Hot, wet and rare: Modelling the occupancy dynamics of the narrowly distributed Dixie Valley toad
Jonathan P. Rose, Patrick M. Kleeman, Brian J. Halstead
2023, Wildlife Research (50) 552-567
Context: Small population sizes and no possibility of metapopulation rescue put narrowly distributed endemic species under elevated risk of extinction from anthropogenic change. Desert spring wetlands host many endemic species that require aquatic habitat and are isolated by the surrounding xeric terrestrial habitat.Aims: We sought to model the occupancy dynamics of the...
Development of a companion questionnaire for “Did You Feel It?”: Assessing response in earthquakes where an earthquake early warning may have been received
James D. Goltz, David J. Wald, Sara K. McBride, Robert Michael deGroot, Jolie Breeden, Ann Bostrom
2023, Earthquake Spectra (39) 434-453
Earthquake early warning (EEW) systems are relatively new technologies having first emerged as regional systems in the 1990s. Japan was the first nation to develop and implement a nationwide system in October 2007, and in the United States, ShakeAlert® became available on the entire length of the US West Coast in...
Range-wide sources of variation in reproductive rates of northern spotted owls
Jeremy T. Rockweit, Julianna M Jenkins, James E. Hines, James D. Nichols, Katie M. Dugger, Alan B. Franklin, Peter C. Carlson, William L. Kendall, Damon B. Lesmeister, Christopher McCafferty, Steven H. Ackers, L. Steven Andrews, Larissa Bailey, Jesse Burgher, Kenneth P. Burnham, Tara E. Chestnut, Mary M Conner, Raymond J. Davis, Krista E. Dilione, Eric D. Forsman, Elizabeth M. Glenn, Scott A. Gremel, Keith A. Hamm, Dale R. Herter, J. Mark Higley, Rob B. Horn, David W Lamphear, Trent L. McDonald, Janice A Reid, Carl J. Schwarz, David C. Simon, Stan G Sovern, James K. Swingle, David Wiens, Heather Wise, Charles B. Yackulic
2023, Ecological Applications (33)
We conducted a range-wide investigation of the dynamics of site level reproductive rate of northern spotted owls using survey data from 11 study areas across the sub-species geographic range collected during 1993–2018. Our analytical approach accounted for imperfect detection of owl pairs and misclassification of successful...
The global seismographic network reveals atmospherically coupled normal modes excited by the 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption
Adam T. Ringler, Robert Anthony, Rick Aster, T. Taira, Brian Shiro, David C. Wilson, S. H. De Angelis, C. Ebeling, Matthew M. Haney, R. Matoza, H. Ortiz
2023, Geophysical Journal International (232) 2160-2174
The eruption of the submarine Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai (Hunga Tonga) volcano on 15 January 2022, was one of the largest volcanic explosions recorded by modern geophysical instrumentation. The eruption was notable for the broad range of atmospheric wave phenomena it generated and for their unusual coupling with the oceans...
Integrative monitoring strategy for marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms and toxins across the freshwater-to-marine continuum
Meredith D. A. Howard, Jayme Smith, David A. Caron, Raphael Kudela, Keith A. Loftin, Kendra Hayashi, Rich Fadness, Susan Fricke, Jacob Kann, Miranda Roethler, A.O. Tatters, Susanna Theroux
2023, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM) (19) 586-604
Many coastal states throughout the USA have observed negative effects in marine and estuarine environments caused by cyanotoxins produced in inland waterbodies that were transported downstream or produced in the estuaries. Estuaries and other downstream receiving waters now face the dual risk of impacts...
Temporal segregation in spawning between native Yellowstone cutthroat trout and introduced rainbow trout
John M. Fennell, William C. Rosenthal, Catherine E. Wagner, Jason C. Burckhardt, Annika W. Walters
2023, Ecology of Freshwater Fish (32) 94-106
Hybridisation with introduced taxa poses a threat to native fish populations. Mechanisms of reproductive isolation can limit or prevent hybridisation between closely related species. Understanding how these mechanisms interact between the same species across geographically distinct occurrences of secondary contact, and how regional factors influence them, can inform our understanding...
Population connectivity of aquatic insects in a dam-regulated, desert river
Erin F. Abernethy, Jeffrey Muehlbauer, Theodore Kennedy, Katie E. Dziedzic, Holland Elder, Molly K. Burke, David A. Lytle
2023, River Research and Applications (39) 364-374
Humans have exaggerated natural habitat fragmentation, negatively impacting species dispersal and reducing population connectivity. Habitat fragmentation can be especially detrimental in freshwater populations, whose dispersal is already constrained by the river network structure. Aquatic insects, for instance, are generally limited to two primary modes...
