Channel unit use by Smallmouth Bass: Do land-use constraints or quantity of habitat matter?
Shannon K. Brewer
2013, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (33) 351-358
I examined how land use influenced the distribution of Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu in channel units (discrete morphological features—e.g., pools) of streams in the Midwestern USA. Stream segments (n = 36), from four clusters of different soil and runoff conditions, were identified that had the highest percent of forest (n = 12), pasture (n =...
Non-overlapping distributions of feral sheep (Ovis aries) and Stout Iguanas (Cyclura pinguis) on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands
Ben R. Skipper, Blake A. Grisham, Maria Kalyvaki, Kathleen McGaughey, Krista Mougey, Laura Navarrete, Renee Rondeau, Clint W. Boal, Gad Perry
2013, IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians (20) 7-15
Stout Iguanas (Cyclura pinguis) remain one of the most critically endangered reptiles in the world. Factors contributing to that status include habitat loss, predation by introduced species, and competition with introduced herbivores. On Guana Island, British Virgin Islands, the presence of feral sheep (Ovis aries) has been a hypothesized detriment...
Estimating abundance of adult striped bass in reservoirs using mobile hydroacoustics
Joseph E. Hightower, J. Christopher Taylor, Donald J. Degan
2013, American Fisheries Society Symposium (80) 279-289
Hydroacoustic surveys have proven valuable for estimating reservoir forage fish abundance but are more challenging for adult predators such as striped bass Morone saxatilis. Difficulties in assessing striped bass in reservoirs include their low density and the inability to distinguish species with hydroacoustic data alone. Despite these difficulties, mobile hydroacoustic...
Tagging methods for estimating population size and mortality rates of inland striped bass populations
Joseph E. Hightower, Kenneth H. Pollock
2013, American Fisheries Society Symposium (80) 249-262
Striped bass Morone saxatilis in inland reservoirs play an important role ecologically and in supporting recreational fishing. To manage these populations, biologists need information about abundance and mortality. Abundance estimates can be used to assess the effectiveness of stocking programs that maintain most reservoir striped bass populations. Mortality estimates can...
Empirical flow parameters : a tool for hydraulic model validity
William H. Asquith, Thomas E. Burley, Theodore G. Cleveland
2013, Book
The objectives of this project were (1) To determine and present from existing data in Texas, relations between observed stream flow, topographic slope, mean section velocity, and other hydraulic factors, to produce charts such as Figure 1 and to produce empirical distributions of the various flow parameters to provide a...
Future distribution of tundra refugia in northern Alaska
Andrew G. Hope, Eric Waltari, David C. Payer, Joseph A. Cook, Sandra L. Talbot
2013, Nature Climate Change (3) 931-938
Climate change in the Arctic is a growing concern for natural resource conservation and management as a result of accelerated warming and associated shifts in the distribution and abundance of northern species. We introduce a predictive framework for assessing the future extent of Arctic tundra and boreal biomes in northern...
Influence of sex and reproductive status on seasonal movement of Lake Sturgeon in Namakan Reservoir, Minnesota–Ontario
Stephanie L. Shaw, Steven R. Chipps, Steve K. Windels, Molly A. H. Webb, Darryl T. McLeod
2013, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (142) 10-20
We evaluated the influence of sex and reproductive condition on seasonal distribution and movement patterns of Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens in Namakan Reservoir, Minnesota–Ontario. Blood samples were collected from 133 Lake Sturgeon prior to spawning and plasma concentrations of testosterone and estradiol-17ß were analyzed using radioimmunoassay. Steroid concentrations were used to determine...
Intrinsic vs. extrinsic influences on life history expression: metabolism and parentally induced temperature influences on embryo development rate
Thomas E. Martin, Riccardo Ton, Alina Nikilson
2013, Ecology Letters (16) 738-745
Intrinsic processes are assumed to underlie life history expression and trade-offs, but extrinsic inputs are theorised to shift trait expression and mask trade-offs within species. Here, we explore application of this theory across species. We do this based on parentally induced embryo temperature as an extrinsic input, and mass-specific embryo...
Migration patterns of Western High Arctic (Grey-belly) Brant Branta bernicla
W. Sean Boyd, David H. Ward, Donald K. Kraege, Alyssa A. Gerick
2013, Wildfowl (3) 3-25
This study describes the seasonal migration patterns of Western High Arctic Brant (WHA, or Grey-belly Brent Geese), Branta bernicla, an admixed population that breeds in the Canadian High Arctic and winters along the Pacific coast of North America. Adult WHA Brant were captured in family groups on Melville Island (75°23’N, 110°50’W)...
