Midwestern Climate Adaptation Science Center science agenda
Olivia E. LeDee
2024, Report
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What can conservation culturomics tell us about factors driving public interest in aquatic endangered species
Michael J. Moore, A. A Hyman
2024, Biological Conservation (289)
The field of “Conservation Culturomics” uses large datasets of freely available web-data to understand cultural patterns and public interests related to conservation topics. We used a popular culturomics tool based on search engine usage to investigate how the U.S. Endangered Species Act listing actions may influence public interest in imperiled...
Larval Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) zooplankton consumption remains constant despite variation in prey densities in western Lake Erie
Zachary J Amidon, Robin L. DeBruyne, Edward F. Roseman, Christine Mayer, Alexis Sakas
2024, Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management (27) 85-97
Larval fish growth and survival could be limited or reduced due to patchiness of zooplankton densities, even in productive aquatic systems. Recent declines in Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) populations prompted research to identify underlying mechanisms controlling survival at early life stages. In Lake Erie, the bottleneck window controlling year-class strength...
Hit snooze: An imperiled hibernator assesses spring snow conditions to decide whether to terminate hibernation or reenter torpor
Austin Z.T. Allison, Courtney J. Conway, Alice E Morris, Amanda R. Goldberg, Kristin Lohr, Russell Richards, Jon Almack
2024, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology (97) 53-63
Many animals follow annual cycles wherein physiology and behavior change seasonally. Hibernating mammals undergo one of the most drastic seasonal alterations of physiology and behavior, the timing of which can have significant fitness consequences. The environmental cues regulating these profound phenotypic changes will heavily influence whether hibernators acclimate and ultimately...
Watershed hydrology assessment for the Lower Colorado River Basin. Appendix D: RiverWare analyses
David Wallace, Kara M. Watson
2024, Report
RiverWare is a river system modeling tool developed by CADSWES (Center of Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems) that allows the user to simulate complex reservoir operations and perform period-of-record analyses for different scenarios. For the InFRM hydrology studies, RiverWare is used to generate a homogeneous regulated POR...
Ecology of Lake Erie - Chemistry, plankton & planktivory: A synthesis
Stuart A. Ludsin, Mohiuddin Munawar, Robin L. DeBruyne, E. Todd Howell, Jeffrey Tyson, James M. Watkins
2024, Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management (27) 116-124
As with other large lake ecosystems worldwide, Lake Erie can be considered a moving target for management, owing to physicochemical and biological changes brought on by anthropogenic change, both planned (e.g. nutrient and fisheries management) and unplanned (e.g. climate change, invasive species, modified land-use activities). These changes have challenged efforts...
Watershed hydrology assessment for the Lower Colorado River Basin. Appendix A: Statistical hydrology
David Wallace, Kara M. Watson
2024, Report
Statistical analysis of the observational record from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages and period of historical flow observations prior to the gage installation provides an informative means of estimating flood flow frequency. The U.S. Geological Survey contributed to the InFRM team’s efforts by performing the statistical analysis of the gaged...
Managed wetlands for climate action: Potential greenhouse gas and subsidence mitigation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Lydia Smith Vaughn, Steven J. Deverel, Stephanie Panlasigui, Judith Z. Drexler, Marc A. Olds, Jose T. Diaz, Kendall F. Harris, James Morris, J. Letitia Grenier, April H. Robinson, Donna A. Ball
2024, San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science (22)
In the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta (Delta), widespread drainage of historical wetlands has led to extensive subsidence and peat carbon losses, as well as high ongoing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Large-scale wetland restoration and conversion to rice fields has the potential to mitigate...
Hydrologisch informierte Murgangmodellierung mit RAMMS Kann das Erosionsverhalten von Murgängen anhand der Sättigungsbedindungen vorhergesagt werden?
Anna L. Koenz, Jacob Hirschberg, Brian McArdell, Benjamin B. Mirus, Tjalling de Haas, Perry Bartelt, Peter Molnar
2024, Newsletter
Murgänge können durch Erosion entlang ihres Fliessweges erheblich an Volumen und damit an Gefährdungspotenzial gewinnen. Diese Erosionsprozesse hängen erwiesenermassen mit den Sättigungsbedingungen des Sediments vor dem Ereignis zusammen. Solche hydrologische Einflussfaktoren werden bei der Murgangmodellierung bisher jedoch nicht explizit berücksichtigt. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird ein Ansatz vorgestellt, um diese Lücke...
Morphotypical and geochemical variations of planktic foraminiferal species in Siberian and Central Arctic Ocean core tops
Maya Prabhakar, Kaustubh Thirumalai, Thomas M. Cronin, Laura Gemery, Elizabeth Thomas, Patrick Rafter
2024, Journal of Foraminiferal Research (54) 1-19
In this work, we utilize a transect of core top, mid- to late Holocene, sediments from the Eastern Siberian Sea to the central Arctic Ocean, spanning gradients in upper-ocean water column properties, to examine regional planktic foraminiferal species abundances and geochemistry. We present...
