Coral reef restoration for risk reduction (CR4): A guide to project design and proposal development
Austen Stovall, Michael W. Beck, Curt D. Storlazzi, Juliette Hayes, Janan Reilly, Jennifer Koss, Doug Bausch
2022, Report
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) are working through the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force to provide guidance on the development of coral reef restoration proposals for...
Black Oystercatchers
Elise Elliott-Smith, Joe Liebezeit
Susan M. Haig, Daniel D. Roby, Tashi A. Haig, editor(s)
2022, Book chapter, As the condor soars
No abstract available....
Movements and habitat use of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Daniel Slone, Susan M. Butler, James P. Reid, Cathy Beck, Robert Bonde
2022, OCS Study BOEM 2022-075
No abstract available....
Behavioral responses of native and invasive fishes of the Upper Mississippi River to 100 hp boat motor acoustic stimulus
Kelsie A. Murchy, Brooke J Vetter, Marybeth K. Brey, Allen F. Mensinger
2022, Management of Biological Invasions (13) 750-768
Acoustic deterrents are currently being considered for deployment at strategic bottlenecks, such as lock and dams of major rivers, to deter upstream movement of invasive carp. Previous studies have demonstrated that bighead and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and H. molitrix, respectively) display negative phonotaxis to playbacks of broadband sound recordings produced from...
The Colorado River – The science-policy interface
John C. Schmidt, Lindsey Bruckerhoff, Jianghao Wang, Charles Yackulic
2022, Book chapter, Cornerstone at the confluence: Navigating the Colorado River Compact's next century
No abstract available....
Influence of test method variables on sensitivity of Neocloeon triangulifer to a reference toxicant in short-term, effluent style evaluations
David J. Soucek, Amy Dickinson, Teresa J. Norberg-King
2022, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (41) 2758-2768
Recent literature has demonstrated the sensitivity of mayflies to environmental contaminants. However, to date, there are no methods approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency for using sensitive insects like mayflies in whole-effluent toxicity or receiving water toxicity tests. The parthenogenetic mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer has been shown to be amenable to continuous...
Contaminant studies in Oregon
Charles J. Henny
Tashi A. Haig, Daniel D. Roby, Susan M. Haig, editor(s)
2022, Book chapter, As the condor soars
No abstract available....
Preface to the focus section on deformation models for the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model
Frederick Pollitz, Alexandra Elise Hatem, Kaj M. Johnson
2022, Seismological Research Letters (93) 2969-2972
No abstract available....
The generational gap: Children, adults, and protective actions in response to earthquakes
Rachel M. Adams, Jennifer Tobin, Lori Peek, Jolie Breeden, Sara K. McBride, Robert Michael deGroot
2022, Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies (26) 67-82
In addition to academic curricula, schools offer regular drills to train young people and adult staff on what to do in an emergency or disaster. Earthquake drills in the United States currently recommend the protective action “drop, cover, and hold on” in the event of shaking. Yet, little is known...
Assessing the efficacy of using a parentage-based tagging survival model to evaluate two sources of mortality for juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Lookout Point Reservoir, Oregon
Dalton J. Hance, Tobias J. Kock, Russell W. Perry, Adam C. Pope
2022, Open-File Report 2022-1096
We conducted a study to assess the efficacy of using a parentage-based tagging survival model (PBT N-mixture model) to evaluate two sources of mortality for juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Lookout Point Reservoir, Oregon. The model was originally developed to evaluate reservoir mortality because of predation from piscivorous...
Invasive species control and management: The sea lamprey story
Michael P. Wilkie, Nicholas S. Johnson, Margaret F. Docker
2022, Book chapter, Fish physiology
Control of invasive species is a critical component of conservation biology given the catastrophic damage that they can cause to the ecosystems they invade. This is particularly evident with sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Native to the Atlantic Ocean, the sea lamprey's ability to osmoregulate in...
New generation hyperspectral sensors DESIS and PRISMA provide improved agricultural crop classifications
Itiya P. Aneece, Prasad Thenkabail
2022, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (88) 715-729
Using new remote sensing technology to study agricultural crops will support advances in food and water security. The recently launched, new generation spaceborne hyperspectral sensors, German DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) and Italian PRecursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa (PRISMA), provide unprecedented data in hundreds of narrow spectral bands for...
November 22 Landsat update
Anya Hartpence
2022, Newsletter
No abstract available....
USGS Telemetry Project
Marybeth K. Brey, Brent C. Knights, Jessica Stanton, Sean Bailey, Travis J. Harrison, Douglas Appel, Andrea K. Fritts, James J. Duncker, P. Ryan Jackson
2022, Report, 2021 Interim summary report: Invasive carp monitoring and response plan
No abstract available....
Occurrence of a reproducing wild population of Channa aurolineata (Pisces: Channidae) in the Manatee River drainage, Florida
Leo Nico, Matthew Neilson, Robert H. Robins, John M. Pfeiffer, Matthew Kail, Zachary S. Randall, Eric A. Johnson
2022, Aquatic Invasions (17) 577-601
We report on the discovery of a wild, reproducing population of Channa aurolineata (Pisces: Channidae) in west-central Florida (USA), and first documented occurrence of snakeheads in the Gulf Coast region. Channa aurolineata is a large, predatory fish of the bullseye snakehead “Marulius group” species complex from Asia. Adult and juvenile...
