Special Issue on PFAS
Deborah D. Iwanowicz
2022, Newsletter
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Temporal greenness trends in stable natural land cover and relationships with climatic variability across the conterminous United States
Lei Ji, Jesslyn F. Brown
2022, Earth Interactions (26) 66-83
Assessment of temporal trends in vegetation greenness and related influences aids understanding of recent change in terrestrial ecosystems and feedbacks from weather, climate, and environment. We analyzed 1-km normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) timeseries data (1989–2016) derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and developed growing season...
Regional-scale liquefaction analyses
Michael W. Greenfield, Alex R. Grant
2022, Conference Paper, Geo-Congress 2022: Geophysical and earthquake engineering and soil dynamics
Regional-scale liquefaction hazard analyses are necessary for resilience planning and prioritization of seismic upgrades for critical distributed infrastructure such as levees, pipelines, roadways, and electrical transmission facilities. Two approaches are often considered for liquefaction hazard analysis of distributed infrastructure: (1) conventional, site-specific probe or borehole-based analyses, which do not quantify...
Volcanic unrest at Nevados de Chillán (Southern Andean Volcanic Zone) from January 2019 to November 2020, imaged by DInSAR
Ana Astort, Gregorio Boixart, Andres Folguera, Maurizio Battaglia
2022, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (427)
The volcanic complex of Nevados de Chillán, located in the Southern Volcanic Zone (SVZ) of the Andes, has been active for the past 640 ± 20 ka. Its volcanic activity includes dome forming eruptions, explosive events, and lava flows. The most recent eruption cycle started in January 2016....
Melt surges, flow differentiation, and remobilization of crystal-rich mushes in response to unloading: Observations from Kīlauea Iki lava lake, Hawaii
Rosalind L. Helz
2022, GSA Bulletin (134) 3123-3141
Field and laboratory studies of the 1959 Kīlauea Iki lava lake have provided insight into differentiation processes in mafic magma chambers. This paper explores how partially molten basaltic mushes responded to unloading as a consequence of drilling. Most holes drilled from 1967 to 1979 terminated in a melt-rich internal differentiate...
Using ensemble data assimilation to estimate transient hydrologic exchange flow under highly dynamic flow conditions
K. C. Chen, Xingyuan Chen, X. Song, Martin A. Briggs, P. Jiang, P. Shuai, G. Hammond, H. Zhang, J. Zachara
2022, Water Resources Research (58)
Quantifying dynamic hydrologic exchange flows (HEFs) within river corridors that experience high-frequency flow variations caused by dam regulations is important for understanding the biogeochemical processes at the river water and groundwater interfaces. Heat has been widely used as a tracer to infer steady-state flow velocities through analytical...
Missouri and Landsat
U.S. Geological Survey
2022, Fact Sheet 2022-3015
Missouri, one of only two States that borders eight different States, lies in the heart of the United States. Distinguished by its farm fields and forests, substantial rivers and lakes, and cities filled with culture and industry, the “Show Me State” has abundant beauty and a long history of connecting...
Bolide impact effects on the West Florida Platform, Gulf of Mexico: End Cretaceous and late Eocene
Claude (Wylie) Poag
2022, Geosphere (18) 1077-1103
This study documents seismic reflection evidence that two different bolide impacts significantly disrupted stratigraphic and depositional processes on the West Florida Platform. The first impact terminated the Late Cretaceous Epoch (Chicxulub; ~66 Ma; end Maastrichtian age). The second took place in the late Eocene (Chesapeake Bay; ~35 Ma; Priabonian...
A climate-mediated shift in the estuarine habitat mosaic limits prey availability and reduces nursery quality for juvenile salmon
Melanie J. Davis, Isa Woo, Christopher S. Ellings, Sayre Hodgson, David Beauchamp, Glynnis Nakai, Susan E.W. De La Cruz
2022, Estuaries and Coasts (45) 1445-1464
The estuarine habitat mosaic supports the reproduction, growth, and survival of resident and migratory fish species by providing a diverse portfolio of unique habitats with varying physical and biological features. Global climate change is expected to result in increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, and changes in riverine hydrology, which will...
Urban landcover differentially drives day and nighttime air temperature across a semi-arid city
Peter Christian Ibsen, G. Darrel Jenerette, Tyler Dell, Kenneth J. Bagstad, James E. Diffendorfer
2022, Science of the Total Environment (829)
Semi-arid urban environments are undergoing an increase in both average air temperatures and in the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events. Within cities, different composition and densities of urban landcovers (ULC) influence local air temperatures, either mitigating or increasing heat. Currently, understanding how...