Estimating the aboveground biomass and carbon stocks of tall shrubs in a prerestoration degraded salt marsh
Jacqualyn Fouse, Meagan J. Eagle, Kevin D. Kroeger, Timothy P. Smith
2023, Restoration Ecology (31)
Wetlands play a vital role in Earth's carbon cycle and provide important ecosystem services. Their ability to perform their roles can be compromised by human activities that destroy or impair their functioning. The restoration of degraded wetlands may allow carbon cycle functioning, as well as other...
Using genetic data to advance stream fish reintroduction science: A case study in brook trout
Shannon L. White, Thomas C Johnson, Jacob M Rash, Barbara A. Lubinski, David C. Kazyak
2023, Restoration Ecology (31)
Widespread extirpation of native fish populations has led to a rise in species reintroduction efforts worldwide. Most efforts have relied on demographic data alone to guide project design and evaluate success. However, the genetic characteristics of many imperiled fish populations including low diversity, local adaptation, and hatchery introgression emphasize the...
Luminescence ages and new interpretations of the timing and deposition of Quaternary sediments at Natural Trap Cave, Wyoming
Shannon A. Mahan, John R. Wood, Dave M Lovelace, Juan Laden, Jenny McGuire, Julie Meachen
2023, Quaternary International (647-648) 22-35
Natural Trap Cave, located in the Big Horn Mountains of north-central Wyoming, has a history of trapping and preserving a range of North American fauna that plummeted into the deep vertical entrance. These animal remains were buried and preserved within sediments of the main chamber and, in turn, have...
The Hawai'i groundwater recharge tool
Jared H. McLean, Sean B. Cleveland, Kolja Rotzoll, Scot K. Izuka, Jason Leigh, Gwen A. Jacobs, Ryan Theriot
2023, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (35)
This article discusses the design and implementation of the Hawai’i Groundwater Recharge Tool, an application for providing data and analyses of the impacts of land-cover modifications and changes in precipitation on groundwater-recharge rates for the island of O’ahu. This application uses simulation data based on a set of 29 land-cover types and 2 precipitation...
Gene flow influences the genomic architecture of local adaptation in six riverine fish species
Yue Shi, Kristen L. Bouska, Garrett J. McKinney, William Dokai, Andrew Bartels, Megan V. McPhee, Wesley Larson
2023, Molecular Ecology (32) 1549-1566
Understanding how gene flow influences adaptive divergence is important for predicting adaptive responses. Theoretical studies suggest that when gene flow is high, clustering of adaptive genes in fewer genomic regions would protect adaptive alleles from recombination and thus be selected for, but few studies have tested...
During Nearshore Event Experiment (DUNEX): A collaborative community field data collection effort
Mary Cialone, Nicole Elko, Jeff Lillycrop, Hilary F Stockdon, Britt Raubenheimer, Julie D. Rosati
2023, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference
The DUring Nearshore Event eXperiment (DUNEX) is an academic, federal agency, and non-government collaborative community experiment supported by and planned under the U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP) to study nearshore coastal processes during storms. The motivation for DUNEX is to improve understanding, numerical representation, and prediction of storm processes and...
The U.S. Geological Survey National Atmospheric Deposition Program, National Trends Network—2022
Ryan Conner McCammon
2022, General Information Product 244
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been a National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) partner agency since 1981. NADP is comprised of five atmospheric monitoring networks that verify Clean Air Act effectiveness and provide essential data to protect human health and preserve ecosystems for current and future generations. Stakeholders include land...
Using the TSS-RESTREND methodology to diagnose post-reclamation vegetation trends on the western slope of Colorado
Sean Di Stéfano, Jason W. Karl, Michael C. Duniway
2022, Reclamation Sciences (1) 48-62
We evaluated the use of the time series segmented residual trends (TSS-RESTREND) methodology to analyze plant community trends after oil and gas reclamation. We focused on reclaimed well pads managed by the Bureau of Land Management in northwestern Colorado. We assessed whether TSS-RESTREND...
How shall we meet? Embracing the opportunities of virtual conferencing
Robert J. Rolls, Jane S. Rogosch, Lauren M. Kuehne
2022, Fisheries Magazine (47) 304-306
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic triggered dramatic shifts in the way that ecologists teach, research, and interact (e.g., Cooke et al. 2021). As the world now adjusts to a “new normal” era, there is notable and open discussion about the merits or desire to return to...
