Relative contribution of climate and non-climate drivers in determining dynamic rates ofboreal birds at the edge of their range
Michale Glennon, Stephen Langdon, Madeleine A. Rubenstein, Molly S. Cross
2019, PLoS ONE (14)
The Adirondack Park in New York State contains a unique and limited distribution of boreal ecosystem types, providing habitat for a number of birds at the southern edge of their range. Species are projected to shift poleward in a warming climate, and the limited boreal forest of the Adirondacks is...
Climatic controls on the distribution of foundation plant species in coastal wetlands of the conterminous United States: Knowledge gaps and emerging research needs
Michael Osland, James B. Grace, Glenn Guntenspergen, Karen Thorne, Joel Carr, Laura Feher
2019, Estuaries and Coasts (42) 1991-2003
Foundation plant species play a critical role in coastal wetlands, often modifying abiotic conditions that are too stressful for most organisms and providing the primary habitat features that support entire ecological communities. Here, we consider the influence of climatic drivers on the distribution of foundation plant species within coastal wetlands...
Dissolved organic carbon turnover in permafrost-influenced watersheds of interior Alaska: Molecular insights and the priming effect
Sadie R. Textor, Kimberly P. Wickland, David C. Podgorski, Sarah Ellen Johnston, Robert G.M. Spencer
2019, Frontiers in Earth Science (7) 17 pp
Increased permafrost thaw due to climate change in northern high-latitudes has prompted concern over impacts on soil and stream biogeochemistry that affect the fate of dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Few studies to-date have examined the link between molecular composition and biolability of dissolved organic matter (DOM) mobilized from different soil...
Confluences function as ecological hotspots: Geomorphic and regional drivers can help identify patterns of fish distribution within a seascape
Ryland Taylor, Martha E. Mather, Joseph Smith, Kayla Gerber
2019, Marine Ecology Progress Series (629) 133-148
Quantifying heterogeneity in animal distributions through space and time is a precursor to addressing many important research and management issues. Obtaining these distributional data is especially difficult for mobile organisms that use broader geographic extents. Here, we asked if the merger between 2 research directions—(1) quantifying spatial linkages between fish...
Sediment classification and the characterization, identification, and mapping of geologic substrates for the glaciated Gulf of Maine seabed and other terrains, providing a physical framework for ecological research and seabed management
Page C. Valentine
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5073
A geologic substrate is a surface (or volume) of sediment or rock where physical, chemical, and biological processes occur, such as the movement and deposition of sediment, the formation of bedforms, and the attachment, burrowing, feeding, reproduction, and sheltering of organisms. Seabed mapping surveys in the Stellwagen Bank region off...
Physical controls on salmon redd site selection in restored reaches of a regulated, gravel-bed river
Lee R. Harrison, Erin Bray, Brandon T. Overstreet, Carl J. Legleiter, Rocko A. Brown, Joseph E. Merz, Roselea M. Bond, Colin L Nicol, Thomas Dunne
2019, Water Resources Research (55) 8942-8966
Large‐scale river restoration programs have emerged recently as a tool for improving spawning habitat for native salmonids in highly altered river ecosystems. Few studies have quantified the extent to which restored habitat is utilized by salmonids, which habitat features influence redd site selection, or the persistence...
Surface water connectivity controls fish food web structure and complexity across local- and meta-food webs in Arctic Coastal Plain lakes
Sarah M. Laske, Amanda E. Rosenberger, Mark S. Wipfli, Christian E. Zimmerman
2019, Food Webs
The need for theories that address food web assembly and complexity over multiple spatial scales are critical to understanding their stability and persistence. In a meta-food web – an integrated network of local food webs – spatial heterogeneity in physical processes may have profound effects on food web function and...
Effects of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) exclusion on plant recovery in overwash fans after a severe coastal storm
Chellby R. Kilheffer, Jordan Raphael, Lindsay Ries, H. Brian Underwood
2019, AoB PLANTS (11)
We documented the impacts of a hyper-abundant deer population on dune vegetation recovering from severe storm surge on a barrier island through use of permanent plots and a repeated measures analysis. Three years after landfall of the storm, vegetation cover was dominated by American beachgrass, Ammophila breviligulata, though we observed...
Evaluating barrier island characteristics and piping plover (Charadrius melodus) habitat availability along the U.S. Atlantic Coast—Geospatial approaches and methodology
Sara L. Zeigler, Emily J. Sturdivant, Benjamin T. Gutierrez
2019, Open-File Report 2019-1071
Policy makers, individuals from government agencies, and natural resource managers face increasing demands to manage coastal areas in a way that meets economic, social, and ecological needs as sea levels rise. Scientific knowledge of how coastal processes drive beach and barrier island changes and how those changes affect habitat use...
