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Native fish sanctuaries of the Lower Colorado River: Cibola High Levee Pond Desert Pupfish Pond

Historically, the Colorado River was one of the most formidable rivers in the world. Each spring, melting snow from the mountains scoured the desert landscape moving millions of tons of sediment to the sea. The Grand Canyon lays testament to its erosive nature. Summer heat would bring seasonal droughts, reducing the river to a trickle impacting More...

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Fish Health and Reproductive Studies at Lake Erie Areas of Concern

This is a research project whose primary objective is to assess the health of selected fish species (brown bullhead and largemouth bass) and compare these findings with historic information on fish health in the individual rivers and with concurrent samples collected at reference sites. A secondary objective is to compare and correlate the fish More...

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Relations between and among contaminant concentrations and biomarkers in black bass (Micropterus spp.) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from large U.S. rivers, 1995-2004

Environmental contaminant and biomarker monitoring data from major U.S. river basins were summarized for black bass (Micropterus spp.) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) sampled over a nine year period. Cumulative frequency distributions revealed taxon differences for many organochlorine residue concentrations, elemental contaminant concentrations, More...

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Investigation of Organic Chemicals Potentially Responsible for Mortality and Intersex in Fish of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, Virginia, during Spring of 2007

This study determined that concentrations of persistent hydrophobic contaminants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (< picograms per liter), legacy pesticides (<10 picograms per liter), and polychlorinated biphenyls (<280 picograms per liter) were low and indicative of a largely agricultural area. Atrazine and simazine were the most More...

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Evaluation of Potentially Nonlethal Sampling Methods for Monitoring Mercury Concentrations in Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

This project is an evaluation of three potentially nonlethal alternatives to fillet sampling for the determination of mercury (Hg) concentrations in smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) to monitor mercury concentrations in smallmouth bass (micropterus dolomieu) from six sites in southern Missouri were captured by electrofishing. Blood samples More...

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Variable Growth and Longevity of Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis) in South Florida

This research report is about the variable growth and longevity of yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis) in South Florida. The goal of this study was to model the age and growth of yellow bullheads from southern Florida and to compare the results qualitatively with growth estimates for yellow bullhead populations from other parts of its geographical More...

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Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental Contaminants, Health Indicators, and Reproductive Biomarkers in Fish from the Colorado River Basin

This report documents the spatial trends in the concentrations of accumulative contaminants and assesses the contaminant effects on the fish from the Colorado River Basin.

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Graphical Fish Database Browser for Synthesized Long Term Resource Monitoring Fisheries Data

This project status report references a web resource database developed by the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) to provide ready access to data for managers within the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) Basin. The Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center provides access to LTRMP data through a series of Web pages that permit More...

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Preyfish Population Assessment

In 2002, scientists from the Great Lakes Science Center assessed the health of the populations of preyfish for the biennial State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC) to provide information to policy makers on the status of the lakes and future needs. Preyfish population is one of the 80 indicators used by SOLEC to determine the health of the More...

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Fisheries Investigations for Lost River and Shortnose Suckers in Upper Klamath Lake

The value of this long-term monitoring program will provide data crucial for understanding demographic and reproductive characteristics of these endangered sucker populations. This research will have wide applicability to federal, state, and tribal agencies in the basin for management and recovery efforts.

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Protocols Evaluation Program (Lee's Ferry Trout PEP) Final Report of the Lee's Ferry Rainbow Trout Monitoring Peer Review Panel

Lees Ferry was stocked with Rainbow Trout in the early 1960`s. Since then, it has been a nationally acclaimed and world renowned blue ribbon fishery. With its value as a recreational play land for fishermen and safe haven for wildlife, the function and impact of the Glen Canyon Dam has become increasingly important for study and monitoring.

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Headwater Stream Barriers in Western Oregon

This dataset is an ArcInfo point coverage depicting obstacles to anadromous fish migration in western Oregon. Data were compiled by fourth-field hydrologic unit code (HUC) from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife StreamNet Database and from reports by fisheries biologists in various management agencies. Both natural and constructed (e.g., More...

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