This postcard provides details about \"Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms and U.S. Geological Survey Science Capabilities, \"Open File Report 2016-1174, where you can find details about how U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists use traditional methods and emerging technologies in collaboration with numerous partners to lead a diverse range of studies addressing harmful algal bloom (HAB) issues in water bodies throughout the United States. Cutting-edge USGS research in HABs has advanced scientific understanding and led to practical applications that help protect ecological and human health.
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Digital flood-inundation maps for a 16.4-mile reach of the Yellow River in Gwinnett County, Georgia, from 0.5 mile upstream from River Drive to Centerville Highway (Georgia State Route 124) were developed to depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at two U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in the mapped area. The maps for the 9.0-mile reach from 0.5 mile upstream from River Drive to Stone Mountain Highway (U.S. Route 78) are referenced to the streamgage Yellow River near Snellville, Ga. (station 02206500), and the maps for the 7.4-mile reach from Stone Mountain Highway to Centerville Highway are referenced to the streamgage Yellow River at Ga. 124, near Lithonia, Ga. (02207120). Real-time stage information from these streamgages can be used with these maps to estimate near real-time areas of inundation. The forecasted peak-stage information for the USGS streamgages Yellow River near Snellville, Ga. (02206500), and Yellow River at Ga. 124, near Lithonia, Ga. (02207120), can be used in conjunction with the maps developed for this study to show predicted areas of flood inundation.
A one-dimensional step-backwater model was developed using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center's River Analysis System (HEC–RAS) software for the Yellow River and was used to compute flood profiles for a 16.4-mile reach of the Yellow River. The hydraulic model was then used to simulate 16 water-surface profiles at 1.0-foot (ft) intervals at the Yellow River near Snellville streamgage and 17 water-surface profiles at 1.0-ft intervals at the Yellow River near Lithonia streamgage. At the Yellow River near Snellville streamgage, the profiles ranged from a stage of 18.0 ft, which is 819.1 ft above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), to a stage of 33.0 ft, which is 834.1 ft above NAVD 88. At the Yellow River near Lithonia streamgage, the profiles ranged from the National Weather Service action stage of 13.0 ft, which is 732.5 ft above NAVD 88, to a stage of 29.0 ft, which is 748.5 ft above NAVD 88. The simulated water-surface profiles were then combined with a geographic information system digital elevation model—derived from light detection and ranging (lidar) data having a 5.0-ft horizontal resolution—to delineate the area flooded at each 1.0-ft interval of stream stage for both streamgages.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Reston, VA","doi":"10.3133/sir20195009","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Gwinnett County, Georgia","usgsCitation":"Musser, J.W., 2019, Flood-inundation maps for the Yellow River from River Drive to Centerville Highway, Gwinnett County, Georgia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5009, 15 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195009.","productDescription":"Report: vi, 15 p.; Data Release","onlineOnly":"Y","additionalOnlineFiles":"N","ipdsId":"IP-100804","costCenters":[{"id":13634,"text":"South Atlantic Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":361975,"rank":3,"type":{"id":30,"text":"Data Release"},"url":"https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KKB3H2","text":"USGS data release","description":"USGS data release","linkHelpText":"Flood inundation and flood depth for the Yellow River in Gwinnett County, Georgia based on water-surface elevation at the U.S. Geological Survey streamgages Yellow River, near Snellville, Georgia (02206500) and Yellow River at Ga. 124, near Lithonia, Georgia (02207120)"},{"id":361973,"rank":1,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2019/5009/coverthb.jpg"},{"id":361974,"rank":2,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2019/5009/sir20195009.pdf","text":"Report","size":"1.88 MB","linkFileType":{"id":1,"text":"pdf"},"description":"SIR 2019-5009"}],"country":"United States","state":"Georgia","county":"Gwinnett County","otherGeospatial":"Yellow River","geographicExtents":"{\n \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\",\n \"features\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"Feature\",\n \"properties\": {},\n \"geometry\": {\n \"type\": \"Polygon\",\n \"coordinates\": [\n [\n [\n -84.1667,\n 33.75\n ],\n [\n -84,\n 33.75\n ],\n [\n -84,\n 33.9167\n ],\n [\n -84.1667,\n 33.9167\n ],\n [\n -84.1667,\n 33.75\n ]\n ]\n ]\n }\n }\n ]\n}","contact":"Director, South Atlantic Water Science Center
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Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 2.6 billion barrels of oil and 123.9 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Tindouf Basin Province of North Africa.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Reston, VA","doi":"10.3133/fs20193006","usgsCitation":"Brownfield, M.E., Schenk, C.J., Mercier, T.J., Woodall, C.A., Le, P.A., Tennyson, M.E., Finn, T.M., Gaswirth, S.B., Pitman, J.K., Marra, K.R., Leathers-Miller, H.M., and Drake, R.M., II, 2019, Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Tindouf Basin Province, North Africa, 2018: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2019–3006, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20193006.","productDescription":"2 p.","onlineOnly":"N","ipdsId":"IP-102826","costCenters":[{"id":164,"text":"Central Energy Resources Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":361945,"rank":2,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2019/3006/fs20193006.pdf","text":"Report","size":"476 kB","linkFileType":{"id":1,"text":"pdf"},"description":"FS 2019-3006"},{"id":361944,"rank":1,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2019/3006/coverthb.jpg"}],"otherGeospatial":"Tindouf Basin Province","geographicExtents":"{\n \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\",\n \"features\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"Feature\",\n \"properties\": {},\n \"geometry\": {\n \"type\": \"Polygon\",\n \"coordinates\": [\n [\n [\n -13,\n 25\n ],\n [\n 0,\n 25\n ],\n [\n 0,\n 30\n ],\n [\n -13,\n 30\n ],\n [\n -13,\n 25\n ]\n ]\n ]\n }\n }\n ]\n}","contact":"Director, Central Energy Resources Science Center
