Eutrophication saturates surface elevation change potential in tidal mangrove forests
Jeremy R. Conrad, Ken Krauss, Brian W. Benscoter, Ilka C. Feller, Nicole Cormier, Darren Johnson
2024, Estuaries and Coasts (47) 1814-1827
Coastal mangrove forests are at risk of being submerged due to sea-level rise (SLR). However, mangroves have persisted with changing sea levels due to a variety of biotic and physical feedback mechanisms that allow them to gain and maintain relative soil surface elevation. Therefore, mangrove’s resilience...
Using climate-fire analog mapping to inform climate change adaptation strategies for wildland fire in protected areas of the conterminous US
Adam Terando, Peng Gao, John A. Kupfer, Kevin S. Young, J. Kevin Hiers
2024, Global Environmental Change Advances (2)
Potential changes in wildland fire regimes due to anthropogenic climate change can be projected using data from climate models, but directly applying these meteorological variables to long-term planning and adaptive management activities may be difficult for decision makers. Analog mapping, in...
SSEBop evapotranspiration estimates using synthetically derived Landsat data from the continuous change detection and classification algorithm
Mikael Peter Hiestand, Heather J. Tollerud, W. Chris Funk, Gabriel B. Senay, MacKenzie Friedrichs, Kate Fickas
2024, Remote Sensing (16)
The operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEBop) model has been utilized to generate gridded evapotranspiration data from Landsat images. These estimates are primarily driven by two sources of information: reference evapotranspiration and Landsat land surface temperature (LST) values. Hence, SSEBop is limited by the availability of Landsat data. Here,...
Comparison of measured versus modeled TOC in the Tuscaloosa marine shale of Southwestern Mississippi, U.S.A.
Celeste D. Lohr, Matthew D. Merrill
2024, Marine and Petroleum Geology (164)
This study presents a comparison of measured versus modeled total organic carbon (TOC) in the Upper Cretaceous Tuscaloosa marine shale (TMS) of southwestern Mississippi as a case study to evaluate the effects of mineralogy on the TOC estimated from the ΔlogR method....
Food, water quality, and the growth of a freshwater mussel: Implications for population restoration
Ayla J. Skorupa, Allison H. Roy, Peter D. Hazelton, David Perkins, Timothy Timothy Warren, Brian S. Cheng
2024, Freshwater Science (43) 107-123
Unknown causes behind the loss of freshwater mussel populations have prompted population restoration as a tool to recover these imperiled species. However, water quality conditions that support mussel species within natural environments and potential causes of water quality impairment in systems with declining populations are typically unknown and may be...
Mesoproterozoic to Paleozoic tectonics, Pleistocene landforms, and Holocene seismicity in the Blue Ridge: Results from integrated studies of the 9 August 2020, Mw 5.1 earthquake area near Sparta, North Carolina, USA
Arthur J. Merschat, Mark W. Carter, Ashley S. Lynn, Kevin G. Stewart, Paula Figueiredo, William Elijah Odom, Ryan J. McAleer, Jorge A. Vazquez, Nicholas Edwin Powell, Christopher S. Holm-Denoma
Arthur J. Merschat, Mark W. Carter, editor(s)
2024, Book chapter, Geology and geologic hazards of the Blue Ridge: Field excursions for the 2024 GSA southeastern section meeting, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
This field trip examines the results of integrated geologic studies of the 9 August 2020, Mw 5.1 earthquake near Sparta, North Carolina, USA. The earthquake generated ~4 km of coseismic surface rupture of the Little River fault and uplifted a surface area of ~11 km2. The Little River fault is a...
Morbidity in California giant salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus Eschscholtz, 1833) caused by Euryhelmis sp. Poche, 1926 (Trematoda: Heterophyiidae)
Jaimie L. Miller, Lawrence Erickson, Susanne Fork, Constance Roderick, Daniel A. Grear, Rebecca A. Cole
2024, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (23)
In the fall of 2021, California Department of Fish and Wildlife reported larval and adult California giant salamanders (Dicamptodon ensatus Eschscholtz, 1833) with skin lesions at multiple creeks in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California, USA. Field signs in both stages included rough, lumpy textured skin, and larvae with...