Gaining decision-maker confidence through community consensus: Developing environmental DNA standards for data display on the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database
Jason Ferrante, Wesley M. Daniel, Jonathan Adam Freedman, Katy E. Klymus, Matthew Neilson, Yale Passamaneck, Christopher B. Rees, Adam J. Sepulveda, Margaret Hunter
2022, Management of Biological Invasions (13) 809-832
To advance national efforts for the detection and biosurveillance of aquatic invasive species (AIS), we employed a community consensus process to enable the incorporation of environmental DNA (eDNA) detection data into the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS)...
Viewing animal migration through a social lens
Ellen O. Aikens, Iris D. Bontekoe, Lara Blumenstiel, Anna Schlicksupp, Andrea Flack
2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution (37) 985-996
Evidence of social learning is growing across the animal kingdom. Researchers have long hypothesized that social interactions play a key role in many animal migrations, but strong empirical support is scarce except in a few unique systems and species. Here, we aim to catalyze advances in the study of social...
A statistical framework for modelling migration corridors
Tristan A. Nuñez, Mark A. Hurley, Tabitha A. Graves, Anna C. Ortega, Hall Sawyer, Julien Fattebert, Jerod A. Merkle, Matthew Kauffman
2022, Methods in Ecology and Evolution (13) 2635-2648
1. Management of animal populations requires spatially explicit knowledge of movement corridors, such as those used during seasonal migrations. GPS tracking data allows for mapping of corridors from directly observed movements, providing important insights, but tracking data is absent for many populations. 2. We developed a novel statistical corridor modeling...
Seasonal movements and spatial overlap of juvenile and adult lake sturgeon in Lake Champlain
Lisa K. Izzo, Gayle Barbin Zydlewski, J. Ellen Marsden, Donna L. Parrish
2022, Transactions of American Fisheries Society (151) 666-681
The lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens is a large, long-lived, potamodromous species that is widely distributed throughout freshwater systems in the central part of North America. In this study, we used acoustic telemetry to examine seasonal distribution and movement patterns of endangered Lake Sturgeon in Lake Champlain, Vermont. Acoustic tags were implanted in...
Juvenile green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) movement during autumn and winter in the lower Sacramento River, California, 2016–20
Amy C. Hansen, Robert D. Chase, Tobias J. Kock, Russell W. Perry, Josh J. Gruber, William R. Poytress
2022, Open-File Report 2022-1091
A collaborative acoustic telemetry study was conducted to describe behavior and movement patterns of juvenile green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) in the lower Sacramento River, California during 2016–19. For the study, juvenile green sturgeon were collected, tagged, and released in the Sacramento River between river kilometer (rkm) 467 and rkm...
Materials flow in the United States—A global context, 1900–2020
Grecia R. Matos
2022, Data Report 1164
IntroductionDuring the last 12 decades (1900–2020), the amounts of raw materials used in the United States have increased significantly due to economic development, technological innovations, and population growth. Data on materials are presented here to provide an overview of the annual quantities (measured in physical terms) required for the standard...
Know what you don't know: Embracing state uncertainty in disease-structured multistate models
Matthijs Hollanders, Andy Royle
2022, Methods in Ecology and Evolution (13) 2827-2837
Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are broadly applicable hierarchical models that derive their utility from separating state processes from observation processes yielding the data. Multistate models such as mark–recapture and dynamic multistate occupancy models are HMMs frequently used in ecology. In their early formulations, states, such as pathogen infection status,...
A characterization of the deep-sea coral and sponge community along the California, Oregon, and Washington coasts using a remotely operated vehicle on the EXPRESS 2019 expedition
Tom Laidig, Diana Watters, Nancy G. Prouty, Meredith Everett, Lizzie Duncan, Liz Clarke, Chris Caldow, Jill R. Bourque, Jennifer McClain Counts, Amanda Demopoulos
2022, Report, NOAA Technical Memorandum
NOAA’s Deep-Sea Coral Research Technology Program (DSCRTP) began a 4-year funding initiative for the U.S. West Coast in 2018. The goals of the West Coast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative were to: 1) gather baseline information on DSCS in areas subject to fishing regulation changes prior to the implementation of Amendment 28;...
On the use of high-resolution and deep-learning seismic catalogs for short-term earthquake forecasts: Potential benefits and current limitations
Simone Mancini, Margarita Segou, Maximillan J. Werner, Thomas E. Parsons, Gregory C. Beroza, Lauro Chiaraluce
2022, Journal of Geophysical Research--Solid Earth (127)
Enhanced earthquake catalogs provide detailed images of evolving seismic sequences. Currently, these data sets take some time to be released but will soon become available in real time. Here, we explore whether and how enhanced seismic catalogs feeding into established short-term earthquake forecasting protocols may result in...
Are canned sardines or dry cat food more effective as bait for capturing Northwestern Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) and Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans)?
Alexandria M Fulton, Jonathan P. Rose, Brian J. Halstead
2022, Western North American Naturalist (82)
During an occupancy study of Northwestern Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) and Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in California’s Sacramento Valley in 2018, we tested the relative effectiveness of 2 bait types: sardines packed in soybean oil and Meow Mix® Original Choice dry cat food. We sampled 116 sites with 2 traps...
