Browsing by Subject "Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)The wide diversity of farm ponds makes categorizing and making regional comparisons of these aquatic systems a difficult task. Before meaningful regional classifications can be identified, a large and diverse data set must ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)I censused 13 fencerows in a highly cultivated area of Burleson County, Texas from August 1983-June 1985 to determine seasonal use of fencerows by birds, including changes in species richness and abundance and the association ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)The life cycle of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) is generally well known and consists of spawning in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean in the late summer and fall, utilization of estuarine nurseries, and return to the ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)The behavior and ecology of Nilgiri tahr was investigated during a two-year field study at Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India. The primary method of investigation was direct observations on wild tahr. The Nilgiri tahr ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)A model depicting the flow of energy through a great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) during the winter season in Texas is described. The model is based on information from literature and field observations on distance ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)Two-hundred eighty-nine species of native terrestrial herpetofauna are known to occur within the boundaries of northwestern Nuclear Central America, the Mexican land mass east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, exclusive of ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1975)The ontogenetic, sexual and geographic variation of scutellation and dorsal, throat and ventral patterns of cnemidophorus tigris east of the Continental Divide is examined using univariate and multivariate statistical ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1972)The breeding cycle of the Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) on Green Island, Kure Atoll, Hawaiian Islands, was studied during 1964 and 1965. Study methods included direct observation of marked nests and of ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)Channel catfish were reared during 1973 and 1974 in 1.0³ cages suspended in the intake canal of Trinidad Lake, a cooling reservoir for the Texas Power and Light Company's Steam Electric Generating Station at Trinidad, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)Oryzomys melanotis comprises at least three chromosomal races: a 2n=62, FN=68 cytotype in eastern and southern Mexico; a 2n=64, FN=70 cytotype on the Yucatan Peninsula; and a 2n=60, FN=116 cytotype in western Mexico. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)Macro-zooplankton were sampled bi-weekly from October 1969 through May 1973 at 16 stations in Trinity and Upper Galveston Bays, including intake and discharge areas of the Houston Lighting & Power Company's Cedar Bayou ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)An ecological study of sympatric populations of Sceloporus variabilis and S. undulates was conducted from February 1975 until February 1976. The study area was located in Uvalde County, Texas in an ecotone between the South ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)The agonistic behavioral patterns of sixteen crayfish species representing four genera of the North American family Cambaridae were observed and compared. The crayfish species studied (Cambarellus puer, Procambarus acutus ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)Sixteen species (2 molluscs, 2 crustaceans, and 12 fishes) were used as biological monitors in flow-through aquaria. The aquaria received effluent from Houston Lighting & Power Company's Cedar Bayou generating station ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)A small-scale spawning and rearing facility for the production of Tilapia aurea fingerlings was constructed in a polyethylene-covered greenhouse. Spawning and fry rearing during the winter extended the growing season by ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)Design criteria for warm water fish culture utilizing a reuse system were developed. Standard municipal waste treatment methods were used to the maximum extent possible. A trickling filter preceded and followed by settling ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)Investigations concerning spawning, hatching and grow-out of Fundulus grandis were conducted in 0.1-ha brackish water ponds in Texas. Studies focused on developing economical feeds, increasing production through improved ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)Restocked Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) were studied on 2 different areas in East Texas from February 1979 through May 1980. The major emphasis was to provide information on movement, reproduction, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)Seasonal movements, colony site selection, and population status of the least tern (Sterna albifrons) were studied throughout the Texas coast during 1979-81. Existing procedures for monitoring population trend also were ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Between February, 1976 and January, 1977, an ecological study was made of sandy riffle areas of Mill Creek, Newton County, Texas. Surface waters of the creek were found to be low in nutrients, specific conductance, and ...