GW/SW-MST: A groundwater/surface-water method selection tool
Steven Hammett, Frederick Day-Lewis, Brett Russell Trottier, Paul M. Barlow, Martin A. Briggs, Geoffrey N. Delin, Judson Harvey, Carole D. Johnson, John W. Lane Jr., D.O. Rosenberry, Dale D. Werkema
2022, Groundwater (60) 784-791
Groundwater/surface-water (GW/SW) exchange and hyporheic processes are topics receiving increasing attention from the hydrologic community. Hydraulic, chemical, temperature, geophysical, and remote sensing methods are used to achieve various goals (e.g., inference of GW/SW exchange, mapping of bed materials, etc.), but the application of these methods is constrained by site conditions...
Large fires or small fires, will they differ in affecting shifts in species composition and distributions under climate change?
Wenru Xu, Hong S. He, Chao Huang, Shengwu Duan, Todd Hawbaker, Paul D. Henne, Yu Liang, Zhiliang Zhu
2022, Forest Ecology and Management (510) 1-10
Climate change is expected to increase fire activity, which has the potential to accelerate climate-induced shifts in species composition and distribution in the boreal-temperate ecotone. Wildfire can kill resident trees, and thus provide establishment opportunities for migrating tree species. However, the role of fire size and its interactions with...
A review of the microtremor horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (MHVSR) method
S. Molnar, A. Sirohey, J. Assaf, P.-Y. Bard, C. Castellaro, C. Cornou, B. Cox, B. Guillier, B. Hassani, H. Kawase, S. Matsushima, F. J. Sánchez-Sesma, Alan Yong
2022, Journal of Seismology (26) 653-685
The single-station microtremor horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (MHVSR) method was initially proposed to retrieve the site amplification function and its resonance frequencies produced by unconsolidated sediments overlying high-velocity bedrock. Presently, MHVSR measurements are predominantly conducted to obtain an estimate of the fundamental site frequency at sites where a strong subsurface impedance...
A review of near-surface QS estimation methods using active and passive sources
Stefano Parolai, Carlo G. Lai, Ilaria Dreossi, Olga-Joan Ktenidou, Alan K. Yong
2022, Journal of Seismology (26) 823-862
Seismic attenuation and the associated quality factor (Q) have long been studied in various sub-disciplines of seismology, ranging from observational and engineering seismology to near-surface geophysics and soil/rock dynamics with particular emphasis on geotechnical earthquake engineering and engineering seismology. Within the broader framework of seismic site characterization, various experimental techniques...
Modeling the dynamics of salt marsh development in coastal land reclamation
Yiyang Xu, Tarandeep S. Kalra, Neil K. Ganju, Sergio Fagherazzi
2022, Geophysical Research Letters (49)
The valuable ecosystem services of salt marshes are spurring marsh restoration projects around the world. However, it is difficult to determine the final vegetated area based on physical drivers. Herein, we use a 3D fully coupled vegetation-hydrodynamic-morphological modeling system (COAWST), to simulate the final vegetation cover and the timescale to...
Average kinship within bighorn sheep populations is associated with connectivity, augmentation, and bottlenecks
Elizabeth P Flesch, Tabitha A. Graves, Jennifer Thomson, Kelly M. Proffitt, Robert A. Garrott
2022, Ecosphere (13)
Understanding the influence of population attributes on genetic diversity is important to advancement of biological conservation. Because bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations vary in size and management history, the species provides a unique opportunity to observe the response of average pairwise kinship, inversely related to genetic diversity, to a spectrum...
Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity
Dianne L McLean, Luciana C. Ferreira, Jessica A Benthuysen, Karen J. Miller, Marie-Lise Schlappy, Matthew J. Ajemian, Oliver Berry, Silvana N. R. Birchenough, Todd Bond, Fabio Boschetti, Ann S Bull, Jeremy T Claisse, Scott A Condie, Pierpaolo Consoli, Joop W. P. Coolen, Michael R. Elliott, Irene S Fortune, Ashley M Fowler, Bronwyn M Gillanders, Hugo B Harrison, Kristen Hart, Lea-Anne Henry, Chad L Hewitt, Natalie Hicks, Karlo Hock, Kieran Hyder, Milton S. Love, Peter I Macreadie, Robert J. Miller, William A Montevecchi, Mary M Nishimoto, Henry M. Page, David M Paterson, Charitha B Pattiaratchi, Gretta T Pecl, Joanne S Porter, David B. Reeves, Cynthia Riginos, Sally Rouse, Debbie J. F. Russell, Craig D. H. Sherman, Jonas Teilmann, Victoria L. G. Todd, Eric A. Treml, David H. Williamson, Michele Thums
2022, Global Change Biology (28) 3515-3536
Offshore platforms, subsea pipelines, wells and related fixed structures supporting the oil and gas (O&G) industry are prevalent in oceans across the globe, with many approaching the end of their operational life and requiring decommissioning. Although structures can possess high ecological diversity and productivity, information on...
