Local-area-enhanced, 2.5-meter resolution natural-color and color-infrared satellite-image mosaics of the Balkhab mineral district in Afghanistan: Chapter B in Local-area-enhanced, high-resolution natural-color and color-infrared satellite-image mosaics of mineral districts in Afghanistan
Philip A. Davis, Laura E. Cagney
2012, Data Series 709-B
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, prepared databases for mineral-resource target areas in Afghanistan. The purpose of the databases is to (1) provide useful data to ground-survey crews for use in performing detailed assessments of the...
Baseline groundwater quality in national park units within the Marcellus and Utica Shale gas plays, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, 2011
David A.V. Eckhardt, Ronald A. Sloto
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1150
Groundwater samples were collected from 15 production wells and 1 spring at 9 national park units in New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia in July and August 2011 and analyzed to characterize the quality of these water supplies. The sample sites generally were selected to represent areas of potential effects...
Dissolved methane in New York groundwater, 1999-2011
William M. Kappel, Elizabeth A. Nystrom
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1162
New York State is underlain by numerous bedrock formations of Cambrian to Devonian age that produce natural gas and to a lesser extent oil. The first commercial gas well in the United States was dug in the early 1820s in Fredonia, south of Buffalo, New York, and produced methane from...
U.S. Department of the Interior South Central Climate Science Center
Allison A. Shipp
2012, Fact Sheet 2012-3082
On September 14, 2009, the Secretary of the Interior signed a Secretarial Order (No. 3289) entitled, "Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on America's Water, Land, and Other Natural and Cultural Resources." The Order effectively established the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Climate Science Centers (CSCs) for the purpose...
Radioisotopic data of sediment collected in Mobile and Bon Secour Bays, Alabama
Marci E. Marot, Christopher G. Smith
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1172
The focus of this study was to determine the extent of natural and (or) anthropogenic impacts on the sedimentary records of Mobile and Bon Secour Bays, Alabama during the last 150 years. These bays are unique in that anthropogenic activities are generally widespread and span both the eastern and western...
Flood-inundation maps for Suwanee Creek from the confluence of Ivy Creek to the Noblin Ridge Drive bridge, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Jonathan W. Musser
2012, Scientific Investigations Map 3226
Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6.9-mile reach of Suwanee Creek, from the confluence of Ivy Creek to the Noblin Ridge Drive bridge, were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with Gwinnett County, Georgia. The inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science...
Demographics and run timing of adult Lost River (Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose (Chasmistes brevirostris) suckers in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, 2011
David A. Hewitt, Eric C. Janney, Brian S. Hayes, Alta C. Harris
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1193
Executive Summary Data from a long-term capture-recapture program were used to assess the status and dynamics of populations of two long-lived, federally endangered catostomids in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Lost River suckers (Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose suckers (Chasmistes brevirostris) have been captured and tagged with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags during...
The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Science objectives and mast unit description
S. Maurice, R. C. Wiens, M. Saccoccio, B. Barraclough, O. Gasnault, O. Forni, N. Mangold, D. Baratoux, S. Bender, G. Berger, J. Bernardin, M. Berthe, N. Bridges, D. Blaney, M. Bouye, P. Cais, B. Clark, S. Clegg, A. Cousin, D. Cremers, A. Cros, L. DeFlores, C. Derycke, B. Dingler, G. Dromart, B. Dubois, M. Dupieux, E. Durand, L. d’Uston, C. Fabre, B. Faure, A. Gaboriaud, T. Gharsa, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, E. Kan, L. Kirkland, D. Kouach, J.-L. Lacour, Y. Langevin, J. Lasue, S. Le Mouélic, M. Lescure, E. Lewin, D. Limonadi, G. Manhes, P. Mauchien, C. McKay, P.-Y. Meslin, Y. Michel, E. Miller, Horton E. Newsom, G. Orttner, A. Paillet, L. Pares, Y. Parot, R. Pérez, P. Pinet, F. Poitrasson, B. Quertier, B. Salle, Christophe Sotin, V. Sautter, H. Seran, J.J. Simmonds, J.-B. Sirven, R. Stiglich, N. Striebig, J.-J. Thocaven, M.J. Toplis, D. Vaniman
2012, Space Science Reviews (170) 95-166
ChemCam is a remote sensing instrument suite on board the "Curiosity" rover (NASA) that uses Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to provide the elemental composition of soils and rocks at the surface of Mars from a distance of 1.3 to 7 m, and a telescopic imager to return high resolution context...
