Knowledge sharing for shared success in the decade on ecosystem restoration
Emma Ladouceur, Nancy Shackelford, Karma Bouazza, Lars Brudvig, Anna Bucharova, Timo Conradi, Todd E. Erickson, Magda Garbowski, Kelly Garvy, W. Stanley Harpole, Holly P. Jones, Tiffany Knight, Mlungele M. Nsikani, Gustavo B. Paterno, Katharine Suding, Vicky M. Temperton, Peter Torok, Daniel E. Winkler, Johnathan M. Chase
2022, Ecological Solutions and Evidence (3)
The Decade on Ecosystem Restoration aims to provide the means and incentives for upscaling restoration efforts worldwide. Although ecosystem restoration is a broad, interdisciplinary concept, effective ecological restoration requires sound ecological knowledge to successfully restore biodiversity and ecosystem services in degraded landscapes.We emphasize the critical role of knowledge and...
Matching of resource use and investment according to waterbody size in recreational fisheries
M.A. Kaemingk, R. Arlinghaus, M.H. Birdsong, C.J. Chizinski, R. Lyach, K.L. Wilson, Kevin L. Pope
2022, Fisheries Research (254)
The size of an ecosystem affects ecological interactions, but less is known about how ecosystem size may affect social interactions. We posit that ecosystem size could serve as a basis for understanding and contextualizing social interactions, connecting how ecosystem size influences natural resource investment decisions and the use of ecosystem services. We...
Pathways for avian influenza virus spread: GPS reveals wild waterfowl in commercial livestock facilities and connectivity with the natural wetland landscape
Fiona McDuie, Elliott Matchett, Diann Prosser, John Y. Takekawa, Maurice E. Pitesky, Austen Lorenz, Madeline M McCuen, Cory T. Overton, Josh T. Ackerman, Susan E.W. De La Cruz, Michael L. Casazza
2022, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (69) 2898-2912
Zoonotic diseases are of considerable concern to the human population and viruses such as avian influenza (AIV) threaten food security, wildlife conservation and human health. Wild waterfowl and the natural wetlands they use are known AIV reservoirs, with birds capable of virus transmission to domestic poultry...
Biology: Integrating core to essential variables (Bio-ICE) task team report for marine mammals
Samantha E. Simmons, Abigail Benson, Matthew Biddle, Gabrielle Canonico, Maggie Chory, Kruti Desai, Masha Edmondson, Jason Gedamke, Stacie K. Hardy, Margaret Hunter, Anu Kumar, Laura Lorenzoni, Brian D. Melzian, Keith Mullin, Kim M. Parsons, James Price, Shannon Rankin, Patricia E. Rosel, Heather R. Spence, Sofie M. van Parijs, Michael J. Weise
2022, Report
Marine mammals are wide-ranging, relatively long-lived organisms that play a crucial role in maintaining healthy ocean ecosystems. Often referred to as ecosystem engineers and sentinel species in marine ecosystems, these charismatic megafauna feed at a variety of trophic levels, affecting food web dynamics and cycling of chemicals and nutrients in...
Status and trends of pelagic and benthic prey fish populations in Lake Michigan, 2021
David Warner, Ralph W. Tingley III, Charles P. Madenjian, Benjamin A. Turschak, Dale Hanson
2022, Report
Lake wide acoustic (AC) and bottom trawl (BT) surveys are conducted annually to generate indices of pelagic and benthic prey fish densities in Lake Michigan. The BT survey has been conducted each fall since 1973 using 12-m trawls at depths ranging from 9 to 110 m and includes 70 fixed...
Interagency Flood Risk Management (InFRM) watershed hydrology assessment for the Neches River basin. Appendix A: Statistical hydrology
David S. Wallace
2022, Report
Statistical analysis of the observational record from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgaging stations and other historical information provides an informative means of estimating flood flow frequency. Flood flow frequency is defined by values or quantiles of discharge for selected annual exceedance probabilities (AEPs) (England and others, 2018). The annual peak...
Broadscale population structure and hatchery introgression of Midwestern brook trout: Midwestern brook trout population genetics
Bradley Erdman, Matthew G. Mitro, Joanna D.T. Griffin, David Rowe, David C. Kazyak, Keith Turnquist, Michael Siepker, Loren Miller, Wendylee Stott, Michael Hughes, Brian Sloss, Michael T. Kinnison, Wesley Larson
2022, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (151) 81-99
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis have faced significant declines throughout their native range and have been stocked in Midwestern waters since the late 1800s to offset such losses. Several studies have investigated the genetic effects of these stockings, but these efforts have been confined to relatively small spatial scales. In this study, we...