Monte Carlo simulations of product distributions and contained metal estimates
Mark E. Gettings
2013, Natural Resources Research (22) 239-254
Estimation of product distributions of two factors was simulated by conventional Monte Carlo techniques using factor distributions that were independent (uncorrelated). Several simulations using uniform distributions of factors show that the product distribution has a central peak approximately centered at the product of the medians of the factor distributions. Factor...
Assessing winter cover crop nutrient uptake efficiency using a water quality simulation model
In-Young Yeo, Sangchui Lee, Ali M. Sadeghi, Peter C. Beeson, W. Dean Hively, Greg W. McCarty, Megan W. Lang
2013, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (10) 14229-14263
Winter cover crops are an effective conservation management practice with potential to improve water quality. Throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (CBW), which is located in the Mid-Atlantic US, winter cover crop use has been emphasized and federal and state cost-share programs are available to farmers to subsidize the cost of...
Modern salt-marsh and tidal-flat foraminifera from Sitkinak and Simeonof Islands, southwestern Alaska
Andrew C. Kemp, Simon E. Engelhart, Stephen J. Culver, Alan R. Nelson, Richard W. Briggs, Peter J. Haeussler
2013, Journal of Foraminiferal Research (43) 88-98
We describe the modern distribution of salt-marsh and tidal-flat foraminifera from Sitkinak Island (Trinity Islands) and Simeonof Island (Shumagin Islands), Alaska, to begin development of a dataset for later use in reconstructing relative sea-level changes caused by great earthquakes along the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone. Dead foraminifera...
Adaptive strategies and life history characteristics in a warming climate: salmon in the Arctic?
Jennifer L. Nielsen, Gregory T. Ruggerone, Christian E. Zimmerman
2013, Environmental Biology of Fishes (96) 1187-1226
In the warming Arctic, aquatic habitats are in flux and salmon are exploring their options. Adult Pacific salmon, including sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka), coho (O. kisutch), Chinook (O. tshawytscha), pink (O. gorbuscha) and chum (O. keta) have been captured throughout the Arctic. Pink and chum salmon are the most common species...
The Cambrian-Ordovician rocks of Sonora, Mexico, and southern Arizona, southwestern margin of North America (Laurentia)
William R. Page, Alta C. Harris, John E. Repetski
James R. Derby, R.D. Fritz, S.A. Longacre, W.A. Morgan, C.A. Sternbach, editor(s)
2013, Book chapter, The great American carbonate bank: The geology and economic resources of the Cambrian-Ordovician Sauk megasequence of Laurentia
Cambrian and Ordovician shelf, platform, and basin rocks are present in Sonora, Mexico, and southern Arizona and were deposited on the southwestern continental margin of North America (Laurentia). Cambrian and Ordovician rocks in Sonora, Mexico, are mostly exposed in scattered outcrops in the northern half of the state. Their discontinuous nature results...
Mercury and selenium concentrations in biofilm, macroinvertebrates, and fish collected in the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho, USA, and their potential effects on fish health
Darren T. Rhea, Aida M. Farag, David D. Harper, Elizabeth McConnell, William G. Brumbaugh
2013, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (64) 130-139
The Yankee Fork is a large tributary of the Salmon River located in central Idaho, USA, with an extensive history of placer and dredge-mining activities. Concentrations of selenium (Se) and mercury (Hg) in various aquatic trophic levels were measured in the Yankee Fork during 2001 and 2002. Various measurements of...
Vegetation ecogeomorphology, dynamic equilibrium, and disturbance
Cliff R. Hupp, W. R. Osterkamp
2013, Book chapter, Ecogeomorphology: Volume 12 in Treatise in Geomorphology
Early ecologists understood the need to document geomorphic form and process to explain plant species distributions. Although this relationship has been acknowledged for over a century, with the exception of a few landmark papers, only the past few decades have experienced intensive research on this interdisciplinary topic. Here the authors...