Using structured decision making to assess management alternatives to inform the 2024 update of the Minnesota Invasive Carp Action Plan
Max Post van der Burg, Michael E. Colvin
2024, Open-File Report 2024-1020
This report summarizes the results of a structured decision making process started by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to develop and evaluate various invasive carp management strategies to inform a 2024 update of the Minnesota Invasive Carp Action Plan. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources invited State, Federal, Tribal,...
Spatial, seasonal, and diel controls of nitrogen-carbon-oxygen cycling during lake-water infiltration to an aquifer
Richard L. Smith, Deborah A. Repert, Jennifer C. Underwood, J.K. Bohlke, Denis R. LeBlanc, Robert B. Hull, Douglas B. Kent, Ariel Reed, Stanley J. Mroczkowski
2024, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (129)
Many freshwater lakes are groundwater flow-through systems. Although lakes commonly are considered to be sinks for nitrogen inputs, relatively little is known about carbon and nitrogen export from lakes to groundwater. The current study focused on lake-bottom biogeochemical processes accompanying the transport of nitrogen, dissolved oxygen (O2),...
Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale
Juan Serratosa, Steffen Oppel, Andrea Santangeli, Shay Rotics, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Luis S. Cano-Alonso, Jose Luis Telleria, Ryno Kemp, Aaron Nicholas, Aigars Kalvansj, Aitor Galarza, Aldina M. A. Franco, Alessandro Andreotti, Alexander N.G. Kirschel, Alex Ngari, Alvaro Soutullo, Ana Bermejo-Bermejo, Andre J Botha, Andrea Ferri, Angelos Evangelidis, Anna Cenerini, Anton Stamenov, Antonio Hernandez-Matias, Arianna Aradis, Atanas P Grozdanov, Beneharo Rodriguez, Cagan H. Sekercioglu, Catuxa Cerecedo-Iglesias, Christina Kassara, Christos Barboutis, Claire Bracebridge, Clara Garcia-Ripolles, Corinne J. Kendall, Damijan Denac, Dana G. Schabo, David R Barber, Dimitar V Popov, Dobromir D Dobrev, Egidio Mallia, Elena Kmetova-Biro, Ernesto Alvarez, Evan R Buechly, Evgeny A. Bragin, Fabrizio Cordischi, Fadzai Zengeya, Flavio Monti, Francois Mougeot, Gareth Tate, Georgi Stoyanov, Giacomo Dell'Omo, Giuseppe Lucia, Gradimir Gradev, Guido Ceccolini, Guilad Friedemann, Hans-Gunther Bauer, Holger Kolberg, Hristo Peshev, Ines Catry, Ingar J. Oien, Isidoro Carbonell Alanis, Ivan Literak, Ivan Pokrovsky, Ivar Ojaste, Jan E. Ostnes, Javier de la Puente, Joan Real, Joao L. Guilherme, Jose C. Gonzalez, Jose M. Fernandez-Garcia, Juan Antonio Gil, Julien Terraube, Karel Poprach, Karen Aghababyan, Katharina Klein, Keith L. Bildstein, Kerri Wolter, Kjell Janssens, Kyle D. Kittelberger, Lindy J. Thompson, Mansoor H. AlJahdhami, Manuel Galan, Marcin Tobolka, Mario Posillico, Mario Cipollone, Marion Gschweng, Maris Strazds, Mark Boorman, Mark Zvidzai, Marta Acacio, Marta Romero, Martin Wikelski, Matthias Schmidt, Maurizio Sara, Michael J. McGrady, Mindaugas Dagys, Monique L. Mackenzie, Muna Al Taq, Msafiri P. Mgumba, Munir Z. Virani, Nicolaos I. Kassinis, Nicolo Borgianni, Nikki Thie, Nikos Tsiopelas, Nili Anglister, Nina Farwig, Nir Sapir, Oddmund Kleven, Oliver Krone, Olivier Duriez, Orr Spiegel, Osama Al Nouri, Pascual Lopez-Lopez, Patrik Byholm, Pauline L. Kamath, Pawel Mirski, Peter Palatitz, Pietro Serroni, Rainer Raab, Ralph Buij, Ramūnas Žydelis, Ran Nathan, Rauri C.K. Bowie, Rigas Tsiakiris, Richard Stratton Hatfield, Roi Harel, Rolf T. Kroglund, Ron Efrat, Ruben Liminana, Salim Javed, Sasa P. Marinkovic, Sascha Rösner, Sasha Pekarsky, Shiv R. Kapila, Simeon A. Marin, Simon Krejci, Sinos Giokas, Siranush Tumanyan, Sondra Turjeman, Sonja C. Kruger, Steven R. Ewing, Stoycho Stoychev, Stoyan C. Nikolov, Tareq E. Qaneer, Theresa Spatz, Thomas G. Hadjikyriakou, Thomas Mueller, Todd E. Katzner, Tomas Aarvak, Tomas Veselovsky, Torgeir Nygard, Ugo Mellone, Ulo Vali, Urmas Sellis, Vicente Urios, Vladimir Nemcek, Volen Arkumarev, Wayne M. Getz, Wolfgang Fiedler, Willem Van den Bossche, Yael Lehnardt, Victoria R. Jones
2024, Biological Conservation (293)
Human-induced direct mortality affects huge numbers of birds each year, threatening hundreds of species worldwide. Tracking technologies can be an important tool to investigate temporal and spatial patterns of bird mortality as well as their drivers. We compiled 1704 mortality...