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We studied some of the relationships between federally listed fall Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, endemic Sand Roller, Percopsis transmontana, and non-native Smallmouth Bass, Micropterus dolomieu, in Lower Granite Reservoir on the Snake River. Because of its recent reappearance and population increase, the Sand Rollers could be filling the role of a “native invader” in the reservoir food web. We speculated that Sand Rollers could either negatively affect fall Chinook Salmon by potentially competing with them for resources in shoreline habitats or, alternatively, benefit the salmon by providing a buffer against Smallmouth Bass predation. Nighttime beach seining showed that habitat use by fall Chinook Salmon and Sand Rollers overlapped completely in spring when both species were present along shorelines. Diet data from stomach samples also showed high overlap, but data on stable isotopes of 13C and 15N suggested that each species could be obtaining much of their dietary energy from different reservoir locations. Although habitat and diet overlap are evidence of competition, diel and spatial partitioning of resource use between fall Chinook Salmon and Sand Rollers may act to reduce potential competition. Analyses of Smallmouth Bass diets showed that fall Chinook Salmon and Sand Rollers comprised the majority of prey fish consumed by bass. Across years, as Smallmouth Bass increased their consumption of Sand Rollers (range 0.219 to 0.392 fish smallmouth-1 day-1), they decreased their consumption of fall Chinook Salmon (range 0.114 to 0.050 fish smallmouth-1 day-1). The greatest effect Sand Rollers may have on fall Chinook Salmon in Lower Granite Reservoir is to serve as a buffer against Smallmouth Bass predation.
","language":"English","publisher":"Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology","doi":"10.1898/NWN18-13","usgsCitation":"Hemingway, R.J., Tiffan, K.F., Erhardt, J.M., Rhodes, T., and Bickford, B.K., 2019, Fall Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), sand roller (Percopsis transmontana), and smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) interactions in a Snake River reservoir: A tale of three species: Northwestern Naturalist, v. 100, no. 1, p. 26-36, https://doi.org/10.1898/NWN18-13.","productDescription":"11 p.","startPage":"26","endPage":"36","ipdsId":"IP-097818","costCenters":[{"id":654,"text":"Western Fisheries Research Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":362014,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg"}],"country":"United States","state":"Idaho, Washington","geographicExtents":"{\n \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\",\n \"features\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"Feature\",\n \"properties\": {},\n \"geometry\": {\n \"type\": \"Polygon\",\n \"coordinates\": [\n [\n [\n -117.25021362304689,\n 46.29476444388206\n ],\n [\n -116.9769287109375,\n 46.29476444388206\n ],\n [\n -116.9769287109375,\n 46.4752265177719\n ],\n [\n -117.25021362304689,\n 46.4752265177719\n ],\n [\n -117.25021362304689,\n 46.29476444388206\n ]\n ]\n ]\n }\n }\n ]\n}","volume":"100","issue":"1","publishingServiceCenter":{"id":12,"text":"Tacoma PSC"},"noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Hemingway, Rulon J. 0000-0001-8143-0325 rhemingway@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-0325","contributorId":194697,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Hemingway","given":"Rulon","email":"rhemingway@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"J.","affiliations":[{"id":654,"text":"Western Fisheries Research Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":false,"id":759198,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Tiffan, Kenneth F. 0000-0002-5831-2846 ktiffan@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5831-2846","contributorId":3200,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Tiffan","given":"Kenneth","email":"ktiffan@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"F.","affiliations":[{"id":654,"text":"Western Fisheries Research Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":759199,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Erhardt, John M. 0000-0002-5170-285X jerhardt@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5170-285X","contributorId":5380,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Erhardt","given":"John","email":"jerhardt@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"M.","affiliations":[{"id":654,"text":"Western Fisheries Research Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":759200,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3},{"text":"Rhodes, Tobyn N. 0000-0002-4023-4827","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4023-4827","contributorId":210057,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Rhodes","given":"Tobyn N.","affiliations":[{"id":654,"text":"Western Fisheries Research Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":759201,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":4},{"text":"Bickford, Brad K. 0000-0003-3756-6588 bbickford@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3756-6588","contributorId":140889,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Bickford","given":"Brad","email":"bbickford@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"K.","affiliations":[{"id":654,"text":"Western Fisheries Research Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":759202,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":5}]}} ,{"id":70202445,"text":"sir20195002 - 2019 - Contemporary environmental assessment using a viability analysis in a large river system to inform restoration and adaptive management decisions","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2019-03-13T16:05:04","indexId":"sir20195002","displayToPublicDate":"2019-03-12T15:18:28","publicationYear":"2019","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":334,"text":"Scientific Investigations Report","code":"SIR","onlineIssn":"2328-0328","printIssn":"2328-031X","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"2019-5002","displayTitle":"Contemporary Environmental Assessment Using a Viability Analysis in a Large River System to Inform Restoration and Adaptive Management Decisions","title":"Contemporary environmental assessment using a viability analysis in a large river system to inform restoration and adaptive management decisions","docAbstract":"As large-scale restoration plans for degraded aquatic habitats evolve, it is essential that multiorganizational collaborations have a common vision to achieve consensus on restoration goals. Development of restoration targets and postrestoration monitoring strategies can be focused using a viability analysis framework that supports an adaptive management process. Viability analysis is a robust and accommodating framework, adaptable to any restoration monitoring program and, through the determination of common desired endpoints, can aid consensus building and collaboration across jurisdictional boundaries. In the St. Clair-Detroit River System, which is the Great Lakes connecting channel between southern Lake Huron and western Lake Erie, a viability analysis framework was used to evaluate environmental parameters associated with fisheries and aquatic restoration efforts and to gauge the overall health of the aquatic environment. Steps to derive the viability analysis were as follows: (1) establishing meaningful baseline metrics, (2) identifying information deficiencies, and (3) placing the context of current conditions into a usable format for managers and practitioners. Most geographic segments were designated in overall fair condition, and the conservation targets were designated in either good or fair condition, based on available assessed indicators. Many indicators were unable to be assessed or assigned condition status, which identified research and monitoring data gaps. Metrics associated with native migratory fishes, Lake St. Clair, and islands are generally in better condition than metrics associated with the coastal terrestrial systems, aerial migrants, and coastal wetlands. These results were not unexpected given the highly urbanized landscape of the St. Clair-Detroit River System. Resource managers in the corridor can use these results to identify knowledge gaps, research and restoration priorities, and to assess progress towards meeting restoration goals.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Reston, VA","doi":"10.3133/sir20195002","usgsCitation":"DeBruyne, R.L., Roseman, E.F., Ross, J.E., Newman, K.R., and Strach, R.M., 2019, Contemporary environmental assessment using a viability analysis in a large river system to inform restoration and adaptive management decisions: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5002, 59 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195002.","productDescription":"xi, 59 p.","numberOfPages":"76","onlineOnly":"Y","ipdsId":"IP-071170","costCenters":[{"id":324,"text":"Great Lakes Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":362006,"rank":2,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2019/5002/sir20195002.pdf","text":"Report","size":"1.69 MB","linkFileType":{"id":1,"text":"pdf"},"description":"SIR 2019–5002"},{"id":362005,"rank":1,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2019/5002/coverthb.jpg"}],"country":"Canada, United States","state":"Michigan, Ontario","otherGeospatial":"St. Clair-Detroit River System","geographicExtents":"{\n \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\",\n \"features\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"Feature\",\n \"properties\": {},\n \"geometry\": {\n \"type\": \"Polygon\",\n \"coordinates\": [\n [\n [\n -83.5,\n 42\n ],\n [\n -82,\n 42\n ],\n [\n -82,\n 43\n ],\n [\n -83.5,\n 43\n ],\n [\n -83.5,\n 42\n ]\n ]\n ]\n }\n }\n ]\n}","contact":"Director, Great Lakes Science Center
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The Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group displays significant lateral and vertical geochemical variability. Much of the work on the Eagle Ford Group has been focused southwest of the San Marcos arch. To more fully characterize the Eagle Ford across the entire region, a thermally immature drill core was acquired north of the San Marcos arch that recovered the Pepper Shale and the Eagle Ford Group. Molecular and isotopic analyses of rock extracts were combined with bulk organic and inorganic geochemistry and mineralogy to track the variability in organic matter source and depositional environment, as well as to identify drivers of organic enrichment.
The Pepper Shale received significant terrigenous organic matter in its distal deltaic or prodeltaic setting compared to the more distally deposited Eagle Ford Group that primarily hosts marine organic matter. The upper Eagle Ford contains two chemofacies. The older upper Eagle Ford chemofacies has similar mineralogy and organic matter to the underlying lower Eagle Ford, and both intervals display good to excellent source rock potential. In contrast, the younger upper Eagle Ford chemofacies has a different sterane assemblage, a larger terrigenous component, and a higher clay mineral abundance. However, anoxic to euxinic depositional conditions distinguish the lower Eagle Ford from the upper Eagle Ford, which was deposited under oxic to dysoxic conditions. Redox chemistry and organic matter source are two important variables that determine source rock quality, but they did not change in parallel during Eagle Ford deposition. Differences in organic facies explain the Tmax variability, and depositional redox conditions governed organic-richness in the Eagle Ford Group in central Texas.
