Evolutionary perspectives on thiamine supplementation of managed Pacific salmonid populations
Avril M. Harder, Aimee N. Reed, Freya Elizabeth Rowland
2025, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (82) 1-10
Thiamine deficiency complex (TDC) has been identified in an ever-expanding list of species and populations. In many documented occurrences of TDC in fishes, juvenile mortality can be high—up to 90% at the population level. Such sweeping demographic losses and concomitant decreases in genetic diversity due to TDC can be prevented...
An audience segmentation study of native plant gardening behaviors in the United States
Veronica M. Champine, Kaiya Tamlyn, Megan Siobhan Jones, Meena M. Balgopal, Brett Bruyere, Jennifer N. Solomon, Rebecca M. Niemiec
2025, Landscape and Urban Planning (256)
Audience segmentation can be used to identify target audiences in environmental public engagement and communication, but few studies have used segmentation to study biodiversity conservation behavior. This study used segmentation to better understand perceptions and behaviors around different types of actions related to native plant gardening. With a United States...
Reconstructing half a century of coregonine recruitment reveals species-specific dynamics and synchrony across the Laurentian Great Lakes
Taylor A. Brown, Lars G. Rudstam, Suresh A. Sethi, Paul Ripple, Jason Smith, Ted Treska, Christopher Hessell, Erik Olsen, Ji X. He, Jory Jonas, Benjamin J. Rook, Joshua Blankenheim, Sarah J.H. Beech, Erin Brown, Eric K. Berglund, H. Andrew Cook, Erin S. Dunlop, Stephen James, Steven A. Pothoven, Zach Amidon, John A. Sweka, Dray Carl, Scott Hansen, David Bunnell, Brian Weidel, Andrew Edgar Honsey
2025, ICES Journal of Marine Science (82)
Understanding how multiple species and populations vary in their recruitment dynamics can elucidate the processes driving recruitment across space and time. Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and Cisco (C. artedi) are socioecologically important fishes across their range; however, many Laurentian Great Lakes populations have experienced declining, poor, or sporadic recruitment in...
Sea level rise threatens Florida’s insular vertebrate biodiversity
Erin L. Koen, William J. Barichivich, Elizabeth Braun De Torrez, Susan Walls
2025, Biodiversity and Conservation (34) 513-530
Islands are some of the most biodiverse places on earth, but they are also hotspots of biodiversity loss. The coastline of Florida, U.S.A., is surrounded by thousands of islands, many of which are home to species that occur nowhere else. A rapidly emerging threat to these low-lying islands is inundation...
Evidence of extensive home range sharing among mother–daughter bobcat pairs in the wildland–urban interface of the Tucson Mountains
Natalie Payne, Desiree Andersen, Robert A. Davis, Cheryl Mollohan, Kerry Baldwin, Albert L. LeCount, Melanie Culver
2025, Journal of Heredity (116) 408-421
Urbanization impacts the structure and viability of wildlife populations. Some habitat generalists, such as bobcats (Lynx rufus), maintain populations at the intersection of wild and urban habitats (wildland urban interface, WUI), but impacts of urbanization on bobcat social structure are not well understood. Although commonly thought to establish exclusive home...
Hurricane wave energy dissipation and wave-driven currents over a fringing reef
Zoe Zimmerman, Ryan Mulligan, Curt D. Storlazzi
2025, Coral Reefs (44) 291-308
In 2018, two successive tropical cyclones, Hurricane Hector and Hurricane Lane, generated waves that impacted the Hawaiian Islands. This study investigates wave breaking over a broad fringing reef and aims to quantify the magnitudes and length scales of the corresponding wave-driven circulation using detailed field observations and numerical models corresponding...
Evaluation of solid bitumen created from marine oil shale bituminite under hydrous and anhydrous pyrolysis conditions
Paul C. Hackley, Brett J. Valentine, Ryan J. McAleer, Javin J. Hatcherian, Jennifer Nedzweckas, Bonnie McDevitt, Imran Khan
2025, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (186)
To test the influence of environmental conditions on aromaticity of solid bitumen generated during petroleum generation, four organic-rich (26–36 wt% total organic carbon) oil shale samples collected from the Neoproterozoic–Lower Cambrian restricted marine Salt Range Formation in the upper Indus Basin, Pakistan, were pyrolyzed under hydrous and anhydrous conditions. Experiments used...
Arsenic accumulation in Sonora Mud Turtles (Kinosternon sonoriense) in an unusual freshwater food web
Jeffrey E. Lovich, Thomas R. Kulp, Charles A. Drost, Rodrigo Macipríos, Susan Knowles, Joshua R. Ennen
2025, Chelonian Conservation and Biology (23) 236-245
Montezuma Well is an unusual fishless, spring-fed, desert wetland in central Arizona. Water in the wetland is naturally enriched with > 100 µg/l dissolved geogenic arsenic (As) and supports a simple aquatic food web dominated by a small number of endemic invertebrate species that achieve high abundances. Previous studies of As...