Need and vision for global medium-resolution Landsat and Sentinel-2 data products
Volker C. Radeloff, David P. Roy, Mike Wulder, Martha Anderson, Bruce D. Cook, Christopher J. Crawford, Mark Friedl, Feng Gao, Noel Gorelick, Matthew Hansen, Sean Healey, Patrick Hostert, Glynn Hulley, Justin Huntington, Dave Johnson, Christopher Neigh, Alexei Lyapustin, Leo Lymburner, Nima Pahlevan, Jean-Francois Pekel, Theodore A. Scambos, Crystal Schaaf, Peter Strobl, Eric Vermote, Curtis Woodcock, Hankui K. Zhang, Zhe Zhu
2024, Remote Sensing of Environment (300)
Global changes in climate and land use are threatening natural ecosystems, biodiversity, and the ecosystem services people rely on. This is why it is necessary to track and monitor spatiotemporal change at a level of detail that can inform science, management, and policy development. The current constellation of multiple Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellites...
Longer holding times decrease dispersal but increase mortality of translocated scaled quail
Rebekah E. Ruzicka, Dale Rollins, Paul F. Doherty Jr., William L. Kendall
2024, Journal of Wildlife Management (88)
Scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) decline caused by habitat loss and fragmentation increased interest in translocation to reestablish populations. Yet factors determining translocation success are poorly understood. We tested hypotheses concerning the influence of source population and variation in delayed release strategy (1–9 weeks) on mortality and dispersal of wild-caught, translocated...
Merging integrated population models and individual-based models to project population dynamics of recolonizing species
L.S. Petracca, B. Gardner, B.T. Maletzke, Sarah J. Converse
2024, Biological Conservation (289)
Recolonizing species exhibit unique population dynamics, namely dispersal to and colonization of new areas, that have important implications for management. A resulting challenge is how to simultaneously model demographic and movement processes so that recolonizing species can be accurately projected over time and space. We introduce a framework for spatially...
Seroprevalence, blood chemistry, and patterns of canine parvovirus, distemper virus, plague, and tularemia in free-ranging coyotes (Canis latrans) in northern New Mexico, USA.
Leah M. White, Susan Gifford, Gail Kaufman, Eric Gese, Mark A. Peyton, Robert R. Parmenter, James W. Cain III
2024, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (160) 14-25
Wildlife diseases have implications for ecology, conservation, human health, and health of domestic animals. They may impact wildlife health and population dynamics. Exposure rates of coyotes (Canis latrans) to pathogens such as Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague, may reflect prevalence rates in both rodent prey and human populations. We captured...
Estimates of Southern White-tailed Ptarmigan daily nest survival from multiple sites in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado
Gregory T. Wann, Amy E. Seglund, Phillip A. Street, Nicholas J. Parker, Shelley L. Nelson, Jonathan P. Runge, Clait E. Braun, Cameron L. Aldridge
2024, Avian Conservation and Ecology (19)
Estimating vital rates of avian species is important to understand population dynamics and develop potential conservation strategies that target rates for management. Avian species have reduced potential for high annual fecundity in alpine ecosystems due to a short breeding window and harsh weather conditions. We located nests from Southern White-tailed...
Individual-based ecological particle tracking model (ECO-PTM) for simulating juvenile chinook salmon migration and survival through the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta
Xiaochun Wang, Russell W. Perry, Adam Pope, Doug Jackson, Dalton Hance
2024, San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science (22)
Recovery of endangered salmon species in the Central Valley of California amidst prolonged drought and climate change necessitates innovative water management actions that balance species recovery and California's water demands. We describe an individual-based ecological particle tracking model (ECO-PTM) that can be used to assess the efficacy of proposed actions....
Hawaiian volcanic ash, an airborne fomite for nontuberculous mycobacteria
Stephanie Dawrs, Ravleen Virdi, Grant Norton, Tamar Elias, Nabeeh Hasan, Schuyler Robinson, Jobel Matriz, L. Elaine Epperson, Cody Glickman, Sean Beagle, James L Crooks, Stephen T. Nelson, Edward Chan, David Damby, Michael Strong, Jennifer Honda
2024, GeoHealth (8)
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmentally acquired opportunistic pathogens that can cause chronic lung disease. Within the U.S., Hawai'i shows the highest prevalence rates of NTM lung infections. Here, we investigated a potential role for active volcanism at the Kīlauea Volcano located on Hawai'i Island in promoting NTM growth and diversity....
Variable climate-growth relationships of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) among Sky Island mountain ranges in the Great Basin, Nevada, USA
Martin Senfeldr, Douglas J. Shinneman, Susan McIlroy, Paul Rogers, R. Justin DeRose
2024, Forest Ecology and Management (554)
The Great Basin is an arid province located in the interior western United States. The region encompasses millions of hectares and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) forests comprise a minor portion of the total area. However, montane aspen forests play a...