Reactivation of the Archean-Proterozoic suture along the southern margin of Laurentia during the Mazatzal orogeny: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of ca. 1.63 Ga granite in southeastern Wyoming
Daniel S. Jones, Calvin G. Barnes, Wayne R. Premo, Arthur W. Snoke
2013, Geological Society of America Bulletin (125) 164-183
The presence of ca. 1.63 Ga monzogranite (the “white quartz monzonite”) in the southern Sierra Madre, southeastern Wyoming, is anomalous given its distance from the nearest documented plutons of similar age (central Colorado) and the nearest contemporaneous tectonic margin (New Mexico). It is located immediately south of the Cheyenne belt—a...
Appendix D: Use of wave scenarios to assess potential submerged oil mat (SOM) formation along the coast of Florida and Alabama
P. Soupy Dalyander, Joseph W. Long, Nathaniel G. Plant, David M. Thompson
2013, Operational Science Advisory Team Report III
During the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, oil in the surf zone mixed with sediment in the surf zone to form heavier-than-water sediment oil agglomerates of various size, ranging from small (cm-scale) pieces (surface residual balls, SRBs) to large mats (100-m scale, surface residue mats, SR mats). Once SR mats formed...
Predator-prey relationships and managements
Clint W. Boal, Warren B. Ballard
Paul R. Krausman, James W. Cain III, editor(s)
2013, Book chapter, Wildlife management and conservation: Contemporary principles and practices
No abstract available....
Estimating abundance of the Southern Hudson Bay polar bear subpopulation using aerial surveys, 2011 and 2012
Martyn E. Obbard, Kevin R. Middel, Seth P. Stapleton, Isabelle Thibault, Vincent Brodeur, Charles Jutras
2013, Wildlife Research Series 2013-01
The Southern Hudson Bay (SH) polar bear subpopulation occurs at the southern extent of the species’ range. Although capture-recapture studies indicate that abundance remained stable between 1986 and 2005, declines in body condition and survival were documented during the period, possibly foreshadowing a future decrease in abundance. To obtain a...
Deformational and erosional history for the Abiquiu and contiguous area, north-central New Mexico: Implications for formation of the Abiquiu embayment and a discussion of new geochronological and geochemical analysis
Florian Maldonado, Daniel P. Miggins, James R. Budahm
2013, GSA Special Papers (494) 125-155
Geologic mapping, age determinations, and geochemistry of rocks exposed in the Abiquiu area of the Abiquiu embayment of the Rio Grande rift, north-central New Mexico, provide data to determine fault-slip and incision rates. Vertical-slip rates for faults in the area range from 16 m/m.y. to 42 m/m.y., and generally...
Valley plugs, land use, and phytogeomorphic response: Chapter 14
Aaron R. Pierce, Sammy L. King
John F. Shroder, editor(s)
2013, Book chapter, Treatise on Geomorphology: Ecogeomorphology
Anthropogenic alteration of fluvial systems can disrupt functional processes that provide valuable ecosystem services. Channelization alters fluvial parameters and the connectivity of river channels to their floodplains which is critical for productivity, nutrient cycling, flood control, and biodiversity. The effects of channelization can be exacerbated by local geology and land-use...
Diablotin Pterodroma hasitata: a biography of the endangered Black-capped Petrel
Theodore R. Simons, David S. Lee, J. Christopher Haney
2013, Marine Ornithology: Journal of Seabird Research and Conservation (41) 1-43
The Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata was believed extinct throughout much of the 20th century. It is the only gadfly petrel currently known to breed in the Caribbean Basin. Now seriously endangered, the species is presumed extirpated from Martinique, Dominica, and Guadeloupe, and breeding populations currently occur only on Hispaniola and perhaps Cuba....
Accumulation of organic carbon-rich strata along the western margin and in the center of the North American western interior seaway during the Cenomanian-Turonian Transgression: Chapter 3
W.E. Dean, E.G. Kauffman, M.A. Arthur
A. L. Titus, M. A. Loewen, editor(s)
2013, Book chapter, At the top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah
No abstract available....
Paleogeographic insights based on new U-Pb dates for altered tuffs in the Miocene Barstow Formation, California
David M. Miller, Jose E. Rosario, Shannon R. Leslie, Jorge A. Vazquez
2013, Conference Paper, Raising Questions in the Central Mojave Desert
The type section of the Barstow Formation in the Mud Hills, north of Barstow, is a reference section for early to middle Miocene paleontology, magnetostratigraphy, and dated volcanic episodes. Thanks to this robust chronologic framework, much of the interpretation of the paleogeography of the region from about 18 Ma to...