MTAB 102, November 2022
Kyra Harvey, Jennifer L. McKay
2022, Newsletter
This Memo to All Banders (MTAB 102) was released in November 2022. Subjects in this this memo are 1. The Chiefs Chirp; 2. Alerts Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; 3. Staff updates BBL Staff Attends IOU Meeting, Banders Without Borders Attends Euring General Assembly, BBL Expands Knowledge of WRP...
Density-dependent processes and population dynamics of native sculpin in a mountain river
Casey A. Pennock, Gary P. Thiede, Phaedra E. Budy
2022, Ecology of Freshwater Fish (32) 593-605
Understanding the processes governing population dynamics is important for effective conservation and environmental management. Disentangling the relative role of density-dependent versus density-independent processes on population dynamics is often made difficult by the inability to control for abiotic or biotic factors, but long-term datasets are...
Fisheries research and monitoring activities of the Lake Erie Biological Station, 2022
Mark Richard Dufour, Corbin David Hilling, Kevin R. Keretz, Richard Kraus, Richard Cole Oldham, James Roberts, Joseph Schmitt
2022, Report
This report presents biomass-based summaries of fish communities in western Lake Erie derived from USGS bottom trawl surveys conducted from 2013 to 2022 in June and September. The survey design compliments the August ODNR- OMNDMNRF effort by reinforcing stock assessments with more robust data. Analyses herein evaluated trends in total...
Sea otters in a California estuary: Detecting temporal and spatial dynamics with volunteer monitoring
Ron Eby, Susan Rosso, John Copriviza, Robert Scoles, Yohn Gideon, Joseph Mancino, Karl A. Mayer, Julie L. Yee, Kerstin Wasson
2022, Ecosphere (13)
Volunteer monitoring can support conservation of imperiled wildlife, by providing higher resolution data in space and time than those available from professional scientists. However, concerns have been raised that data collected by amateurs are inaccurate or inconsistent and thus do not allow for robust detection of spatial or temporal trends....
Regional water table in the Antelope Valley and Fremont Valley groundwater basins, Southwestern Mojave Desert, California, March 2014
Meghan C. Dick, Nicholas F. Teague
2022, Scientific Investigations Map 3420
Water levels were measured during March 2014 in wells in the Antelope Valley and Fremont Valley groundwater basins, southwestern Mojave Desert, California, in cooperation with the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water District, Palmdale Water District, and Littlerock Creek Irrigation District. A regional water-table map was constructed. Historical water-level data from the...
VIMTS: Variational-based Imputation for Multi-modal Time Series
Xiaowei Jia, Jennifer H. Fair, Benjamin Letcher
2022, Conference Paper, IEEE International Conference on Big Data Proceedings
Multi-modal time series data in real applications often contain data of different dimensionalities, e.g., high-dimensional modality such as image data series, and low-dimensional univariate time series. Multi-modal time series data with missing high-dimensional modal values are ubiquitous in real-world classification and regression applications. To accurately...
New indicators of ecological resilience and invasion resistance to support prioritization and management in the sagebrush biome, United States
Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, John B. Bradford, David I. Board, Steven B. Campbell, Karen J. Clause, Brice Hanberry, Daniel Rodolphe Schlaepfer, Alexandra K. Urza
2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (10)
Ecosystem transformations to altered or novel ecological states are accelerating across the globe. Indicators of ecological resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasion can aid in assessing risks and prioritizing areas for conservation and restoration. The sagebrush biome encompasses parts of 11 western states and is experiencing rapid transformations...
Hydrogen isotope behavior during rhyolite glass hydration under hydrothermal conditions
Michael R. Hudak, Ilya N. Bindeman, James M. Watkins, Jacob B. Lowenstern
2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (337) 33-48
The diffusion of molecular water (H2Om) from the environment into volcanic glass can hydrate the glass up to several wt% at low temperature over long timescales. During this process, the water imprints its hydrogen isotope composition (δDH2O) to the glass (δDgl) offset by a glass-H2O fractionation factor (ΔDgl-H2O = δDgl – δDH2O) which is approximately −33‰ at Earth...
Inferring hatchery effects using spawner-recruit data: Comment on Courter et al. (2022)
Matthew Richard Falcy
2022, Canadian Journal Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (80) 420-421
No abstract available....
