Considering behavioral state when predicting habitat use: Behavior-specific spatial models for the endangered Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle
James M. Pay, Toby A Patterson, Kirstin M Proft, Elissa Z. Cameron, Clare E. Hawkins, Amelia J. Koch, Jason M Wiersma, Todd E. Katzner
2022, Biological Conservation (274)
Effective planning for species conservation often requires an understanding of habitat use. The resources an animal selects within the landscape relate to its behavioral state and, therefore, incorporating behavior into habitat selection analyses can help inform management of threatened species. Here we present...
Attribution of monotonic trends and change points in peak streamflow across the conterminous United States using a multiple working hypotheses framework, 1941–2015 and 1966–2015
Karen R. Ryberg, editor(s)
2022, Professional Paper 1869
The U.S. Geological Survey has a long history of leading flood-frequency analysis studies. These studies play a critical role in the assessment of risk, protection of lives, and planning and design of flood protection infrastructure. Standard flood-frequency analysis is based on the assumption of stationarity—that is, that the distribution of...
Drainage infrastructure and groundwater system response to changes in sea level and precipitation, Broward County, Florida
Jeremy D. Decker, editor(s)
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5074
Executive SummarySoutheast Florida is highly susceptible to flooding because of its low topography and porous, highly permeable Biscayne aquifer. Rising seas will likely result in increased groundwater levels in parts of Broward County, Florida, that will reduce available soil storage and therefore increase the likelihood of inundation and flooding from...
Education initiatives to support earthquake early warning: A retrospective and a roadmap
Danielle F. Sumy, Mariah Ramona Jenkins, Jenny Crayne, Shelley E Olds, Megan L. Anderson, Jenda Johnson, Bonnie Magura, Cynthia L Pridmore, Robert Michael deGroot
2022, Seismological Research Letters (93) 34989-3513
As of May 2021, public alerting is now operational for the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system for the West Coast of the United States in California, Oregon, and Washington. Successful early warning systems require the scientific and technical implementation to be coupled with social and humanitarian considerations, including education and...
Treading water: Conservation of headwater-stream associated amphibians in northwestern North America
Lindsey Thurman, Christopher Cousins, Sky T. C. Button, Tiffany S. Garcia, Alysha Henderson, Deanna H. Olson, Jonah Piovia-Scott
2022, Book chapter
Headwater streams of the Pacific Northwest of North America are home to 52 amphibian species, spanning a diversity of taxa and life histories. Headwater stream-associated amphibians occur both within coldwater-stream channels and throughout adjacent riparian habitat, reflective of the important role of old-growth forests in providing cool, moist microclimates for...
Does large dam removal restore downstream riparian vegetation diversity? Testing predictions on the Elwha River, Washington, USA
Rebecca L. Brown, Cody C. Thomas, Erin S. Cubley, Aaron J. Clausen, Patrick B. Shafroth
2022, Ecological Applications (32)
Large dams and their removal can profoundly affect riparian ecosystems by altering flow and sediment regimes, hydrochory, and landform dynamics, yet few studies have documented these effects on downstream plant communities. Ecological theory and empirical results suggest that by altering disturbance regimes, reducing hydrochory, and shifting communities to later successional...
Great expectations for earthquake early warnings on the United States West Coast
Ann Bostrom, Sara K. McBride, J.S. Becker, J.D. Goltz, Robert Michael deGroot, Lori Peek, Brian Terbush, Maximilian Dixon
2022, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (82)
In October 2019, California became the first state in the United States to fully activate a public earthquake early warning system—ShakeAlert®—managed by the U.S. Geological Survey. The system was subsequently rolled out in March 2021 in Oregon and May 2021 in Washington. Earthquake early warning (EEW) systems can provide seconds of notice...
A computer-aided approach for adapting stage-discharge ratings and characterizing uncertainties of streamflow data with discrete measurements
David J. Holtschlag
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5083
Relations between stage (water level) and discharge of streamflow through a natural channel are the result of time-varying processes, which are commonly described by time-varying stage-discharge ratings. Hydrographers with the U.S. Geological Survey successfully maintain the accuracy of streamflow data by manually applying time-tested approaches to adapt ratings to temporal...
National strategy for landslide loss reduction
Jonathan W. Godt, Nathan J. Wood, Alice Pennaz, Connor M. Dacey, Benjamin B. Mirus, Lauren N. Schaefer, Stephen L. Slaughter
2022, Open-File Report 2022-1075
Executive SummaryLandslide hazards are present in all 50 States and most U.S. territories, and they affect lives, property, infrastructure, and the environment. Landslides are the downslope movement of earth materials under the force of gravity. They can occur without any obvious trigger. Widespread or severe landslide events are often driven...
