Assessing the efficacy of corn-based bait containing antimycin-a to control common carp populations using laboratory and pond experiments
Joshua R. Poole, Blake W. Sauey, Jon Amberg, Przemyslaw G. Bajer
2018, Biological Invasions (20) 1809-1820
Strategic use of oral toxicants could allow for practical and sustainable control schemes for the invasive common carp (Cyprinus carpio, or ‘carp’) if a toxicant selectively targeted carp and not native species. In this study, we incorporated antimycin-a (ANT-A), a known fish toxicant, into a corn-based bait and conducted...
Reproductive success and contaminant associations in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) used to assess a Beneficial Use Impairment in U.S. and Binational Great Lakes’ Areas of Concern
Christine M. Custer, Thomas W. Custer, Matthew A. Etterson, Paul M. Dummer, Diana R. Goldberg, J. Christian Franson
2018, Ecotoxicology (27) 457-476
During 2010-2014, tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) reproductive success was monitored at 68 sites across all 5 Great Lakes, including 58 sites located within Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs) and 10 non-AOCs. Sample eggs were collected from tree swallow clutches and analyzed for contaminants including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins and...
Mechanisms of wave‐driven water level variability on reef‐fringed coastlines
Mark L. Buckley, Ryan J. Lowe, Jeff E. Hansen, Ap R. van Dongeren, Curt D. Storlazzi
2018, Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans (123) 3811-3831
Wave‐driven water level variability (and runup at the shoreline) is a significant cause of coastal flooding induced by storms. Wave runup is challenging to predict, particularly along tropical coral reef‐fringed coastlines due to the steep bathymetric profiles and large bottom roughness generated by reef organisms, which can violate assumptions in...
Pharmaceutical manufacturing facility discharges can substantially increase the pharmaceutical load to U.S. wastewaters
Tia-Marie Scott, Patrick J. Phillips, Dana W. Kolpin, Kaitlyn M. Finkelstein, Edward T. Furlong, William T. Foreman, James L. Gray
2018, Science of the Total Environment (636) 69-79
Discharges from pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities (PMFs) previously have been identified as important sources of pharmaceuticals to the environment. Yet few studies are available to establish the influence of PMFs on the pharmaceutical source contribution to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and waterways at the national scale. Consequently, a national network of...
Introduction to “Global tsunami science: Past and future, Volume III”
Alexander B. Rabinovich, Hermann M. Fritz, Yuichiro Tanioka, Eric L. Geist
2018, Pure and Applied Geophysics (175) 1231-1237
Twenty papers on the study of tsunamis are included in Volume III of the PAGEOPH topical issue “Global Tsunami Science: Past and Future”. Volume I of this topical issue was published as PAGEOPH, vol. 173, No. 12, 2016 and Volume II as PAGEOPH, vol. 174, No. 8, 2017. Two papers...
Temperature-influenced energetics model for migrating waterfowl
Kevin Aagaard, Wayne E. Thogmartin, Eric V. Lonsdorg
2018, Ecological Modelling (378) 46-58
Climate and weather affect avian migration by influencing when and where birds fly, the energy costs and risks of flight, and the ability to sense cues necessary for proper navigation. We review the literature of the physiology of avian migration and the influence of climate, specifically temperature, on avian migration...
Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding
Curt D. Storlazzi, Stephen B. Gingerich, Ap van Dongeren, Olivia M. Cheriton, Peter W. Swarzenski, Ellen Quataert, Clifford I. Voss, Donald W. Field, Hariharasubramanian Annamalai, Greg A. Piniak, Robert T. McCall
2018, Science Advances (4) 1-9
Sea levels are rising, with the highest rates in the tropics, where thousands of low-lying coral atoll islands are located. Most studies on the resilience of these islands to sea-level rise have projected that they will experience minimal inundation impacts until at least the end of the 21st century. However,...
Open hydrology courseware using the United States Geological Survey’s National Water Census Data Portal
Jake Nelson, Daniel P. Ames, David L. Blodgett
2018, Open Water Journal (5) 1-14
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the primary U.S. Government agency for water data collection and dissemination. In this role, the USGS has recently created and deployed a National Water Census Data Portal (NWC-DP) which provides access to streamflow, evapotransporation, precipitation, aquatic biology and other data at the national level....
