Relative contributions of water-level components to extreme water levels along the US Southeast Atlantic Coast from a regional-scale water-level hindcast
Kai Alexander Parker, Li H. Erikson, Jennifer Anne Thomas, Cornelis M. Nederhoff, Patrick L. Barnard, Sanne Muis
2023, Natural Hazards (117) 2219-2248
A 38-year hindcast water level product is developed for the U.S. Southeast Atlantic coastline from the entrance of Chesapeake Bay to the southeast tip of Florida. The water level modelling framework utilized in this study combines a global-scale hydrodynamic model (Global Tide and Surge Model, GTSM-ERA5), a novel ensemble-based tide...
Spatial variability in vertical accretion and carbon sequestration in salt marsh soils of an urban estuary
Hongqing Wang, Gregg Snedden, Ellen K. Hartig, Q. Chen
2023, Wetlands (43)
Salt marshes in New York City’s Jamaica Bay have been disappearing and deteriorating since early 1900s, resulting in the loss of long-term accumulated carbon storage. However, the spatial variations and mechanisms in vertical accretion and soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration across this highly urbanized estuary remains unclear. In this study,...
Reference genome of an iconic lizard in western North America, Blainville’s horned lizard Phrynosoma blainvillii
Jonathan Q. Richmond, Jimmy A. McGuire, Merly Escalona, Mohan P. A. Marimuthu, Oanh Nguyen, Samuel Sacco, Eric Beraut, Erin Toffelmier, Robert N. Fisher, Ian J. Wang, H.B. Shaffer
2023, Journal of Heredity (114) 410-417
Genome assemblies are increasingly being used to identify adaptive genetic variation that can help prioritize the population management of protected species. This approach may be particularly relevant to species like Blainville’s horned lizard, Phrynosoma blainvillii, due to its specialized diet on noxious harvester ants, numerous adaptative traits for avoiding predation...
Compensatory mortality explains rodent resilience to an invasive predator
Marina E. McCampbell, Margaret Hunter, John V. Stechly, Kaitlyn N. Leist, Kristen Hart, Robert A. McCleery
2023, Journal of Mammalogy (104) 967-978
Invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in the Everglades of Florida, United States, have drastically reduced populations of mammals, yet populations of some rodents appear unaffected by the invasion. To understand this pattern, we radio-tagged cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) in areas of high and low python occurrence densities (hereafter occurrence)...
Status and trends of the Lake Huron prey fish community, 1976-2022
Darryl W. Hondorp, Timothy P. O’Brien, Edward F. Roseman, Peter C. Esselman
2023, Report
The United States Geological Survey-Great Lakes Science Center has monitored annual changes in the offshore prey fish community of Lake Huron since 1973. Monitoring of prey fish populations in Lake Huron is based on a bottom trawl survey that targets demersal (benthic) species and an acoustic-midwater trawl survey that targets...
Logs and data from the Starthistle trench across a scarp within the Wallula Fault Zone, southeastern Washington
Stephen J. Angster, Brian Sherrod, John Lasher
2023, Scientific Investigations Map 3495
IntroductionThe Wallula Fault Zone is composed of a series of northwest-trending faults and folds that coincide with a prominent magnetic anomaly that extends uninterrupted for approximately 120 kilometers within the Cascadia back arc of southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon. It is part of the geologic structures associated with the topographic...
Breaking plates: Creation of the East Anatolian fault, the Anatolian plate, and a tectonic escape system
Donna Whitney, Jonathan Delph, Stuart N. Thomson, Susan L. Beck, Gilles Brocard, M. Cosca, Michael H. Darin, Nuretdin Kaymakci, Maud J.M. Meijers, Aral Okay, Bora Rojay, Christian Teyssier, Paul J. Umhoefer
2023, Geology (51) 673-677
Lateral movement of lithospheric fragments along strike-slip faults in response to collision (escape tectonics) has characterized convergent settings since the onset of plate tectonics and is a mechanism for the formation of new plates. The Anatolian plate was created by the sequential connection of strike-slip faults following ≥10 m.y. of...