CO2 uptake offsets other greenhouse gas emissions from salt marshes with chronic nitrogen loading
Serena Moseman-Valtierra, Katelyn Szura, Meagan J. Eagle, Carol Thornber, Faming Wang
2022, Wetlands (42)
Coastal wetlands are known for exceptional productivity, but they also receive intense land-based nitrogen (N) loading. In Narragansett Bay, RI (USA), coastal ecosystems have received anthropogenic N inputs from wastewater for more than two centuries. Greenhouse gas fluxes were studied throughout a growing season (2016) in...
Modeling of fire spread in sagebrush steppe using FARSITE: An approach to improving input data and simulation accuracy
Samuel J. Price, Matthew J. Germino
2022, Fire Ecology (18)
Background: Model simulations of wildfire spread and assessments of their accuracy are needed for understanding and managing altered fire regimes in semiarid regions. The accuracy of wildfire spread simulations can be evaluated from post hoc comparisons of simulated and actual wildfire perimeters, but this requires information on pre-fire vegetation fuels...
Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of the Volga-Ural Basin and Timan-Pechora Basin Provinces of Russia, 2020
Christopher J. Schenk, Tracey J. Mercier, Geoffrey S. Ellis, Cheryl A. Woodall, Thomas M. Finn, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Phuong A. Le, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Ronald M. Drake II
2022, Fact Sheet 2022-3070
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean conventional resources of 4.9 billion barrels of oil and 21 trillion cubic feet of gas within the Volga-Ural Basin Province and technically recoverable mean conventional resources of 1.8 billion barrels of oil and 9.5 trillion cubic...
Hydrologic and environmental thresholds in stream fish assemblage structure across flow regimes
John Tyler Fox, Daniel D. Magoulick
2022, Ecological Indicators (144)
The characteristic pattern of variation in flow magnitude, frequency, duration, timing, and rate of change defines the flow regime of rivers and streams and is a key driver of ecosystem processes in fluvial ecosystems. Understanding how freshwater biotic assemblages change across gradients of hydrology and anthropogenic-source disturbance in different streamflow...
Field investigation of sub-isokinetic sampling by the US D-96-type suspended-sediment sampler and its effect on suspended-sediment measurements
Thomas A. Sabol, David J. Topping, Ronald E. Griffiths, Guillaume Dramais
2022, Open-File Report 2022-1077
Collection of accurate suspended-sediment data using depth-integrating samplers requires that they operate isokinetically, that is, that they sample at the local stream velocity unaffected by the presence of the suspended-sediment sampler. Sub-isokinetic suspended-sediment sampling causes grain-size dependent positive biases in the suspended-sediment concentration measured by the suspended-sediment sampler. Collapsible bag...
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in passive samplers at seven coastal sites off West Maui, Hawaiʻi:
Pamela L. Campbell, Nancy G. Prouty, Curt D. Storlazzi
2022, Open-File Report 2022-1065
Passive membrane samplers—semipermeable membrane devices and polar organic chemical integrative samplers—were deployed for 22 continuous days at 7 sites along the West Maui, Hawaiʻi, coastline in February and March 2017 to assess organic contaminants at shallow coral reef ecosystems from diverse upstream inputs. The distribution of organic compounds observed at...
The influence of soil development on the depth distribution and structure of soil microbial communities.
Mary-Catherine Leewis, Corey Lawrence, Marjorie S. Schulz, Malak M. Tfaily, Christian Orlando Ayala-Ortiz, Gilberto E. Flores, Rachel Mackelprang, Jack McFarland
2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry (174)
Although it has been shown that the interaction of climate and time shape the dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM) storage and preservation in soil, the role of soil microbial communities in this dynamic remains unclear. Microbial communities are present throughout soil profiles and likely play critical roles in SOM...
Spatial distribution and physicochemical properties of respirable volcanic ash from the 16-17 August 2006 Tungurahua eruption (Ecuador), and alveolar epithelium response in-vitro
Julia Eychenne, Lucia Gurioli, David Damby, Corinne Belville, Federica Schiavi, Geoffroy Marceau, Claire Szczepaniak, Christelle Blavignac, Mickael Laumonier, Emmanuel Gardes, Jean-Luc Le Pennec, Jean-Marie Nedelec, Loic Blanchon, Vincent Sapin
2022, GeoHealth (6)
Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador) intermittently emitted ash between 1999 and 2016, enduringly affecting the surrounding rural area and its population, but its health impact remains poorly documented. We aim to assess the respiratory health hazard posed by the 16–17 August 2006 most intense eruptive phase of Tungurahua. We mapped the spatial...
