Walleye and sauger life history: Chapter 7
Michael A. Bozek, Dominic A. Baccante, Nigel P. Lester
2011, Book chapter, Biology, management, and culture of walleye and sauger
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Far from superficial: microbial diversity associated with the skin and mucus of fish
Rocco C. Cipriano, Alistair Dove
R. C. Cipriano, A.W. Bruckner, I.S. Shchelkunov, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, Bridging America and Russia with shared perspectives on aquatic animal health: Proceedings of the Third Bilateral Conference between Russia and the United States, 12-20 July, 2009, held in Shepherdstown, West Virginia
During horizontal or water-borne infection involving an obligate pathogen (e.g. – Aeromonas salmonicida, cause of furunculosis), the pathogen interacted with and influenced the microbial diversity of the dermal mucus of fish. Prior to infection, the prevalent bacterial flora cultured from juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) included Pseudomonas fluorescens, Comomonas terrigenia,...
Understanding the influence of predation by introduced fishes on juvenile salmonids in the Columbia River Basin: Closing some knowledge gaps. Interim Report of Research 2010
Brien P. Rose, Gabriel S. Hansen, Matthew G. Mesa
2011, Report
Project overview Predation on juvenile salmonids by fish in the Columbia River Basin (CRB) has impacted salmon survival and is a topic that has received considerable attention over the last three decades. Some of the earliest and most detailed research focused on the food habits, consumption rates, abundance, and...
Postwildfire preliminary debris flow hazard assessment for the area burned by the 2011 Las Conchas Fire in north-central New Mexico
Anne C. Tillery, Michael J. Darr, Susan H. Cannon, John A. Michael
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1308
The Las Conchas Fire during the summer of 2011 was the largest in recorded history for the state of New Mexico, burning 634 square kilometers in the Jemez Mountains of north-central New Mexico. The burned landscape is now at risk of damage from postwildfire erosion, such as that caused by...
Geochemical data from waters in Prospect Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, that span pre- and post-Lark Mine remediation
Raymond H. Johnson, Douglas B. Yager, Hugh D. Johnson
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1316
In San Juan County, Colorado, the effects of historical mining continue to contribute dissolved metals to groundwater and surface water. Water samples in Prospect Gulch near Silverton, Colorado, were collected at selected locations that span pre- and post-reclamation activities at the Lark Mine, located in the Prospect Gulch watershed. Geochemical...
Development of a pan-Arctic monitoring plan for polar bears: Background paper
Dag Vongraven, Elizabeth L. Peacock
2011, Report
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus), by their very nature, and the extreme, remote environment in which they live, are inherently difficult to study and monitor. Monitoring polar bear populations is both arduous and costly and, to be effective, must be a long-term commitment. There are few jurisdictional governments and management...
Geologic map of the Cochiti Dam quadrangle, Sandoval County, New Mexico
David P. Dethier, Ren A. Thompson, Mark R. Hudson, Scott A. Minor, David A. Sawyer
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3194
The Cochiti Dam quadrangle is located in the southern part of the Española Basin and contains sedimentary and volcanic deposits that record alluvial, colluvial, eolian, tectonic and volcanic processes over the past seventeen million years. The geology was mapped from 1997 to 1999 and modified in 2004 to 2008. The...
Lidar-revised geologic map of the Wildcat Lake 7.5' quadrangle, Kitsap and Mason Counties, Washington
Rowland W. Tabor, Ralph A. Haugerud, Peter J. Haeussler, Kenneth P. Clark
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3187
This map is an interpretation of a 6-ft-resolution (2-m-resolution) lidar (light detection and ranging) digital elevation model combined with the geology depicted on the Geologic Map of the Wildcat Lake 7.5' quadrangle, Kitsap and Mason Counties, Washington (Haeussler and Clark, 2000). Haeussler and Clark described, interpreted, and located the geology...
