Continuous salinity and temperature data from San Francisco Estuary, 1982-2002: Trends and the salinity-freshwater inflow relationship
Gregory Shellenbarger, David H. Schoellhamer
2011, Journal of Coastal Research (27) 1191-1201
The U.S. Geological Survey and other federal and state agencies have been collecting continuous temperature and salinity data, two critical estuarine habitat variables, throughout San Francisco estuary for over two decades. Although this dynamic, highly variable system has been well studied, many questions remain relating to the effects of freshwater...
Water quality and amphibian health in the Big Bend region of the Rio Grande Basin
Bibek Sharma, F. Hu, J.A. Carr, Reynaldo Patino
2011, Texas Journal of Science (63) 233-233
Male and female Rio Grande leopard frogs (Rana berlandieri) were collected in May 2005 from the main stem and tributaries of the Rio Grande in the Big Bend region of Texas. Frogs were examined for (1) incidence of testicular ovarian follicles in males; (2) thyroid epithelial cell height, a potential...
Breast and cervical cancer screening patterns among American Indian women at IHS clinics in Montana and Wyoming
Robin T. Wilson, Jennifer Giroux, Kathryn R. Kasicky, Bethany H. Fatupaito, Eric C. Wood, Renee Crichlow, Neil A. Sun Rhodes, Jennifer Tingueley, Andrea Walling, Kathryn Langwell, N. Cobb
2011, Public Health Reports (126) 806-815
Objectives.We investigated factors associated with primary and secondary breast and cervical cancer screening among American Indian (AI) women receiving care from the Indian Health Service (IHS) in Montana and Wyoming.Methods.Rates of primary screening (i.e., screening without evidence of a prior abnormal) and secondary screening during a three-year period (2004–2006) were...
Refuge habitats for fishes during seasonal drying in an intermittent stream: movement, survival and abundance of three minnow species
S.W. Hodges, Daniel D. Magoulick
2011, Aquatic Sciences (73) 513-522
Drought and summer drying can be important disturbance events in many small streams leading to intermittent or isolated habitats. We examined what habitats act as refuges for fishes during summer drying, hypothesizing that pools would act as refuge habitats. We predicted that during drying fish would show directional movement into...
Simultaneous speciation of arsenic, selenium, and chromium: species, stability, sample preservation, and analysis of ash and soil leachates
Ruth E. Wolf, Suzette A. Morman, Philip L. Hageman, Todd M. Hoefen, Geoffrey S. Plumlee
2011, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (9) 2733-2745
An analytical method using high-performance liquid chromatography separation with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) detection previously developed for the determination of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) has been adapted to allow the determination of As(III), As(V), Se(IV), Se(VI), Cr(III), and Cr(VI) under the same chromatographic conditions. Using this method, all six...
Estimating eruption temperature from thermal emission spectra of lava fountain activity in the Erta'Ale (Ethiopia) volcano lava lake: Implications for observing Io's volcanoes
Ashley G. Davies, Laszlo P. Keszthelyi, Alfred S. McEwen
2011, Geophysical Research Letters (38)
We have analysed high-spatial-resolution and high-temporal-resolution temperature measurements of the active lava lake at Erta'Ale volcano, Ethiopia, to derive requirements for measuring eruption temperatures at Io's volcanoes. Lava lakes are particularly attractive targets because they are persistent in activity and large, often with ongoing lava fountain activity that exposes lava...
A promising tool for subsurface permafrost mapping-An application of airborne geophysics from the Yukon River Basin, Alaska
Jared E. Abraham
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3133
Permafrost is a predominant physical feature of the Earth's Arctic and Subarctic clines and a major consideration encompassing ecosystem structure to infrastructure engineering and placement. Perennially frozen ground is estimated to cover about 85 percent of the state of Alaska where northern reaches are underlain with continuous permafrost and parts...
Intercontinental gene flow among western arctic populations of Lesser Snow Geese
Rainy I. Shorey, Kim T. Scribner, Jeannette Kanefsky, Michael D. Samuel, Scot V. Libants
2011, The Condor (113) 735-746
Quantifying the spatial genetic structure of highly vagile species of birds is important in predicting their degree of population demographic and genetic independence during changing environmental conditions, and in assessing their abundance and distribution. In the western Arctic, Lesser Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) provide an example useful for evaluating...