Understanding the role of initial soil moisture and precipitation magnitude in flood forecast using a hydrometeorological modelling system
Dongxiao Yin, George Xue, Daoyang Bao, Arezoo RafieeiNasab, Yongjie Huang, Mirce Morales, John C. Warner
2022, Hydrological Processes (36)
We adapted the WRF-Hydro modelling system to Hurricane Florence (2018) and performed a series of diagnostic experiments to assess the influence of initial soil moisture and precipitation magnitude on flood simulation over the Cape Fear River basin in the United States. Model results suggest that: (1)...
Identifying shared priorities for a bioregional approach to restoration in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Kelly G. Guilbeau, Ann C Hijuelos, Stephanie Romanach, Gregory Steyer
2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (10)
Natural resource management is often challenged with a mismatch between the scale of decision-making and the scale of the biological, ecological, and physical processes that control a system. Bioregional approaches to adaptive management have emerged as an approach to inform natural resource management at ecologically relevant scales and...
Neural net detection of seismic features related to gas hydrates and free gas accumulations on the northern U.S. Atlantic margin
Urmi Majumdar, Nathaniel C. Miller, Carolyn D. Ruppel
2022, Interpretation (10) T785-T806
Bottom-simulating reflections (BSRs) that sometimes mark the base of the gas hydrate stability zone in marine sediments are often identified based on the reverse polarity reflections that cut across stratigraphic layering in seismic amplitude data. On the northern U.S. Atlantic margin (USAM) between Cape...
Establishment of invasive Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) in the Mississippi River basin: Identifying sources and year classes contributing to recruitment
Gregory W. Whitledge, Patrick T. Kroboth, Duane Chapman, Quinton E. Phelps, Wesley Sleeper, Jennifer Bailey, Jill Jenkins
2022, Biological Invasions (24) 3885-3904
Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) was imported to the USA to control aquaculture pond snails. This species has escaped captivity and occurs in parts of the Mississippi River, several tributaries, and floodplain lakes, which is concerning due to potential competition with native fishes and predation on...
Drought and water management in ancient Maya society
Tripti Bhattacharya, Samantha Krause, Dan Penny, David Wahl
2022, Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment (47) 189-204
Paleoclimate research in the Maya region of Mesoamerica provides compelling evidence of drought during key periods of cultural transition in Maya society. These include the transition from the Preclassic to the Classic, and from Classic to the Postclassic. Previous research emphasized a causal relationship between drought and...
Discovery of prolactin-like in lamprey: Role in osmoregulation and new insight into the evolution of the growth hormone/prolactin family
Ningping Gong, Diogo Ferreira-Martins, Jessica L. Norstog, Stephen D. McCormick, Mark Sheridan
2022, PNAS (119)
We used a representative of one of the oldest extant vertebrate lineages (jawless fish or agnathans) to investigate the early evolution and function of the growth hormone (GH)/prolactin (PRL) family. We identified a second member of the GH/PRL family in an agnathan, the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Structural, phylogenetic, and...
Groundwater and surface-water data collection for the Walla Walla River Basin, Washington, 2018–22
Elisabeth T. Fasser, Sarah B. Dunn
2022, Data Report 1163
The semi-arid Walla Walla River Basin (WWRB) spans 1777 square miles in the states of Washington and Oregon and supports a diverse agricultural region as well as cities and rural communities that are partially reliant on groundwater. Historically, surface water and groundwater data have been collected in the WWRB...
Tapwater exposures, effects potential, and residential risk management in Northern Plains Nations
Paul M. Bradley, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, Michael J. Focazio, Robert Charboneau, Christine Marie George, Ana Navas-Acien, Marcia O’Leary, Reno Red Cloud, Tracy Zacher, Sara E. Breitmeyer, Mary C. Cardon, Christa K. Cuny, Guthrie Ducheneaux, Kendra Enright, Nicola Evans, James L. Gray, David E. Harvey, Michelle L. Hladik, Leslie K. Kanagy, Keith A. Loftin, R. Blaine McCleskey, Elizabeth Medlock-Kakaley, Shannon M. Meppelink, Joshua F. Valder, Christopher P. Weis
2022, Environmental Science and Technology Water (2) 1772-1788
In the United States (US), private-supply tapwater (TW) is rarely monitored. This data gap undermines individual/community risk-management decision-making, leading to an increased probability of unrecognized contaminant exposures in rural and remote locations that rely on private wells. We assessed point-of-use (POU) TW in three northern plains Tribal Nations, where ongoing...
