A Resist-Accept-Direct decision-support tool for walleye Sander vitreus (Mitchill) management in Wisconsin
Colin J. Dassow, Alex W. Latzka, Abigail Lynch, Greg G. Sass, Ralph W. Tingley III, Craig P. Paukert
2022, Fisheries Management and Ecology (29) 378-391
Large-scale modelling and prediction provide insight into general influences of climate change on inland recreational fisheries; however, small-scale dynamics and local expertise will be key in developing explicit goals for managing recreational fisheries as the climate changes. The resist-accept-direct (RAD) framework encompasses the entire decision space managers consider when addressing...
Population reproductive structure of Rainbow Trout determined by histology and advancing methods to assign sex and assess spawning capability
James A. Crossman, Molly A. H. Webb, Josh Korman, Michael D. Yard
2022, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (151) 422-440
Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss have been intensively studied and gametogenesis has been described, but the use of reproductive indices in field studies has not been widely applied when assessing variability in growth or recruitment dynamics. We integrated descriptions for gametogenesis within the framework of standardized terminology for reproductive development in teleosts to...
Precision and bias of spatial capture–recapture estimates: A multi-site, multi-year Utah black bear case study
Greta M Schmidt, Tabitha A. Graves, Jordan C Pederson, Sarah L Carroll
2022, Ecological Applications (32)
Spatial capture–recapture (SCR) models are powerful analytical tools that have become the standard for estimating abundance and density of wild animal populations. When sampling populations to implement SCR, the number of unique individuals detected, total recaptures, and unique spatial relocations can be highly variable. These sample sizes influence the precision...
Evaluating temporal and spatial transferability of a tidal inundation model for foraging waterbirds
Marisa T. Martinez, Leonardo Calle, Stephanie Romanach, Dale E. Gawlik
2022, Ecosphere (13)
For ecosystem models to be applicable outside their context of development, temporal and spatial transferability must be demonstrated. This presents a challenge for modeling intertidal ecosystems where spatiotemporal variation arises at multiple scales. Models specializing in tidal dynamics are generally inhibited from having wider ecological applications...
Mapping actual evapotranspiration using Landsat for the conterminous United States: Google Earth Engine implementation and assessment of the SSEBop model
Gabriel B. Senay, MacKenzie Friedrichs, Charles Morton, Gabriel Edwin Lee Parrish, Matthew Schauer, Kul Bikram Khand, Stefanie Kagone, Olena Boiko, Justin Huntington
2022, Remote Sensing of Environment (275)
The estimation and mapping of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) is an active area of applied research in the fields of agriculture and water resources. Thermal remote sensing-based methods, using coarse resolution satellites, have been successful at estimating ETa over the conterminous United States (CONUS)...
MTH5: An archive and exchangeable data format for magnetotelluric time series data
Jared R. Peacock, Karl Kappler, Lindsey Heagy, Timothy Ronan, Anna Kelbert, Andrew Frassetto
2022, Computers & Geosciences (162)
Magnetotellurics (MT) is a passive electromagnetic geophysical method that measures variations in subsurface electrical resistivity. MT data are collected in the time domain and processed in the frequency domain to produce estimates of a transfer function representing the Earth’s electrical structure. Unfortunately, the MT...
Using near–surface temperature data to vicariously calibrate high-resolution thermal infrared imagery and estimate physical surface properties
Timothy N. Titus, J. Judson Wynne, M.D. Jhabvala, N. A. Cabrol
2022, MethodsX (9)
Thermal response of the surface to solar insolation is a function of the topography and the thermal physical characteristics of the landscape, which include bulk density, heat capacity, thermal conductivity and surface albedo and emissivity. Thermal imaging is routinely used to constrain thermal physical properties by characterizing or modeling changes...
Informing management of Henrys Lake, Idaho using an integrated catch-at-age model
Joshua L McCormick, Jennifer Vincent, Brett High, Darcy K. McCarrick, Michael Quist
2022, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (42) 857-873
Henrys Lake, Idaho, supports a popular fishery for Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri and Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout × Rainbow Trout O. mykiss hybrids. A majority of the adult population of fish in Henrys Lake are of hatchery origin that were stocked as fingerlings. The fishery is closed to angling during the late winter...
Finalization of the Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) working group
Paul C. Hackley, Jolanta Kus
2022, Newsletter
A working group in Commission II to investigate applications of confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) for organic petrology investigations has finalized with publication of the manuscript “Characterization of bituminite in Kimmeridge Clay by confocal laser scanning and atomic force microscopy” in the International Journal of Coal Geology. The manuscript is...
RestoreNet: Collaboration to improve success of seed-based restoration on the Colorado Plateau
Seth M. Munson, Molly L. McCormick, M. Scott, Ariel Leger
2022, Newsletter
Dryland restoration faces challenges from heat, drought, and unpredictable rainfall, that are increasingly common and severe due to climate change. Land managers need information about successful seed-based restoration techniques and seed mixes that are not widely available to increase restoration success. Researchers from the US Geological Survey (USGS) and partner...