Mineral resource of the month: tin
James F. Carlin Jr.
2011, Earth (56) 21-21
Tin was one of the earliest-known metals. Because of its hardening effect on copper, tin was used in bronze implements as early as 3500 B.C. Bronze, a copper-tin alloy that can be sharpened and is hard enough to retain a cutting edge, was used during the Bronze Age in construction...
Survey of invasive ants at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
Robert W. Peck, Paul C. Banko
2011, Technical Report HCSU-027
We conducted a survey for invasive ants at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Hawai‘i Island, during 2009–2010 to evaluate potential threats to native arthropod communities and food webs. The focal area of the survey was the upper portion of the Hakalau Unit of the refuge, where native forest was being...
Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: The neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae)
Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Santiago Claramunt, Graham Derryberry, R. Terry Chesser, Joel Cracraft, Alexandre Aleixo, Jorge Perez-Eman, J.V. Remsen Jr., Robb T. Brumfield
2011, Evolution (65) 2973-2986
Patterns of diversification in species-rich clades provide insight into the processes that generate biological diversity. We tested different models of lineage and phenotypic diversification in an exceptional continental radiation, the ovenbird family Furnariidae, using the most complete species-level phylogenetic hypothesis produced to date for a major avian clade (97% of...
National Stream Quality Accounting Network and National Monitoring Network Basin Boundary Geospatial Dataset, 2008–13
Nancy T. Baker
2011, Data Series 641
This report and the accompanying geospatial data were created to assist in analysis and interpretation of water-quality data provided by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) and by the U.S. Coastal Waters and Tributaries National Monitoring Network (NMN), which is a cooperative monitoring program of Federal,...
The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) imaging spectrometer for lunar science: Instrument description, calibration, on‐orbit measurements, science data calibration and on‐orbit validation
C. Pieters, P. Mouroulis, M. Eastwood, J. Boardman, R.O. Green, T. Glavich, P. Isaacson, A. Chatterjee, R. Clark, D. Barr, M. Annadurai, S. Besse, D. Cate, L. Cheek, J. Combe, D. Dhingra, V. Essandoh, S. Geier, J.N. Goswami, R. Green, V. Haemmerle, J. Head, L. Hovland, S. Hyman, R. Klima, T. Koch, G. Kramer, A.S.K. Kumar, K. Lee, S. Lundeen, E. Malaret, T. McCord, S. McLaughlin, J. Mustard, J. Nettles, N. Petro, K. Plourde, C. Racho, J. Rodriguez, C. Runyon, G. Sellar, C. Smith, H. Sobel, M. Staid, J. Sunshine, L. Taylor, K. Thaisen, S. Tompkins, H. Tseng, G. Vane, P. Varanasi, M. White, D. Wilson
2011, Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets (116) 1-31
The NASA Discovery Moon Mineralogy Mapper imaging spectrometer was selected to pursue a wide range of science objectives requiring measurement of composition at fine spatial scales over the full lunar surface. To pursue these objectives, a broad spectral range imaging spectrometer with high uniformity and high signal-to-noise ratio capable of...
Department of the Interior Climate Science Centers
Sonya A. Jones
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3025
What is a Climate Science Center? 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...
Exxon Valdez oil spill restoration project final report: Prince William Sound Herring disease program (HDP), restoration project 070819
Paul Hershberger, Diane G. Elliott, Eveline J. Emmenegger, John D. Hansen, Gael Kurath, James R. Winton, Richard Kocan, Scott LaPatra
2011, Report
Surveys of pathogens in Pacific herring from 2007 – 2010 indicated that Ichthyophonus, viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus, and erythrocytic necrosis virus are endemic in Prince William Sound and throughout the NE Pacific. Laboratory studies with VHSV indicated that multiple herring stocks are equally susceptible to the resulting disease, Pacific herring...
Assessment of groundwater pathways and contaminant transport in Florida and Georgia using multiple chemical and microbiological indicators
Gary L. Mahon
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3070
The hydrogeology of Florida, especially in the northern part of the state, and southwestern Georgia is characterized by a predominance of limestone aquifers overlain by varying amounts of sands, silts, and clays. This karstic system of aquifers and their associated springs is particularly vulnerable to contamination from various anthropogenic activities...
