Florida Keys
Barbara H Lidz
2011, Book chapter, Encyclopedia of modern coral reefs: Structure, form and process
No abstract available....
Valuation of rangeland ecosystem services
W.R. Gascoigne
2011, Conference Paper, California Rangelands Policy and Research Dialogue
Economic valuation lends itself well to the anthropocentric orientation of ecosystem services. An economic perspective on ecosystems portrays them as natural assets providing a flow of goods and services valuable to individuals and society collectively. A few examples include the purification of drinking water, reduced risk from flooding and other...
Landsat imagery: a unique resource
H. Miller, N. Sexton, L. Koontz
2011, Report
Landsat satellites provide high-quality, multi-spectral imagery of the surface of the Earth. These moderate-resolution, remotely sensed images are not just pictures, but contain many layers of data collected at different points along the visible and invisible light spectrum. These data can be manipulated to reveal what the Earth’s surface looks...
Nutrient inputs to the Laurentian Great Lakes by source and watershed estimated using SPARROW watershed models
Dale M. Robertson, David A. Saad
2011, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (47) 1011-1033
Nutrient input to the Laurentian Great Lakes continues to cause problems with eutrophication. To reduce the extent and severity of these problems, target nutrient loads were established and Total Maximum Daily Loads are being developed for many tributaries. Without detailed loading information it is difficult to determine if the targets...
Chapter 2: Sagebrush-associated species of conservation concern
Mary M. Rowland, Lowell H. Suring, Matthias Leu, Steven T. Knick, Michael J. Wisdom
2011, Book chapter, Sagebrush ecosystem conservation and management: Ecoregional assessment tools and models for the Wyoming Basins
Selection of species of concern is a critical early step in conducting broad-scale ecological assessments for conservation planning and management. Many criteria can be used to guide this selection, such as conservation status, existing knowledge base, and association with plant communities of interest. In conducting the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment...
Chapter 1: Study area description
Mary M. Rowland, Matthias Leu
2011, Book chapter, Sagebrush ecosystem conservation and management: Ecoregional assessment tools and models for the Wyoming Basins
The boundary for the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment (WBEA) was largely determined by the co-occurrence of some of the largest tracts of intact sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) remaining in the western United States with areas of increasing resource extraction. The WBEA area includes two ecoregions in their entirety, Wyoming Basins and...
Identifying biogeochemical processes beneath stormwater infiltration ponds in support of a new best management practice for groundwater protection
Andrew M. O’Reilly, Ni-Bin Chang, Martin P. Wanielista, Zhemin Xuan
Mario Schirmer, Eduard Hoehn, Tobias Vogt, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, GQ10 : Groundwater quality management in a rapidly changing world : proceedings of the seventh International groundwater quality conference held in Zurich, Switzerland, 13-18 June 2010
When applying a stormwater infiltration pond best management practice (BMP) for protecting the quality of underlying groundwater, a common constituent of concern is nitrate. Two stormwater infiltration ponds, the SO and HT ponds, in central Florida, USA, were monitored. A temporal succession of biogeochemical processes was identified beneath the SO...
History of wildlife toxicology and the interpretation of contaminant concentrations in tissues
Barnett A. Rattner, Anton M. Scheuhammer, J. E. Elliott
W. Nelson Beyer, James P. Meador, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Environmental contaminants in biota: Interpreting tissue concentrations
The detection and interpretation of contaminants in tissues of wildlife belongs to the field of toxicology, a scientific discipline with a long, intriguing, and illustrious history. Concern over poisoning of wildlife began in the late nineteenth century, and initially focused more on identifying environmental problems than determining contaminant concentrations in...
Eocene bituminous coal deposits of the Claiborne group, Webb County, Texas
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick
Peter D. Warwick, Alexander K. Karlsen, Matthew D. Merrill, Brett J. Valentine, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Geologic assessment of coal in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain
Two bituminous coal zones, the San Pedro and the Santo Tomas, in the middle Eocene Claiborne Group of Webb County, south Texas (Figure 1), are among the coal resources that are not evaluated quantitatively as part of the current Gulf Coastal Plain coal resource assessment. Coal beds within these zones...