Lead exposure of red-shouldered hawks during the breeding season in the central Appalachians, USA
Todd E. Katzner
2019, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (103) 783-788
Lead is toxic to humans and wildlife. Most studies of lead exposure of raptors focus on the winter, non-breeding season when they scavenge heavily. We evaluated blood lead concentrations (BLCs) of red-shouldered hawks (Buteo lineatus) during the non-scavenging season in the eastern United States. BLCs of 53 of 70 hawks...
Influence of multi-decadal land use, irrigation practices and climate on riparian corridors across the Upper Missouri River Headwaters Basin, Montana
Melanie K. Vanderhoof, J.R. Christensen, Laurie C. Alexander
2019, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (23) 4269-4292
The Upper Missouri River Headwaters Basin (36,400 km2) depends on its river corridors to support irrigated agriculture and world-class trout fisheries. We evaluated trends (1984-2016) in riparian wetness, an indicator of riparian condition, in peak irrigation months (June, July, August) for 158 km2 of riparian area across the basin using...
Resolving a paradox—high mercury deposition, but low bioaccumulation in northeastern Puerto Rico
James B. Shanley, Mark C. Marvin-DiPasquale, Oksana P. Lane, Wayne J. Arendt, Steven J. Hall, William H. McDowell
2019, Ecotoxicology (29) 1207-1220
At a “clean air” trade winds site in northeastern Puerto Rico, we found an apparent paradox: atmospheric total mercury (THg) deposition was highest of any site in the USA Mercury Deposition Network, but assimilation into the local food web was quite low. Avian blood THg concentrations (n = 31, from eight species...
Solute transport and transformation in an intermittent, headwater mountain stream with diurnal discharge fluctuations
Adam S Ward, Marie J Kurz, Noah Schmadel, Julia LA Knapp, Phillip J Blaen, Ciaran Harman, Jennifer D. Drummond, David M Hannah, Stefan Krause, Angang Li, Eugenia Marti, Alexander Milner, Kerry Neil, Stephen Plont, Aaron I. Packman, Nathan I Wisnoski, Steven Wondzell, Jay P. Zarnetske
2019, Water (11)
Time-variable discharge is known to control both transport and transformation of solutes in the river corridor. Still, few studies consider the interactions of transport and transformation together. Here, we consider how diurnal discharge fluctuations in an intermittent, headwater stream control reach-scale solute transport and transformation as measured...
The Life of P: A biogeochemical and sociopolitical challenge in the Everglades
Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Jessica Cattelino, Jeffrey R Wozniak, Katrina Schwartz, Gregory E. Noe, Edward Castaneda-Moya, Gregory R Koch
Joseph N Boyer, Stephen E Davis, editor(s)
2019, Book chapter, The coastal Everglades: The dynamics of social-ecological transformation in the south Florida landscape
• Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for all life forms, yet to understand its life cycle and impact we need to grasp not only the biogeochemical life of P, but also how P intersects with human activities and values. • Phosphorus is the limiting nutrient in the oligotrophic Everglades ecosystem. Thus, the...
Ground failure from the Anchorage, Alaska, earthquake of 30 November 2018
Randall W. Jibson, Alex R. Grant, Robert C. Witter, Kate E. Allstadt, Eric M. Thompson, Adrian Bender
2019, Seismological Research Letteres (91) 19-32
Investigation of ground failure triggered by the 2018 Mw">MwMw 7.1 Anchorage earthquake showed that landslides, liquefaction, and ground cracking all occurred and caused significant damage. Shallow rock falls and rock slides were the...
A ship's ballasting history as an indicator of foraminiferal invasion potential--An example from Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
Mary McGann, Gregory M. Ruiz, Anson H. Hines, George D. Smith
2019, Journal of Foraminiferal Research (49) 434-455
We investigated the potential role of ballast sediment from coastal and transoceanic oil tankers arriving and de-ballasting in Port Valdez as a vector for the introduction of invasive benthic foraminifera in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Forty-one ballast sediment samples were obtained in 1998-1999 from 11 oil tankers that routinely discharged...
The use of stable isotope-based water age to evaluate a hydrodynamic model
Edward Gross, Stephen Andrews, Brian A. Bergamaschi, Bryan D. Downing, Rusty Holleman, Scott Burdick, John Durand
2019, Water (11)
Transport time scales are common metrics of the strength of transport processes. Water age is the time elapsed since water from a specific source has entered a study area. An observational method to estimate water age relies on the progressive concentration of the heavier isotopes of hydrogen...