Survival and tag loss in Moapa White River springfish implanted with passive integrated transponder tags
Christopher J. Dixon, Matthew G. Mesa
2011, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (140) 1375-1379
We monitored survival and tag loss among Moapa White River springfish Crenichthys baileyi moapae that were surgically implanted with passive integrated transponder (PIT; 9 × 2 mm) tags. The fish used in the study ranged from 40 to 67 mm in total length and from 1.0 to 6.5 g in...
Development of flood-inundation maps for the West Branch Susquehanna River near the Borough of Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Mark A. Roland, Scott A. Hoffman
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5057
Streamflow data, water-surface-elevation profiles derived from a Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System hydraulic model, and geographical information system digital elevation models were used to develop a set of 18 flood-inundation maps for an approximately 5-mile reach of the West Branch Susquehanna River near the Borough of Jersey Shore, Pa....
Characterization of stormwater runoff from bridges in North Carolina and the effects of bridge deck runoff on receiving streams
Chad R. Wagner, Sharon A. Fitzgerald, Roy D. Sherrell, Douglas A. Harned, Erik L. Staub, Brian H. Pointer, Loren L. Wehmeyer
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5180
In 2008, the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 2436 that required the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to study the water-quality effects of bridges on receiving streams. In response, the NCDOT and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collaborated on a study to provide information necessary to address...
Geologic map of the Montoso Peak quadrangle, Santa Fe and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico
Ren A. Thompson, Mark R. Hudson, Ralph R. Shroba, Scott A. Minor, David A. Sawyer
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3179
The Montoso Peak quadrangle is underlain by volcanic rocks and associated sediments of the Cerros del Rio volcanic field in the southern part of the Española Basin that record volcanic, faulting, alluvial, colluvial, and eolian processes over the past three million years. The geology was mapped from 1997 to 1999...
Invasive crayfish in the Pacific Northwest
Christopher A. Pearl, Brome McCreary, Michael Adams
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3132
Invasive species directly threaten freshwater biodiversity, particularly in regions of high aquatic richness like the Pacific Northwest (PNW). Crayfish are among the most impactful of aquatic invasive species. Invasive crayfish are considered ecosystem engineers due to their ability to alter basic wetland properties, such as reducing vegetation and bank integrity...
Water-quality data from shallow pond-bottom groundwater in the Fishermans Cove area of Ashumet Pond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2001-2010
Timothy D. McCobb, Denis R. LeBlanc
2011, Data Series 588
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected water-quality data between 2001 and 2010 in the Fishermans Cove area of Ashumet Pond, Falmouth, Massachusetts, where the eastern portion of a treated-wastewater plume, created by more than 60 years of overland disposal, discharges to the pond. Temporary drive points were installed, and shallow...
Porphyry copper assessment of British Columbia and Yukon Territory, Canada: Chapter C in Global mineral resource assessment
Mark J. Mihalasky, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Thomas P. Frost, Steve Ludington
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5090-C
The U.S. Geological Survey does regional, national, and global assessments of resources (mineral, energy, water, biologic) to provide science in support of land management and decision making. Mineral resource assessments provide a synthesis of available information about where mineral deposits are known and suspected to be in the Earth’s crust,...
Assessment of channel changes, model of historical floods, and effects of backwater on flood stage, and flood mitigation alternatives for the Wichita River at Wichita Falls, Texas
Karl E. Winters, Stanley Baldys
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5175
In cooperation with the City of Wichita Falls, the U.S. Geological Survey assessed channel changes on the Wichita River at Wichita Falls, Texas, and modeled historical floods to investigate possible causes and potential mitigation alternatives to higher flood stages in recent (2007 and 2008) floods. Extreme flooding occurred on the...
Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) ecological model documentation volume 1: Estuarine prey fish biomass availability v1.0.0
Stephanie S. Romañach, Craig Conzelmann, Adam Daugherty, Jerome L. Lorenz, Christina Hunnicutt, Frank J. Mazzotti
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1272
Estuarine fish serve as an important prey base in the Greater Everglades ecosystem for key fauna such as wading birds, crocodiles, alligators, and piscivorous fishes. Human-made changes to freshwater flow across the Greater Everglades have resulted in less freshwater flow into the fringing estuaries and coasts. These changes in freshwater...
