Fish assemblages in the Upper Esopus Creek, NY: Current status, variability, and controlling factors
Barry P. Baldigo, Scott D. George, Walter T Keller
2015, Northeastern Naturalist (22) 345-371
The Upper Esopus Creek receives water diversions from a neighboring basin through the Shandaken Tunnel (the portal) from the Schoharie Reservoir. Although the portal is closed during floods, mean flows and turbidity of portal waters are generally greater than in Esopus Creek above their confluence. These conditions could potentially affect...
The influence of coral reefs and climate change on wave-driven flooding of tropical coastlines
Ellen Quataert, Curt D. Storlazzi, Arnold van Rooijen, Ap van Dongeren, Olivia Cheriton
2015, Geophysical Research Letters (42) 6407-6415
A numerical model, XBeach, calibrated and validated on field data collected at Roi-Namur Island on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of Marshall Islands, was used to examine the effects of different coral reef characteristics on potential coastal hazards caused by wave-driven flooding and how these effects may be altered by...
Borehole strainmeter measurements spanning the 2014, Mw6.0 South Napa Earthquake, California: The effect from instrument calibration
John O. Langbein
2015, Journal of Geophysical Research (120) 7190-7202
The 24 August 2014 Mw6.0 South Napa, California earthquake produced significant offsets on 12 borehole strainmeters in the San Francisco Bay area. These strainmeters are located between 24 and 80 km from the source and the observed offsets ranged up to 400 parts-per-billion (ppb), which exceeds their nominal precision by...
A review of the recent geochemical evolution of Piton de la Fournaise volcano (1927-2010)
Aaron J. Pietruszka, Ivan Vlastelic
2015, Book chapter, Active volcanoes of the southwest Indian Ocean
Between 1927 and 2010, more than one hundred eruptions of Piton de la Fournaise produced ~1 km3 of lava, and the volcano’s summit collapsed twice (in 1931 and 2007). These lavas display, respectively, 20 and 65 % of the Sr–Nd and the Pb isotope ranges reported for La Réunion volcanoes over their known...
Status and trends of adult Lost River (Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose (Chasmistes brevirostris) sucker populations in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, 2014
David A. Hewitt, Eric C. Janney, Brian S. Hayes, Alta C. Harris
2015, Open-File Report 2015-1189
Executive Summary Data from a long-term capture-recapture program were used to assess the status and dynamics of populations of two long-lived, federally endangered catostomids in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Lost River suckers (Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose suckers (Chasmistes brevirostris) have been captured and tagged with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags during...
Aeromagnetic survey map of Sacramento Valley, California
Victoria E. Langenheim
2015, Open-File Report 2015-1186
Three aeromagnetic surveys were flown to improve understanding of the geology and structure in the Sacramento Valley. The resulting data serve as a basis for geophysical interpretations, and support geological mapping, water and mineral resource investigations, and other topical studies. Local spatial variations in the Earth's magnetic field (evident...
Documentation of a restart option for the U.S. Geological Survey coupled Groundwater and Surface-Water Flow (GSFLOW) model
R. Steve Regan, Richard G. Niswonger, Steven L. Markstrom, Paul M. Barlow
2015, Techniques and Methods 6-D3
A new option to write and read antecedent conditions (also referred to as initial conditions) has been developed for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Groundwater and Surface-Water Flow (GSFLOW) numerical, hydrologic simulation code. GSFLOW is an integration of the USGS Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) and USGS Modular Groundwater-Flow Model (MODFLOW),...
Community for Data Integration 2014 annual report
Madison L. Langseth, Michelle Y. Chang, Jennifer Carlino, Daniella D. Birch, Joshua Bradley, R. Sky Bristol, Craig Conzelmann, Robert H. Diehl, Paul S. Earle, Laura E. Ellison, Anthony L. Everette, Pamela L. Fuller, Janice M. Gordon, David L. Govoni, Michelle R. Guy, Heather S. Henkel, Vivian B. Hutchison, Tim Kern, Frances L. Lightsom, Joseph W. Long, Ryan Longhenry, Todd M. Preston, Stan W. Smith, Roland J. Viger, Katherine E. Wesenberg, Eric C. Wood
2015, Open-File Report 2015-1184
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researches Earth science to help address complex issues affecting society and the environment. In 2006, the USGS held the first Scientific Information Management Workshop to bring together staff from across the organization to discuss the data and information management issues affecting the integration and delivery...
