Exposure to 17α-ethinylestradiol results in differential susceptibility of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) to bacterial infection
Jessica Kristin Leet, Justin Greer, Cathy A. Richter, Luke R. Iwanowicz, Edward Spinard, Jacquelyn McDonald, Carla M. Conway, Robert W. Gale, Donald E. Tillitt, John D. Hansen
2022, Environmental Science and Technology (56) 14375-14386
Disease outbreaks, skin lesions, mortality events, and reproductive abnormalities have been observed in wild populations of centrarchids. The presence of estrogenic endocrine disrupting compounds (EEDCs) has been implicated as a potential causal factor for these effects. The effects of prior EEDC exposure on immune response were examined in juvenile largemouth...
Ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico: Drivers, impacts, and unknowns
Emily Osborne, Xinping Hu, E. R. Hall, Kimberly K. Yates, Jennifer Vreeland-Dawson, Katie Shamberger, Leticia Barbero, J. Martin Hernandez-Ayon, Fabian Gomez, Tacey Hicks, Yuan-Yuan Xu, Melissa R. McCutcheon, Michael Acquafredda, Cecilia Chapa-Balcorta, Orion Norzagaray, Denis Pierrot, Alain Munoz-Caravaca, Kerri L. Dobson, N. Williams, N. N. Rabalais, Padmanava Dash
2022, Progress in Oceanography (209)
Ocean acidification (OA) has resulted in global-scale changes in ocean chemistry, which can disturb marine organisms and ecosystems. Despite its extensively populated coastline, many marine-dependent communities, and valuable economies, the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) remains a relatively understudied region with respect to acidification. In general, the warm waters of the...
Corrigendum: Associations between cyanobacteria and indices of secondary production in the western basin of Lake Erie
James H. Larson, Mary Anne Evans, Robert J Kennedy, Sean Bailey, Keith A. Loftin, Zachary R. Laughrey, Robin A. Femmer, Jeff S. Schaeffer, William B. Richardson, T.T. Wynne, John C. Nelson, Joseph W. Duris
2022, Limnology and Oceanography (67) 2617-2620
In the last year, we became aware that data used in our above-referenced manuscript from 2018 published in Limnology and Oceanography contained significant errors. In the 2018 manuscript, we found that indices of secondary production were negatively correlated to indices of cyanobacterial abundance and toxicity. Unfortunately, one of our indices...
Urbanization of grasslands in the Denver area affects streamflow responses to rainfall events
Stacy Wilson, Aditi S. Bhaskar, Benjamin Choat, Stephanie K. Kampf, Timothy Green, Kristina G. Hopkins
2022, Hydrological Processes (36)
A thorough understanding of how urbanization affects stream hydrology is crucial for effective and sustainable water management, particularly in rapidly urbanizing regions. This study presents a comprehensive analysis of changes in streamflow response to rainfall events across a rural to urban gradient in the semi-arid area...
Evaluation of the Bushy Park Reservoir three-dimensional hydrodynamic and water-quality model, South Carolina, 2012–15
Erik A. Smith, Madhu Akasapu-Smith, Matthew D. Petkewich, Paul A. Conrads
2022, Open-File Report 2022-1079
The Bushy Park Reservoir is a relatively shallow impoundment in southeastern South Carolina. The reservoir, located under a semi-tropical climate, is the principal water supply for the city of Charleston, South Carolina, and the surrounding areas including the Bushy Park Industrial Complex. Although there was an adequate supply of freshwater...
Barrier islands influence the assimilation of terrestrial energy in nearshore fishes
Ashley E. Stanek, Vanessa R. von Biela, Sarah M. Laske, Rebecca L. Taylor, Kenneth H. Dunton
2022, Estuarine, Costal and Shelf Science (278)
We examined the relative importance of landscape features on estuarine fish trophic structure and dependence on terrestrial organic matter (OMterr) in four barrier island lagoon systems along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast. Our study compared two relatively large lagoon systems characterized by high river...
Small anthropogenic landforms from past charcoal production control moisture dynamics and chemistry in northcentral Appalachian soils
S. Bayuzick, D. Guarin, A. Bonhage, F. Hirsch, Duane R. Diefenbach, M. McDill, T. Raab, P.J. Drohan
2022, Geomorphology (415)
Throughout the northeastern United States (U.S.) and Europe, relict charcoal hearths (RCHs) are regularly being discovered in proximity to furnaces once used for the extraction of metal from ore or quick-lime production; charcoal produced in hearths was used as a furnace fuel. Given previous research has shown that topographic and...
