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USGS1879

Volume V: Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1879

The object of the present paper is to set forth some interesting biological facts relating to the gall-making Pemphiginre, and which were presented in abstract at the late meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. These facts have a special interest just at this time on account of the close relation·ship between the insects of the sub-family in question and the notorious Grape-vine Phylloxera (Phylloxera vastatrix).

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USGS1877

Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: Volume III, Number 4

Table of Contents ART. XXIX.---The First Discovered Traces of Fossil Insects in the American Tertiaries. By Samuel H. Scudder.....741-762 ART. XXX.----Description of Two Species of Carabidae found in the Interglactial Deposits of Scarboro' Heights, near Toronto, Canada. By Samuel H. Scudder.....763-764 ART. XXX.-----Report upon the Insects collected by P.R. Uhler during the Explorations of 1875, including Monographs of the Families Cydnidae and Saldae , and the Hemiptera collected by A.S. Packard, Jr., M.D. By P. R. Uhler. (Continued from p. 475).....765-802 ART. XXXII.---Description of Cambarus Couesi , a New Species of Crawfish from Dakota. By Thos. H. Streets, M.D., U.S.N.....802-894 ART. XXXIII.--On a Carnivorous Dinosaurian from the Dakota Beds of Colorado. By E.D. Cope .....805-806 ART. XXXIV.--A Contribution to the Knowledge of tlhe Ichthylological Fauna of the Green River Shales. By E.D. Cope.....807-820 ART. XXXV.---On the Genus Erisichthe . By E.D. Cope.....821-823 Index .....825-856

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USGS1878

Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: Volume IV, Number 4

Table of Contents ART. XXXII.---The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales. By Samuel H. Scudder, Cambridge, Mass.....747-776 ART. XXXIII.---Report on the Collection of Fishes made by Dr. Elllott Cones, U.S.A., in Dakota and Montana, during the seasons of 1873 and 1874. By DavidS. Jordan, M.D......777-800 ART. XXXIV.----Catalogue of Phraenogamous and Vascular Cryptogamous Plants collected during the summers of 1873 and 1874, in Dakota and Montana, along the forty-ninth parallel, by Dr. Elliott Cones, U.S.A.; with which are incorporated those collected in the same region at the same times by Mr. George M. Dawson. By Prof. J. W. Chickering.....801-830 ART. XXXV.-----On some Striking Products of Erosion in Colorado. By F.M. Endlich, S.N.D......831-864 ART. XXXVI.----Paleontological Papers No.8: Remarks upon the Laramie Group. By C.A. White, M.D......865-876 ART. XXXVII.---Synonymatic List of the American Sciuri, or Arboreal Squirrels. By J.A. Allen. (See p. 905.).....877-887 Index.....889-908

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USGS1874

Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: No. 2, first Series

Now that two numbers of the Bulletin have been issued by the Survey, a word of explanation as to the object of its publication seems to be necessary. The vast amount of new material in all departments of natural history collected in the West under the auspices of the Survey, and in some instance demanding prompt publication, suggested the present form, in order that this new matter might not be too much scattered, either in the proceedings of societies, or in independent papers not easily accessible to the scientific student. The annual report will not appear until late in the summer, (July or August,) and, in consequence, the Bulletin will be issued from time to time as the necessity arises for the prompt publication of valuable matter.

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USGS1876

Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: No. 6, second series

Table of Contents I.----An account of the various publications relating to the travels of Lewis and Clarke, with a commentary on the zoological results of their expedition. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S.A. II.---Notice of a very large Goniatite from eastern Kansas. By F.B. Meek III.--Fossil orthoptera from the Rocky Mountajn tertiaries. By Samuel H. Scudder IV.--Studies of the American Falconidae: Monograph of the Polybori. By Robert Ridgway

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USGS1878

Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: Maps and panoramas

LIST OF SHEETS 1. Economic map of portions of Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah. 2. Geologic map of portions of Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah. 3. Geologic map of part of Central Wyoming. 4. Geologic map of parts of Western Wyoming and Southeastern Idaho. 5. Geologic map of Western Wyoming Southeastern Idaho, and Northeastern Utah. 6. Geologic map of the Yellowstone National Park. 7. Panoraramic views in the Wind River and Teton Mountains.

Wyoming, Idaho, Utah↗
USGS2000

The northeastern states' waterfowl breeding population survey

Efforts to tailor waterfowl hunting regulations to conditions in the Atlantic Flyway have been hampered by lack of information on local breeding populations. The Atlantic Flyway Council's technical section voted at its 1987 winter meeting (Atlantic Flyway Council Technical Section, Toronto, Canada) to establish a regional waterfowl breeding survey. Consequently, an annual survey was started in 1989 and further refined in 1993 using results from 1989 to 1992. During 1993-1997, annual spring surveys of more than 1,450 randomly selected 1-km2 plots, stratified by physiographic strata, were conducted in the Atlantic Flyway from New Hampshire to Virginia to estimate breeding populations of mallards (Arias platyrhynchos), American black ducks (A. rubripes), wood ducks (Aix sponsa), and Canada geese (Branta canadensis). Ground crews systematically surveyed all potential waterfowl habitat for these species in each plot. The adjusted mean mallard pair estimate over the 5-year period was 375,962 (range 310,299-415,182, mean SE 25,761) for the region surveyed. The estimate for black duck pairs was 31,1 54 (range 27,164'37,521, mean SE 4,978), and for wood duck pairs it was 240,473 (range 218,959-281,916, mean SE 25,408). Total number of Canada geese increased from 526,663 in 1993 to 892,278 in 1997. Population estimates for other species had unacceptably large standard errors.

