Typology development of earthquake displays in free-choice learning environments, to inform earthquake early warning education in the United States
Danielle F. Sumy, Mariah Ramona Jenkins, Sara K. McBride, Robert Michael deGroot
2022, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (73)
Free-choice learning environments, such as museums, national parks, interpretive trails, and visitor centers, are trusted sources of information in their communities and support lifelong learning. Earthquake education in these spaces creates awareness of earthquake hazards and risk in areas where people live or visit and, in turn, may increase engagement in preparedness...
Condition of macroinvertebrate communities in the Buffalo River Area of Concern following sediment remediation
Scott D. George, Brian T. Duffy, Barry P. Baldigo, Damianos Skaros, Alexander J. Smith
2022, Journal of Great Lakes Research (48) 183-194
The lower 10 km of the Buffalo River, a tributary to Lake Erie, was designated as an Area of Concern (AOC) in 1987 through the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement because sediment contamination and habitat alteration from past industrialization caused several Beneficial Use Impairments (BUIs). Extensive remediation efforts conducted between 2011 and...
Bridled Quail-Dove (Geotrygon mystacea)
Clint W. Boal, H. Madden
2022, Book chapter, Birds of the world
No abstract available....
Behavior of female adult Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) exposed to natural and synthesized odors
Mike Hayes, Mary L. Moser, Brian J. Burke, Aaron D. Jackson, Nicholas S. Johnson
2022, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (13) 94-105
Conservation and management of Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus and other imperiled lamprey species could include the use of chemosensory cues to attract or repel migrating adults. For restoration programs, passage of adult lamprey at dams might be improved by using cues to help guide lamprey through fishway entrances. In contrast,...
Assessing effects of sediment delivery to coral reefs: A Caribbean watershed perspective
Caroline Rogers, Carlos E. Ramos-Scharron
2022, Frontiers in Marine Science (8)
Coral reefs in the western Atlantic and Caribbean are deteriorating primarily from disease outbreaks, increasing seawater temperatures, and stress due to land-based sources of pollutants including sediments associated with land use and dredging. Sediments affect corals in numerous ways including smothering, abrasion, shading, and inhibition of coral recruitment. Sediment delivery...
Forecasting species distributions: Correlation does not equal causation
Alexej Sirén, Christopher Sutherland, Ambarish V. Karmalkar, Matthew Duveneck, Toni Lyn Morelli
2022, Diversity and Distributions (28) 756-769
AimIdentifying the mechanisms influencing species' distributions is critical for accurate climate change forecasts. However, current approaches are limited by correlative models that cannot distinguish between direct and indirect effects.LocationNew Hampshire and Vermont, USA.MethodsUsing causal and correlational models and new theory on...
Loss of street trees causes 10,000 L/tree increase in leaf-on stormwater runoff for Great Lakes urban sewershed
Robert C. Coville, James Kruegler, William R. Selbig, Satoshi Hirabayashi, Steven P. Loheide II, William Avery, William Schuster, Ralph J. Haefner, Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Theodore A. Endreny, David J. Nowak
2022, Conference Paper, UDM 2022
No abstract available....
Thiamine status of lake trout in lake Ontario and its relation to diet after the colonization of round goby, 2005–2006
John D. Fitzsimons, Brian F. Lantry, Dale C. Honeyfield, Robert O’Gorman, Scott A. Rush, Shawn P. Sitar
2022, Journal of Great Lakes Research (48) 195-206
A predominance of alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus), a species having high thiaminase activity, in Lake Ontario lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) diets, has been related to thiamine deficiency in lake trout eggs during 1994–2004. The late 1990s invasion by round goby (Neogobius melanostomus), that...
Modeling subsurface performance of a geothermal reservoir using machine learning
Dmitry Duplyakin, Koenraad F Beckers, Drew L. Siler, Michael J. Martin, Henry E. Johnston
2022, Energies (15)
Geothermal power plants typically show decreasing heat and power production rates over time. Mitigation strategies include optimizing the management of existing wells—increasing or decreasing the fluid flow rates across the wells—and drilling new wells at appropriate locations. The latter is expensive, time-consuming, and subject to many engineering...
