The value of reducing uncertainties to support the management of a high‐elevation endemic salamander
Evan H. Campbell Grant, Jo A. Werba, Riley Olivia Mummah, Adrianne Brand
2026, Ecosphere (16)
Many salamander populations are declining, and methods to determine how best to allocate limited resources to slow or reverse these declines could support land managers in their decision‐making processes. Multiple types of uncertainty may delay management decisions, including when (1) knowledge of a species' ecology is incomplete,...
Assessing environmental drivers and protist community dynamics that shaped the historic August 2022 Heterosigma akashiwo bloom in San Francisco Bay, California
Schuyler Crain Nardelli, Keith Bouma-Gregson, David Senn, Daniel Killam, Ariella Chelsky, Erica S. Kress, Emily T. Richardson, Timothy Otten, Tamara E. C. Kraus, Brian A. Bergamaschi
2026, Estuaries and Coasts (49)
San Francisco Bay, California, typically has chlorophyll a (chl-a) concentrations below 10 µg L−1, despite nutrient loadings exceeding those in many estuaries with recurring harmful algal blooms (HABs). However, in August 2022 there was a Heterosigma akashiwo (raphidophyte) bloom with chl-a concentrations exceeding 450 µg L−1, resulting in widespread hypoxia and fish die-off. We used protist community...
Where to restore and conserve? A regional benefit cost analysis of coral reef protection and restoration for coastal flood resilience
Borja Reguero, Camila Gaido-Lassare, Curt D. Storlazzi, Valerie McNulty, Denise Perez, Michael W. Beck
2026, Journal of Environmental Management (397)
Momentum is growing for the management of coral reefs as a strategy to reduce climate risks in tropical coastlines. Yet, quantification of the life-time costs, impacts, and benefits remains limited. This study provides one of the first rigorous, spatially explicit, regional-scale Benefit:Cost Analyses (BCA) for coral reef...
Diurnal patterns of nitrous oxide fluxes from a seasonal prairie wetland
Derek R. Faust, Brian Tangen, Sheel Bansal
2026, Wetlands (46)
Wetlands have spatially and temporally dynamic nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes. Understanding diurnal patterns in N2O fluxes in wetlands can reveal short-term drivers and improve process-based models. An automated chamber system was used to determine N2O flux rates every 2.5 to 4 h in a prairie pothole wetland in North Dakota during...
Phytoplankton biomass dynamics in wet (2019) and dry (2023) years in Lake Pontchartrain estuary, Louisiana from Sentinel 2-MSI and PACE-OCI observations
Shiwani Shrestha, Bingqing Liu, Jiang Li, Wei Huang, Melissa Millman Baustian, Eurico J. D'Sa, Sibel Bargu, Francesca Messina, Ioannis Y. Georgiou, Abhishek Kumar, Angelina Freeman, Scott Mize
2026, Science of the Total Environment. (1011)
This study provides a comprehensive assessment of phytoplankton biomass dynamics in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, by combining monthly water quality data with multispectral and hyperspectral satellite observations using a machine learning algorithm. A machine learning model based on Variational Autoencoder (VAE), globally applicable, was used to estimate phytoplankton biomass via chlorophyll-a (Chl-a)...
Changing dynamic phosphorus forms from field to stream during surface runoff events
Rebecca M. Kreiling, Tanja N. Williamson, Faith Fitzpatrick, Kenna J. Gierke, James D. Blount, Patrik Mathis Perner, Isaac James Mevis, Heidi Mae Broerman, Katherine R. Merriman, Matthew J. Komiskey
2026, Journal of Environmental Quality (55)
The risk of water quality impairment from agricultural runoff depends on nutrient source, transport, and bioavailability. Phosphorus (P) spirals between dissolved and particulate forms as it is transported with suspended sediment (SS) from agricultural fields, through the stream network, to receiving water bodies. This dynamic sorption-desorption influences bioavailability. We quantified...
Novel adomaviruses associated with blotchy bass syndrome in black basses (Micropterus spp.)
Luke R. Iwanowicz, Clayton D. Raines, Kelsey T. Young, Vicki S. Blazer, Heather L. Walsh, Geoff Smith, Cynthia Holt, John Odenkirk, Tom Jones, Jan-Michael Hessenauer, Morgan Alexandra Biggs, Christopher B. Buck, Justin Blaine Greer, Robert S. Cornman
2026, PLoS ONE (20)
Black bass (Micropterus spp.) are the most important warmwater game fishes in the United States. They have high socioeconomic and recreational value and support an important aquaculture industry. Since 2008, fisheries managers have been reporting the observation of hyperpigmented melanistic lesions (HPMLs) on smallmouth bass (M. dolomieu)...
