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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Detroit River"”.
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Assessment of mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) presence along the St. Clair-Detroit River System using environmental DNA and occupancy modeling
… on the status of mudpuppies along the St. Clair-Detroit River System (SCDRS) is lacking, and since they are important bio-indicators, they could be a gauge for restoration success. Environmental DNA (eDNA) and occupancy modeling were used to determine best detection practices for this cryptic …
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Nest-site selection, nocturnal nest desertion, and productivity in a common tern (<i>sterna hirundo</i>) colony at Detroit River, Michigan
… nested later and less successfully in large river rock (13 to 25-cm diameter) compared to more diverse substrate and limestone (2.5-5.0 cm) when it was free of dead vegetation. Within a habitat, terns chose to nest where substrate was most diverse in rock size, soil, and non-vegetative …
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Determination of genotoxic stress in feral populations of bullheads and carp using the alkaline single cell gel assay.
… Lake Ontario) and a number of sites along the Detroit River gave ratios v ranging from 3.36 to 4.65. Samples from Lake St. Clair, Thames River, Lake Huron and Port Franks gave ratios ranging from 1.30 to 2.19. Fish from a hatchery in Brockport, New York, gave ratios between 1.35 and 1.40. Based …
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Wastewater Treatment Comes To Detroit: Law, Politics, Technology And Funding
<p>Detroit was one of the cities identified by the International Joint Commission as polluting the Great Lakes in contravention of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. The United States Public Health Service also reported on the pollution that entered the Detroit River from Detroit's sewers. …
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A Fine-scale Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Population Genetic Patterns in the Yellow Perch (<i>Perca flavescens</i>)
… at the Belle Isle restoration site in the Detroit River has relatively high genetic diversity, with an appreciable number of alleles and private alleles. Yellow perch spawning at sites in Lakes St. Clair, Erie, and Ontario also show substantial genetic diversity whose levels are consistent …
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Examining the social amplification of risk in Great Lakes areas of concern
… sediment cleanup was completed in the Sheboygan River AOC in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Findings indicate that the SARF is an effective analytical lens for examining how risk information about waterway pollutants travels through communities, and successfully identifies differences in those patterns of …
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Identification and Genetic Diversity of Lake Sturgeon Larvae on Artificial Reefs in the Huron-Erie Corridor
… and are endemic to the freshwater lakes and rivers created by receding glaciers of the Laurentian ice sheet. Lake sturgeon have seen immense habitat loss due to human development and industrialization has nearly decimated populations. Changes to water and habitat quality, along with …