Carbon dioxide toxicity to zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) is dependent on water chemistry
Matthew Barbour, Matthew J Meulemans, Todd J. Severson, Jeremy K. Wise, Diane L. Waller
2024, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (43) 1312-1319
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is gaining interest as a tool to combat aquatic invasive species, including zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). However, the effects of water chemistry on CO2 efficacy are not well described. We conducted five trials in which we exposed adult zebra mussels to a range...
Variability in coastal habitat available for Longfin Smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys in the northeastern Pacific Ocean
Matthew J. Young, Frederick V. Feyrer, Steven T Lindley, David D. Huff
2024, Frontiers in Marine Science (11)
An understanding of oceanographic conditions and processes important to marine animal ecology is fundamental to the development of effective management and conservation actions. Longfin Smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) is a pelagic forage fish found in coastal and estuarine waters along the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to central...
Deep learning of estuary salinity dynamics is physically accurate at a fraction of hydrodynamic model computational cost
Galen Gorski, Salme Ellen Cook, Amelia Marie Snyder, Alison P. Appling, Theodore Paul Thompson, Jared David Smith, John C. Warner, Simon Nemer Topp
2024, Limnology and Oceanography (69) 1070-1085
Salinity dynamics in the Delaware Bay estuary are a critical water quality concern as elevated salinity can damage infrastructure and threaten drinking water supplies. Current state-of-the-art modeling approaches use hydrodynamic models, which can produce accurate results but are limited by significant computational costs. We...
Groundwater and surface-water interactions in the He‘eia watershed, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i—Insights from analysis of historical data and numerical groundwater-model simulations
Scot K. Izuka, Heidi L. Kane, Kolja Rotzoll
2024, Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5020
He‘eia and ‘Ioleka‘a Streams in the He‘eia watershed on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, receive substantial discharge from dike-impounded groundwater. Previous studies indicated that groundwater withdrawals from the watershed affect streamflow. Resource managers and users seek information that can be used to balance the needs of competing uses of groundwater and streamflow in...
Existing evidence on the effects of climate variability and climate change on ungulates in North America: A systematic map
Kate Malpeli, Sarah C. Endyke, Sarah R. Weiskopf, Laura Thompson, Ciara G. Johnson, Katherine Anne Kurth, Maxfield A. Carlin
2024, Environmental Evidence (13)
BackgroundClimate is an important driver of ungulate life-histories, population dynamics, and migratory behaviors. Climate conditions can directly impact ungulates via changes in the costs of thermoregulation and locomotion, or indirectly, via changes in habitat and forage availability, predation, and species interactions. Many studies have documented the effects of...
Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) resource selection: Trade-offs between forage and predation risk
James W. Cain III, Jacob H. Kay, Stewart G. Liley, Jay V. Gedir
2024, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (12)
Ungulates commonly select habitat with higher forage biomass and or nutritional quality to improve body condition and fitness. However, predation risk can alter ungulate habitat selection and foraging behavior and may affect their nutritional condition. Ungulates often choose areas with lower predation risk, sometimes sacrificing higher quality forage. This forage–predation...
Evaluating the potential for efficient, UAS-based reach-scale mapping of river channel bathymetry from multispectral images
Carl J. Legleiter, Lee R. Harrison
2024, Frontiers in Remote Sensing (5)
Introduction: Information on spatial patterns of water depth in river channels is valuable for numerous applications, but such data can be difficult to obtain via traditional field methods. Ongoing developments in remote sensing technology have enabled various image-based approaches for mapping river bathymetry; this study evaluated the potential to retrieve...