Swallows as a sentinel species for contaminant exposure and effect studies
Christine M. Custer
John G. Elliott, Christine Annette Bishop, Christy A. Morrissey, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Wildlife ecotoxicology: Forensic approaches
Tree swallows are an important model species to study the effects of contaminants in wild bird populations and have been used extensively in studies across North America. The advantages of swallows compared to other avian species are detailed. Three case histories are provided where swallows have been successfully used in...
Walleye and sauger habitat
Michael A. Bozek, Timothy J. Haxton, Joshua K. Raabe
Bruce A. Barton, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Biology, management, and culture of walleye and sauger
No abstract available....
Use of visible geostationary operational meteorological satellite imagery in mapping reference and potential evapotranspiration over Florida
John R. Mecikalski, David Summers, Jennifer M. Jacobs, Chandra S. Pathak, Simon J. Paech, Ellen M. Douglas
Leszek Labedzki, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Evapotranspiration
No abstract available....
Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne group) and Jackson group lignite deposits of Texas
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, Sharon M. Swanson, Paul C. Hackley
Peter D. Warwick, Alexander K. Karlsen, Matthew D. Merrill, Brett J. Valentine, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Geologic assessment of coal in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain
The lignite deposits within the upper Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne Group) and the overlying Jackson Group are among the coal resources that were not quantitatively assessed as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) program in the Gulf Coastal Plain coal province. In the past,...
Geology and petroleum potential of the Eurasia Basin
Thomas E. Moore, Janet K. Pitman
Anthony M. Spencer, A.F. Embry, Donald L. Gautier, A.V. Stoupakova, Kai Sorenson, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Arctic petroleum geology
The Eurasia Basin petroleum province comprises the younger, eastern half of the Arctic Ocean, including the Cenozoic Eurasia Basin and the outboard part of the continental margin of northern Europe. For the USGS petroleum assessment (CARA), it was divided into four assessment units (AUs): the Lena Prodelta AU, consisting of...
Paleogene coal deposits of the Wilcox group and the Indio formation of south Texas
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo, Douglas J. Nichols
Peter D. Warwick, Alexander K. Karlsen, Matthew D. Merrill, Brett J. Valentine, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Geologic assessment of coal in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain
Coal deposits of the undivided Wilcox Group and its southern equivalent Indio Formation (Paleogene) of south Texas are among the coal resources that are not evaluated quantitatively in the current Gulf Coastal Plain coal re-source assessment. South Texas Wilcox and Indio coals have not been extensively mined, nor have they...
Assessing field-scale biogeophysical signatures of bioremediation over a mature crude oil spill
Lee Slater, Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, Estella Atekwana, Farag Mewafy, Andre Revil, Magnus Skold, Yuri Gorby, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, John W. Lane Jr., Dale D. Werkema, Jared J. Trost, Geoffrey N. Delin, William N. Herkelrath
H.V. Rectanus, R. Sirabian, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the first international symposium on bioremediation and sustainable environmental technologies
We conducted electrical geophysical measurements at the National Crude Oil Spill Fate and Natural Attenuation Research Site (Bemidji, MN). Borehole and surface self-potential measurements do not show evidence for the existence of a biogeobattery mechanism in response to the redox gradient resulting from biodegradation of oil. The relatively small self...
A review of the lignite resources of Arkansas
Paul C. Hackley, Jason C. Willett, Peter D. Warwick, S.J. Law, Douglas J. Nichols
Peter D. Warwick, Alexander K. Karlsen, Matthew D. Merrill, Brett J. Valentine, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Geologic assessment of coal in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain: AAPG Studies in Geology vol. 62
This review of the lignite resources of Arkansas is a part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) of the Gulf Coastal Plain Coal Province, which also includes coal-bearing areas in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky (see <a class="link link-ref link-reveal xref-bibr"...