Validation of the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model Version 2 over the conterminous United States
Dean B. Gesch, Michael J. Oimoen, Zhen Zhang, David J. Meyer, Jeffrey J. Danielson
2012, Conference Paper, Imaging a sustainable future, 22nd Congress
The ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model Version 2 (GDEM v2) was evaluated over the conterminous United States in a manner similar to the validation conducted for the original GDEM Version 1 (v1) in 2009. The absolute vertical accuracy of GDEM v2 was calculated by comparison with more than 18,000 independent...
Contributions of Arctic PRISM to monitoring western hemispheric shorebirds
Susan K. Skagen, Paul A. Smith, Brad A. Andres, Garry Donaldson, Stephen Brown
2012, Book chapter, Arctic shorebirds in North America: a decade of monitoring
Long-term monitoring of populations is of paramount importance to understanding responses oforganisms to global environmental change and to evaluating whether conservation practices are yielding intended results through time (Wiens 2009). The population status of many shorebird species, the focus of this volume, remain poorly known. Long-distance migrant shorebirds have proven...
Leaching of elements from bottom ash, economizer fly ash, and fly ash from two coal-fired power plants
Kevin B. Jones, Leslie F. Ruppert, Sharon M. Swanson
2012, International Journal of Coal Geology (94) 337-348
To assess how elements leach from several types of coal combustion products (CCPs) and to better understand possible risks from CCP use or disposal, coal ashes were sampled from two bituminous-coal-fired power plants. One plant located in Ohio burns high-sulfur (about...
Problem of the Love‐Gannon relation between the asymmetric disturbance field and Dst
G. L. Siscoe, Jeffrey J. Love, J.L. Gannon
2012, Journal of Geophysical Research A: Space Physics (117)
Love and Gannon (2009) discovered that statistically, over a fifty year period the difference in the dawn and dusk disturbance‐field H component at low latitudes (hourly averaged) is linearly proportional to Dst. If the difference is designated by δDD in units of nT/RE, then the Love‐Gannon (L‐G) relation is δDD = −0.2 Dst. At any time departures from the relation can...
Review and update of the applications of organic petrology: Part 1, geological applications
Isabel Suarez-Ruiz, Deolinda Flores, João Graciano Mendonça Filho, Paul C. Hackley
2012, International Journal of Coal Geology (99) 54-112
Organic petrology developed as coal petrology at the beginning of the 20th century dedicated mainly to the study of coals because of their utilization in industry. Coal petrology was then considered a branch of coal science. Later, with the development of specialized nomenclature, classification of coal components, and the standardization...
Thiamine deficiency: a viable hypothesis for paralytic syndrome in Baltic birds. Commentary on Sonne et al., 2012. A review of the factors causing paralysis in wild birds: implications for the paralytic syndrome observed in the Baltic Sea. Science of the Total Environment 416:32-39
Donald E. Tillitt, Clifford E. Kraft, Dale C. Honeyfield, John D. Fitzsimons
2012, Science of the Total Environment (433) 561-562
In a recent assessment of hypotheses presented by Balk et al. (2009) regarding the etiology of a paralytic disease inflicting bird populations in Northern Europe, Sonne et al. (2012) “call for a major coordinated effort on research…” to “… integrate clinical, physiological, ecological and demographic investigations at all levels to...
Antioxidant effects of selenium on lung injury in paraquat intoxicated rats
K.S. Kim, G.J. Suh, W.Y. Kwon, Y.H. Kwak, Kenneth Lee, H.J. Lee, K.Y. Jeong, Myung W. Lee
2012, Clinical Toxicology (50) 749-753
CONTEXT: Paraquat (PQ) causes lethal intoxication by inducing oxidant injury to the lung. Selenium is a cofactor for glutathione peroxidase (GPx), which is one of the major endogenous antioxidant enzymes. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether selenium post-treatment activates GPx, decreases lung injury, and improves survival in PQ intoxicated rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Male...
Effects of flow dynamics on the aquatic-terrestrial transition zone (ATTZ) of lower Missouri river sandbars with implications for selected biota
Emily Tracy-Smith, David L. Galat, Robert B. Jacobson
2012, River Research and Applications (28) 793-813
Sandbars are an important aquatic terrestrial transition zone (ATTZ) in the active channel of rivers that provide a variety of habitat conditions for riverine biota. Channelization and flow regulation in many large rivers have diminished sandbar habitats and their rehabilitation is a priority. We developed sandbar-specific models of discharge-area relationships...