Optimization of salt marsh management at the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Maine, through use of structured decision making
Hilary A. Neckles, James E. Lyons, Jessica L. Nagel, Susan C. Adamowicz, Toni Mikula, Sara Williams
2022, Open-File Report 2021-1123
Structured decision making is a systematic, transparent process for improving the quality of complex decisions by identifying measurable management objectives and feasible management actions; predicting the potential consequences of management actions relative to the stated objectives; and selecting a course of action that maximizes the total benefit achieved and balances...
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2019
Kirk P. Smith
2022, Data Report 1145
As part of a long-term cooperative program to monitor water quality within the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Providence Water Supply Board collected streamflow and water-quality data at the Scituate Reservoir and tributaries. Streamflow and concentrations of chloride and sodium estimated from records...
Direct and molecular observation of movement and reproduction by Candy Darter, Etheostoma osburni, an endangered benthic stream fish in Virginia, USA
Kathryn E. McBaine, Eric M. Hallerman, Paul L. Angermeier
2022, Fishes (7)
Direct and indirect measures of individual movement provide valuable knowledge regarding a species’ resiliency to environmental change. Information on patterns of movement can inform species management and conservation but is lacking for many imperiled fishes. The Candy Darter, Etheostoma osburni, is an endangered stream fish with a dramatically reduced distribution...
Civil applications committee
Daniel W. Opstal, Ross T. Rogers
2022, Fact Sheet 2022-3002
The interagency Civil Applications Committee (CAC) facilitates the appropriate civil uses of overhead remote sensing technologies and data collected by military and intelligence capabilities, including from commercial sources. The CAC is operated and staffed by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Interior and its...
Abundance and distribution of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in the southcentral Alaska stock, 2014, 2017, and 2019
George G. Esslinger, Brian H. Robinson, Daniel H. Monson, Rebecca L. Taylor, Daniel Esler, Ben P. Weitzman, Joel Garlich-Miller
2022, Open-File Report 2021-1122
The Southcentral Alaska (SCAK) sea otter (Enhydra lutris) stock is the northernmost stock of sea otters, a keystone predator known for structuring nearshore marine ecosystems. We conducted aerial surveys within the range of the SCAK sea otter stock to provide recent estimates of sea otter abundance and distribution. We defined...
Thermal heterogeneity and cold-water anomalies within the lower Yakima River, Yakima and Benton Counties, Washington
Andrew S. Gendaszek, Marcella Appel
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5140
Warm water temperatures in the lower Yakima River in central Washington are key limitations to the restoration of Pacific salmon (Onchorhynchus spp.) populations within the Yakima River Basin. Identification of the location and magnitude of cold-water anomalies, which are cooler than ambient river temperatures during summer months, and the processes...
Dietary composition and fatty acid content of giant salmonflies (Pteronarcys californica) in two Rocky Mountain rivers
Lindsey K. Albertson, Michelle A. Briggs, Zachary Maguire, Sophia Swart, Wyatt F. Cross, Cornelia W. Twining, Jeff S. Wesner, Colden V. Baxter, David Walters
2022, Ecosphere Naturalist (13)
Many aquatic invertebrates are declining or facing extinction from stressors that compromise physiology, resource consumption, reproduction, and phenology. However, the influence of these common stressors specifically on consumer–resource interactions for aquatic invertebrate consumers is only beginning to be understood. We conducted a field study to investigate Pteronarcys...
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2018
Kirk P. Smith
2022, Data Report 1144
As part of a long-term cooperative program to monitor water quality within the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Providence Water Supply Board collected streamflow and water-quality data at the Scituate Reservoir and tributaries. Streamflow and concentrations of chloride and sodium estimated from records...
Modeling of barrier breaching during Hurricanes Sandy and Matthew
Christie Hegermiller, John C. Warner, Maitane Olabarrieta, Christopher R. Sherwood, Tarandeep S. Kalra
2022, JGR-Earth Surface (127)
Physical processes driving barrier island change during storms are important to understand to mitigate coastal hazards and to evaluate conceptual models for barrier evolution. Spatial variations in barrier island topography, landcover characteristics, and nearshore and back-barrier hydrodynamics can yield complex morphological change that requires models of increasing resolution and physical...