Assessing the sustainability of Pacific walrus harvest in a changing environment
Devin L. Johnson, Joseph Michael Eisaguirre, Rebecca L. Taylor, Erik M. Andersen, Joel L. Garlich-Miller
2025, Journal of Wildlife Management (89)
Harvest sustainability is a primary goal of wildlife management and conservation, and in a changing world, it is increasingly important to consider environmental drivers of population dynamics alongside harvest in cohesive management plans. This is particularly pertinent for harvested species that acutely experience effects of climate change. The Pacific walrus...
The joint effect of changes in urbanization and climate on trends in floods: A comparison of panel and single-station quantile regression approaches
Thomas M. Over, Mackenzie K. Marti, Jaqueline Ortiz, Hannah Lee Podzorski
2025, Journal of Hydrology (648)
Estimates of annual maximum (peak) flow quantiles are needed for basins undergoing changes in both urbanization and climate. Most previous work on the effect of urbanization on peak flows has considered urbanization alone and only the spatial variation in flood quantiles...
Food-web dynamics of a floodplain mosaic overshadow the effects of engineered logjams for Pacific salmon and steelhead
James C. Paris, Colden V. Baxter, James R Bellmore, Joseph R. Benjamin
2025, Ecological Applications (35)
Food webs vary in space and time. The structure and spatial arrangement of food webs are theorized to mediate temporal dynamics of energy flow, but empirical corroboration in intermediate-scale landscapes is scarce. River-floodplain landscapes encompass a mosaic of aquatic habitat patches and food webs, supporting a variety of aquatic consumers...
Restoration treatments enhance tree growth and alter climatic constraints during extreme drought
Kyle C. Rodman, John B. Bradford, Alicia M. Formanack, Peter Z. Fulé, David W. Huffman, Thomas E. Kolb, Ana T. Miller-ter Kuile, Donald P. Normandin, Kiona Ogle, Rory J. Pederson, Daniel Rodolphe Schlaepfer, Michael T. Stoddard, Amy E.M. Waltz
2025, Ecological Applications (35)
The frequency and severity of drought events are predicted to increase due to anthropogenic climate change, with cascading effects across forested ecosystems. Management activities such as forest thinning and prescribed burning, which are often intended to mitigate fire hazard and restore ecosystem processes, may also help promote tree resistance to...
State shifts in the deep Critical Zone drive landscape evolution in volcanic terrains
Leif Karlstrom, Nathaniel Klema, Gordon E. Grant, Carol A. Finn, Pamela L. Sullivan, Sarah Cooley, Alex Simpson, Becky Fasth, Katherine Cashman, Ken Ferrier, Lyndsay B. Ball, Daniele McKay
2025, PNAS (122)
Understanding the near-surface environment where atmospheric and solid earth processes interact, often termed the “Critical Zone,” is important for assessing resources and building resilient societies. Here, we examine a volcanic landscape in the Oregon Cascade Range, an understudied Critical Zone setting that is host to major regional water resources, pervasive...
Deterministic, dynamic model forecasts of storm-driven coastal erosion
Jessica Frances Gorski, Joel C. Dietrich, Davina Passeri, Rangley C. Mickey, Rick A. Luettich Jr.
2025, Natural Hazards (121) 6257-6283
The U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts are vulnerable to storms, which can cause significant erosion of beaches and dunes that protect coastal communities. Real-time forecasts of storm-driven erosion are useful for decision support, but they are limited due to demands for computational resources and uncertainties in dynamic coastal...
Physical habitat is more than a sediment issue: A multi-dimensional habitat assessment indicates new approaches for river management
Matthew J. Cashman, Gina Lee, Leah Ellen Staub, Michelle P. Katoski, Kelly O. Maloney
2025, Journal of Environmental Management (371)
Degraded physical habitat is a common stressor affecting river ecosystems and typically addressed in the United States (US) through a regulatory focus on sediment. However, a narrow regulatory focus on sediment may overlook other aspects of physical habitat and the processes for its creation, maintenance, and degradation. In addition, there...
Constraining large magnitude event source and path effects using ground motion simulations
Xiaofeng Meng, Robert Graves, Christine A Goulet
2025, Conference Paper
The purpose of this study is to use ground motion simulations to investigate ways in which source and path effects for large magnitude events can be represented in non-ergodic GMMs. While we initially developed computation techniques using CyberShake simulations, the range of magnitudes and source-site combinations is not adequate to...