Response in the water level of Anvil Lake, Wisconsin, to changes in meteorological and climatic changes, Wisconsin
Dale M. Robertson
2022, Report
Anvil Lake, a relatively shallow seepage lake in northern Wisconsin, USA, has experienced dramatic changes in water level since elevation records began in 1938 in response to changes in meteorological and climatic conditions (Figure 1. Robertson et al., 2018). Anvil Lake’s water level record shows a pronounced 10–15-yr cycle, with...
Kirtland’s Warbler breeding productivity and habitat use in red pine-dominated habitat in Wisconsin, USA
Ashley Olah, Christine Ribic, Kim Grveles, Sarah Warner, Davin Lopez, Anna Pidgeon
2022, Avian Conservation and Ecology (17)
During the breeding season, Kirtland’s Warblers (Setophaga kirtlandii) are strongly associated with young jack pine (Pinus banksiana) forests in northern Lower Michigan, USA. Since 2007, the species has been breeding in unusual habitat, red pine (Pinus resinosa) dominated plantations, in central Wisconsin, USA. Kirtland’s Warbler productivity and habitat use in...
A shared vision for enhancing ecological resilience in the U.S. - Mexico borderlands: The Sky Island Restoration Collaborative
Laura M. Norman, Michele Girard, H. Ron Pulliam, Miguel L. Villarreal, Valer Austin Clark, Aaron D. Flesch, Roy Petrakis, Jeremiah Leibowitz, Deborah Tosline, Kurt Vaughn, Tess Wagner, Caleb Weaver, Trevor Hare, Jose Manuel Perez, Oscar E. Lopez Bujanda, Josiah T. Austin, Carianne Funicelli Campbell, James B. Callegary, Natalie R. Wilson, Jeff Conn, Tom Sisk, Gary L. Nabhan
2022, Newsletter
No abstract available....
Status and trends of the Lake Huron prey fish community, 1976-2020
Darryl W. Hondorp, Timothy P. O’Brien, Peter C. Esselman, Edward F. Roseman
2022, Report
The USGS Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) has assessed annual changes in the offshore prey fish community of Lake Huron since 1973. Assessments are based on a bottom trawl survey conducted in October and an acoustics-midwater trawl survey conducted in September-October. In 2020, USGS-GLSC vessels were not permitted...
Agent-based modeling of movements and habitat selection by mid-continent mallards
Florian G. Weller, Elisabeth B. Webb, William S. Beatty, Sean Fogenburg, Dylan Kesler, Robert H. Blenk, John M. Eadie, Kevin Ringelman, Matt L. Miller
2022, Cooperator Science Series FWS/CSS-143-2022
We found that the absence of existing conservation measures would reduce wintering mallard population size by ~70-80%, underlining the importance of current wetland easements for waterfowl foraging. Under standard conditions, the partial active flooding of easements later in the season and the upgrading of unmanaged wetlands to managed status resulted...
Gas hydrates on Alaskan marine margins
Carolyn D. Ruppel, Patrick E. Hart
2022, Book chapter, World atlas of submarine gas hydrates in continental margins
Gas hydrate distributions on the marine margins of the U.S. state of Alaska are more poorly known than those on other U.S. margins, where bottom simulating reflections have been systematically mapped on marine seismic data to support modern, quantitative assessments of gas-in-place in gas hydrates. The extent of bottom simulating...
Interagency Flood Risk Management (InFRM) watershed hydrology assessment for the Neches River basin. Appendix D: RiverWare analyses
David S. Wallace
2022, 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...
Common ground: Flood-risk reduction and conservation in large-river floodplains in Missouri
Robert B. Jacobson
2022, Newsletter
No abstract available....
Arctic geese in North America
John M. Pearce, Josh Dooley, Vijay P. Patil, Todd L. Sformo, Bryan Daniels, Andy Greene, Jim Leafloor
2022, Technical Report OAR ARC 22-12
Multiple species of geese spend part of their annual cycle in the circumpolar Arctic and serve as a source of nutrition and cultural affirmation for many peoples. Arctic geese function as important indicators of environmental changes and some species also have the potential to alter ecosystem processes when they become...