Influences of channel and floodplain modification on expansion of woody vegetation into Catahoula Lake, Louisiana, USA
R.F. Keim, L. Dugue, K.D. Latuso, S. Joshi, Sammy L. King, F.L. Willis
2022, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (47) 1466-1479
Ecosystem structure of wetlands in managed floodplains depends on hydrological processes controlled by geomorphology and water management. Overlapping effects of direct modifications and geomorphic adjustments to management can combine to trigger changes to floodplain ecosystem structure. We examined the case of woody vegetation encroaching into the depressional Catahoula Lake, Louisiana,...
The potential of wave energy conversion to mitigate coastal erosion from hurricanes
Cigdem Ozkan, Talea Mayo, Davina Passeri
Rafael Morales, editor(s)
2022, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (10) 1-26
Wave energy conversion technologies have recently attracted more attention as part of global efforts to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy resources. While ocean waves can provide renewable energy, they can also be destructive to coastal areas that are often densely populated and vulnerable to coastal erosion. There have been...
Guidelines for volcano-observatory operations during crises: Recommendations from the 2019 Volcano Observatory Best Practices meeting
Jacob B. Lowenstern, Kristi L. Wallace, Sara Barsotti, Laura Sandri, Wendy K. Stovall, Benjamin Bernard, Eugenio Privitera, Jean-Christophe Komorowski, Nico Fournier, Charles Baligizi, Esline Gareabiti
2022, Journal of Applied Volcanology (11) 1-24
In November 2019, the fourth meeting on Volcano Observatory Best Practices workshop was held in Mexico City as a series of talks, discussions, and panels. Volcanologists from around the world offered suggestions for ways to optimize volcano-observatory crisis operations. By crisis, we mean unrest that may or may not lead...
Testing the potential of streamflow data to predict spring migration of an ungulate herds
Jason S. Alexander, Marissa L. Murr, Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller
Stefano Grignolio, editor(s)
2022, PLoS ONE (17) 1-18
In mountainous and high latitude regions, migratory animals exploit green waves of emerging vegetation coinciding with rising daily mean temperatures initiating snowmelt across the landscape. Snowmelt also causes rivers and streams draining these regions to swell, a process referred to as to as the ‘spring pulse.’ Networks of streamgages measuring...
Oxygen isotopes of land snail shells in high latitude regions
Catherine Nield, Yurena Yanes, Jeffrey S. Pigati, Jason A. Rech, Ted von Proschwitz, Jeffrey C. Nekola
P. Rioual, editor(s)
2022, Quaternary Science Reviews (279) 1-15
The present study investigates the environmental significance of the oxygen isotopic composition of several modern land snail species collected along two north-to-south transects in Alaska and Scandinavia at latitudes between 60 and 70 °N. We tested the hypothesis that land snail...
Earthquake early warning for estimating floor shaking levels of tall buildings
S. Farid Ghahari, Annemarie S. Baltay Sundstrom, Mehmet Celebi, Grace Alexandra Parker, Jeffrey J. McGuire, Ertugrul Taciroglu
2022, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (112) 820-849
This article investigates methods to improve earthquake early warning (EEW) predictions of shaking levels for residents of tall buildings. In the current U.S. Geological Survey ShakeAlert EEW system, regions far from an epicenter will not receive alerts due to low predicted ground‐shaking intensities. However, residents...
Age-specific survival rates, causes of death, and allowable take of golden eagles in the western United States
Brian Milsap, Guthrie S. Zimmerman, William L. Kendall, Joseph G. Barnes, Melissa A. Braham, Bryan E Bedrosian, Douglas A. Bell, Peter H. Bloom, Ross H. Crandall, Robert Domenech, Daniel Driscoll, Adam E. Duerr, Rick Gerhardt, Samantha E.J. Gibbs, Alan R. Harmata, Kenneth Jacobson, Todd E. Katzner, Robert N. Knight, J. Michael Lockhart, Carol McIntyre, Robert K. Murphy, Steven J. Slater, Brian W. Smith, Jeff P. Smith, Dale W. Stahlecker, James W. Watson
2022, Ecological Applications (32)
In the United States, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act prohibits take of golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) unless authorized by permit, and stipulates that all permitted take must be sustainable. Golden eagles are unintentionally killed in conjunction with many lawful activities (e.g., electrocution on power poles, collision with wind...