The Coastal Carbon Library and Atlas: Open source soil data and tools supporting blue carbon research and policy
James R. Holmquist, David H. Klinges, Michael Lonneman, Jaxine Wolfe, Brandon M. Boyd, Meagan J. Eagle, Jonathan Sanderman, Katherine Todd-Brown, Lauren N. Brown, E. Fay Belshe, Samantha K. Chapman, Ron Corstanje, Christopher N. Janousek, James T. Morris, Gregory E. Noe, Andre S. Rovai, Amanda C. Spivak, Megan Vahsen, Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Kevin D. Kroeger, Patrick Megonigal
2024, Global Change Biology (30)
Quantifying carbon fluxes into and out of coastal soils is critical to meeting greenhouse gas reduction and coastal resiliency goals. Numerous ‘blue carbon’ studies have generated, or benefitted from, synthetic datasets. However, the community those efforts inspired does not have a centralized, standardized database...
Geologic sources and well integrity impact methane emissions from orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells
Nicholas J. Gianoutsos, Karl B. Haase, Justin E. Birdwell
2024, Science of the Total Environment (912)
The 160-year history of oil and gas drilling in the United States has left a legacy of unplugged orphaned and abandoned wells, some of which are leaking methane and other hazardous chemicals into the environment. The locations of around 120,000 documented orphaned wells are currently known with the number of...
Conventional rare earth element mineral deposits: The global landscape
Nora K. Foley, Robert A. Ayuso
2024, Book chapter, Rare earth metals and minerals industries: Status and prospects
Four conventional mineral deposit types—carbonatite, alkaline igneous, heavy mineral sand, and regolith-hosted ion-adsorption clay deposits—currently supply global markets with the rare earth elements (REEs) and rare earth oxides (REOs) necessary to meet the technological needs of global communities. The unique properties of REEs make them useful in a wide variety...
Energy-related rare earth element sources
Allan Kolker, Liliana Lefticariu, Steven T. Anderson
2024, Book chapter, Rare earth metals and minerals industries: Status and prospects
Energy-related materials such as coal, coal-bearing wastes, and coal combustion products are traditionally thought of as sources or by-products of electric power generation. Increasingly, these materials are considered resources for their content of rare earth elements (REEs) and other useful constituents. In this chapter, we examine the distribution, modes of...
Hydrothermal monazite and xenotime chemistry as genetic discriminators for intrusion-related and orogenic gold deposits: Implications for an orogenic origin of the Pogo gold deposit, Alaska
Ryan D. Taylor, Garth E. Graham, Heather A. Lowers
2024, Mineralium Deposita (59) 949-967
Attempts to geochemically distinguish between metamorphic-hydrothermal systems that form orogenic gold deposits and both reduced and oxidized magmatic-hydrothermal systems using isotopes or metal associations have proven ambiguous, particularly for orogenic gold and reduced intrusion-related gold systems. The absence of conclusive geochemical discriminators and the overlap in...
The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications
Mark D. Petersen, Allison Shumway, Peter M. Powers, Edward H. Field, Morgan P. Moschetti, Kishor S. Jaiswal, Kevin R. Milner, Sanaz Rezaeian, Arthur D. Frankel, Andrea L. Llenos, Andrew J. Michael, Jason M. Altekruse, Sean Kamran Ahdi, Kyle Withers, Charles Mueller, Yuehua Zeng, Robert E. Chase, Leah M. Salditch, Nico Luco, Kenneth S. Rukstales, Julie A. Herrick, Demi Leafar Girot, Brad T. Aagaard, Adrian Bender, Michael L. Blanpied, Richard W. Briggs, Oliver S. Boyd, Brandon Clayton, Christopher DuRoss, Eileen L. Evans, Peter J. Haeussler, Alexandra Elise Hatem, Kirstie Lafon Haynie, Elizabeth H. Hearn, Kaj M. Johnson, Zachary Alan Kortum, N. Simon Kwong, Andrew James Makdisi, Henry Mason, Daniel McNamara, Devin McPhillips, P. Okubo, Morgan T. Page, Frederick Pollitz, Justin Rubinstein, Bruce E. Shaw, Zheng-Kang Shen, Brian Shiro, James Andrew Smith, William J. Stephenson, Eric M. Thompson, Jessica Ann Thompson Jobe, Erin A. Wirth, Robert C. Witter
2024, Earthquake Spectra (40) 5-88
The US National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) was updated in 2023 for all 50 states using new science on seismicity, fault ruptures, ground motions, and probabilistic techniques to produce a standard of practice for public policy and other engineering applications (defined for return periods greater than ∼475...
Operational aspects of Landsat 8 and 9 geometry
Michael J. Choate, Rajagopalan Rengarajan, Nahid Hasan, Alex Denevan, Kathryn Ruslander
2024, Remote Sensing (16)
Landsat 9 (L9) was launched on 27 September 2021. This spacecraft contained two instruments, the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) and Thermal Infrared Sensor-2 (TIRS-2), that allow for a continuation of the Landsat program and the mission to acquire multi-spectral observations of the globe on a moderate scale. Following a period...