","language":"English","publisher":"Elsevier","doi":"10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.02.007","usgsCitation":"French, K.L., Birdwell, J.E., and Whidden, K.J., 2019, Geochemistry of a thermally immature Eagle Ford Group drill core in central Texas: Organic Geochemistry, v. 131, p. 19-33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.02.007.","productDescription":"15 p.","startPage":"19","endPage":"33","ipdsId":"IP-099901","costCenters":[{"id":164,"text":"Central Energy Resources Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":467821,"rank":1,"type":{"id":40,"text":"Open Access Publisher Index Page"},"url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.02.007","text":"Publisher Index Page"},{"id":437544,"rank":0,"type":{"id":30,"text":"Data Release"},"url":"https://doi.org/10.5066/P95QUX1H","text":"USGS data release","linkHelpText":"Geochemistry data for the USGS Gulf Coast #1 West Woodway core - A thermally immature core of the Eagle Ford Group in central Texas"},{"id":362003,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg"}],"country":"United States","state":"Texas","volume":"131","publishingServiceCenter":{"id":2,"text":"Denver PSC"},"noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"French, Katherine L. 0000-0002-0153-8035","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-8035","contributorId":205462,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"French","given":"Katherine","email":"","middleInitial":"L.","affiliations":[{"id":164,"text":"Central Energy Resources Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true},{"id":255,"text":"Energy Resources Program","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":false,"id":759161,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Birdwell, Justin E. 0000-0001-8263-1452 jbirdwell@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-1452","contributorId":3302,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Birdwell","given":"Justin","email":"jbirdwell@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"E.","affiliations":[{"id":255,"text":"Energy Resources Program","active":true,"usgs":true},{"id":164,"text":"Central Energy Resources Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true},{"id":569,"text":"Southwest Climate Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":759162,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Whidden, Katherine J. 0000-0002-7841-2553 kwhidden@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7841-2553","contributorId":3960,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Whidden","given":"Katherine","email":"kwhidden@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"J.","affiliations":[{"id":255,"text":"Energy Resources Program","active":true,"usgs":true},{"id":164,"text":"Central Energy Resources Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":759163,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3}]}} ,{"id":70202576,"text":"70202576 - 2019 - Towards determining spatial methane distribution on Arctic permafrost bluffs with an unmanned aerial system","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2019-03-12T10:23:33","indexId":"70202576","displayToPublicDate":"2019-03-12T10:23:29","publicationYear":"2019","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"seriesTitle":{"id":5814,"text":"SN Applied Sciences","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":10}},"title":"Towards determining spatial methane distribution on Arctic permafrost bluffs with an unmanned aerial system","docAbstract":"Arctic permafrost stores vast amounts of methane (CH4) in subsurface reservoirs. Thawing permafrost creates areas for this potent greenhouse gas to be released to the atmosphere. Identifying ‘hot spots’ of methane flux on a local scale has been limited by the spatial scales of traditional ground-based or satellite-based methane-sampling methods. Here we present a reliable and an easily replicable design using only off-the-shelf, cost-effective methane sensor components and an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Our results demonstrate the high efficiency of the design and the advantages of this methodology for environmental methane studies that are subjected to the high spatial variability of methane levels. On Barter Island, NE Alaska, we noted spikes in CH4 concentrations coincident with topographic features or anomalies. Such spikes may be attributed to enhanced land/air transfer and may reveal zones of high methane production and/or minimal oxidation in areas of thermoerosional gullies along thawing coastal zones. Thermoerosional gullies represent hotspots that release significantly higher levels of methane than the surrounding areas, thus suggesting that point sampling is inadequate in characterizing methane releases and that increasing rates of permafrost thaw may result in increasing point sources of high CH4 emissions.
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The 6th International Swan Symposium (6th ISS), was held at the Estonian University of Life Sciences in Tartu, Estonia, in October 2018. The symposium brought together 101 delegates from 17 countries, with presentations on a range of topics on Cygnus and Coscoroba species, including monitoring, habitat and resource use, demography, movements and migration, and threats and conservation. The proceedings of the 6th ISS in this special issue of Wildfowl include select papers on swan research presented at the 6th ISS, covering a wide range of species, systems and issues. This paper presents a synthesis of the 6th ISS and an overview of current trends and future directions in swan research. Despite progress on many topics, southern hemisphere swan species continue to receive less attention than their northern hemisphere counterparts, whilst facing many of the same pressures. It is clear that, given the challenges facing swan researchers in the twenty-first century, international cooperation will continue to be vital. Swans are highly mobile animals and many populations undertake migrations spanning thousands of kilometres, and crucially do not recognise human geographic and political borders. Such international collaborations will be particularly important in coordinating future monitoring and conservation activities. The IUCN-SSC/Wetlands International Swan Specialist Group (SSG) will continue to facilitate international collaborations and communication among the global network of swan researchers, through its activities, website and annual newsletter. Given the substantial challenges and knowledge gaps documented here, there is no doubt that swan researchers will continue to benefit from regular symposia to share information and develop collaborations towards understanding and addressing emerging conservation issues. 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Lakeshore areas provide important habitat for aquatic invertebrates in shallow lakes. However, these zones are prone to anthropogenic disturbances that include shoreline development, urbanization, nutrient inputs, agricultural and(or) recreational use. Among recreational uses, public access sites are often developed to accommodate boaters and facilitate lake access via boat ramps. Although the ‘foot print’ associated with boat ramp structures can be relatively small compared to total shoreline coverage, little is known about the relative effects of boating activity on littoral zones and macroinvertebrate communities. In this study, we assess the relative impact of boating-related activities on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities at high-use (primary) and low-use (secondary) boat ramps on five glacial lakes of eastern South Dakota. Macroinvertebrate assemblages were dominated by few taxa that included Chironomidae, Corixidae, Caenidae, and Amphipoda. Moreover, boat ramp use did not influence abundance or diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates. Habitat, specifically substrate composition, was also similar between primary and secondary boat ramps despite more intense use associated with primary boat ramps. Our results support related findings that aquatic invertebrate assemblages in the Prairie Pothole Region are structured by regional environmental variability (climate, habitat, and water quality) resulting in communities with characteristically low diversity and tolerant taxa. This may explain why small-scale disturbance associated with boating activity has no discernable effect on macroinvertebrate assemblages in glacial lakes of the Prairie Pothole Region.