Wild bird surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 in North America
Paul L. Flint, John M. Pearce, J. Christian Franson, Dirk V. Derksen
2015, Virology Journal (12) 1-6
It is unknown how the current Asian origin highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 viruses arrived, but these viruses are now poised to become endemic in North America. Wild birds harbor these viruses and have dispersed them at regional scales. What is unclear is how the viruses may be moving from...
Microbiological oxidation of antimony(III) with oxygen or nitrate by bacteria isolated from contaminated mine sediments
Lee R. Terry, Thomas R. Kulp, Heather A. Wiatrowski, Laurence G. Miller, Ronald S. Oremland
2015, Applied and Environmental Microbiology (81) 8478-8488
Bacterial oxidation of arsenite [As(III)] is a well-studied and important biogeochemical pathway that directly influences the mobility and toxicity of arsenic in the environment. In contrast, little is known about microbiological oxidation of the chemically similar anion antimonite [Sb(III)]. In this study, two bacterial strains, designated IDSBO-1 and IDSBO-4, which...
Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from the Virginia/North Carolina border to Montauk Point, New York,
October 5-6, 2014
Karen L. M. Morgan
2015, Data Series 958
Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts baseline and storm response photography missions to document and understand the changes in vulnerability of the Nation's coasts to extreme storms (Morgan, 2009). On October 5-6, 2014, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from the Virginia/North Carolina border to Montauk Point, New...
The rapid return of marine-derived nutrients to a freshwater food web following dam removal
Christopher M Tonra, Kimberly A. Sager-Fradkin, Sarah A. Morley, Jeffrey J. Duda, Peter P. Marra
2015, Biological Conservation (192) 130-134
Dam removal is increasingly being recognized as a viable river restoration action. Although the main beneficiaries of restored connectivity are often migratory fish populations, little is known regarding recovery of other parts of the freshwater food web, particularly terrestrial components. We measured stable isotopes in key components to the freshwater...
Inland valley wetland cultivation and preservation for africa’s green and blue revolution using multi-sensor remote sensing
Prasad S. Thenkabail, Pardhasaradhi G. Teluguntla
2015, Book chapter, Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies
Remote sensing of water resources, disasters, and urban area: monitoring, modeling, and mapping advances over last 50 years and a vision for the future
Prasad S. Thenkabail
2015, Book chapter, Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies
Water productivity studies from earth observation data: characterization, modeling and mapping water use and water productivity
Antonio de C. Teixeira, Fernando B. T. Hernandez, Morris Scherer-Warren, Ricardo G. Andrade, Janice F. Leivas, Daniel C. Victoria, Edson L. Bolfe, Prasad S. Thenkabail, Renato A. M. Franco
2015, Book chapter, Remote sensing of water resources, disasters, and urban studies
Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE): Training for our future geoscientists
W.S. Baldridge, Paul A. Bedrosian, Shawn Biehler, L.W. Braile, John Ferguson, Matthew Folsom, G.R. Jiracek, Shari A. Kelley, Darcy McPhee, Louise Pellerin, Catherine M. Snelson
2015, Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (34) 1214-1219
Energy and natural resources are crucial to the sustainability of worldwide economies, security, and overall well-being. However, the future workforce in the energy and natural-resources sector is at risk, and meeting the challenges of this dwindling workforce requires well-educated geoscientists in exploration and applied geophysics and related geoscience and technology...
Landfill leachate as a mirror of today's disposable society: Pharmaceuticals and other contaminants of emerging concern in final leachate from landfills in the conterminous United States
Jason R. Masoner, Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, James L. Gray
2015, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (35) 906-918
Final leachates (leachate after storage or treatment processes) from 22 landfills in 12 states were analyzed for 190 pharmaceuticals and other contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), which were detected in every sample, with the number of CECs ranging from 1 to 58 (median = 22). In total, 101 different CECs were detected...