Coupling validation effort with in situ bioacoustic data improves estimating relative activity and occupancy for multiple species with cross-species misclassifications
Christian Stratton, Kathryn M. Irvine, Katharine M. Banner, Wilson J. Wright, Cori Lausen, Jason Rae
2022, Methods in Ecology and Evolution (13) 1288-1303
The increasing complexity and pace of ecological change requires natural resource managers to consider entire species assemblages. Acoustic recording units (ARUs) require minimal cost and effort to deploy and inform relative activity, or encounter rates, for multiple species simultaneously. ARU-based surveys require post-processing of the recordings via software algorithms...
Atmospheric river storm flooding influences tidal marsh elevation building processes
Karen M. Thorne, Scott Jones, Chase M. Freeman, Kevin Buffington, Christopher N. Janousek, Glenn R. Guntenspergen
2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (127)
Disturbances are a key component of ecological processes in coastal ecosystems. Investigating factors that affect tidal marsh accretion and elevation change is important, largely due to accelerating sea-level rise and the ecological and economic value of wetlands. Sediment accumulation rates, elevation change, and flooding were examined at...
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium from wild birds in the United States represent distinct lineages defined by bird type
Yezhi Fu, Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Jeffrey M. Lorch, David S. Blehert, Brenda M. Berlowski-Zier, Chris A. Whitehouse, Shaoting Li, Xiangyu Deng, Jared C. Smith, Nikki W. Shariat, Erin M. Nawrocki, Edward G. Dudley
2022, Applied and Environmental Microbiology (88)
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is typically considered a host generalist; however, certain isolates are associated with specific hosts and show genetic features of host adaptation. Here, we sequenced 131 S. Typhimurium isolates from wild birds collected in 30 U.S. states during 1978-2019. We found that isolates from broad taxonomic host groups including passerine...
Precision of headwater stream permanence estimates from a monthly water balance model in the Pacific Northwest, USA
Konrad Hafen, Kyle W. Blasch, Paul E. Gessler, Roy Sando, Alan H. Rea
2022, Water (14)
Stream permanence classifications (i.e., perennial, intermittent, ephemeral) are a primary consideration to determine stream regulatory status in the United States (U.S.) and are an important indicator of environmental conditions and biodiversity. However, at present, no models or products adequately describe surface water presence for regulatory determinations. We modified the Thornthwaite...
Forest cover lessens the impact of drought on streamflow in Puerto Rico
Jazlynn S. Hall, Martha A. Scholl, Yuri Gorokhovich, Maria Uriarte
2022, Hydrological Processes (36)
Tropical regions are experiencing high rates of forest cover loss coupled with changes in the volume and timing of rainfall. These shifts can compromise streamflow and water provision, highlighting the need to identify how forest cover influences streamflow generation under variable rainfall conditions. Although rainfall is the key driver of...
Complex life-cycles in trophically transmitted helminths: Do the benefits of increased growth and transmission outweigh generalism and complexity costs?
Daniel P. Benesh, James C Chubb, Kevin D. Lafferty, Geoff A Parker
2022, Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-borne Diseases (2)
Why do so many parasitic worms have complex life-cycles? A complex life-cycle has at least two hypothesized costs: (i) worms with longer life-cycles, i.e. more successive hosts, must be generalists at the species level, which might reduce lifetime survival or growth, and (ii) each...
Risk assessment of chanchita Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel, 1840), a newly identified non-native cichlid fish in Florida
Mary Brown, Robert H. Robins, Pam Schofield
2022, Management of Biological Invasions (13) 435-448
The risk of a newly discovered non-native fish species in Florida (USA): Cichlasoma dimerus ([Heckel, 1840]; Family: Cichlidae) is assessed. Its tolerance to cold temperatures was experimentally evaluated and information on its biology and ecology was synthesized. In the cold-temperature tolerance experiment, temperature was lowered from 24 °C by increments...
Carnivores in color: Pelt color patterns among carnivores in Idaho
David Edward Ausband, Jessica M. Krohner
2022, Journal of Mammalogy (103) 598-607
Pelt color serves many functions from signaling to crypsis to thermoregulation and its purpose has been a lively source of debate in biology for over a century. Determining the effects of both habitat and human influences on pelt color patterns can be difficult. We made novel use of a...