Estimating movement and survival rates of a small saltwater fish using autonomous antenna receiver arrays and passive integrated transponder tags
Paul J. Rudershausen, Jeffery A. Buckel, Todd Dubreuil, Matthew J. O’Donnell, Joseph E. Hightower, Steven J. Poland, Benjamin H. Letcher
2014, Marine Ecology Progress Series (499) 177-192
We evaluated the performance of small (12.5 mm long) passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags and custom detection antennas for obtaining fine-scale movement and demographic data of mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus in a salt marsh creek. Apparent survival and detection probability were estimated using a Cormack Jolly Seber (CJS) model fitted to...
Managing prairie dogs by managing plague: a vaccine for the future?
Terry B. Johnson, Tonie E. Rocke, Pete Gober, Bill E. Van Pelt, Michael W. Miller, Daniel W. Tripp, Rachel C. Abbott, David L. Bergman
2014, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 26th Vertebrate Pest Conference
The Black-footed Ferret Recovery Implementation Team Executive Committee is conducting a project to develop,and (hopefully) eventually implement, a plague vaccination program for prairie dogs. The project is a component of the WesternAssociation of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Grasslands Conservation Initiative. An effective, field-worthy vaccine against plaguecould be...
The U. S. Geological Survey carbon dioxide storage efficiency value methodology: Results and observations
Sean T. Brennan
2014, Energy Procedia (63) 5123-5129
In order to complete the 2013 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assessment of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage resources, a methodology was needed to determine the CO2storage efficiency of individual rock strata. The method that was used involved a storage efficiency approximation by MacMinn et al., combined with a brine viscosity model...
Significance of carbon dioxide density estimates for basin-scale storage resource assessments
Marc L. Buursink
2014, Energy Procedia (63) 5130-5140
The geologic carbon dioxide (CO2) storage resource size is a function of the density of CO2 in the subsurface. The pressure and temperature of the storage reservoir at depth affect the CO2 density. Therefore, knowing these subsurface conditions allows for improved resource estimates of potential geologic CO2 storage capacity. In 2012, the U.S....
Occurrence and origin of Escherichia coli in water and sediments at two public swimming beaches at Lake of the Ozarks State Park, Camden County, Missouri, 2011-13
Jordan L. Wilson, John G. Schumacher, Joel G. Burken
2014, Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5005
In the past several years, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has closed two popular public beaches, Grand Glaize Beach and Public Beach 1, at Lake of the Ozarks State Park in Osage Beach, Missouri when monitoring results exceeded the established Escherichia coli (E. coli) standard. As a result of...
Using cure models for analyzing the influence of pathogens on salmon survival
Adam R Ray, Russell W. Perry, Nicholas A. Som, Jerri L Bartholomew
2014, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (143) 387-398
Parasites and pathogens influence the size and stability of wildlife populations, yet many population models ignore the population-level effects of pathogens. Standard survival analysis methods (e.g., accelerated failure time models) are used to assess how survival rates are influenced by disease. However, they assume that each individual is equally susceptible...
A methodology for assessing the impact of sea level rise on representative military installations in the Southwestern United States (RC-1703)
Bart Chadwick, Pei F. Wang, Marissa Brand, Reinhard Flick, Adam Young, William O’Reilly, Peter Bromirski, Walter Crampton, Robert Gruza, John Helly
2014, Report
The objective of the project was to develop an analysis framework and methodologies for evaluation of coastal military installation vulnerabilities and test them under prescribed scenarios of increased local mean sea level over the next century. Methodologies were developed to assess the potential scope and magnitude of impacts from physical effects of...
Uranium series, rates of basaltic melt generation and transport
Aaron J. Pietruszka
2014, Book chapter, Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods
No abstract available....
A 200 year chronology of burrowing mayflies (Hexagenia spp.) in Saginaw Bay
Donald W. Schloesser, John A. Robbins, Gerald Matisoff, Thomas F. Nalepa, Nancy R. Morehead
2014, Journal of Great Lakes Research (40) 80-91
After an absence of 50 years, burrowing mayflies (Hexagenia spp.) colonized western Lake Erie which led to interest in whether this fauna can be used to measure recovery in nearshore waters throughout the Great Lakes. However, in many areas we do not know if mayflies were native/endemic and thus, whether...
Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: a reassessment
Shing Yip Lee, Jurgene H. Primavera, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Karen McKee, Jared O. Bosire, Stefano Cannicci, Karen Diele, Francois Fromard, Nico Koedam, Cyril Marchand, Irving Mendelssohn, Nibedita Mukherjee, Sydne Record
2014, Global Ecology and Biogeography (23) 726-743
Aim To reassess the capacity of mangroves for ecosystem services in the light of recent data. Location Global mangrove ecosystems. Methods We review four long-standing roles of mangroves: (1) carbon dynamics – export or sink; (2) nursery role; (3) shoreline protection; (4) land-building capacity. The origins of pertinent hypotheses, current understanding and gaps in our...
Ecology and population status of trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) in western Lake Erie
Patrick Kocovsky, Andrea T. Stoneman, Richard T. Kraus
2014, Journal of Great Lakes Research (40) 208-214
Trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycus is among the most abundant benthic species in Lake Erie, but comparatively little is known about its ecology. Although others have conducted extensive studies on trout-perch ecology, those efforts predated invasions of white perch Morone americana, Dreissena spp., Bythotrephes longimanus and round goby Neogobius melanostomus, suggesting the...
Sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Cambrian (Furongian; Jiangshanian and Sunwaptan) Tunnel City Group, Upper Mississippi Valley: Transgressing assumptions of cratonic flooding
Jennifer D. Eoff
2014, Sedimentary Geology (302) 87-101
New data from detailed measured sections permit comprehensive analysis of the sequence framework of the Furongian (Upper Cambrian; Jiangshanian and Sunwaptan stages) Tunnel City Group (Lone Rock Formation and Mazomanie Formation) of Wisconsin and Minnesota. The sequence-stratigraphic architecture of the lower part of the Sunwaptan Stage at the base of...
Aspidoscelis deppii (Black-bellied Racerunner). Predation by Great Egrets
Robert P. Reynolds, James F. Whatton, Christina A. Gebhard
2014, Herpetological Review (45) 124-125
Aspidoscelis deppii) is widely distributed from Veracruz and Michoacan, Mexico to Costa Rica (Köhler et al. 2006. The Amphibians and Reptiles of El Salvador. Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida. 238 pp.). Neotropical lizards are abundant and common prey to all classes of terrestrial vertebrates, and bird predation of lizards is...
Lake trout rehabilitation in Lake Ontario, 2013
Brian F. Lantry, Jana R. Lantry
2014, NYSDEC Lake Ontario Annual Report 2013-5
Each year we report on the progress toward rehabilitation of the Lake Ontario lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) population, including the results of stocking, annual assessment surveys, creel surveys, and evidence of natural reproduction observed from all standard surveys performed by USGS and NYSDEC. No lake trout from the 2011 year class were stocked...
Remotely-sensed indicators of N-related biomass allocation in Schoenoplectus acutus
Jessica L. O’Connell, Kristin B. Byrd, Maggi Kelly
2014, PLoS ONE (9)
Coastal marshes depend on belowground biomass of roots and rhizomes to contribute to peat and soil organic carbon, accrete soil and alleviate flooding as sea level rises. For nutrient-limited plants, eutrophication has either reduced or stimulated belowground biomass depending on plant biomass allocation response to fertilization. Within a freshwater wetland...
Analysis of the present and future winter Pacific-North American teleconnection in the ECHAM5 global and RegCM3 regional climate models
Andrea M. Allan, Steven W. Hostetler, Jay R. Alder
2014, Climate Dynamics (42) 1671-1682
We use the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis (NCEP) and the MPI/ECHAM5 general circulation model to drive the RegCM3 regional climate model to assess the ability of the models to reproduce the spatiotemporal aspects of the Pacific-North American teleconnection (PNA) pattern. Composite anomalies of the NCEP-driven RegCM3 simulations for 1982–2000 indicate that the...