Climate and land use driven ecosystem homogenization in the Prairie Pothole Region
Kyle McLean, David M. Mushet, Jon Sweetman
2022, Water (14)
The homogenization of freshwater ecosystems and their biological communities has emerged as a prevalent and concerning phenomenon because of the loss of ecosystem multifunctionality. The millions of prairie-pothole wetlands scattered across the Prairie Pothole Region (hereafter PPR) provide critical ecosystem functions at local, regional, and continental scales. However, an estimated...
Hydrologic restoration decreases greenhouse gas emissions from shrub bog peatlands in southeastern US
Luise Armstrong, Ariane Peralta, Ken Krauss, N. Cormier, Rebecca Moss, Eric Soderholm, Aaron McCall, Christine Pickens, Marcelo Ardon
2022, Wetlands (42)
Peatlands play a disproportionate role in the global carbon cycle. However, many peatlands have been ditched to lower the water table and converted into agriculture, which contributes to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrologic restoration of drained peatlands could offset greenhouse gas emissions from these actions, but field examples that consider...
Puget Sound Spatially Referenced Regression on Watershed Attributes (SPARROW)
Cristiana Figueroa-Kaminsky, Jamie K. Wasielewski, Sheelagh McCarthy, Noah Schmadel, Daniel Wise, Zachary Johnson, Robert W. Black
2022, Quality Assurance Project Plan 22-03-109
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) are collaborating on the development of refined, seasonal load estimates of total nitrogen and total phosphorus within watersheds draining to Washington waters of the Salish Sea for the period 2005-2020. The modeling approach for this work...
Estuarine Geomorphology, Circulation, and Mixing
Gregg Snedden, Jaye E. Cable, Bjorn Kjerfve
2022, Book chapter, Estuarine Ecology
To understand the processes affecting the distribution and cycles of particulates, pollutants, nutrients, and organisms in estuaries, it is insufficient to focus solely on the biological and chemical aspects of the processes. Water sources and movements (e.g. evaporation, precipitation, riverine discharge, submarine ground water discharge, wetland hydrology, and tidal exchange)...
Using Landsat and MODIS satellite collections to examine extent, timing, and potential impacts of surface water inundation in California croplands☆
Britt Windsor Smith, Christopher E. Soulard, Jessica J. Walker, Anne Wein
2022, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (28)
The state of California, United States of America produces many crop products that are both utilized domestically and exported throughout the world. With nearly 39,000 km2 of croplands, monitoring unintentional and intentional surface water inundation is important for <a class="topic-link" title="Learn more about water...
Shelf ecosystems along the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain prior to and during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Insights into the stratigraphic architecture
Monika Doubrawa, Peter Stassen, Marci M. Robinson, Tali Babila, James Zachos, Robert P. Speijer
2022, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology (37)
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is the most pronounced global warming event of the early Paleogene related to atmospheric CO2 increases. It is characterized by negative δ18O and δ13C excursions recorded in sedimentary archives and a transient disruption of the marine biosphere. Sites from the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain show an...
Assessing the impact of chloride deicer application in the Siskiyou Pass, southern Oregon
Adam J. Stonewall, Matthew C. Yates, Gregory E. Granato
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5091
Chloride deicers have been applied by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to Interstate Route 5 (I–5) from the Oregon-California border north to mile marker 10 for several years in the high-elevation area known as the Siskiyou Pass. Magnesium chloride (MgCl2) and sodium chloride (NaCl) are applied to...
HydroBench: Jupyter supported reproducible hydrological model benchmarking and diagnostic tool
Edom Moges, Benjamin Ruddell, Liang Zhang, Jessica M. Driscoll, Parker A. Norton, Fernando Perez, Laurel Larsen
2022, Frontiers in Earth Sciences (10)
Evaluating whether hydrological models are right for the right reasons demands reproducible model benchmarking and diagnostics that evaluate not just statistical predictive model performance but also internal processes. Such model benchmarking and diagnostic efforts will benefit from standardized methods and ready-to-use toolkits. Using the Jupyter platform, this work...