Wildlife Society Bulletin↗
USGS1928

Stream measurement work: Chapter 10 in Sixteenth biennial report of the State Engineer to the governor of Utah: 1927-1928

The co-operative stream measurement work has been continued during the biennium by the United States Geological Survey under co-operative agreement with the State Engineer. This agreement is essentially the same as that outlined in previous reports. Those interested in the details and history of the co-operative stream gaging operations in the state since 1909 can find this information in the biennial reports of the State Engineer’s office.

Utah↗
USGS2011

U.S. Geological Survey development of a Landsat-based Fire Disturbance ECV

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is the steward of the Landsat archive which includes satellite imagery dating back to 1972. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have specified requirements to systematically observe atmosphere, ocean, and land characteristics, or Essential Climate Variables (ECVs). The Global Climate Observing System has developed formal specifications for ECVs that are technically and economically feasible for systematic ECV observation. Fire Disturbance is one of the 14 Terrestrial ECVs, and is defined as “burned area” supplemented by “active fires” and fire radiated power” (FRP) measurements. Landsat’s temporal resolution and sensor characteristics make it suitable for mapping burned area, but not suitable for monitoring active fires or FRP. In this paper, we describe the development of a database for calibration, verification, and validation of a Landsat-based burned area ECV, along with the algorithms to be tested against that database.

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USGS1957

Water quality: a factor in Arkansas River development

One of the first requisites for intelligent planning of the utilization and control of water and for the administration of laws relating to its use, is data on the quantity, quality, and mode of occurrence of water supplies. The collections, evaluation, interpretation, and publication of such data constitute the primary function of the Water Resources Division of the United States Geological Survey. Since 1895 the Congress has made appropriations to this agency for investigations of the water resources of the Nation. In 1929 the Congress adopted the policy of dollar-for-dollar cooperation with State and local governmental agencies for water-resources investigations. The Geological Survey's Federal-State cooperative program of quality-of-water investigations in Oklahoma was started in 1944 in cooperation with the Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board. Since July of this year the program has been carried on cooperatively with the newly created Oklahoma Water Resources Board.

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USGS2022

Distribution and trends of endemic Hawaiian waterbirds

Four endemic species of wetland-dependent waterbirds occur on the main Hawaiian Islands, all of which have experienced sharp population declines and are listed as endangered species. Twice per year, state-wide surveys are conducted to count waterbirds, but these surveys are evaluated only infrequently. We used a state-space approach to evaluate long-term (1986–2016) and short-term (2006–2016) trends and current distribution and abundance of endemic Hawaiian waterbirds. The most numerous species was the Ae‘o, or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus knudseni ), with a 5-year estimated average abundance of 1,932 individuals, followed by ‘Alae Ke‘oke‘o, or Hawaiian Coot ( Fulica alai ), with 1,815 individuals, Alae ‘Ula, or Hawaiian Common Gallinule ( Gallinula galeata sandvicensis ) with 927 individuals, and the Koloa Maoli, or Hawaiian Duck ( Anas wyvilliana ) with 931 individuals. All four species had positive trends over the long-term, but short-term and island specific trends were more variable, and in some cases negative. These results provide valuable information to help guide management of Hawaii’s threatened and endangered endemic waterbirds.

Hawai'i↗
USGS1887

On the fossil faunas of the Upper Devonian: The Genesee section, New York

I have the honor to transmit herewith for publication as a bulletin a second contribution to the study of Devonian paleontology, Bulletin No. 3, "On the Fossil Faunas of the Upper Devonian," having been designed as the first of a series of papers on the comparative paleontology of the Devonian and Carboniferous. In that paper I gave the results of a study of the section along the meridian of Ithaca and Cayuga Lake, running southward, which may be called the Cayuga section. In 1883 examination was made south along the meridian running through Genesee County, New York, into McKean County, Pennsylvania, where the Alton coal beds were reached. The general results of this survey were communicated to the Director of the United States Geological Survey and an abstract of my communication was published in Science, Vol. II, pp. 836, 837, December 28, 1883. The present paper is a detailed report of the study of the materials of this Genesee section. Since the field work was done several additional sections have been examined: in 1884, sections through Western New York (and adjoining Pennsylvania) from Chautauqua County westward and into Ohio as far as the meridian of Cleveland; and in 1885 the region between the Cayuga section and those of Delaware and Otsego Counties, as far as Oneonta, were examined. The materials are under investigation and will be reported upon as soon as their study is completed. The sections are made along meridians, in order to make them more readily and simply comparable. Each long meridional section runs through the same stratigraphical series of deposits and is made up of a series of small local sections, such as the individual outcrop of the rocks renders possible. It is not supposed that in any case these sections are exhaustive, but it is intended that so far as they go the relative position of the faunas in the sections shall be precise and the association of species in each horizon shall be given as it is, so that the faunas can be identified, and thus, while they will leave much to be added, these studies, it is hoped, will give an outline of the geographical distribution and geological range of faunas and their species which will make a comparative study of the faunas possible. Respectfully yours, HENRY S. WILLIAMS.

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