Threshold concepts: implications for the management of natural resources
Glenn R. Guntenspergen, John Gross
2014, Book chapter, Application of threshold concepts in natural resource decision making
Threshold concepts can have broad relevance in natural resource management. However, the concept of ecological thresholds has not been widely incorporated or adopted in management goals. This largely stems from the uncertainty revolving around threshold levels and the post hoc analyses that have generally been used to identify them. Natural...
North American amphibians: Distribution and diversity
David M. Green, Linda A. Weir, Gary S. Casper, Michael Lannoo, editor(s)
2014, Book
Some 300 species of amphibians inhabit North America. The past two decades have seen an enormous growth in interest about amphibians and an increased intensity of scientific research into their fascinating biology and continent-wide distribution.This atlas presents the spectacular diversity of North American amphibians in a geographic context. It covers...
Risks of avian influenza transmission in areas of intensive free-ranging duck production with wild waterfowl
Julien Cappelle, Delong Zhao, Marius Gilbert, Scott H. Newman, John Y. Takekawa, Nicolas Gaidet, Diann J. Prosser, Ying Liu, Peng Li, Yuelong Shu, Xiangming Xiao
2014, EcoHealth (11) 109-119
For decades, southern China has been considered to be an important source for emerging influenza viruses since key hosts live together in high densities in areas with intensive agriculture. However, the underlying conditions of emergence and spread of avian influenza viruses (AIV) have not been studied in detail, particularly the...
Pacific Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment (PaCSEA): aerial seabird and marine mammal surveys off northern California, Oregon, and Washington, 2011-2012
Josh Adams, Jonathan J. Felis, John W. Mason, John Y. Takekawa
2014, BOEM 2014-003
Marine birds and mammals comprise an important community of meso- and upper-trophic-level predators within the northern California Current System (NCCS). The NCCS is located within one of the world’s four major eastern boundary currents and is characterized by an abundant and diverse marine ecosystem fuelled seasonally by wind-driven upwelling which...
Resource selection by the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) relative to terrestrial-based habitats and meteorological conditions
J. Matthew Johnson, Susan M. Haig, Carl J. Schwarz, John W. Glendening, L. Joseph Burnett, Daniel George, Jesse Grantham
2014, PLoS ONE (9)
Condors and vultures are distinct from most other terrestrial birds because they use extensive soaring flight for their daily movements. Therefore, assessing resource selection by these avian scavengers requires quantifying the availability of terrestrial-based habitats, as well as meteorological variables that influence atmospheric conditions necessary for soaring. In this study,...
ASPRS research on quantifying the geometric quality of lidar data
Aparajithan Sampath, Hans K. Heidemann, Gregory L. Stensaas, Jon Christopherson
2014, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 201-205
The ASPRS Lidar Cal/Val (calibration/validation) Working Group led by the US Geological Survey (USGS) to establish “Guidelines on Geometric Accuracy and Quality of Lidar Data” has made excellent progress via regular teleconferences and meetings. The group is focused on identifying data quality metrics and establishing a set of guidelines for...
Social-ecological resilience and law
Ahjond S. Garmestani, Craig R. Allen, editor(s)
2014, Book
Environmental law envisions ecological systems as existing in an equilibrium state, reinforcing a rigid legal framework unable to absorb rapid environmental changes and innovations in sustainability. For the past four decades, “resilience theory,” which embraces uncertainty and nonlinear dynamics in complex adaptive systems, has provided a robust, invaluable foundation for...
Trade-offs in experimental designs for estimating post-release mortality in containment studies
Mark W. Rogers, Andrew B Barbour, Kyle L Wilson
2014, Fisheries Research (151) 130-135
Estimates of post-release mortality (PRM) facilitate accounting for unintended deaths from fishery activities and contribute to development of fishery regulations and harvest quotas. The most popular method for estimating PRM employs containers for comparing control and treatment fish, yet guidance for experimental design of PRM studies with containers is lacking....
Habitat use by subyearling Chinook and coho salmon in Lake Ontario tributaries
James H. Johnson
2014, Journal of Great Lakes Research (40) 149-154
The habitat use of subyearling Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) was examined in three tributaries of Lake Ontario. A total of 1781 habitat observations were made on Chinook salmon (698) and coho salmon (1083). During both spring and fall, subyearling coho salmon used pool habitat with...