The ‘Ike Wai Hawai‘i groundwater recharge tool
Jared H. McLean, Sean B. Cleaveland, Kolja Rotzoll, Scot K. Izuka, Jason Leigh, Gwen A. Jacobs, Ryan Theriot
2019, Conference Paper
This paper discusses the design and implementation of the ‘Ike Wai Hawai‘i Groundwater Recharge Tool, an application for providing data and analyses of the impacts of land-cover and climate modifications on groundwater-recharge rates for the island of O‘ahu. This application uses simulation data based on a set of 29 land-cover types and two rainfall scenarios to...
Measuring sustainability of seed-funded Earth science informatics projects
Leslie Hsu, Vivian B. Hutchison, Madison Langseth
2019, PLoS ONE (14)
Short term funding is a common funding model for informatics projects. Funders are interested in maximizing the sustainability and accessibility of the outputs, but there are no commonly accepted practices to do so in the Earth sciences informatics field. We constructed and applied a framework for sustainability drawing from other...
Groundwater and surface-water resources near Red Fleet Reservoir, Uintah County, Utah
Thomas M. Marston, John E. Solder, Katherine K. Jones
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5101
Red Fleet Reservoir in Uintah County, Utah, is an approximately 26,000 acre-foot (acre-ft) on-channel reservoir in the Big Brush Creek drainage on the south slopes of the Uinta Mountains. It is operated primarily for irrigation needs while providing a supplemental drinking-water supply to the Vernal, Utah area. Red Fleet Reservoir,...
Track tube construction and field protocol for small mammal surveys with emphasis on the endangered Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus)
Cheryl S. Brehme, Tritia A. Matsuda, Devin T. Adsit-Morris, Denise R. Clark, Jeremy B. Sebes, Melanie Anne T. Burlaza, Robert N. Fisher
2019, Techniques and Methods 2A15
Track tubes are used to identify small animals by their tracks. Animals that are small enough to fit into the tubes walk over ink pads and onto cardstock paper to obtain bait within the tube, leaving their footprints. The tracking tubes described in this document are designed to be set...
Caryospora-like coccidia infecting green turtles (Chelonia mydas): An emerging disease with evidence of interoceanic dissemination
Brian A. Stacy, Phoebe A. Chapman, Heather Stockdale-Walden, Thierry M. Work, Julie Dagenais, Allen M. Foley, Morgan Wideroff, Wellehan, April L. Childress, Charles A. Manire, Mya Rodriguez, Trevor T. Zachariah, Lydia Staggs, Bette Zirkelbach, Nina Nahvi, Whitney Crowder, Shane M. Boylan, Shelly Marquardt, Craig Pelton, Terry M. Norton
2019, Frontiers in Veterinary Science (6) 1-12
Protozoa morphologically consistent with Caryospora sp. are one of the few pathogens associated with episodic mass mortality events involving free-ranging sea turtles. Parasitism of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) by these coccidia and associated mortality was first reported in maricultured turtles in the Caribbean during the 1970s. Years later, epizootics affecting...
Fire disturbance influences endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammopiza maritima mirabilis) relative bird count
Allison Benscoter, James Beerens, Leonard G. Pearlstine, Stephanie Romanach
2019, Conservation Science and Practice (1)
Periodicity of fire disturbance is a known driver of ecosystem function and is reported as important in both promoting and maintaining viable breeding habitat for the endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima mirabilis; CSSS). In south Florida, the CSSS serves as a fine-scale indicator of the marl and mixed-marl...
Groundwater availability in the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system
Brian R. Clark, Leslie L. Duncan, Katherine J. Knierim
2019, Professional Paper 1854
Executive SummaryThe study described in this report, initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2014, was designed to evaluate fresh groundwater resources within the Ozark Plateaus, central United States, as an area within a broader national assessment of groundwater availability. The goals of the Ozark study were to evaluate historical...
Exit here: Strategies for dealing with aging dams and reservoirs
Henry H. Hansen, Emily Forzono, Alisha Grams, Lindsay Ohlman, Christine Ruskcamp, Mark A. Pegg, Kevin L. Pope
2019, Aquatic Sciences (82)
Aging infrastructure is prevalent throughout the world but water control management structures, specifically dams are of growing concern. Dams and their corresponding reservoirs have inherent, but separate, lifespans. The proportion of dams around the world that continue operation beyond their intended lifespans is growing at an alarming rate. Society will...