In the High Plains, U.S., native prairie conversion to cropland agriculture has resulted in a loss of service delivery capabilities from most depressional wetlands as a result of sedimentation. Restoring historic hydrological conditions to affected wetlands may rejuvenate some services, however, there may be tradeoffs due to emissions of CH4 and N2O. We evaluated the influence of two predominant conservation programs (Wetlands Reserve Program, WRP and Conservation Reserve Program, CRP) on gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O) from 42 playas and uplands in the High Plains of Nebraska. Because playa restoration through the WRP is most prevalent in the Rainwater Basin (RWB), we studied 27 playas/uplands among reference condition, cropland, and WRP land uses. We studied 15 playas/uplands within native grassland, cropland, and CRP land uses in the Western High Plains (WHP) of Nebraska. Emissions were collected bi-weekly from April-October of 2012 and 2013 from four landscape positions extending outward from the wetland center into upland. In RWB playas, CH4 and N2O emissions were similar among land uses but CO2 was 28% higher in cropland than WRP wetlands. Cropland uplands emitted 648% more N2O than reference and WRP uplands. Overall, net CO2-equiv emissions were lower in playas/uplands in WRP, suggesting that benefits of playa restoration may include climate mitigation services as well as increased water storage capacity and biodiversity provisioning. In the WHP, cropland and grassland playas emitted 46 and 23 times more CH4, respectively, than CRP in 2013. Playas in CRP emitted 43% less N2O than cropland playas. In 2013, net emissions for cropland and native grassland playas were 75% and 39% greater, respectively, than CRP playas. In the WHP, the benefits of lower gas emissions must be appropriately weighted against tradeoffs of ecosystem services related to shorter hydroperiods as a result of reduced runoff into playas in CRP.
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The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science website at https://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/, depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the cooperative USGS streamgages for the Meramec River near Eureka, Mo. (USGS station 07019000), the Meramec River at Valley Park, Mo. (USGS station 07019130), the Meramec River at Fenton, Mo. (USGS station 07019210), and the Meramec River at Arnold, Mo. (USGS station 07019300). Near-real-time stage data at these streamgages may be obtained from the USGS National Water Information System at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KJN or the National Weather Service (NWS) Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service at https://water.weather.gov/ahps/, which also forecasts flood hydrographs at these sites (listed as NWS sites erkm7, vllm7, fnnm7, and arnm7, respectively).
Flood profiles were computed for the stream reach by means of a calibrated one-dimensional step-backwater hydraulic model. The model was calibrated using a stage-discharge relation at the Meramec River near Eureka, Mo., streamgage (USGS station 07019000) and documented high-water marks from the flood of December 2015 through January 2016.
The calibrated hydraulic model was used to compute water-surface profiles: 1 set for the Meramec River near Eureka, Mo., streamgage (USGS station 07019000); 1 set for the Meramec River at Valley Park, Mo., streamgage (USGS station 07019130); 7 sets for the Meramec River at Fenton, Mo., streamgage (USGS station 07019210) for a range of Mississippi River conditions; and 8 sets for the Meramec River at Arnold, Mo., streamgage (USGS station 07019300) for a range of Mississippi River conditions. The water-surface profiles were produced for stages at 1-foot (ft) intervals referenced to the datum from each streamgage and ranging from the NWS action stage, or near bankfull discharge, to the stage corresponding to the estimated 0.2-percent annual exceedance probability (500-year recurrence interval) flood, as determined at the Meramec River near Eureka, Mo., streamgage (USGS station 07019000). The simulated water-surface profiles then were combined with a geographic information system digital elevation model (derived from light detection and ranging data having a 0.28-ft vertical accuracy and 3.28-ft horizontal resolution) to delineate the area flooded at each simulated 1-ft stage increment. Previously published flood-inundation maps were updated and incorporated in the flood map libraries for USGS stations 07019130 and 07019210 to complete the map sets corresponding to eight Mississippi River conditions.