Advantage of hyperspectral EO-1 Hyperion over multispectral IKONOS, GeoEye-1, WorldView-2, Landsat ETM+, and MODIS vegetation indices in crop biomass estimation
Michael T. Marshall, Prasad S. Thenkabail
2015, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (108) 205-218
Crop biomass is increasingly being measured with surface reflectance data derived from multispectral broadband (MSBB) and hyperspectral narrowband (HNB) space-borne remotely sensed data to increase the accuracy and efficiency of crop yield models used in a wide array of agricultural applications. However, few studies compare the ability of MSBBs versus...
Black-tailed and white-tailed jackrabbits in the American West: History, ecology, ecological significance, and survey methods
Matthew Simes, Kathleen M. Longshore, Kenneth E. Nussear, Greg L. Beatty, David E. Brown, Todd C. Esque
2015, Western North American Naturalist (75) 491-519
Across the western United States, Leporidae are the most important prey item in the diet of Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos). Leporids inhabiting the western United States include black-tailed (Lepus californicus) and white-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus townsendii) and various species of cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus spp.). Jackrabbits (Lepus spp.) are particularly important components...
Groundwater recharge assessment at local and episodic scale in a soil mantled perched karst aquifer in southern Italy
V. Allocca, P. De Vita, F. Manna, John R. Nimmo
2015, Journal of Hydrology (529) 843-853
Groundwater recharge assessment of karst aquifers, at various spatial and temporal scales, is a major scientific topic of current importance, since these aquifers play an essential role for both socio-economic development and fluvial ecosystems. In this study, groundwater recharge was estimated at local and episodic scales in a representative...
Ground motion-simulations of 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes, central United States
L. Ramirez-Guzman, Robert Graves, Kim Olsen, Oliver S. Boyd, Chris H. Cramer, Stephen H. Hartzell, Sidao Ni, Paul G. Somerville, Robert Williams, Jinquan Zhong
2015, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (105) 1961-1988
We performed a suite of numerical simulations based on the 1811–1812 New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ) earthquakes, which demonstrate the importance of 3D geologic structure and rupture directivity on the ground‐motion response throughout a broad region of the central United States (CUS) for these events. Our simulation set consists of...
Z chromosome divergence, polymorphism and relative effective population size in a genus of lekking birds
Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Robert S. Cornman, Kenneth L. Jones, Jennifer A. Fike
2015, Heredity (115) 452-459
Sex chromosomes contribute disproportionately to species boundaries as they diverge faster than autosomes and often have reduced diversity. Their hemizygous nature contributes to faster divergence and reduced diversity, as do some types of selection. In birds, other factors (mating system and bottlenecks) can further decrease the effective population size of...
Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum (mangrove diamond-backed terrapin)
Mathew J. Denton, Kristen M. Hart, Anton Oelinik, Roger Wood, John N. Baldwin
2015, Herpetological Review (46) 426-427
MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN RHIZOPHORARUM (Mangrove Diamond-backed Terrapin). DIET. Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum, one of seven subspecies of M. terrapin, inhabits subtropical mangrove habitats in South Florida, USA. In temperate climates M. terrapin is largely carnivorous, feeding primarily on gastropods, bivalves, and decapod crustaceans (Tucker et. al. 1995. Herpetologica 51:167–181; Butler et. al....
Seasonal thermal ecology of adult walleye (Sander vitreus) in Lake Huron and Lake Erie
Tyler B Peat, Todd A. Hayden, Lee F G Gutowsky, Christopher S. Vandergoot, David G. Fielder, Charles P. Madenjian, Karen J Murchie, John M. Dettmers, Charles C. Krueger, Steven J. Cooke
2015, Journal of Thermal Biology (53) 98-106
The purpose of this study was to characterize thermal patterns and generate occupancy models for adult walleye from lakes Erie and Huron with internally implanted biologgers coupled with a telemetry study to assess the effects of sex, fish size, diel periods, and lake. Sex, size, and diel periods had no...
Groundwater-level and storage-volume changes in the Equus Beds aquifer near Wichita, Kansas, predevelopment through January 2015
Joshua A. Whisnant, Cristi V. Hansen, Patrick J. Eslick
2015, Scientific Investigations Report 2015-5121
Development of the Wichita well field began in the 1940s in the Equus Beds aquifer to provide the city of Wichita, Kansas, a new water-supply source. After development of the Wichita well field began, groundwater levels began to decline. Extensive development of irrigation wells that began in the 1970s also...