Rapid modeling of compound flooding across broad coastal regions and the necessity to include rainfall driven processes: A case study of Hurricane Florence (2018)
Tim Leijnse, Cornelis M. Nederhoff, Jennifer Anne Thomas, Kai Alexander Parker, Maarten van Ormondt, Li H. Erikson, Robert T. McCall, Ap van Dongeren, Andrea C. O'Neill, Patrick L. Barnard
Ping Wang, Elizabeth Royer, Julie D. Rosati, editor(s)
2023, Conference Paper, Coastal Sediments 2023: Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023
In this work, we show that large-scale compound flood models developed for North and South Carolina, USA, can skillfully simulate multiple drivers of coastal flooding as confirmed by measurements collected during Hurricane Florence (2018). Besides the accuracy of representing observed water levels, the importance of individual processes was investigated. We...
Rift basins and intraplate earthquakes: New high-resolution aeromagnetic data provide insights into buried structures of the Charleston, South Carolina seismic zone
Anjana K. Shah, Thomas L. Pratt, J. Wright Horton, Jr.
2023, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (24)
The delineation of faults that pose seismic risk in intraplate seismic zones and the mapping of features associated with failed rift basins can help our understanding of links between the two. We use new high-resolution aeromagnetic data, previous borehole sample information, and reprocessed seismic reflection profiles to image subsurface structures...
Shoreface sediment availability offshore of a rapidly migrating, mixed-energy barrier island
Emily A. Wei, Jennifer L. Miselis
Ping Wang, Elizabeth Royer, Julie D. Rosati, editor(s)
2023, Conference Paper, Coastal Sediments 2023: Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023
Less is known about sediment exchanges between shorefaces and mixed-energy barrier islands (MEBI) than between shorefaces and wave-dominated barrier islands. We used seismic stratigraphy from Cedar Island, Virginia, USA to understand the interplay between shoreface deposits and MEBI morphodynamics. Interpretations reveal that the shelf and shoreface are extensively dissected by...
Incorporating wave climate complexity into modeling lower shoreface morphology and transport
Megan Gillen, Andrew D. Ashton, Jennifer L. Miselis, Daniel J. Ciarletta, Emily A. Wei, Christopher R. Sherwood
Ping Wang, Elizabeth Royer, Julie D. Rosati, editor(s)
2023, Conference Paper, Coastal Sediments 2023, proceedings of the 10th international conference
The lower shoreface, a transitional subaqueous region extending from the seaward limit of the surf zone to beyond the closure depth, serves as a sediment reservoir and pathway in sandy beach environments over annual to millennial time scales. Despite the important role this region plays in shoreline dynamics, the morphodynamics...
Guidance for parameterizing post-fire hydrologic models with in situ infiltration measurements
T. Liu, Luke A. McGuire, Ann Youberg, Alexander N. Gorr, Francis K. Rengers
2023, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (48) 2368-2386
Wildfire can alter soil-hydraulic properties, often resulting in an increased prevalence of infiltration-excess overland flow and greater potential for debris-flow hazards. Mini disk tension infiltrometers (MDIs) can be used to estimate soil hydraulic properties, such as field-saturated hydraulic conductivity (Kfs) and wetting front potential...
Review and development of best practices for toxicity tests with dreissenid mussels
Diane L. Waller, Sherri Pucherelli, Matthew Barbour, Samantha Tank, Matthew J Meulemans, Jeremy K. Wise, Angelique Dahlberg, David C. Aldridge, Renata Claudi, W. Gregory Cope, Patricia L. Gillis, Donna Kashian, Denise A. Mayer, Kelly A. Stockton-Fiti, Wai Hing Wong
2023, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (42) 1643-1666
Since their introduction to North America in the 1980s, research to develop effective control tools for invasive mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and D. rostriformis bugensis) has been ongoing across various research institutions using a range of testing methods. Inconsistencies in experimental methods and reporting present challenges for...