Complexity and integration of recreational fisheries
Abigail J. Lynch, Len M. Hunt, A. Ben Beardmore, Brett T. van Poorten, Kevin L. Pope, Robert Arlinghaus
2026, Book chapter, Understanding recreational fishers: Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches for fisheries management
Recreational fisheries are interconnected, complex, adaptive systems characterized by multiple direct and indirect interactions among ecological and human subsystems. This is important for many reasons, including that feedbacks between the social and ecological dimensions lead to difficult-to-predict, often entirely unexpected, outcomes and because many management and governance...
Best practices for understanding recreational fishers
Brett van Poorten, Len M. Hunt, E. Arlo Richardson, Abigail J. Lynch, Kevin L. Pope
2026, Book chapter, Understanding recreational fishers: Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches for fisheries management
In this closing chapter of our edited book, we summarize what we believe are best practices for understanding recreational fishers. Fishers are an integral part of the recreational fishery social-ecological system, and we emphasize the importance of placing them in that context. We begin with an overview of the process...
Preface
Kevin L. Pope, Robert Arlinghaus, Len M. Hunt, Abigail J. Lynch, Brett T. van Poorten
2026, Book chapter, Understanding recreational fishers: Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches for fisheries management
Despite more than 50 years of research into the human dimensions of recreational f isheries, there is no textbook to present the theoretical grounding, operationalisation, and interpretation of the most elemental social components involved in fisheries management – namely, outcomes and trade-offs, behaviours (and antecedents or predictors of it), and...
Greater white-fronted goose habitat use in Louisiana provides water depth management insights
William S. Beatty, Paul T. Link, Brett Leach, Steven C. Houdek, Elisabeth B. Webb
2026, Journal of Wildlife Management (50)
Numerous waterfowl species have altered their geographic distribution in recent decades. The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) has shifted its wintering distribution from coastal marshes in Texas and Louisiana, USA, to interior landscapes, creating challenges for conservation managers. Although the range shift has been primarily attributed to landscape-scale changes in...
Advancing an adaptable and practical framework to address water quality challenges in a changing world
Qian Zhang, Robert M. Hirsch, Laura DeCicco, Jennifer C. Murphy
2026, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (7) 1-3
As water-quality challenges intensify, the widely used Weighted Regressions on Time, Discharge, and Season (WRTDS) method offers an adaptable and practical framework for global water-quality science and management....
Data standardization and management to facilitate large-scale and interdisciplinary approaches access
Nicholas Allen Sievert, Rebecca M. Krogman, Holly Susan Embke
2026, Book chapter, Understanding recreational fishers: Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches for fisheries management
Bringing data related to recreational fishers and fisheries together across large scales can provide tremendous insight. Methods for collecting, analysing, and storing data can vary dramatically, which can have significant implications for the use of these data. Efforts to standardise data within organisations often increase the ability to compare datasets...
Multi-scale geophysical mapping of the brine and bedrock surfaces along the Dolores River, Paradox Valley, Colorado, December 2023
Neil Terry, M. Alisa Mast, Andrea L. Creighton, Joel William Homan, Connor P. Newman, Suzanne S. Paschke
2026, Near Surface Geophysics (24) 36-49
Total dissolved solids derived from salt dome–sourced brine in the underlying alluvial aquifer substantially increase with distance in the reach of the Dolores River that passes through Paradox Valley in southwestern Colorado. The area has been the site of salinity control operations since the 1990s to reduce salt loading to...
Near-real-time geochemical monitoring of Hawaiian volcanoes using energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)
Steven P. Lundblad, Peter R. Mills, Kendra J. Lynn, Elisabeth Gallant, Cheryl Gansecki, Meghann Decker, Drew T. Downs
2026, Bulletin of Volcanology (88)
Syn-eruption geochemical monitoring during volcanic activity is an important component of integrated volcanic monitoring. Volcanoes on the Island of Hawai‘i are primarily monitored by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory using instrumental networks, field surveys, satellite observations, and petrologic monitoring. In collaboration with the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo,...
Chronic, low concentration pesticide exposure alters reproduction and behavior in the intertidal sea anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima
Bria Bleil, Elise F. Granek, Nathan L. Kirk, Michelle L. Hladik
2026, Marine Pollution Bulletin
Widespread pesticide and herbicide use paired with frequent transport away from application sites has led to pesticide presence in nearly all terrestrial and aquatic environments globally. Pesticides have unintentional toxic effects on non-target organisms by interfering with cellular processes, behavior, feeding, reproduction, and disrupting endocrine processes. The aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, is...
From sample to sonde to Sentinel-2: Insights from a multi-scale chlorophyll-a monitoring effort in the Hudson River, New York
Wilson Barg Salls, Robert J. Welk, Tyler V. King, Natasha Scavotto, Rebecca Michelle Gorney, Sabina R. Gifford, Michael D.W. Stouder, Elizabeth A. Nystrom, Jennifer L. Graham
2026, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (198)
Monitoring cyanobacteria and other nuisance phytoplankton in the Hudson River is of great interest given its societal and ecological importance. Satellite remote sensing provides a cost-effective method to monitor chlorophyll-a (chl-a), a common proxy for algal biomass; however, the dynamic nature of rivers complicates approaches traditionally applied to lakes and oceans....