Public-supply water use and self-supplied industrial water use in Tennessee, 2010
John A. Robinson
2018, Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5009
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Resources, prepared this report and displayed and analyzed water use by self-supplied industrial and public-supply water systems in Tennessee for 2010. Public-supply water systems in Tennessee provide water for domestic, industrial, and...
Distribution and demography of San Francisco gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) at Mindego Ranch, Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, San Mateo County, California
Richard Kim, Brian J. Halstead, Glenn D. Wylie, Michael L. Casazza
2018, Open-File Report 2018-1063
San Francisco gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) are a subspecies of common gartersnakes endemic to the San Francisco Peninsula of northern California. Because of habitat loss and collection for the pet trade, San Francisco gartersnakes were listed as endangered under the precursor to the Federal Endangered Species Act. A population...
Characterization of water quality in Bushy Park Reservoir, South Carolina, 2013–15
Paul A. Conrads, Celeste A. Journey, Matthew D. Petkewich, Timothy H. Lanier, Jimmy M. Clark
2018, Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5010
The Bushy Park Reservoir is the principal water supply for 400,000 people in the greater Charleston, South Carolina, area, which includes homes as well as businesses and industries in the Bushy Park Industrial Complex. Charleston Water System and the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a cooperative study during 2013–15 to assess...
Adaptive management of animal populations with significant unknowns and uncertainties: A case study
Brian D. Gerber, William L. Kendall
2018, Ecological Applications (28) 1325-1341
Conservation and management decision making in natural resources is challenging due to numerous uncertainties and unknowns, especially relating to understanding system dynamics. Adaptive resource management (ARM) is a formal process to making logical and transparent recurrent decisions when there are uncertainties about system dynamics. Despite wide recognition and calls for...
USA National Phenology Network observational data documentation
Alyssa H. Rosemartin, Ellen G. Denny, Katharine L. Gerst, R. Lee Marsh, Erin E. Posthumus, Theresa M. Crimmins, Jake Weltzin
2018, Open-File Report 2018-1060
The goals of the USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN, www.usanpn.org) are to advance science, inform decisions, and communicate and connect with the public regarding phenology and species’ responses to environmental variation and climate change. The USA-NPN seeks to advance the science of phenology and facilitate ecosystem stewardship...
A numerical model investigation of the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on water level variability in Great South Bay, New York
Vanessa C. C. Bennett, Ryan P. Mulligan, Cheryl J. Hapke
2018, Continental Shelf Research (161) 1-11
Hurricane Sandy was a large and intense storm with high winds that caused total water levels from combined tides and storm surge to reach 4.0 m in the Atlantic Ocean and 2.5 m in Great South Bay (GSB), a back-barrier bay between Fire Island and Long Island, New York. In this study...
Remote measurement of canopy water content in giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) during drought
Roberta E. Martin, Gregory P. Asner, Emily Francis, Anthony Ambrose, Wendy Baxter, Adrian J. Das, Nicolas R. Vaughn, Tarin Paz-Kagan, Todd E. Dawson, Koren R. Nydick, Nathan L. Stephenson
2018, Forest Ecology and Management (419-420) 279-290
California experienced severe drought from 2012 to 2016, and there were visible changes in the forest canopy throughout the State. In 2014, unprecedented foliage dieback was recorded in giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees in Sequoia National Park, in the southern California Sierra Nevada...
The role of the upper tidal estuary in wetland blue carbon storage and flux
Ken W. Krauss, Gregory B. Noe, Jamie A. Duberstein, William H. Conner, Camille L. Stagg, Nicole Cormier, Miriam C. Jones, Christopher E. Bernhardt, B. Graeme Lockaby, Andrew S. From, Thomas W. Doyle, Richard H. Day, Scott H. Ensign, Katherine N. Pierfelice, Cliff R. Hupp, Alex T. Chow, Julie L. Whitbeck
2018, Global Biogeochemical Cycles (32) 817-839
Carbon (C) standing stocks, C mass balance, and soil C burial in tidal freshwater forested wetlands (TFFW) and TFFW transitioning to low‐salinity marshes along the upper estuary are not typically included in “blue carbon” accounting, but may represent a significant C sink. Results from two salinity transects along the tidal...