Estimates of metals contained in abyssal manganese nodules and ferromanganese crusts in the global ocean based on regional variations and genetic types of nodules
Kira Mizell, James R. Hein, Manda Viola Au, Amy Gartman
2022, Book chapter, Perspectives on deep-sea mining
Deep-ocean ferromanganese crusts and manganese nodules are important marine repositories for global metals. Interest in these minerals as potential resources has led to detailed sampling in many regions of the global ocean, allowing for updated estimates of their global extent. Here, we present global estimates of total tonnage as well...
Living with wildfire in Log Hill Mesa, Ouray County, Colorado: 2017 data report and a comparison to 2011 and 2012 data
Colleen Donovan, Jamie Gomez, Lilia C. Falk, Christopher M. Barth, Patricia A. Champ, Hannah Brenkert-Smith, James Meldrum, Carolyn Wagner
2022, Research Note RMRS-RN 91
Over the last decade, a team of researchers and practitioners, referred to as the Wildfire Research Team (WiRē1 Team), has worked with wildfire practitioners seeking to create communities that are adapted to wildfire through an evidenced-based approach. The West Region Wildfire Council (WRWC) has been an integral partner amongst the...
Relative bias in catch among long-term fish monitoring surveys within the San Francisco Estuary
Brock Huntsman, Brian Mahardja, Samuel M. Bashevkin
2022, San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science (20)
Fish monitoring gears rarely capture all available fish, an inherent bias in monitoring programs referred to as catchability. Catchability is a source of bias that can be affected by numerous aspects of gear deployment (e.g., deployment speed, mesh size, and avoidance behavior). Thus, care must be taken when multiple surveys—especially...
Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, Gulf Coast Basin, Louisiana and Mississippi
Celeste D. Lohr
2022, Report, Energy and Minerals Division Tight Oil and Gas Committee: Activities and commodity report for 2020
No abstract available....
San Francisco Estuary chlorophyll sensor and sample analysis intercomparison
Elizabeth B. Stumpner, Jamie S. Yin, Matthew Heberger, Jing Wu, Adam Wong, John Franco Saraceno
2022, Report
This report presents an assessment of chlorophyll collection methods and anonymous results of field and laboratory comparisons in 2018 - 2019 by agencies in the San Francisco Estuary (SFE). The methods assessment and comparison exercises, with funding provided by the Delta Regional Monitoring Program and Bay Nutrient Management Strategy and...
Whooping crane stay length in relation to stopover site characteristics
Andrew J. Caven, Aaron T. Pearse, David A. Brandt, Mary J. Harner, Greg D. Wright, David M. Baasch, Emma M. Brinley Buckley, Kristine L. Metzger, Matthew R Rabbe, Anne E Lacy
2022, Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop (15) 6-33
Whooping crane (Grus americana) migratory stopovers can vary in length from hours to more than a month. Stopover sites provide food resources and safety essential for the completion of migration. Factors such as weather, climate, demographics of migrating groups, and physiological condition of migrants influence migratory movements of cranes (Gruidae)...
Maybe so, maybe not: Canis lepophagus at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho, USA
Kari A Prassack, Laura Walkup
2022, Journal of Mammalian Evolution (292) 313-333
A canid dentary is described from the Pliocene Glenns Ferry Formation at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, south-central Idaho, USA. The specimen possesses traits in alliance with and measurements falling within or exceeding those of Canis lepophagus. The dentary, along with a tarsal IV (cuboid) and an exploded canine come from...
Yellowstone grizzly bear investigations 2021: Annual report of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team
Frank T. van Manen, Mark A. Haroldson, Bryn Karabensh, editor(s)
2022, Report
No abstract available....
Seismic site characterization with shear wave (SH) reflection and refraction methods
James A. Hunter, Heather L. Crow, William J. Stephenson, Andre J.-M. Pugin, Robert Williams, James B. Harris, Jackson K. Odum, Edward W Woolery
2022, Journal of Seismology (26) 631-652
Reflection and critically refracted seismic methods use traveltime measurements of body waves propagating between a source and a series of receivers on the ground surface to calculate subsurface velocities. Body wave energy is refracted or reflected at boundaries where there is a change in seismic impedance, defined as the product...
