Probability and volume of potential postwildfire debris flows in the 2011 Horseshoe II burn area, southeastern Arizona
Barbara C. Ruddy
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1197
This report presents a preliminary emergency assessment of the debris-flow hazards from drainage basins burned in 2011 by the Horseshoe II wildfire in southeastern Arizona. Empirical models derived from statistical evaluation of data collected from recently burned drainage basins throughout the intermountain western United States were used to estimate the...
Archive of digital Chirp subbottom profile data collected during USGS cruise 08CCT01, Mississippi Gulf Islands, July 2008
Arnell S. Forde, Shawn V. Dadisman, James G. Flocks, Charles R. Worley
2011, Data Series 620
In July of 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted geophysical surveys to investigate the geologic controls on island framework from Ship Island to Horn Island, Mississippi, for the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM) Ecosystem Change and Hazard Susceptibility project. Funding was provided through the Geologic Framework and Holocene Coastal...
Identifying structural elements needed for development of a predictive life-history model for pallid and shovelnose sturgeons
Mark L. Wildhaber, A. J. DeLonay, D. M. Papoulias, D.L. Galat, R. B. Jacobson, D.G. Simpkins, P.J. Braaten, C. E. Korschgen, M. J. Mac
2011, Journal of Applied Ichthyology (27) 462-469
Intensive management of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers has resulted in dramatic changes to the river systems and their biota. These changes have been implicated in the decline of the pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus), which has been listed as a United States federal endangered species. The sympatric shovelnose sturgeon (S. platorynchus)...
Analysis of the North American Breeding Bird Survey using hierarchical models
John R. Sauer, William Link
2011, The Auk (128) 87-98
We analyzed population change for 420 bird species from the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) using a hierarchical log-linear model and compared the results with those obtained through route-regression analysis. Survey-wide trend estimates based on the hierarchical model were generally more precise than estimates from the earlier analysis. No...
Structured decision making as a proactive approach to dealing with sea level rise in Florida
J. Martin, P.L. Fackler, James D. Nichols, B. C. Lubow, Mitchell J. Eaton, Michael C. Runge, Bradley Stith, Catherine A. Langtimm
2011, Climatic Change (107) 185-202
Sea level rise (SLR) projections along the coast of Florida present an enormous challenge for management and conservation over the long term. Decision makers need to recognize and adopt strategies to adapt to the potentially detrimental effects of SLR. Structured decision making (SDM) provides a rigorous framework for the management...
Estimating age from recapture data: Integrating incremental growth measures with ancillary data to infer age-at-length
Mitchell J. Eaton, William A. Link
2011, Ecological Applications (21) 2487-2497
Estimating the age of individuals in wild populations can be of fundamental importance for answering ecological questions, modeling population demographics, and managing exploited or threatened species. Significant effort has been devoted to determining age through the use of growth annuli, secondary physical characteristics related to age, and growth models. Many...
Multispecies modeling for adaptive management of horseshoe crabs and red knots in the Delaware Bay
Conor P. McGowan, David R. Smith, J. A. Sweka, Julien Martin, James D. Nichols, R. Wong, J. E. Lyons, L. J. Niles, K. Kalasz, J. Brust, M. Klopfer, B. Spear
2011, Natural Resource Modeling (24) 117-156
Adaptive management requires that predictive models be explicit and transparent to improve decisions by comparing management actions, directing further research and monitoring, and facilitating learning. The rufa subspecies of red knots (Calidris canutus rufa), which has recently exhibited steep population declines, relies on horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs as their...
Updated one-dimensional hydraulic model of the Kootenai River, Idaho: A supplement to Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5110
Christiana R. Czuba, Gary J. Barton
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5128
The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, in cooperation with local, State, Federal, and Canadian agency co-managers and scientists, is assessing the feasibility of a Kootenai River habitat restoration project in Boundary County, Idaho. The restoration project is focused on recovery of the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) population, and...
Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 2010
Joseph E. Beman
2011, Data Series 623
The Albuquerque Basin, located in central New Mexico, is about 100 miles long and 25-40 miles wide. The basin is defined as the extent of consolidated and unconsolidated deposits of Tertiary and Quaternary age that encompasses the structural Rio Grande Rift within the basin. Drinking-water supplies throughout the basin were...
An experiment to control nonnative fish in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Coggins Jr., Michael D. Yard
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3093
The humpback chub (Gila cypha) is an endangered native fish found only in the Colorado River Basin. In Grand Canyon, most humpback chub are found in the Little Colorado River and its confluence with the Colorado River. For decades, however, nonnative rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and brown trout (Salmo trutta),...
Topographic and hydrographic GIS dataset for the Afghanistan Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey 2010 Minerals Project
P. G. Chirico, T.W. Moran
2011, Data Series 624
This dataset contains a collection of 24 folders, each representing a specific U.S. Geological Survey area of interest (AOI; fig. 1), as well as datasets for AOI subsets. Each folder includes the extent, contours, Digital Elevation Model (DEM), and hydrography of the corresponding AOI, which are organized into feature vector...
Natural resource mitigation, adaptation and research needs related to climate change in the Great Basin and Mojave Desert
Debra L. Hughson, David E. Busch, Scott Davis, Sean P. Finn, Steve Caicco, Paul S.J. Verburg
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5103
This report synthesizes the knowledge, opinions, and concerns of many Federal and State land managers, scientists, stakeholders, and partners from a workshop, held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on April 20-22, 2010. Land managers, research scientists, and resource specialists identified common concerns regarding the potential effects of climate...
IUPAC Periodic Table of the Isotopes
N.E. Holden, T.B. Coplen, J.K. Böhlke, M.E. Wieser, G. Singleton, T. Walczyk, S. Yoneda, P.G. Mahaffy, L.V. Tarbox
2011, Chemistry International (33)
For almost 150 years, the Periodic Table of the Elements has served as a guide to the world of elements by highlighting similarities and differences in atomic structure and chemical properties. To introduce students, teachers, and society to the existence and importance of isotopes of the chemical elements, an IUPAC...
Fish and chips? Implanted transmitters help map the endangered pallid sturgeon
Kimberly Chojnacki, Aaron DeLonay
2011, GeoWorld 14-17
With a flattened snout, long slender tail and rows of bony plates lining its body, the pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) has a unique, almost pre-historic, appearance. This endangered fish is native to the muddy, free-flowing waters of the Missouri River....
Groundwater quality in the Lake Champlain Basin, New York, 2009
Elizabeth A. Nystrom
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1180
Water was sampled from 20 production and domestic wells from August through November 2009 to characterize groundwater quality in the Lake Champlain Basin in New York. Of the 20 wells sampled, 8 were completed in sand and gravel, and 12 were completed in bedrock. The samples were collected and processed...
Timing constraints on remote sensing of wildland fire burned area in the southeastern US
Joshua J. Picotte, Kevin Robertson
2011, Remote Sensing (3) 1680-1690
Remote sensing using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) satellite imagery is increasingly used for mapping wildland fire burned area and burn severity, owing to its frequency of collection, relatively high resolution, and availability free of charge. However, rapid response of vegetation following fire and frequent cloud cover pose challenges to this...
Field Reconnaissance Geologic Mapping of the Columbia Hills, Mars: Results from MER Spirit and MRO HiRISE Observations
L.S. Crumpler, R. E. Arvidson, S. W. Squyres, T. McCoy, A. Yingst, S. Ruff, W. Farrand, Y. McSween, M. Powell, D. W. Ming, R.V. Morris, J.F. Bell III, J. Grant, R. Greeley, D. DesMarais, M. Schmidt, N.A. Cabrol, A. Haldemann, Kevin W. Lewis, A.E. Wang, C. Schroder, D. Blaney, B. Cohen, A. Yen, J. Farmer, Ralf Gellert, E.A. Guinness, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, G. Klingelhofer, A. McEwen, J. W. Rice Jr., M. Rice, P. deSouza, J. Hurowitz
2011, Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets (116) E00F24-E00F24
Chemical, mineralogic, and lithologic ground truth was acquired for the first time on Mars in terrain units mapped using orbital Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (MRO HiRISE) image data. Examination of several dozen outcrops shows that Mars is geologically complex at meter length scales, the record of...
