Genetic differences between hatchery and wild steelhead for survival, growth, dispersal, and male maturation in a natural stream (Study site: Twenty-Mile Creek; Stocks: Dworshak hatchery and Selway River wild; Year classes: 1994 and 1995)
Stephen P. Rubin, Reginald R. Reisenbichler, Jay E. Hensleigh, Lisa A. Wetzel, Bruce M. Baker, Frank Leonetti Frank, Karl D. Stenberg, Stacey L. Slatton
Stephen P. Rubin, Reginald R. Reisenbichler, Lisa A. Wetzel, Michael C. Hayes, editor(s)
2012, Report, Genetic differences in growth, migration, and survival between hatchery and wild steelhead and Chinook salmon: Final report. Performance period: June 1991 to December 2005
This study was initiated in the early 1990s to provide managers with data comparing genetic fitness for natural rearing, as measured by survival of juveniles in freshwater, between steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss from Dworshak National Fish Hatchery and wild steelhead from the Clearwater River, Idaho. We artificially spawned hatchery steelhead and...
Genetic differences between hatchery and wild steelhead for growth and survival in the hatchery and seaward migration after release (Study sites: Dworshak Hatchery and Clearwater Hatchery; Stocks: Dworshak hatchery and Selway River wild; Year classes: 1994 and 1995)
Stephen P. Rubin, Reginald R. Reisenbichler, Jay E. Hensleigh, Lisa A. Wetzel, Bruce M. Baker
Stephen P. Rubin, Reginald R. Reisenbichler, Lisa A. Wetzel, Michael C. Hayes, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Genetic differences in growth, migration, and survival between hatchery and wild steelhead and Chinook salmon: Final report. Performance period: June 1991 to December 2005
Various studies suggest that sea ranching of anadromous salmonids can result in domestication (increased fitness in the hatchery program) and a loss of fitness for natural production; however, the mechanism has not been characterized adequately. We artificially spawned hatchery and wild steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss from the Clearwater River, Idaho, reared...
Differences in survival and growth in hatchery and stream environments, and in maturation of residuls in a stream, between progeny of hatchery and wild steelhead (Study sites: Brushy Fork Creek and Dworshak Hatchery; Stocks:Dworshak hatchery and Fish Creek wild; Year classes: 1992 and 1993)
Stephen P. Rubin, Reginald R. Reisenbichler, Lisa Wetzel, Jay E. Hensleigh, Frank Leonetti Frank, Bruce M. Baker, Stacey L. Slatton, Karl D. Stenberg
Stephen P. Rubin, Reginald R. Reisenbichler, Lisa A. Wetzel, Michael C. Hayes, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Genetic differences in growth, migration, and survival between hatchery and wild steelhead and Chinook salmon: Final report. Performance period: June 1991 to December 2005
Freshwater survival in hatchery and natural rearing environments was compared between progeny of hatchery (H) and wild (W) steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss from the Clearwater River drainage in Idaho. Adults from Dworshak National Fish Hatchery and wild adults from Fish Creek fish were artificially spawned, and their progeny were genetically marked...
Stoichiometric patterns in foliar nutrient resorption across multiple scales
Sasha C. Reed, Alan R. Townsend, Eric A. Davidson, Cory C. Cleveland
2012, New Phytologist (196) 173-180
*Nutrient resorption is a fundamental process through which plants withdraw nutrients from leaves before abscission. Nutrient resorption patterns have the potential to reflect gradients in plant nutrient limitation and to affect a suite of terrestrial ecosystem functions. *Here, we used a stoichiometric approach to assess patterns in foliar resorption at a...
Real-time forecasting of the April 11, 2012 Sumatra tsunami
Dailin Wang, Nathan C. Becker, David Walsh, Gerard J. Fryer, Stuart A. Weinstein, Charles S. McCreery, and others
2012, Geophysical Research Letters (39)
The April 11, 2012, magnitude 8.6 earthquake off the northern coast of Sumatra generated a tsunami that was recorded at sea-level stations as far as 4800 km from the epicenter and at four ocean bottom pressure sensors (DARTs) in the Indian Ocean. The governments of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand,...