Directional bottom roughness associated with waves, currents, and ripples
Christopher R. Sherwood
Julie D. Rosati, Ping Wang, Tiffany M. Roberts, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011
Roughness lengths are used in wave-current bottom boundary layer models to parameterize drag associated with grain roughness, the effect of saltating grains during sediment transport, and small-scale bottom topography (ripples and biogenic features). We made field measurements of flow parameters and recorded sonar images of ripples at the boundary of...
Recent plant eradications on the islands of Maui County, Hawai'i
Teya M. Penniman, Lori Buchanan, Lloyd L. Loope
C.R. Veitch, Mike N. Clout, D. R. Towns, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, Island invasives: eradication and management: Proceedings of the International Conference on Island Invasives
The state of Hawai'i (USA) has few regulations to limit plant introductions. A network of interagency islandbased invasive species committees has evolved over the past decade to address this vulnerability, with the aim of stopping invasions before they threaten natural areas. On Maui, Moloka‘i, and Lāna‘i, which comprise three of...
Wilcox group (Paleocene to Eocene) coals of the Sabine Uplift area, Texas and Louisiana
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo
Peter D. Warwick, Alexander K. Karlsen, Matthew D. Merrill, Brett J. Valentine, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Geologic assessment of coal in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain
The Wilcox Group (Paleocene to Eocene) of the Sabine uplift, a structural arch in northeastern Texas and northwestern Louisiana (Figure 1), has lignite zones that approach subbituminous rank (see Chapter 4, this publication). These coals are among the highest quality resources known within the Gulf Coastal Plain because of their...
Hierarchical spatial capture-recapture models for estimating density from trapping arrays
J. Andrew Royle, B. Gardner
Allan F. O’Connell, James D. Nichols, K. Ullas Karanth, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Camera traps in animal ecology: Methods and analyses
No abstract available....
Moments, magnitudes, and radiated energies of non-volcanic tremor near Cholame, CA, from ground motion spectra at UPSAR
Joe B. Fletcher, Art McGarr
2011, Geophysical Research Letters (38)
By averaging the spectra of events within two episodes of tremor (on Jan. 21 and 24, 2005) across the 12 stations of UPSAR, we improved the S/N sufficiently to define source spectra. Analysis of eleven impulsive events revealed attenuation-corrected spectra of displacement similar to those of earthquakes, with a low-frequency...
Concluding remarks: The way forward for urban ecology
J. Niemela, J.H. Breuste, Thomas Elmqvist, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, P. James, N.E. McIntyre
J. Niemela, J.H. Breuste, T. Elmqvist, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, P. James, N.E. McIntyre, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Urban ecology: Patterns, processes, and applications
No abstract available....
A review of Alabama lignite deposits
Claire E. Aubourg
Peter D. Warwick, Alexander K. Karlsen, Matthew D. Merrill, Brett J. Valentine, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Geologic assessment of coal in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain
This review of Alabama lignite deposits is a part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) of the Gulf Coast region (see Ruppert et al., 2002; Dennen, 2009; and other chapters of this publication). Because lignite is not currently mined in Alabama, a detailed assessment of the...
Coal resources for part of the Wilcox group (Paleocene-Eocene), northeast Texas
Peter D. Warwick, Claire E. Aubourg, Steven M. Podwysocki, Adam C. Schultz
Peter D. Warwick, Alexander K. Karlsen, Matthew D. Merrill, Brett J. Valentine, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Geologic assessment of coal in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain
The Wilcox Group of northeast Texas contains shallow (less than 500 ft) coal deposits that are mined for use in mine-mouth electric power generating plants. The coal deposits, which are lignite in apparent rank (Pierce et al., 2011), are separated from similar shallow coal deposits in the Sabine uplift area...
