Of Biological Diversity: A Global Crisis Requiring International Solutions: A Report To The National Science Board, Craig Call Black, Perry L. Adkisson, Gardner Mallard Brown, Rita Rossi Colwell, Charles E. Hess, James B. Holderman, K. June Lindstedt-Siva, William A. Nierenberg, Peter Hamilton Raven, Theodore M. Smith, Edward O. Wilson, W. Franklin Harris
Loss Of Biological Diversity: A Global Crisis Requiring International Solutions: A Report To The National Science Board, Craig Call Black, Perry L. Adkisson, Gardner Mallard Brown, Rita Rossi Colwell, Charles E. Hess, James B. Holderman, K. June Lindstedt-Siva, William A. Nierenberg, Peter Hamilton Raven, Theodore M. Smith, Edward O. Wilson, W. Franklin Harris
Harold W. Manter Laboratory: Library Materials
Executive Summary
Biological diversity refers to the variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur. Diversity can be defined as the number of different items and their relative frequency. For biological diversity, these items are organized at many levels, ranging from complete ecosystems to the chemical structures that are the molecular basis of heredity. Thus, the term encompasses different ecosystems, species, genes, and their relative abundance (OTA, 1987).
There is an ongoing, unprecedented loss of the variety as well as absolute numbers of organisms-from the smallest microorganism to the largest and most spectacular of …
Gammaropsis Arawakia, A New Species Of Marine Amphipoda (Crustacea) From Jamaica, James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard
Gammaropsis Arawakia, A New Species Of Marine Amphipoda (Crustacea) From Jamaica, James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard
Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
One of the dominant amphipods in algal turf communities at Discovery Bay, Jamaica, is a new species, Gammaropsis arawakia, characterized by long peduncle of uropod 3, small coxa I, 3-articulate accessory flagellum, extremely setose gnathopod 2, one pair of dorsal teeth on urosomite I, pointed ocular lobe, and oblique upper margin of cephalic sinus for antenna 2.
Four Species Of Synopiidae From The Caribbean Region (Crustacea: Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard, James Darwin Thomas
Four Species Of Synopiidae From The Caribbean Region (Crustacea: Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard, James Darwin Thomas
Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Synopia ultramarina is redescribed from the Gulf Stream and the Florida Keys and comments are made on the tangled taxonomy in Synopia. Tiron bellairsi, originally described from Barbados, is reported from Belize, at the opposite side of the Caribbean Basin. Garosyrrhoe bigarra, a Pacific species, is also reported from Belize, but no clear subspecific differences are detected as yet between Pacific and Atlantic populations.
A New Species, Ampelisca Burkei, (Crustacea, Amphipoda) From Florida, J. L. Barnard, James Darwin Thomas
A New Species, Ampelisca Burkei, (Crustacea, Amphipoda) From Florida, J. L. Barnard, James Darwin Thomas
Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
A new species Ampelisca burkei, from Florida, is described. This species appears to be very close to A. lobata Holmes, from the eastern Pacific Ocean, but differs in the shape and setation of article 4 on pereopod 7, and the presence of an anteroventral spine-seta on article 5 of pereopod 7.
Serradella Evaluations, L. Cransberg
Serradella Evaluations, L. Cransberg
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 85AL56
Location: South Sterlings.
Serradella line evaluation - Stage 3.
To evaluate five promising lines selected from variety trials, in terms of herbage production and long term persistence.
Trial 88AL32
Location: Walpole.
Long season serradella evaluation.
To select productive and persistent serradella lines for the deep acidic sands in the very high rainfall zone on the south coast.
Trial 88AL31
Location: Takalarup.
Ryegrass species evaluation.
To investigate the potential of a range of ryegrasses, from short term to long term perennial, in the south coast environment.
Grass species evaluation
Location: Greenrange.
To identify both productive and persistent grasses for …
Rhizoctonia Control In Potatoes And Potato Resistance To Powdery Scab., R M. Floyd
Rhizoctonia Control In Potatoes And Potato Resistance To Powdery Scab., R M. Floyd
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trials : 88BY26, 88PE34, 88MD35
Control of Rhizoctonia solani infection of potato stems and daughter tubers was demonstrated by preplanting applications of tolclofos-methyl (RIZOLEX TM) to either cut or round seed tubers. Yield of tubers from cut seed treated with Rizolex was increased over that of cut seed cured before planting bu not when seed was cut and planted the same day. Crops grown from round seed treated with Rizolex yielded higher than from untreated round seed.
Surface sterilization of seed tubers with Sodium hypochlorite was effective in reducing stem damage but not in reducing daughter tuber sclerotes. This indicates …
New Block Badgingarra Rs Late Time Of Seeding., J. W. Bowden, R. J. Lunt
New Block Badgingarra Rs Late Time Of Seeding., J. W. Bowden, R. J. Lunt
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Trial 89BA33,
Location: Badgingarra
Based on a 1.5 t/ha potential yield, the strategic treatment was planned to be 120 kg urea/ha 4WAS. However, the crop was poorly established and so NH4NO3 was used in the hope of getting better tillering than would be possible with the slower release urea source. Gambling on equal dollars to urea for 2/3 N, but believe that twice as effective.
DAP was used to place nitrogen with the seed in case there was no rain of significance after seeding. This nitrogen (only 5 kg/ha) was probably lost with the rains of 20-28/7/89 (50 mm). Urea …
Are Artificial "Witham" Surface Collectors Adequate Indicators Of Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus Argus, Recruitment?, Mark J. Butler Iv, William F. Herrnkind
Are Artificial "Witham" Surface Collectors Adequate Indicators Of Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus Argus, Recruitment?, Mark J. Butler Iv, William F. Herrnkind
Biological Sciences Faculty Publications
Understanding the local dynamics of Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) postlarval influx, settlement, and recruitment may be essential for the responsible management of this important and heavily exploited resource. Most lobster recruitment research programs in the Caribbean employ derivations of the "Witham"-type surface collector to monitor postlarval (puerulus) lobster influx. However, the relevance of data obtained from surface collectors with respect to the estimation of actual puerulus influx, settlement, or recruitment to subsequent benthic juvenile stages remains untested. We investigated that relevance on regional (i.e., tens of kilometers) and local (i.e., tens of meters) scales by examining the …
Phytoplankton Composition In A Borrow Pit Lake In Virginia, Seba B. Sheavly, Harold G. Marshall
Phytoplankton Composition In A Borrow Pit Lake In Virginia, Seba B. Sheavly, Harold G. Marshall
Biological Sciences Faculty Publications
The phytoplankton assemblages in Lake Trashmore, Virginia, a borrow pit, were dominated by centric diatoms and cyanobacteria, with seasonal pulses of cryptomonads, euglenoids, and chlorophyceans. Ninety species were identified and their abundance levels noted for a 12-month period.