Impacts of trapping and banding activities on productivity of Roseate Terns (Sterna Dougallii)
James M. Zingo
1998, Book
Although Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) habituate to many research activities, trapping and handling breeding adults, or repeatedly handling chicks, may affect reproductive success or chick growth. Protocols for trapping adult Roseate Terns that reduce the chances of nest desertion, neglect of chicks, and injury to adults were developed in...
Experimental analysis and simulation modeling of forest management impacts on wood thrushes, Hylocichla mustelina
Richard C. Banks
1998, Book
North American Breeding Bird Survey data show that wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) populations in eastern U.S. forests have declined 1.8% per year during 1966-95. The declining quality of breeding forest tracts in North America is one possible cause for the apparent decline of some neotropical migratory birds, such as...
Water-chemistry and on-site sulfur-speciation data for selected springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1994-1995
James W. Ball, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Kirk M. Cunningham, Martin A. Schoonen, Yong Xu, Jennifer M. DeMonge
1998, Open-File Report 98-574
Forty-two water analyses are reported for samples collected at 8 hot springs and their overflow drainages, two geysers, and two ambient-temperature acid streams in Yellowstone National Park during 1994-95. These water samples were collected and analyzed as part of the initial research investigations on sulfur redox speciation in the hot springs of Yellowstone...
Benthic-invertebrate and streambed-sediment data for the White River and its tributaries in and near Indianapolis, Indiana, 1994–96
Danny E. Renn
1998, Open-File Report 1998–0533
Data were collected in the White River and its tributaries in and near Indianapolis, Indiana, on the diversity and density of benthic invertebrates; concentrations of metals, insecticides, herbicides, and semivolatile organic compounds sorbed on streambed sediments; and particle-size distribution of streambed sediments. A total of 369 benthic-invertebrate samples were collected...
Archive of the SIMRAD EM1000 processed multibeam data collected during the Frederick G. Creed surveys of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, April and December 1996
Page C. Valentine, Jessica Baker, Tanya Unger, Chris Polloni
1998, Open-File Report 98-49
Design, operation, and data analysis for a wireline packer system in open boreholes, with field-test results from Belvidere, Illinois
Frederick L. Paillet, A.E. Hess, John H. Williams
1998, Open-File Report 98-413
A wireline-operated packer was designed for use with a standard geophysical logging system. The packer probe consists of a downhole packer inflated with water removed from the borehole by an in-line submersible pump, and a differential pressure transducer calibrated to measure the hydraulic-head difference between the zones above and below...
Water-quality data for public-supply wells at Fort Polk, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, March and June 1997
Lawrence B. Prakken
1998, Open-File Report 98-271
Satellite imagery of the north-central Gulf of Mexico, June 1993-May 1997
Richard P. Stumpf
1998, Open-File Report 98-484
This CD contains imagery collected by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA polar-orbiting weather satellites. The AVHRR provides almost daily coverage of a site at a resolution of approximately 1 km. The data types included are sea surface temperature (SST), water reflectance (REF), and a false-color...
Alaska resource data file: Lake Clark quadrangle
Damon P. Bickerstaff
1998, Open-File Report 98-359
No abstract available....
Alaska resource data file: Teller quadrangle
Travis Hudson
1998, Open-File Report 98-328
No abstract available....
Alaska resource data file: McCarthy quadrangle
Donald Richter
1998, Open-File Report 98-227
Descriptions of the mineral occurrences shown on the accompanying figure follow. See U.S. Geological Survey (1996) for a description of the information content of each field in the records. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Alaska resource data file: Bradfield Canal quadrangle
Henry C. Berg
1998, Open-File Report 98-327
No abstract available....
Effects of human activity on brown bear use of the Kulik River, Alaska
Tom S. Smith
1998, Ursus (13) 257-267
I systematically observed brown bear (Ursus arctos) and human activity on a sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) stream in Katmai National Park during fall 1993 and 1995. More than 700 hours of observations were used to determine the temporal and spatial use patterns by people and bears as well as the...