Uncovering the nonadiabatic response of geosynchronous electrons to geomagnetic disturbance
Jennifer Gannon, Scot R. Elkington, Terrance G. Onsager
2012, Journal of Geophysical Research (117)
We describe an energy spectrum method for scaling electron integral flux, which is measured at a constant energy, to phase space density at a constant value of the first adiabatic invariant which removes much of the variation due to reversible adiabatic effects. Applying this method to nearly a solar cycle...
Thresholds for short-term acid and aluminum impacts on Atlantic salmon smolts
Stephen D. McCormick, Darrren T. Lerner, Amy M. Regish, Michael F. O’Dea, Michelle Y. Monette
2012, Aquaculture (362-363) 224-231
Although the negative effects of acid and aluminum (Al) on smolt development have been known for some time, the thresholds for impact of short-term exposure of several days that may occur during episodic acidification have not been systematically examined. In order to determine the levels of acid and Al that...
Evaluation of simulations to understand effects of groundwater development and artificial recharge on the surface water and riparian vegetation Sierra Vista subwatershed, Upper San Pedro Basin, Arizona
Stanley A. Leake, Bruce Gungle
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1206
In 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey documented a five-layer groundwater flow model of the Sierra Vista and Sonoran subwatersheds of the Upper San Pedro Basin. The model has been applied by a private consultant to evaluate the effects of projected groundwater pumping through 2105 and effects of artificial recharge at...
Determining the source and genetic fingerprint of natural gases using noble gas geochemistry: a northern Appalachian Basin case study
Andrew G. Hunt, Thomas H. Darrah, Robert J. Poreda
2012, AAPG Bulletin (96) 1785-1811
Silurian and Devonian natural gas reservoirs present within New York state represent an example of unconventional gas accumulations within the northern Appalachian Basin. These unconventional energy resources, previously thought to be noneconomically viable, have come into play following advances in drilling (i.e., horizontal drilling) and extraction (i.e., hydraulic fracturing) capabilities....
Models, validation, and applied geochemistry: Issues in science, communication, and philosophy
D. Kirk Nordstrom
2012, Applied Geochemistry (27) 1899-1919
Models have become so fashionable that many scientists and engineers cannot imagine working without them. The predominant use of computer codes to execute model calculations has blurred the distinction between code and model. The recent controversy regarding model validation has brought into question what we mean by a ‘model’ and...
Geologic map of the east half of the Bellevue South 7.5' x 15' quadrangle, Issaquah area, King County, Washington
Derek B. Booth, Timothy J. Walsh, Kathy Goetz-Troost, Scott A. Shimel
2012, Scientific Investigations Map 3211
The Issaquah area includes several of the most outstanding geologic features of the eastern Puget Lowland region. Folds have warped thousands of meters of Tertiary sedimentary and volcanic rocks. Several hundred meters of both glacial and postglacial sediment have accumulated in a deep glacial trough, which is now partly occupied...
Scenarios of land use and land cover change in the conterminous United States: Utilizing the special report on emission scenarios at ecoregional scales
Benjamin M. Sleeter, Terry L. Sohl, Michelle A. Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Christopher E. Soulard, William Acevedo, Glenn E. Griffith, Rachel R. Sleeter, Roger F. Auch, Kristi Sayler, Stephen Prisley, Zhi-Liang Zhu
2012, Global Environmental Change (22) 896-914
Global environmental change scenarios have typically provided projections of land use and land cover for a relatively small number of regions or using a relatively coarse resolution spatial grid, and for only a few major sectors. The coarseness of global projections, in both spatial and thematic dimensions, often limits their...
Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality
A. Park Williams, Craig D. Allen, Alison K. Macalady, Daniel Griffin, Connie A. Woodhouse, David M. Meko, Thomas W. Swetnam, Sara A. Rauscher, Richard Seager, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Jeffrey S. Dean, Edward R. Cook, Chandana Gangodagamage, Michael Cai, Nathan G. McDowell
2012, Nature Climate Change (3) 292-297
s the climate changes, drought may reduce tree productivity and survival across many forest ecosystems; however, the relative influence of specific climate parameters on forest decline is poorly understood. We derive a forest drought-stress index (FDSI) for the southwestern United States using a comprehensive tree-ring data set representing AD 1000-2007....