The availability of these maps, along with internet information regarding current stage from the USGS streamgages and forecasted high-flow stages from the NWS, will provide emergency management personnel and residents with information that is critical for flood response activities such as evacuations and road closures and for postflood recovery efforts.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Reston, VA","doi":"10.3133/sir20195004","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Missouri Department of Transportation, Missouri American Water, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 7, the city of Pacific, the city of Eureka, the city of Wildwood, and the city of Arnold","usgsCitation":"Dietsch, B.J., and Strauch, K.R., 2019, Flood-inundation maps of the Meramec River from Eureka to Arnold, Missouri, 2018: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5004, 12 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195004.","productDescription":"Report: vi, 12 p.; Data Release","numberOfPages":"22","onlineOnly":"Y","ipdsId":"IP-096951","costCenters":[{"id":464,"text":"Nebraska Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true},{"id":36532,"text":"Central Midwest Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":361924,"rank":2,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2019/5004/sir20195004.pdf","text":"Report","size":"1.32 MB","linkFileType":{"id":1,"text":"pdf"},"description":"SIR 2019–5004"},{"id":361925,"rank":3,"type":{"id":30,"text":"Data Release"},"url":"https://doi.org/10.5066/P9B0XLJL","text":"USGS data release","description":"USGS Data Release","linkHelpText":"Flood-Inundation Maps of the Meramec River from Eureka to Arnold, Missouri, 2018"},{"id":361923,"rank":1,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2019/5004/coverthb.jpg"}],"country":"United States","state":"Missouri","city":"Arnold, Eureka","otherGeospatial":"Meramec River","geographicExtents":"{\n \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\",\n \"features\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"Feature\",\n \"properties\": {},\n \"geometry\": {\n \"type\": \"Polygon\",\n \"coordinates\": [\n [\n [\n -90.66398620605469,\n 38.38795699631396\n ],\n [\n -90.33405303955078,\n 38.38795699631396\n ],\n [\n -90.33405303955078,\n 38.565347844885466\n ],\n [\n -90.66398620605469,\n 38.565347844885466\n ],\n [\n -90.66398620605469,\n 38.38795699631396\n ]\n ]\n ]\n }\n }\n ]\n}","contact":"Director, Central Midwest Water Science Center
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Water levels in lakes and wetlands in the central North Dakota Missouri Coteau region that were either dry or only sporadically held water since before the 1930s have been rising since the early 1990s in response to an extended wet period. The lakes have remained full since the mid-1990s, which has provided benefits to migratory waterfowl, fisheries, and wildlife. A small shift in climate conditions, either to drier or wetter conditions, can have a large effect on the lake levels of these water bodies. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department identified five lakes as candidates for sustaining long-term fisheries. The lakes are in Kidder, Stutsman, and Logan Counties, and some lakes might receive inflow from mostly freshwater aquifers, such as the Central Dakota and Streeter aquifers, and were mostly dry during the early 1990s. After about 1995, the lakes had filled up and were deep enough to sustain populations of game fish such as walleye, perch, and northern pike. Before investing in development of permanent fisheries and associated infrastructure, such as campgrounds and boat ramps, fisheries biologists needed to know if the lake levels are likely to remain high in coming decades.
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, developed a water-balance model to determine the effects of precipitation, evapotranspiration, and groundwater interaction on lake volumes. The model was developed using climate input data and lake volumes for the calibration period 1992 through 2016, during which historical lake volumes could be estimated using land surface elevation data and Landsat images. Long-term (1940–2018) climate input data were used with the water-balance model to reconstruct historical lake volumes prior to the calibration period, and block-bootstrapping was used to simulate potential future climate input data and lake volumes for 2017 through 2067. The simulated future lake volumes were used to estimate the likelihood of annual lake volumes remaining consistent, increasing, or decreasing through the year 2067.
Of the five lakes, Sibley Lake was the most likely to sustain a long-term fishery for a period longer than 50 years. The simulated lake volumes for Alkaline Lake, Big Mallard Marsh, and Remmick Lake indicated the lakes have a 50-percent chance to fall below 75 percent of their 2016 volume by about 2030, 2067, and 2025, respectively. Simulation results for Marvin Miller Lake were substantially different compared to the other four lakes and indicated the lake has a 50-percent chance to fall below 75 percent of its 2016 volume prior to 2025.
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On February 27–28, 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Emergency Management (OEM) hosted a workshop to gather input from DOI subject matter experts (SMEs), resource managers, facility managers, emergency managers, and law enforcement personnel. Workshop goals were to (1) determine how DOI Bureaus and Offices use risk information for strategic planning and decision-making; (2) understand what types of information are most useful to DOI Bureaus and Offices; (3) establish what data, information, and products are desired; (4) identify the most effective methods for delivery and visualization; and (5) collect ideas for future project directions. The workshop findings presented in this report will influence the development of risk-information products created by the Strategic Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment of Department of the Interior Resources (SHIRA) Project team.
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In 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, began monitoring the water quality of springs and seeps within the Yellow Dog and Salmon Trout watersheds in Marquette County, Michigan. The objectives of this study were to (1) monitor streamflow and analyze the hydrology of the watersheds and (2) characterize the water quality in the watersheds prior to development of mineral resources within the watershed. Three continuous-record streamgages (U.S. Geological Survey stations 04043238, 04043244, and 04043275) were examined to identify runoff and baseflow components of streamflow and the relative magnitudes of those components. Streamflow at each station was dominated by groundwater discharge with about 70 to 80 percent of the annual streamflow being groundwater-derived baseflow.
From May 2013 to October 2016, 239 water-quality samples were collected at 15 stations within the Yellow Dog and Salmon Trout watersheds. Of the 15 stations sampled, 8 of the stations were springs and 7 of the stations were streams. Samples were analyzed for nutrient, trace metal, and major-ion species at all stations with additional suspended-sediment samples collected at the 7 stream stations. Where applicable, water-quality results were compared to aquatic health guidelines used by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Copper concentrations exceeded the final chronic value five times and the aquatic maximum value once, whereas silver concentrations exceeded the final chronic value twice and the aquatic maximum value once. Results indicate that chloride concentrations may be increasing at some stations, but values are generally low with a median concentration of 0.25 milligram per liter.