Downstream persistence of cyanobacteria in New Jersey's Raritan River basin
Kyle Clonan, Meiyin Wu, Heather A. Heckathorn, Heather Desko, Eric Ernst, Pamela A. Reilly, Robert L. Schuster, Robert Newby, Annie Hurley, Alessandra Rossi
2026, Heliyon (12)
Few studies have examined cyanobacteria persistence starting from lacustrine cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (HABs) downstream. Multiple lakes and reservoirs within New Jersey's Raritan Basin Water Supply Complex (RBWSC) feature recurrent HABs and discharge water into the Raritan River. As the RBWSC provides drinking water to 1.5 million people, these HABs...
Growth of a passive lava lake during the 2020–2021 eruption of Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii
Brett B. Carr, Matthew R. Patrick, Hannah R. Dietterich, Michael H. Zoeller, Carolyn Parcheta, Drew T. Downs, Patricia A. Nadeau, Christoper Hamilton
2026, Bulletin of Volcanology (88)
We investigate the growth of a passive lava lake in Halemaʻumaʻu crater during the December 2020 to May 2021 eruption of Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii. Fed by vents above their surfaces, the formation of passive lava lakes in topographic lows is an important process in the growth of basaltic volcanoes. We...
Environmental tradeoffs of urban stream restoration in Fairfax County, Virginia
Aaron J. Porter, Christopher M. Ruck, Spencer John Tassone
2026, Ecological Engineering (224)
Regulatory mandates to improve water quality and stream health have driven substantial investment in stream restoration. Most projects aim to improve channel-floodplain connectivity, reduce sediment erosion, and enhance habitat for aquatic organisms, yet few include adequate pre- and post-restoration monitoring to assess outcomes. Since 2007, Fairfax County, Virginia, and the...
Seed coating treatments alter emergence windows of native Intermountain West U.S. grasses under different regimes of water availability
Laura Cecilia Shriver, Sarah A. Costanzo, Matthew D. Madsen, Seth M. Munson
2026, Restoration Ecology (34)
IntroductionSeed-based restoration is widely implemented to recover degraded lands but often fails. Seed enhancement technologies may improve outcomes by shifting emergence to target favorable climate windows and serving as a bet-hedging strategy against increasingly variable precipitation patterns.ObjectivesTo test the potential benefit of these technologies,...
Restoring the Florida Everglades: Insights on integrating sea level rise into decision-support tools
Stephanie Castellano, Mysha Clarke, Laura D’Acunto, Stephanie Romanach, Stephanie Cadaval
2026, Environmental Management (76)
Although coastal ecosystems are impacted by climate change and sea-level rise, many ecological and hydrological models do not yet incorporate sea-level rise projections in their modeling outputs. Therefore, this research examined the various challenges that may prevent sea-level rise from being effectively incorporated in modeling and decision-support tools. We conducted...
Trophic assessment of potential competition between invasive cichlids and sport fish in Puerto Rico reservoirs
J. Wesley Neal, Jacob A. Moreland, Corey Garland Dunn, Peter J. Allen
2026, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (46) 139-147
Objective Several species of New World cichlids have recently invaded reservoirs in Puerto Rico, potentially jeopardizing established recreationally important, albeit nonnative, sport fish populations. Interactions between invasive species and important sport fish must be understood so that they can be mitigated when feasible. This study compared monthly prey consumption between three...
Water residence time and water depth influence on nutrient conditions, eutrophication endpoints and habitat quality in backwater lakes of a large floodplain river
Shawn M. Giblin, James H. Larson, Jeremy D. King
2026, River Research and Applications
Many eutrophication studies focus on the external supply of critical nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, but hydrology and geomorphology can enhance or dampen the effects of excessive nutrient supply. We studied six backwater lakes in the Upper Mississippi River that varied in water residence time and water depth. Eutrophication in...
Development of high-throughput genomic resources to inform white-tailed deer population and disease management
David Navarro, Emily K. Latch, Anaïs K. Tallon, Caitlin N. Ott-Conn, Randy W. DeYoung, Daniel P. Walsh, Peter T. Euclide, R.G. Chandika, Wes A. Larson, Arun S. Seetharam, Andrew J. Severin, Andrew J. Severin, James M. Reecy, Zhi-Liang Hu, Jay R. Cantrell, Michelle Carstensen, Joe N. Caudell, Charlie H. Killmaster, Mitch L. Lockwood, William T. McKinley, Andrew S. Norton, Krysten L. Schuler, Daniel J. Storm, Jason A. Sumners, W. David Walter, Julie A. Blanchong
2026, Molecular Ecology Resources (26)
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are the most abundant and widespread cervid in North America. Genetic data are used as a tool to monitor populations and make management decisions for this game species. However, the development and use of genomic tools that can generate a set of markers suitable for longitudinal...