Developmental rate and behavior of early life stages of bighead carp and silver carp
Duane Chapman, Amy E. George
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5076
The early life stages of Asian carp are well described by Yi and others (1988), but since these descriptions are represented by line drawings based only on live individuals and lacked temperature controls, further information on developmental time and stages is of use to expand understanding of early life stages...
Critical tissue residue approach linking accumulated metals in aquatic insects to population and community-level effects
Travis S. Schmidt, William H. Clements, Robert E. Zuellig, Katharine A. Mitchell, Stan E. Church, Richard B. Wanty, Carma A. San Juan, Monique Adams, Paul J. Lamothe
2011, Environmental Science & Technology (45) 7004-7010
Whole body Zn concentrations in individuals (n = 825) from three aquatic insect taxa (mayflies Rhithrogena spp. and Drunella spp. and the caddisfly Arctopsyche grandis) were used to predict effects on populations and communities (n = 149 samples). Both mayflies accumulated significantly more Zn than the caddisfly. The presence/absence of Drunella spp. most reliably distinguished sites with low and...
Rotational motions for teleseismic surface waves
Chin-Jen Lin, H. Huang, Nguyen Dinh Pham, Chun-Chi Liu, Wu-Cheng Chi, W.H.K. Lee
2011, Geophysical Research Letters (38)
[1] We report the findings for the first teleseismic six degree‐of‐freedom (6‐DOF) measurements including three components of rotational motions recorded by a sensitive rotation‐rate sensor (model R‐1, made by eentec) and three components of translational motions recorded by a traditional seismometer (STS‐2) at the NACB station in...
Human casualties in earthquakes: Modelling and mitigation
R.J.S. Spence, E.K.M. So
2011, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Building an earthquake resilient society
Earthquake risk modelling is needed for the planning of post-event emergency operations, for the development of insurance schemes, for the planning of mitigation measures in the existing building stock, and for the development of appropriate building regulations; in all of these applications estimates of casualty numbers are essential. But there...
Factors affecting groundwater quality in the Valley and Ridge aquifers, eastern United States, 1993-2002
Gregory C. Johnson, Tammy M. Zimmerman, Bruce D. Lindsey, Eliza L. Gross
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5115
Chemical and microbiological analyses of water from 230 wells and 35 springs in the Valley and Ridge Physiographic Province, sampled between 1993 and 2002, indicated that bedrock type (carbonate or siliciclastic rock) and land use were dominant factors influencing groundwater quality across a region extending from northwestern Georgia to New...
Construction of shipping channels in the Detroit River: History and environmental consequences
David H. Bennion, Bruce A. Manny
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5122
The Detroit River is one of the most biologically diverse areas in the Great Lakes basin. It has been an important international shipping route since the 1820s and is one of the busiest navigation centers in the United States. Historically, it supported one of the most profitable Lake Whitefish (Coregonus...
Annual peak streamflow and ancillary data for small watersheds in central and western Texas
Glenn R. Harwell, William H. Asquith
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3082
Estimates of annual peak-streamflow frequency are needed for flood-plain management, assessment of flood risk, and design of structures, such as roads, bridges, culverts, dams, and levees. Regional regression equations have been developed and are used extensively to estimate annual peak-streamflow frequency for ungaged sites in natural (unregulated and rural or...
Map of debris flows caused by rainfall during 1996 in parts of the Reedsport and Deer Head Point quadrangles, Douglas County, southern Coast Range, Oregon
Jeffrey A. Coe, John A. Michael, Marianela Mercado Burgos
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1150
This 1:12,000-scale map shows an inventory of debris flows caused by rainfall during 1996 in a 94.4 km2 area in the southern Coast Range of Oregon. This map and associated digital data are part of a larger U.S. Geological Survey study of debris flows in the southern Coast Range. Available...