Modflow-setup: Robust automation of groundwater model construction
Andrew T. Leaf, Michael N. Fienen
2022, Frontiers in Earth Science (10)
In an age of both big data and increasing strain on water resources, sound management decisions often rely on numerical models. Numerical models provide a physics-based framework for assimilating and making sense of information that by itself only provides a limited description of the hydrologic system. Often, numerical...
Hydrologic data for water-management plans—A resource for Tribal Governments in Oklahoma
MaryKate Higginbotham, Shana L. Mashburn
2022, Circular 1498
IntroductionThe major streams in Oklahoma, and the alluvial aquifers associated with those major streams, are important resources for the 39 federally recognized Tribes in Oklahoma. Many Tribal Governments are interested in developing water-management plans (hereinafter referred to as “water plans”) to preserve water resources for the future. This report provides...
Simulation of regional groundwater flow and groundwater/lake interactions in the Central Sands, Wisconsin
Michael N. Fienen, Megan J. Haserodt, Andrew T. Leaf, Stephen M. Westenbroek
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5046
A multiscale, multiprocess modeling approach was applied to the Wisconsin Central Sands region in central Wisconsin to quantify the connections between the groundwater system, land use, and lake levels in three seepage lakes in Waushara County, Wisconsin: Long and Plainfield (The Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes), and Pleasant Lakes. A regional...
Water-surface profile maps for the Mississippi River near Prairie Island, Minnesota, 2019
Aliesha L. Krall, Julia G. Prokopec
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5018
Digital water-surface profile maps for a 14-mile reach of the Mississippi River near Prairie Island, Minnesota, from the confluence of the St. Croix River at Prescott, Wisconsin, to upstream from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lock and Dam No. 3 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams...
Projected stream fish community risk to climate impacts in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States
Nicholas Sievert, Craig P. Paukert, J. B. Whittier, Wesley Daniel, D.M. Infante, Jana S. Stewart
2022, Ecological Indicators (144)
Climate change is expected to alter stream fish habitat potentially leading to changes in the composition and distribution of fish communities. In the Northeastern and Midwestern United States we identified the distribution and characteristics of those fish communities most and least at risk of experiencing changes in climate which deviate...
A generically parameterized model of Lake eutrophication: The impact of Stoichiometric ratios and constraints on the abundance of natural phytoplankton communities (GPLake-S)
Manqi Chang, Donald L. DeAngelis, Jan H. Janse, Annette B.G. Janssen, Tineke A. Troost, Dianneke van Wijk, Wolf M. Mooij, Sven Teurlincx
2022, Ecological Modelling (473)
Water quality improvement to avoid excessive phytoplankton blooms often requires eutrophication management where both phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) play a role. While empirical eutrophication studies and ecological resource competition theory both provide insight into phytoplankton abundance in response to nutrient loading, they are not seamlessly linked in the current...
Measuring and attributing sedimentary and geomorphic responses to modern climate change: Challenges and opportunities
Amy E. East, Jonathan A. Warrick, Dongfeng Li, Joel B. Sankey, Margaret H. Redsteer, Ann E. Gibbs, Jeffrey A. Coe, Patrick L. Barnard
2022, Earth's Future (10)
Today, climate change is affecting virtually all terrestrial and nearshore settings. This commentary discusses the challenges of measuring climate-driven physical landscape responses to modern global warming: short and incomplete data records, land use and seismicity masking climatic effects, biases in data availability and resolution, and signal attenuation in sedimentary systems....
Science mission requirements for a globally ranging, riserless drilling vessel for U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling
Stephanie A Carr, Timothy Collett, Justin P. Dodd, Patricia Fryer, Patrick Fulton, Sean P. S. Gulick, Hiroko Kitajima, Anthony A.P. Koppers, Basia Marcks, D. Jay Miller, Yair Rosenthal, Angela Slagle, Masako Tominaga, Marta E. Torres, Julia Wellner
Rebecca S. Robinson, Brandon Dugan, Carl Brenner, Lawrence Krissek, editor(s)
2022, Report
Through the collection and analysis of shallow and deep subseafloor sediments, rocks, fluids, and life, scientific ocean drilling has enriched our understanding of the complex Earth system. Among other achievements, scientific ocean drilling has documented the history of Earth’s climate, the waxing and waning of polar ice sheets, the past...
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...
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...