Apparent non-double-couple components as artifacts of moment tensor inversion
Boris Rosler, Seth Stein, Adam T. Ringler, Jiri Vackar
2024, Seismica (3)
Compilations of earthquake moment tensors from global and regional catalogs find pervasive non-double-couple (NDC) components with a mean deviation from a double-couple (DC) source of around 20%. Their distributions vary only slightly with magnitude, faulting mechanism, or geologic environments. This consistency suggests that for most earthquakes, especially smaller ones whose...
Groundwater hydrology, groundwater and surface-water interactions, aquifer testing, and groundwater-flow simulations for the Fountain Creek alluvial aquifer, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2018–20
Connor P. Newman, Cory A. Russell, Zachary D. Kisfalusi, Suzanne S. Paschke
2024, Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5119
From 2018 through 2020, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Air Force Civil Engineering Center, conducted an integrated study of the Fountain Creek alluvial aquifer located near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The objective of the study was to characterize hydrologic conditions for the alluvial aquifer pertinent to the potential...
Estimation and comparison of 1-percent annual exceedance probability flood flows at Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance study flow locations across Pennsylvania
Mitchell R. Weaver, Marla H. Stuckey, James E. Colgin, Mark A. Roland
2024, Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5133
Flood-flow estimates were computed at over 5,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood insurance study (FIS) flow locations across Pennsylvania for the 1-percent annual exceedance probability flood event (1-percent AEP). Depending on a point of interest’s proximity to a streamgage, weighting techniques may be applied to obtain flood-flow estimates for...
Classification of lakebed geologic substrate in autonomously collected benthic imagery using machine learning
Joseph K. Geisz, Phillipe Alan Wernette, Peter C. Esselman
2024, Remote Sensing (16)
Mapping benthic habitats with bathymetric, acoustic, and spectral data requires georeferenced ground-truth information about habitat types and characteristics. New technologies like autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) collect tens of thousands of images per mission making image-based ground truthing particularly attractive. Two types of machine learning (ML) models, random forest (RF) and...
Deep learning workflow to support in-flight processing of digital aerial imagery for wildlife population surveys
Tsung-Wei Ke, Stella X Yu, Mark D. Koneff, David L. Fronczak, Luke J. Fara, Travis Harrison, Kyle Lawrence Landolt, Enrika Hlavacek, Brian R. Lubinski, Timothy White
2024, PLoS ONE (19)
Deep learning shows promise for automating detection and classification of wildlife from digital aerial imagery to support cost-efficient remote sensing solutions for wildlife population monitoring. To support in-flight orthorectification and machine learning processing to detect and classify wildlife from imagery in near real-time, we evaluated deep learning methods that address...
Propensity score matching mitigates risk of faulty inferences in observational studies of effectiveness of restoration trials
Chad Raymond Kluender, Matthew J. Germino, Christopher A Anthony
2024, Journal of Applied Ecology (61) 1127-1137
Determining effectiveness of restoration treatments is an important requirement of adaptive management, but it can be non-trivial where only portions of large and heterogeneous landscapes of concern can be treated and sampled. Bias and non-randomness in the spatial deployment of treatment and thus sampling is nearly unavoidable in the...
Identifying an understudied interface: Preliminary evaluation of the use of retention ponds on commercial poultry farms by wild waterfowl
Jeffery D. Sullivan, Ayla McDonough, Lauren Lescure, Diann Prosser
2024, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (2024)
While the recent incursion of highly pathogenic avian influenza into North America has resulted in notable losses to the commercial poultry industry, the mechanism by which virus enters commercial poultry houses is still not understood. One theorized mechanism is that waterfowl shed virus into the environment surrounding poultry farms, such...
Quantifying and evaluating strategies to decrease carbon dioxide emissions generated from tourism to Yellowstone National Park
Emily J. Wilkins, Dani T. Dagan, Jordan W. Smith
2024, PLOS Climate (4)
The tourism industry needs strategies to reduce emissions and hasten the achievement of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction targets. Using a case study approach, we estimated CO2 emissions related to park tourism in Yellowstone National Park (USA) generated from transit to and from the park, transit...