Climate model assessment of changes in winter-spring streamflow timing over North America
Jonghun Kam, Thomas R. Knutson, Paul C. D. Milly
2018, Journal of Climate (31) 5581-5593
Over regions where snow-melt runoff substantially contributes to winter-spring streamflows, warming can accelerate snow melt and reduce dry-season streamflows. However, conclusive detection of changes and attribution to anthropogenic forcing is hindered by brevity of observational records, model uncertainty, and uncertainty concerning internal variability. In this study, a detection/attribution of changes...
Rediscovery of the type series of the Acadian Masked Shrew, Sorex acadicus Gilpin, 1865 (Mammalia: Soricidae), with the designation of a neotype and a reevaluation of its taxonomic status
Neal Woodman
2018, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (131) 111-131
The name Sorex acadicus Gilpin, 1865 is currently recognized as the valid name for the Nova Scotian subspecies of the masked shrew, S. cinereus Kerr, 1792 (Mammalia: Soricidae), but a holotype for the taxon was never designated, and the location of the type series has been...
Assessing roadway contributions to stormwater flows, concentrations, and loads with the StreamStats application
Adam Stonewall, Gregory E. Granato, Tana Haluska
2018, Transportation Research Record (2672) 79-87
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and other state departments of transportation need quantitative information about the percentages of different land cover categories above any given stream crossing in the state to assess and address roadway contributions to water-quality impairments and resulting total maximum daily loads. The...
Status and trends of adult Lost River (Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose (Chasmistes brevirostris) sucker populations in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, 2017
David A. Hewitt, Eric C. Janney, Brian S. Hayes, Alta C. Harris
2018, Open-File Report 2018-1064
Executive SummaryData from a long-term capture-recapture program were used to assess the status and dynamics of populations of two long-lived, federally endangered catostomids in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Lost River suckers (LRS; Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose suckers (SNS; Chasmistes brevirostris) have been captured and tagged with passive integrated transponder...
Assessment of dissolved-selenium concentrations and loads in the lower Gunnison River Basin, Colorado, as part of the Selenium Management Program, from 2011 to 2016
Mark F. Henneberg
2018, Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5001
The Gunnison Basin Selenium Management Program implemented a water-quality monitoring network in 2011 in the lower Gunnison River Basin in Colorado. Selenium is a trace element that bioaccumulates in aquatic food chains and can cause reproductive failure, deformities, and other harmful effects. This report presents the percentile values of selenium...
Leveraging geodetic data to reduce losses from earthquakes
Jessica R. Murray, Evelyn A. Roeloffs, Benjamin A. Brooks, John O. Langbein, William S. Leith, Sarah E. Minson, Jerry L. Svarc, Wayne R. Thatcher
2018, Open-File Report 2018-1037
Seismic hazard assessments that are based on a variety of data and the best available science, coupled with rapid synthesis of real-time information from continuous monitoring networks to guide post-earthquake response, form a solid foundation for effective earthquake loss reduction. With this in mind, the Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP) of...
Establishment of the exotic invasive Cuban treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) in Louisiana
Brad M. Glorioso, J. Hardin Waddle, Lindy J. Muse, Nicole D. Jennings, Melanie Litton, Joel Hamilton, Steven Gergen, David Heckard
2018, Biological Invasions (20) 2707-2713
The Cuban treefrog, Osteopilus septentrionalis, is native to Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands, and is invasive in areas where it has been introduced and established in the Caribbean as well as Florida. Despite repeated occurrences in several states over many years, it was not believed that Cuban...
Numerical models of pore pressure and stress changes along basement faults due to wastewater injection: Applications to the 2014 Milan, Kansas Earthquake
Elizabeth H. Hearn, Christine Koltermann, Justin R. Rubinstein
2018, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (19) 1178-1198
We have developed groundwater flow models to explore the possible relationship between wastewater injection and the 12 November 2014 Mw 4.8 Milan, Kansas earthquake. We calculate pore pressure increases in the uppermost crust using a suite of models in which hydraulic properties of the Arbuckle Formation and the Milan earthquake fault...
Helping decision makers frame, analyze, and implement decisions
Michael C. Runge, Eve McDonald-Madden
2018, Decision Point Online (104) 12-15
All decisions have the same recognizable elements. Context, objectives, alternatives, consequences, and deliberation. Decision makers and analysts familiar with these elements can quickly see the underlying structure of a decision.There are only a small number of classes of decisions. These classes differ in the cognitive and scientific challenge they present...