Advanced technology used to monitor ground water in a restricted access area of Fort Riley, Kansas
J.D. Breedlove, P.J. Finnegan, N. C. Myers
1998, Fact Sheet 015-98
The purpose of this fact sheet is to describe how advanced communication technology is being used to overcome difficulties in collecting reliable ground-water data in areas with restricted access, such as at Fort Riley in northeast Kansas....
U.S. Geological Survey cooperative water-resources programs in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Charles R. Wood
1998, Fact Sheet 067-98
Since 1969, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has had a cooperative water-resources investigation program with Chester County to measure and describe the water resources of the County. Generally, the USGS provides one-half of the program funding, and local cooperators are required to provide matching funds. Cooperation has been primarily with...
Preliminary report on methodology for calculating coal resources of the Wyodak-Anderson coal zone, Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana
Margaret S. Ellis, Gregory L. Gunther, Romeo M. Flores, Gary D. Stricker, Allan M. Ochs, John H. Schuenemeyer
1998, Open-File Report 98-789-B
The National Coal Resource Assessment of the Wyodak-Anderson coal zone includes reports on the geology, stratigraphy, quality, and quantity of coal. The calculation of resources is only one aspect of the assessment. Without thorough documentation of the coal resource study and the methods used, the results of our study could be misinterpreted. The...
Geology of Palo Alto 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, California: A digital database
Earl E. Brabb, R. W. Graymer, David Lawrence Jones
1998, Open-File Report 98-348
This map database represents the integration of previously published and unpublished maps by several workers (see Sources of Data index map on Sheet 2 and the corresponding table below) and new geologic mapping and field checking by the authors with the previously published geologic map of San Mateo County (Brabb...
Elevation maps of the San Francisco Bay region, California, a digital database
Scott E. Graham, Richard J. Pike
1998, Open-File Report 98-625
PREFACE: Topography, the configuration of the land surface, plays a major role in various natural processes that have helped shape the ten-county San Francisco Bay region and continue to affect its development. Such processes include a dangerous type of landslide, the debris flow (Ellen and others, 1997) as well...
40Ar/39Ar age-spectrum data of Neogene and younger basalts in west central Colorado
Michael J. Kunk, Lawrence W. Snee
1998, Open-File Report 98-243
U.S. Geological Survey Real-Time River Data Applications
Scott E. Morlock
1998, Fact Sheet 029-98
Real-time river data provided by the USGS originate from streamflow-gaging stations. The USGS operates and maintains a network of more than 7,000 such stations across the nation (Mason and Wieger, 1995). These gaging stations, used to produce records of stage and streamflow data, are operated in cooperation with local, state,...
Geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mineral occurrences, and mineral resource assessment for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Walter J. Bawiec, editor(s)
1998, Open-File Report 98-38
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has been investigated over a very long period of time by earth scientists from many disciplines and with diverse objectives in the studies. This publication attempts to apply much of the geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral occurrence information to a single objective focused on producing...
Ground-water data-collection protocols and procedures for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program : collection, documentation, and compilation of required site, well, subsurface, and landscape data for wells
Michael T. Koterba
1998, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4107
Arsenic, nitrate, and chloride in groundwater, Oakland County, Michigan
Stephen S. Aichele, Richard Hill-Rowley, Matt Malone
1998, Fact Sheet 135-98
In 1996, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and nine southeast Michigan counties, began a study of the factors controlling arsenic concentrations in drinking water. The early results of this study raised broader concerns in Oakland County about the quality of...
Arsenic, nitrate, and chloride in groundwater, Groveland Township, Oakland County, Michigan
Stephen S. Aichele, Richard Hill-Rowley, Matt Malone
1998, Fact Sheet 140-98
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Center for Applied Environmental Research at the University of Michigan-Flint (CAER) mapped distributions of arsenic, nitrate, and chloride in the groundwater of Oakland County. Emphasis was placed on sites that exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL) and Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels (SMCL) set by...
Availability of Ground-Water Data for California, Water Year 1997
Julia H. Huff
1998, Fact Sheet 045-98
The Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Federal, State, and local water agencies, obtains a large amount of data pertaining to the ground-water resources of California each water year. These data constitute a valuable data base for developing an improved understanding of the water resources...