Bed-sediment chemistry was evaluated twice for each stream sampling station. Samples were collected in the first and last year of the study and analyzed for trace metals. Sediment chemistry results were compared to consensus-based sediment quality guidelines. None of the metal constituents analyzed exceeded the threshold effect concentration or probable effect concentration thresholds, indicating a healthy aquatic environment in relation to bed-sediment quality.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Reston, VA","doi":"10.3133/sir20185152","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community","usgsCitation":"Hoard, C.J., and Weaver, T.L., 2019, Water quality and hydrology of the Yellow Dog and Salmon Trout watersheds, Marquette County, Michigan, 2013–16: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5152, 24 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185152.","productDescription":"viii, 24 p.","numberOfPages":"36","onlineOnly":"Y","additionalOnlineFiles":"N","ipdsId":"IP-098434","costCenters":[{"id":37947,"text":"Upper Midwest Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":361778,"rank":1,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2018/5152/coverthb.jpg"},{"id":361779,"rank":2,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2018/5152/sir20185152.pdf","text":"Report","size":"9.83 MB","linkFileType":{"id":1,"text":"pdf"},"description":"SIR 2018-5152"}],"country":"United States","state":"Michigan","county":"Marquette County","geographicExtents":"{\n \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\",\n \"features\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"Feature\",\n \"properties\": {},\n \"geometry\": {\n \"type\": \"Polygon\",\n \"coordinates\": [\n [\n [\n -88.07464599609375,\n 46.64283679198892\n ],\n [\n -87.60017395019531,\n 46.64283679198892\n ],\n [\n -87.60017395019531,\n 46.91884832811514\n ],\n [\n -88.07464599609375,\n 46.91884832811514\n ],\n [\n -88.07464599609375,\n 46.64283679198892\n ]\n ]\n ]\n }\n }\n ]\n}","contact":"Director, Upper Midwest Water Science Center
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The Rufous-capped Brush-finch (Atlapetes pileatus) is a species endemic to Mexico, whose breeding biology has received little attention. We studied two nests of the nominate subspecies from the mountains of southern Sonora. Nests were untidy, broad, open cups, placed in low, thick vegetation. Clutch size at one nest consisted of three immaculate white eggs. The second nest contained two Brush-finch nestlings and one cowbird (Molothrus sp.) nestling. Both parents brought food to the nestlings, but delivered significantly more food to the cowbird nestling. Most of our observations of nest architecture, egg coloration, and adult behaviors are consistent with previous descriptions for Rufous-capped Brush-finch and other members of the genus Atlapetes. This is the first report of cowbird brood-parasitism on the Rufous-capped Brush-finch, as well as the first confirmed record of breeding by this species in Sonora.
","language":"English","publisher":"Neotropical Ornitholigical Society","usgsCitation":"Greeney, H.F., Port, J., and van Riper, C., 2019, Observations on the range and nesting biology of the Mexican endemic rufous-capped brush-finch (Atlapetes Pileatus Pileatus): Ornitología Neotropical, v. 30, p. 197-204.","productDescription":"8 p.","startPage":"197","endPage":"204","ipdsId":"IP-096128","costCenters":[{"id":568,"text":"Southwest Biological Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":384301,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg"},{"id":384295,"type":{"id":15,"text":"Index Page"},"url":"https://journals.sfu.ca/ornneo/index.php/ornneo/article/view/398"}],"volume":"30","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Greeney, Harold F.","contributorId":187675,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Greeney","given":"Harold","email":"","middleInitial":"F.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":811795,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Port, Jeff","contributorId":255100,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Port","given":"Jeff","email":"","affiliations":[{"id":51429,"text":"Bethel University","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":811796,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"van Riper, Charles III 0000-0003-1084-5843 charles_van_riper@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1084-5843","contributorId":169488,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"van Riper","given":"Charles","suffix":"III","email":"charles_van_riper@usgs.gov","affiliations":[{"id":568,"text":"Southwest Biological Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":false,"id":811797,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3}]}} ,{"id":70260148,"text":"70260148 - 2019 - Late-Glacial paleoecology of the Middle Susitna Valley, Alaska: Environmental context for human dispersal","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2024-10-30T22:28:04.466789","indexId":"70260148","displayToPublicDate":"2019-03-11T06:38:35","publicationYear":"2019","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"seriesTitle":{"id":9121,"text":"Frontiers Earth Science Journal","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":10}},"title":"Late-Glacial paleoecology of the Middle Susitna Valley, Alaska: Environmental context for human dispersal","docAbstract":"We present here the results of multi-proxy analyses (sediment geochemistry, diatoms, and pollen) from sediment cores collected at four lakes in the middle Susitna Valley, Alaska. These lakes form a transect from the tundra to the boreal forest. The retrieved cores span from ~12,000 cal yr BP to the present, with age control provided by radiometric dates and tephra deposits, some of which are newly identified. Results indicate that deglaciation occurred before 12,000 cal yr BP and that by that time, the lakes were deep, productive, and surrounded by shrub tundra. The lake with the highest sampling resolution indicates a brief climatic reversal ~11,500 cal yr BP with decreased diatom-inferred lake level and lowered lake productivity, and reduced shrub presence. During the early to middle Holocene, all of the sedimentary records provide evidence of climatic amelioration with tree expansion and productive lakes. A middle to late Holocene climatic deterioration with reduced trees and a shallower, less productive lake is also indicated. In addition, the prominent Watana tephra at ~4,000 cal yr BP likely reduced lake productivity and affected the vegetation. Even though the region was relatively productive soon after deglaciation, people did not occupy the region until ~11,000 cal yr BP, about 1000 years later, and then only sparsely. By the middle and late Holocene, the region was more densely populated and this shift in human occupancy presumably reflects changes in resource abundance, especially caribou. Whether the Watana ashfall influenced caribou abundance and thus people, is still under investigation, but given the tephra’s effect on vegetation and lake productivity, it seems likely.