Ontogenetic and among-individual variation in foraging strategies of northeast Pacific white sharks based on stable isotope analysis
S.L. Kim, M. Tim Tinker, J. A. Estes, P.L. Koch
2012, PLoS ONE (7) 1-11
There is growing evidence for individuality in dietary preferences and foraging behaviors within populations of various species. This is especially important for apex predators, since they can potentially have wide dietary niches and a large impact on trophic dynamics within ecosystems. We evaluate the diet of an apex predator, the...
Bias from false-positive detections and strategies for their removal in studies using telemetry
John W. Beeman, Russell W. Perry
Noah S. Adams, John W. Beeman, John H. Eiler, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Telemetry techniques: A user guide for fisheries research
The use of radio and acoustic telemetry to study aquatic animals has flourished since the 1950s and 1960s (see Section 1). Electronic data-logging receivers are commonly used in both types of active telemetry to record the presence of transmitters in the detection field formed by one or more antennas or...
Induced polarization for subseafloor, deep ocean mapping - Marine induced polarization used for 3D mapping of subseafloor minerals and 4D oil-in-seawater characterization
Jeff Wynn, Mike Williamson, John Fleming
2012, Sea Technology (53) 47-50
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Developing a quality assurance plan for telemetry studies: A necessary management tool for an effective study
Jill M. Hardiman, Christopher E. Walker, Timothy D. Counihan
Noah S. Adams, John W. Beeman, John H. Eiler, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Telemetry techniques: A user guide for fisheries research
Telemetry has been used to answer various questions associated with research, management, and monitoring programs and to monitor animal behavior and population dynamics throughout the world. Many telemetry projects have been developed to study the passage, behavior, and survival of migrating adult and juvenile salmonids at hydroelectric projects on the...
Using mark-recapture models to estimate survival from telemetry data: Chapter 9.2
Russell W. Perry, Theodore R. Castro-Santos, Christopher M. Holbrook, Benjamin P. Sandford
Noah Adams, John W. Beeman, John H. Eiler, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Telemetry techniques: A user guide for fisheries research
Analyzing telemetry data within a mark–recapture framework is a powerful approach for estimating demographic parameters (e.g., survival and movement probabilities) that might otherwise be difficult to measure. Yet many studies using telemetry techniques focus on fish behavior and fail to recognize the potential of telemetry data to provide information about...
Time-to-event analysis as a framework for quantifying fish passage performance
Theodore R. Castro-Santos, Russell W. Perry
Noah S. Adams, John W. Beeman, John H. Eiler, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Telemetry techniques: A user guide for fisheries research
Fish passage is the result of a sequence of processes, whereby fish must approach, enter, and pass a structure. Each of these processes takes time, and fishway performance is best quantified in terms of the rates at which each process is completed. Optimal performance is achieved by maximizing the rates...
Range expansion of nonindigenous caribou in the Aleutianarchipelago of Alaska
Mark A. Ricca, Floyd W. Weckerly, Adam Duarte, Jeffrey C. Williams
2012, Biological Invasions (14) 1779-1784
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are nonindigenous to all but the eastern-most island of the Aleutian archipelago of Alaska. In 1958–1959, caribou were intentionally introduced to Adak Island in the central archipelago, and the population has at least tripled in recent years subsequent to the closure of a naval air facility. Although...
User’s guide and metada for the PICES Nonindigenous Species Information System
Lee Henry II, Deborah A. Reusser, Katharine Marko Katharine, Marla Ranelletti Marla
2012, Report
Introduction Welcome to the PICES Nonindigenous Species Information System, a Microsoft Access database that displays the biogeographic distributions, invasion status, vectors, and key life history attributes of the approximately 740 reported nonindigenous species (NIS) in the estuarine and near-coastal habitats of the North Pacific and Hawaii. This database was developed by...
Use of acoustic telemetry to evaluate survival and behavior of juvenile salmonids at hydroelectric dams: A case study from Rocky Reach Dam, Columbia River, USA: Chapter 8.1
Tracy W. Steigl, Christopher M. Holbrook
Noah S. Adams, John W. Beeman, John H. Eiler, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Telemetry techniques: A user guide for fisheries research
Telemetry provides a powerful and flexible tool for studying fish and other aquatic animals, and its use has become increasingly commonplace. However, telemetry is gear intensive and typically requires more specialized knowledge and training than many other field techniques. As with other scientific methods, collecting good data is dependent on...