Gene pool boundaries for the Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus) reveal asymmetrical migration within meadow neighborhoods
Paul A. Maier, Amy G. Vandergast, Steven M. Ostoja, Andres Aguilar, Andrew J. Bohonak
2022, Frontiers in Conservation Science (3)
The Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus [Bufo] canorus) is a federally threatened species of meadow-specializing amphibian endemic to the high-elevation Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The species is one of the first amphibians to undergo a large demographic collapse that was well-documented, and is reputed to remain in low abundance throughout its range. Recent...
Improving pollinator habitat using mycorrhizal inoculum: Evaluating the impact of differences in remnant and reconstruction mycorrhizas on performance of conservative prairie plant species
Nicholas R. Jordan
2022, Extramural-Authored Publication Paper
No abstract available....
Commentary: Dryland watershed restoration with rock detention structures: A nature-based solution to mitigate drought, erosion, flooding, and atmospheric carbon
Laura M. Norman
2022, Frontiers in Environmental Science (10)
No abstract available....
Can grazing by elk and bison stimulate herbaceous plant productivity in semiarid ecosystems?
Kathryn A. Schoenecker, Linda Zeigenfuss, David J. Augustine
2022, Ecosphere (13)
Plant communities in rangeland ecosystems vary widely in the degree to which they can compensate for losses to herbivores. Ecosystem-level factors have been proposed to affect this compensatory capacity, including timing and intensity of grazing, and availability of soil moisture and nutrients. Arid ecosystems are particularly challenging to predict because...
On the potential for remote observations of coastal morphodynamics from surf-cameras
Matthew P. Conlin, Peter N. Adams, Margaret L. Palmsten
2022, Remote Sensing (14)
Recreational surf-cameras (surfcams) are ubiquitous along many coastlines, and yet are a largely untapped source of coastal morphodynamic observations. Surfcams offer broad spatial coverage and flexibility in data collection, but a method to remotely acquire ground control points (GCPs) and initial camera parameter approximations is necessary to better leverage this...
Fort Stanton cave science conference field guide
Steve Peerman, Johanna Blake, Christina L. Ferguson, Penelope J. Boston, Cynthia Connolly, K. E. Miltenberger, Talon Newton, Mike Spilde
2022, Book
No abstract available....
Updates to and applications of the USGS National Crustal Model for seismic hazard studies
Oliver S. Boyd
L. Harvey Thorleifson, editor(s)
2022, Conference Paper, OFR22-02, Geologic Mapping Forum 21/22 abstracts
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Crustal Model (NCM) is being developed to assist in the modeling of seismic hazards across the conterminous United States. The NCM is composed of a grid of geophysical profiles, extending from the Earth’s surface into the upper mantle. It is constructed from a 3D...
Young basalt fields of the Mojave Desert
David M. Miller, David C. Buesch
2022, Conference Paper, Volcanoes in the Mojave: 2022 Desert symposium field guide and proceedings
Basalt, a mafic volcanic rock common in mid-ocean islands and in several continental settings, is melted from upper mantle rocks in many cases and thus provides information on mantle conditions. Basalt lava fields, some decorated with cinder cones, are scattered around the Mojave Desert. Only a few basalt fields have...
Post-Early Miocene silicic volcanism in the northern Mojave Desert, California
David M. Miller, Phillip B Gans, Tracey J. Felger, Jorge A. Vazquez
2022, Conference Paper, Volcanoes in the Mojave: 2022 Desert symposium field guide and proceedings
Silicic volcanism that postdates widespread early Miocene volcanism in the Mojave Desert is underappreciated. We compiled age, petrographic, and geochemical data for volcanic rocks in a wide swath of the desert south of the Garlock fault using an age threshold of post-18.8 Ma, approximately the limit of the earlier Miocene...
Results of the collaborative Lake Ontario bloater restoration stocking and assessment, 2012–2020
Brian Weidel, Amanda Susanne Ackiss, Marc Chalupnicki, Michael Connerton, Steve Davis, John M. Dettmers, Timothy Drew, Aaron T. Fisk, Roger Gordon, S. Dale Hanson, Jeremy Holden, Mark E. Holey, James H. Johnson, Timothy B. Johnson, Colin Lake, Brian F. Lantry, Kevin Loftus, Gregg Mackey, James E. McKenna Jr., Michael J. Millard, Scott P. Minihkeim, Brian O’Malley, Adam Rupnik, Andrew C. Todd, Steven Lapan
2022, Journal of Great Lakes Research (48) 371-380
Bloater, Coregonus hoyi, are deepwater planktivores native to the Laurentian Great Lakes and Lake Nipigon. Interpretations of commercial fishery time series suggest they were common in Lake Ontario through the early 1900s but by the 1950s were no longer captured by commercial fishers. Annual bottom trawl surveys that...