","language":"English","publisher":"Frontiers","doi":"10.3389/feart.2019.00043","usgsCitation":"Bigelow, N.H., Reuther, J.D., Wallace, K.L., Saulnier-Talbot, É., Mullikey, K., and Wooller, M.J., 2019, Late-Glacial paleoecology of the Middle Susitna Valley, Alaska: Environmental context for human dispersal: Frontiers Earth Science Journal, v. 7, 43, 24 p., https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00043.","productDescription":"43, 24 p.","ipdsId":"IP-102867","costCenters":[{"id":617,"text":"Volcano Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":467828,"rank":2,"type":{"id":40,"text":"Open Access Publisher Index Page"},"url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00043","text":"Publisher Index Page"},{"id":463308,"rank":1,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg"}],"country":"United States","state":"Alaska","otherGeospatial":"Middle Susitna Valley","geographicExtents":"{\n \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\",\n \"features\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"Feature\",\n \"properties\": {},\n \"geometry\": {\n \"coordinates\": [\n [\n [\n -151.44660120677153,\n 60.93249084535819\n ],\n [\n -148.7439644880215,\n 60.93249084535819\n ],\n [\n -148.7439644880215,\n 63.176105679904566\n ],\n [\n -151.44660120677153,\n 63.176105679904566\n ],\n [\n -151.44660120677153,\n 60.93249084535819\n ]\n ]\n ],\n \"type\": \"Polygon\"\n }\n }\n ]\n}","volume":"7","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationDate":"2019-03-12","publicationStatus":"PW","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Bigelow, Nancy H.","contributorId":279863,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Bigelow","given":"Nancy","email":"","middleInitial":"H.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":917201,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Reuther, Joshua D.","contributorId":331006,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Reuther","given":"Joshua","email":"","middleInitial":"D.","affiliations":[{"id":6752,"text":"University of Alaska Fairbanks","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":917202,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Wallace, Kristi L. 0000-0002-0962-048X kwallace@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0962-048X","contributorId":3454,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Wallace","given":"Kristi","email":"kwallace@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"L.","affiliations":[{"id":617,"text":"Volcano Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":917203,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3},{"text":"Saulnier-Talbot, Émilie","contributorId":345662,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Saulnier-Talbot","given":"Émilie","affiliations":[{"id":82684,"text":"Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99775, USA.","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":917204,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":4},{"text":"Mullikey, Katherine","contributorId":345663,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Mullikey","given":"Katherine","email":"","affiliations":[{"id":82685,"text":"State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, AK 99708, USA","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":917205,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":5},{"text":"Wooller, Matthew J.","contributorId":345664,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Wooller","given":"Matthew","middleInitial":"J.","affiliations":[{"id":82686,"text":"College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA.","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":917206,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":6}]}} ,{"id":70202974,"text":"70202974 - 2019 - Multi-species duck harvesting using dynamic programming and multi-criteria decision analysis","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2019-08-16T15:42:48","indexId":"70202974","displayToPublicDate":"2019-03-09T17:20:20","publicationYear":"2019","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"seriesTitle":{"id":2163,"text":"Journal of Applied Ecology","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":10}},"title":"Multi-species duck harvesting using dynamic programming and multi-criteria decision analysis","docAbstract":"1.Multiple species are often exposed to a common hunting season, but harvest and population objectives may not be fully achieved if harvest potential varies among species and/or species abundances are not correlated through time. Our goal was to develop an approach for setting a common hunting season that would recognize heterogeneity in species productivity and would select annual hunting seasons conditioned on the status of individual species.\n\n2.We first used stochastic dynamic programming to generate optimal, state‐dependent harvest strategies for 18 candidate regulatory scenarios. We simulated the performance of these strategies, and then used multi‐criteria decision making to identify preferred regulatory scenarios for duck hunting seasons in the Atlantic Flyway of the U.S.\n\n3.Generally, estimates of annual population size were not correlated among species. Mallards had the highest estimated intrinsic rate of growth, green‐winged teal, wood ducks, and ring‐necked ducks had intermediate values, and goldeneyes were the least productive. Estimated carrying capacity was highest for mallards and lowest for green‐winged teal.\n\n4.Managers had greatest interest in maximizing season length (33%) and aggregate duck abundance (28%), and less interest in maximizing aggregate harvest (19%) and the number of years between a change in hunting season regulations (19%). Several regulatory scenarios provided acceptable tradeoffs among these objectives.\n\n5.Synthesis and applications. Separate hunting seasons for various species of game may be untenable, either due to the added cost and regulatory complexity, or because selective harvesting of stocks may be difficult due to problems in species identification. Rather than averaging species‐specific productivities, or basing hunting seasons on the least (or most) productive species, we describe an approach in which productivity and annual population status are considered explicitly for each species. By combining stochastic dynamic programming with multi‐criteria decision analysis, we can identify a regulatory strategy that can address a diverse set of objectives and explicitly recognize the tradeoffs among them. 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