Assessing environmental oil spill based on fluorescence images of water samples and deep learning
D. P. Liu, Ming Liu, Guangyu Sun, Zhiqian Zhou, Duolin Wang, Fei He, Jiaxin Li, Jiacheng Xie, Ryan Gettler, Eric Brunson, Jeffery A. Steevens, Dong Xu
2023, Journal of Environmental Informatics (42) 1-12
Measuring oil concentration in the aquatic environment is essential for determining the potential exposure, risk, or injury for oil spill response and natural resource damage assessment. Conventional analytical chemistry methods require samples to be collected in the field, shipped, and processed in the laboratory, which is also rather time-consuming, laborious,...
New capabilities in MT3D-USGS for simulating unsaturated-zone heat transport
Eric D. Morway, Daniel T. Feinstein, Randall J. Hunt, Richard W. Healy
2023, Groundwater (61) 330-345
Changes in climate and land use will alter groundwater heat transport dynamics in the future. These changes will in turn affect watershed processes (e.g., nutrient cycling) as well as watershed characteristics (e.g., distribution and persistence of cold-water habitat). Thus, groundwater flow and heat transport models at watershed scales that...
A multi-level modeling approach to guide management of female feral hogs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Frances E. Buderman, Patrick J. Helm, Joseph D. Clark, Ryan H. Williamson, Joseph G. Yarkovich, Jennifer M. Mullinax
2023, Biological Invasions (25) 3065-3082
We trapped, anesthetized, and fit 16 female feral swine (Sus scrofa) with Global Positioning System (GPS) collars in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) to develop predictive summer and winter models for more effective population control efforts. Given the highly diverse habitat and topography in GRSM...
Assessing potential effects of changes in water use in the middle Carson River Basin with a numerical groundwater-flow model, Eagle, Dayton, and Churchill Valleys, west-central Nevada
Eric D. Morway, Susan G. Buto, Richard G. Niswonger, Justin L. Huntington
2023, Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5008
During the economic boom of the mid part of the first decade of the 2000s in northwestern Nevada, municipal and housing growth increased use of the water resources of this semi-arid region. In 2008, when the economy slowed, new housing development stopped, and immediate pressure on groundwater resources abated. The...
Ticks harbor and excrete chronic wasting disease prions
H. N. Inzalaco, F. Bravo-Risi, R. Morales, D. P. Walsh, D. J. Storm, J. A. Pedersen, Wendy Christine Turner, S. S. Lichtenbergh
2023, Scientific Reports (13)
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by infectious prions (PrPCWD) affecting cervids. Circulating PrPCWD in blood may pose a risk for indirect transmission by way of hematophagous ectoparasites acting as mechanical vectors. Cervids can carry high tick infestations and exhibit allogrooming, a common tick defense strategy between...
Flushing time variability in a short, low-inflow estuary
Mohsen Taherkhani, Sean Vitousek, Ryan K. Walter, Jennifer O’Leary, Amid P. Khodadoust
2023, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (284)
Flushing time, the time scale for exchange and mixing between embayed and oceanic waters in an estuary, plays an integral role in determining water quality and aquatic ecosystem health. Here, we investigated the spatiotemporal variability of flushing times throughout Morro Bay, a short, low-inflow estuary (LIE) on the California coast, using a calibrated...
Deep root activity overprints weathering of petrogenic organic carbon in shale
Alison K. Tune, Jennifer L. Druhan, Corey Lawrence, Daniella M. Rempe
2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (607)
The oxidation of organic carbon in sedimentary bedrock (petrogenic OC, OCpetro">petro) is increasingly recognized as a potential source of CO2 to the atmosphere. Recent studies provide evidence for the mobilization and oxidation of OC<span id="MathJax-Element-2-Frame" class="MathJax_SVG" data-mathml="<math...