Structural setting and geothermal potential of northeastern Reese River Valley, north-central Nevada: Highly prospective detailed study site for the INGENIOUS project
James Faulds, Tait E. Earney, Jonathan M.G. Glen, John Queen, Jared R. Peacock, Nicole R. Hart-Wagoner, Kurt Kraal, Cary R. Lindsey, Quentin Burgess, Mary Hannah Giddens
2025, Conference Paper, Using the Earth to save the Earth
The northeastern part of the Reese River basin situated ~15 km southeast of Battle Mountain, Nevada, scored highly in the Nevada geothermal play fairway analysis (PFA) for hosting potential hidden geothermal systems. This site (also referred to as Argenta Rise) was therefore chosen for detailed study in the INGENIOUS project...
International data gaps at the Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data
Han Shao, Jeff Brody, Lisa Sue Schleicher, Kristin Marano, Jamison Haase Steidl, Eric M. Thompson, Mike Hearne, James Luke Blair
2025, Conference Paper
The Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data (CESMD) is utilized by seismologists, engineers, and disaster management professionals in the US and has historically achieved and distributed waveforms from across the globe for significant earthquakes. The increased access to the waveforms via Web API (Application Programming Interface) offers a unique opportunity...
The complete genome sequence of Splendidofilaria pectoralis (Onchocercidae, Rhabditida, Chromadorea, Nematoda)
Andrew D. Sweet, Robert Wilson, Jack Reakoff, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, Colleen Hurst, Stacy Pirro
2025, Biodiversity Genomes
We present the complete genome sequence of Splendidofilaria pectoralis, a nematode parasite of grouse (Aves: Galliformes: Tetraonini). Illumina paired-end reads were assembled by a de novo method followed by a finishing step. The raw and assembled data are publicly available via GenBank: Sequence Read Archive (SRR28509439) and assembled genome (JBFSWT000000000)....
The influence of pre-existing structures on geothermal springs: Inferences from potential field mapping in Surprise Valley, CA and other sites In the northwestern Great Basin
Jonathan M.G. Glen, Tait E. Earney
2025, Conference Paper, Using the Earth to save the Earth
Surprise Valley, located in the northwestern Great Basin, is an asymmetric extensional basin that marks a major tectonic transition between the relatively un-extended volcanic Modoc Plateau to the west, and the Basin and Range to the east that has undergone 10-15% extension. In addition, it sits just north of...
Chapter 6: Climate change, wildlife, and wildlife habitats in the Oregon Coast Range
Todd M. Wilson, Lindsey Thurman, Erik A. Beever, Peter H Singleton, Deanna H. Olson, Deanna Williams, Douglas A. Glavich
Jessica E. Halofsky, David L. Peterson, Rebecca Gravenmier, editor(s)
2025, General Technical Report PNW-GTR-1024-6
Climate change is likely to have profound effects on wildlife species within the Oregon Coast Adaptation Partnership (OCAP) assessment area, although the direction and magnitude of effects are likely to vary across species. Increased mean and extreme temperatures, especially during summer, may cause shifts in plant and animal species ranges,...
Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS): Seabird surveys in the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2017-2020
Jeffrey S. Gleason, Allison Sussman, Kayla L. Davis, J. Christopher Haney, Kathy M. Hixson, Patrick G.R. Jodice, James E. Lyons, Pamela E. Michael, Yvan G. Satgé, Emily D. Silverman, Elise F. Zipkin, R. Randy Wilson
2025, OCS Study BOEM 2025-026
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Cross-shore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics modeling of an erosive event in the inner surf zone
Jiaye Zhang, Benjamin Tsai, Yashar Rafati, Tian-Jian Hsu, Jack A. Puleo
2025, Coastal Engineering (196)
The phase-averaged and depth-integrated coastal morphodynamic model, XBeach-Surfbeat, was investigated for its capability of predicting the cross-shore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics in the inner surf zone by simulating the storm-induced berm erosion, sediment transport, and subsequent sand bar formation. By utilizing a comprehensive hydrodynamic and morphodynamic dataset measured in a large...
Predicted exposure of communities in southeastern United States to climate-related coastal hazards
Patrick L. Barnard, Peter W Swarzenski
2025, Nature Climate Change (15) 25-26
A rigorous analysis of 21st Century multi-hazard exposure for U.S. Southeast Atlantic coastal communities indicates that up to 70% of residents will be exposed daily to shallow and emerging groundwater by ~2100, 15 times higher than from surficial flooding alone. This threat further exacerbates other coastal stressors, such as flooding,...
Identifying priority science information needs for managing public lands
Sarah K. Carter, Travis Haby, Ella M. Samuel, Alison C. Foster, Jennifer K. Meineke, Laine E. McCall, Malia Burton, Chris Domschke, Leigh Espy, Megan A. Gilbert
2025, Environmental Management (75) 444-463
Public lands worldwide provide diverse resources, uses, and values, ranging from wilderness to extractive uses. Decision-making on public lands is complex as a result and is required by law to be informed by science. However, public land managers may not always have the science they need. We developed a methodology...