Biomarkers in the Precambrian: Earth’s ancient sedimentary record of life
Christian Hallmann, Katherine L. French, Jochen J. Brocks
2022, Elements (18) 93-99
The hydrocarbon remnants of biologically diagnostic lipids inform our understanding of Earth’s early ecosystems, particularly where morphological vestiges of biology are absent or ambiguous. Yet both the analysis and interpretation of ancient biomarkers require scrutinous approaches. Here, we describe the status quo of...
The ~400 yr B.P. eruption of Half Cone, a post-caldera composite cone within Aniakchak caldera, Alaska Peninsula
Brandon Browne, Christina A. Neal, Charles R. Bacon
2022, Report
Aniakchak volcano is a historically active caldera located on the central Alaska Peninsula. The largest eruption from Aniakchak since the ~3,400 yr B.P. caldera-forming eruption occurred ~400 yr B.P. from Half Cone volcano, an intracaldera composite cone on the northwest floor of the Aniakchak caldera that was largely destroyed by the eruption. The ~400...
Elevating human dimensions of amphibian and reptile conservation, a USA perspective
Deanna H. Olson, David S. Pilliod
2022, Conservation Science and Practice (4)
Increasing threats to amphibian and reptile species raise the urgency of their conservation. However, relative to other vertebrate groups at risk, amphibians and reptiles have low and more variable social capital; they are not generally high-priority natural goods and services valued by people. Consequently, relative to...
To catch a (marsh) predator: Modified trapping methods for breeding and wintering Northern Harriers (Circus hudsonius)
Shannon Skalos, Michael L. Casazza, Matthew J. Falcon, William Thein, Joshua M. Hull
2022, Journal of Raptor Research (56) 190-200
Although there are a variety of methods available for trapping raptors, some species, such as Northern Harriers (Circus hudsonius), are not easily captured with standard methods. We tested several existing trapping methods and modified two of them based on Northern Harrier ecology and behavior...
In situ recording of Mars soundscape
Sylvestre Maurice, Baptiste Chide, Naomi Murdoch, Ralph D. Lorenz, David Mimoun, Roger C. Wiens, Alexander E. Stott, X. Jacob, T. Bertrand, F. Montmessin, Nina L. Lanza, C. Alvarez-Llamas, S. M. Angel, M. Aung, J. Balaram, O. Beyssac, A. Cousin, G. Delory, O. Forni, T. Fouchet, O. Gasnault, H. Grip, M. Hecht, J. Hoffman, J. Laserna, J. Lasue, J. N. Maki, J. McClean, P. #NAME? Meslin, S. Le Mouélic, A. Munguira, C. E. Newman, J. A. Rodriguez Manfredi, J. Moros, A. Ollila, P. Pilleri, S.E. Schröder, M. de la Torre Juarez, T. Tzanetos, K. Stack, K. Farley, K. H. Williford, T. Acosta-Maeda, Ryan Anderson, D.M. Applin, G. Arana, M. Bassas-Portus, R. Beal, P.S.A. Beck, K. Benzerara, S. Bernard, P. Bernardi, T. Bosak, B. Bousquet, A.J. Brown, A. Cadu, P. Caïs, K. Castro, E. Clavé, S. M. Clegg, E. Cloutis, S. Connell, A. Debus, E. Dehouck, D. Delapp, C. Donny, A. Dorresoundiram, G. Dromart, B. Dubois, C. Fabre, A. Fau, W. F. Fischer, R. Francis, J. Frydenvang, Travis S.J. Gabriel, E. Gibbons, I. Gontijo, J. R. Johnson, H. Kalucha, E. Kelly, E. Knutsen, G. Lacombe, C. Legett IV, R. Leveille, E. Lewin, G. Lopez-Reyes, E. Lorigny, J. M. Madariaga, M. B. Madsen, S. Madsen, L. Mandon, N. Mangold, M. Mann, J.-A. Manrique, J. Martinez-Frias, L.E. Mayhew, F. Meunier, T. McConnochie, S. M. McLennan, G. Montagnac, V. Mousset, T. Aliste Nelson, R. T. Newell, Y. Parot, C. Pilorget, P. Pinet, G. Pont, C. Quantin-Nataf, B. Quertier, W. Rapin, A. Reyes-Newell, S. Robinson, L. Rochas, C. Royer, F. Rull, V. Sautter, S. Sharma, V. Shridar, A. Sournac, M. Toplis, I. Torre-Fdez, N. Turenne, A. Udry, M. Veneranda, D. Venhaus, D. Vogt, P. Willis
2022, Nature (605) 653-658
Prior to the Perseverance rover landing, the acoustic environment of Mars was unknown. Models predicted that: (i) atmospheric turbulence changes at centimeter scales or smaller at the point where molecular viscosity converts kinetic energy into heat1, (ii) the speed of sound varies at the surface with frequency2,3, and (iii) high...