Stream restoration milestones: Monitoring scales determine successes and failures
Sujay S. Kaushal, Megan L. Fork, Robert J. Hawley, Kristina G. Hopkins, Blanca Rios-Touma, Allison H. Roy
2023, Urban Ecosystems (26) 1131-1142
Urban stream restoration is growing globally, but there is much to learn from successes, failures, and evaluating tradeoffs in restoration practices. Significant time and resources have been invested towards restoring the structure and function of urban ecosystems and understanding and slowing the drivers of degradation. However, the rapid pace of...
Rapidly changing range limits in a warming world: Critical data limitations and knowledge gaps for advancing understanding of mangrove range dynamics in the southeastern USA
Remi Bardou, Michael Osland, Steven B. Scyphers, Christine C. Shepard, Karen E. Aerni, Jahson B. Alemu, Robert Crimian, Richard Day, Nicholas Enwright, Laura Feher, Sarah L. Gibbs, Kiera O’Donnell, Savannah H. Swinea, Kalaina Thorne, Sarit Truskey, Anna R. Armitage, Ronald J. Baker, Joshua L. Breithaupt, Kyle C. Cavanaugh, Just Cebrian, Karen Cummins, Donna J. Devlin, Jacob Doty, William L. Ellis, Ilka C. Feller, Christopher A. Gabler, Yiyang Kang, David A. Kaplan, John Paul Kennedy, Ken Krauss, Margaret Lamont, Kam-biu Liu, Melinda Martinez, Ashley M. Matheny, Giovanna M. McClenachan, Karen L. McKee, Irving A. Mendelssohn, Thomas C. Michot, Christopher J. Miller, Jena A. Moon, Ryan P. Moyer, James A. Nelson, Richard O’Connor, James W. Pahl, Jonathan L. Pitchford, C. Edward Proffitt, Tracy Quirk, Kara R. Radabaugh, Whitney A. Scheffel, Delbert L. Smee, Caitlin M. Snyder, Eric Sparks, Kathleen M. Swanson, William C. Vervaeke, Carolyn A. Weaver, Jonathan A Willis, Erik S. Yando, Qiang Yao, A. Randall Hughes
2023, Estuaries and Coasts (46) 1123-1140
Climate change is altering species’ range limits and transforming ecosystems. For example, warming temperatures are leading to the range expansion of tropical, cold-sensitive species at the expense of their cold-tolerant counterparts. In some temperate and subtropical coastal wetlands, warming winters are enabling mangrove forest encroachment into salt marsh, which is...
Stream corridor sediment budget for watershed sediment source apportionment for the forested Little Fork River, Minnesota
Faith A. Fitzpatrick, Shelby P. Sterner, Anna C. Baker, Sam Soderman, Karen B. Gran, Andy Kasun, Mike Kennedy, Phil Norvitch, Jesse Anderson, Matt Guntzmann
2023, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SEDHYD 2023
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Assessment and characterization of ephemeral stream channel stability in the Grand Valley, Colorado, 2018-22
Joel William Homan
2023, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SEDHYD 2023
The purpose of this study is to provide information regarding the stability of ephemeral streams on the north side of the Grand Valley, Colorado. The ungaged ephemeral streams in this semiarid region are of particular interest because (1) the underlying bedrock geology, Mancos Shale, is a sedimentary rock deposit that...
A numerical investigation of the mechanisms controlling salt intrusion in the Delaware Bay Estuary
Salme Ellen Cook, John C. Warner, Kendra L. Russell
2023, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (283)
Salinity intrusion in coastal systems is mainly controlled by freshwater inflows. However, extreme events like drought, low-pressure storms, and longer-term sea level rise can exacerbate the landward salt migration and threaten economic infrastructure and ecological health. Along the eastern seaboard of the United States, approximately 13 million people rely on the water...