Geologic map of the Suquamish 7.5' quadrangle and part of the Seattle North 7.5' x 15' quadrangle, Kitsap County, Washington
Ralph A. Haugerud, Kathy Goetz Troost
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3181
The Suquamish 7.5' quadrangle is in the center of the Puget Lowland, Washington. The quadrangle contains the northern two-thirds of Bainbridge Island and adjacent parts of the Kitsap Peninsula. Puget Sound and contiguous waterways form 35 percent of the map area. Maximum elevation is 137 m in the northwest corner...
Summary of November 2010 meeting to evaluate turbidite data for constraining the recurrence parameters of great Cascadia earthquakes for the update of national seismic hazard maps
Arthur D. Frankel
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1310
This report summarizes a meeting of geologists, marine sedimentologists, geophysicists, and seismologists that was held on November 18–19, 2010 at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. The overall goal of the meeting was to evaluate observations of turbidite deposits to provide constraints on the recurrence time and rupture extent of...
Groundwater availability of the Denver Basin aquifer system, Colorado
Suzanne S. Paschke, editor(s)
2011, Professional Paper 1770
The Denver Basin aquifer system is a critical water resource for growing municipal, industrial, and domestic uses along the semiarid Front Range urban corridor of Colorado. The confined bedrock aquifer system is located along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountain Front Range where the mountains meet the Great...
Seismic-Hazard Maps for the Conterminous United States, 2008
Mark D. Petersen, Arthur D. Frankel, Stephen C. Harmsen, Charles S. Mueller, Kathleen M. Haller, Russel L. Wheller, Robert L. Wesson, Yuehua Zeng, Oliver S. Boyd, David M. Perkins, Nicolas Luco, Edward H. Field, Christopher J. Wills, Kenneth S. Rukstales
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3195
Probabilistic seismic-hazard maps were prepared for the conterminous United States portraying peak horizontal acceleration and horizontal spectral response acceleration for 0.2- and 1.0-second periods with probabilities of exceedance of 10 percent in 50 years and 2 percent in 50 years. All of the maps were prepared by combining the hazard...
Tag loss and short-term mortality associated with passive integrated transponder tagging of juvenile Lost River suckers
Summer M. Burdick
2011, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (31)
Passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags are commonly used to mark small catostomids, but tag loss and the effect of tagging on mortality have not been assessed for juveniles of the endangered Lost River sucker Deltistes luxatus. I evaluated tag loss and short-term (34-d) mortality associated with the PIT tagging of...
The U.S. Geological Survey mapping and cartographic database activities, 2006-2010
Kari J. Craun, John P. Donnelly, Gregory J. Allord
2011, Cartography and Geographic Information Science (38) 326-329
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began systematic topographic mapping of the United States in the 1880s, beginning with scales of 1:250,000 and 1:125,000 in support of geological mapping. Responding to the need for higher resolution and more detail, the 1:62,500-scale, 15-minute, topographic map series was begun in the beginning of...
The U.S. Geological Survey cartographic and geographic information science research activities 2006-2010
E. Lynn Usery
2011, Cartography and Geographic Information Science (38) 302-309
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) produces geospatial databases and topographic maps for the United States of America. A part of that mission includes conducting research in geographic information science (GIScience) and cartography to support mapping and improve the design, quality, delivery, and use of geospatial data and topographic maps. The...
The Kharapeh orogenic gold deposit: Geological, structural, and geochemical controls on epizonal ore formation in West Azerbaijan Province, Northwestern Iran
Shojaeddin Niroomand, Richard J. Goldfarb, Farib Moore, Mohammad Mohajjel, Erin E. Marsh
2011, Mineralium Deposita (46) 409-428
The Kharapeh gold deposit is located along the northwestern margin of the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone (SSZ) in the West Azerbaijan province, Iran. It is an epizonal orogenic gold deposit formed within the deformed zone between central Iran and the Arabian plate during the Cretaceous–Tertiary Zagros orogeny. The deposit area is underlain...
Generalized potentiometric surface, estimated depth to water, and estimated saturated thickness of the High Plains aquifer system, March–June 2009, Laramie County, Wyoming
Timothy T. Bartos, Laura L. Hallberg
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3180
The High Plains aquifer system, commonly called the High Plains aquifer in many publications, is a nationally important water resource that underlies a 111-million-acre area (173,000 square miles) in parts of eight States including Wyoming. Through irrigation of crops with groundwater from the High Plains aquifer system, the area that...
Quality of volatile organic compound data from groundwater and surface water for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, October 1996–December 2008
David A. Bender, John S. Zogorski, David K. Mueller, Donna L. Rose, Jeffrey D. Martin, Cassandra K. Brenner
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5204
This report describes the quality of volatile organic compound (VOC) data collected from October 1996 to December 2008 from groundwater and surface-water sites for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The VOC data described were collected for three NAWQA site types: (1) domestic and public-supply wells, (2)...
Status of groundwater levels and storage volume in the Equus Beds aquifer near Wichita, Kansas, January 2011
Cristi V. Hansen
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3192
The Equus Beds aquifer in southwestern Harvey County and northwestern Sedgwick County was developed to supply water to the city of Wichita and for irrigation in south-central Kansas. Water-level and storage-volume decreases that began with the development of the aquifer in the 1940s reached record to near-record lows in January...
The Hydrogeology of the San Juan Mountains Chapter 5
Jonathan S. Caine, Anna B. Wilson
Robert Blair, George Bracksieck, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, The Eastern San Juan Mountains Their Ecology, Geology, and Human History
Knowledge of the occurrence, storage, and flow of groundwater in mountainous regions is limited by the lack of integrated data from wells, streams, springs, and climate. In his comprehensive treatment of the hydrogeology of the San Luis Valley, Huntley (1979) hypothesized that the underlying, fractured volcanic bedrock of the San...
Toxicity of nickel-spiked freshwater sediments to benthic invertebrates-Spiking methodology, species sensitivity, and nickel bioavailability
John M. Besser, William G. Brumbaugh, Nile E. Kemble, Chris D. Ivey, James L. Kunz, Christopher G. Ingersoll, David Rudel
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5225
This report summarizes data from studies of the toxicity and bioavailability of nickel in nickel-spiked freshwater sediments. The goal of these studies was to generate toxicity and chemistry data to support development of broadly applicable sediment quality guidelines for nickel. The studies were conducted as three tasks, which are presented...
Assessing controls on perched saturated zones beneath the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center, Idaho
Benjamin B. Mirus, Kim S. Perkins, John R. Nimmo
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5222
Waste byproducts associated with operations at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) have the potential to contaminate the eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP) aquifer. Recharge to the ESRP aquifer is controlled largely by the alternating stratigraphy of fractured volcanic rocks and sedimentary interbeds within the overlying vadose zone...
The American crocodile in Biscayne Bay, Florida
Michael S. Cherkiss, Stephanie S. Romañach, Frank J. Mazzotti
2011, Estuaries and Coasts (34) 529-535
Intensive crocodile monitoring programs conducted during the late 1970s and early 1980s in southern Florida resulted in an optimistic outlook for recovery of the protected species population. However, some areas with suitable crocodile habitat were not investigated, such as Biscayne Bay and the mainland shorelines of Barnes and Card Sounds....
Testing founder effect speciation: Divergence population genetics of the Spoonbills Platalea regia and Pl. minor (Threskiornithidae, Aves)
Carol K.L. Yeung, Pi-Wen Tsai, R. Terry Chesser, Rong-Chien Lin, Cheng-Te Yao, Xiu-Hua Tian, Shou-Hsien Li
2011, Molecular Biology and Evolution (28) 473-482
Although founder effect speciation has been a popular theoretical model for the speciation of geographically isolated taxa, its empirical importance has remained difficult to evaluate due to the intractability of past demography, which in a founder effect speciation scenario would involve a speciational bottleneck in the emergent species and the...
Spatial capture-recapture models for search-encounter data
J. Andrew Royle, Marc Kery, Jerome Guelat
2011, Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2) 602-611
1. Spatial capture–recapture models make use of auxiliary data on capture location to provide density estimates for animal populations. Previously, models have been developed primarily for fixed trap arrays which define the observable locations of individuals by a set of discrete points. 2. Here, we develop a class of models...