Role of remote sensing for land-use and land-cover change modeling
Terry Sohl, Benjamin M. Sleeter
2012, Book chapter, Remote sensing of land use and land cover
As the impacts of land-use and land-cover (LULC) change on carbon dynamics, climate change, hydrology, and biodiversity have been recognized, modeling of this transformational force has become increasingly important. Given the wide variety of applications that rely on the availability of LULC projections, modeling approaches have originated from a variety...
To burn or not to burn Oriental bittersweet: A fire manager's conundrum
Stacey A. Leicht-Young, Noel B. Pavlovic, Ralph Grundel, Scott A. Weyenberg, Neal Mulconrey
2012, Report
Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) is an introduced liana (woody vine) that has invaded much of the Eastern United States and is expanding west into the Great Plains. In forests, it can girdle and damage canopy trees. At Indiana Dunes, we have discovered that it is invading non-forested dune habitats as...
Toxicity, sublethal effects, and potential modes of action of select fungicides on freshwater fish and invertebrates
Adria A. Elskus
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1213
Despite decades of agricultural and urban use of fungicides and widespread detection of these pesticides in surface waters, relatively few data are available on the effects of fungicides on fish and invertebrates in the aquatic environment. Nine fungicides are reviewed in this report: azoxystrobin, boscalid, chlorothalonil, fludioxonil, myclobutanil, fenarimol, pyraclostrobin,...
Toxicity of copper to early-life stage Kootenai River white sturgeon, Columbia River white sturgeon, and rainbow trout
E. E. Little, R.D. Calfee, G. Linder
2012, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (63) 400-408
White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) populations throughout western North America are in decline, likely as a result of overharvest, operation of dams, and agricultural and mineral extraction activities in their watersheds. Recruitment failure may reflect the loss of early-life stage fish in spawning areas of the upper Columbia River, which are...
Description of 2005-10 domestic water use for selected U.S. cities and guidance for estimating domestic water use
Joan F. Kenny, Kyle E. Juracek
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5163
Domestic water-use and related socioeconomic and climatic data for 2005-10 were used in an analysis of 21 selected U.S. cities to describe recent domestic per capita water use, investigate variables that potentially affect domestic water use, and provide guidance for estimating domestic water use. Domestic water use may be affected...
Estimation of evaporation from open water - A review of selected studies, summary of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers data collection and methods, and evaluation of two methods for estimation of evaporation from five reservoirs in Texas
Glenn R. Harwell
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5202
Organizations responsible for the management of water resources, such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), are tasked with estimation of evaporation for water-budgeting and planning purposes. The USACE has historically used Class A pan evaporation data (pan data) to estimate evaporation from reservoirs but many USACE Districts have...
Electrical anisotropy of gas hydrate-bearing sand reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico
Anne E. Cook, Barbara I. Anderson, John Rasmus, Keli Sun, Qiming Li, Timothy S. Collett, David S. Goldberg
2012, Marine and Petroleum Geology (34) 72-84
We present new results and interpretations of the electricalanisotropy and reservoir architecture in gashydrate-bearingsands using logging data collected during the Gulf of MexicoGasHydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II. We focus specifically on sandreservoirs in Hole Alaminos Canyon 21 A (AC21-A), Hole Green Canyon 955 H (GC955-H) and Hole Walker Ridge...
Relations between retired agricultural land, water quality, and aquatic-community health, Minnesota River Basin
Victoria G. Christensen, Kathy Lee, James M. McLees, Scott L. Niemela
2012, Journal of Environmental Quality (41) 1459-1472
The relative importance of agricultural land retirement on water quality and aquatic-community health was investigated in the Minnesota River Basin. Eighty-two sites, with drainage areas ranging from 4.3 to 2200 km2, were examined for nutrient concentrations, measures of aquatic-community health (e.g., fish index of biotic integrity [IBI] scores), and environmental...
Changes in sources and storage in a karst aquifer during a transition from drought to wet conditions
C.I. Wong, B.J. Mahler, M. Musgrove, J.L. Banner
2012, Journal of Hydrology (468-469) 159-172
Understanding the sources and processes that control groundwater compositions and the timing and magnitude of groundwater vulnerability to potential surface-water contamination under varying meteorologic conditions is critical to informing groundwater protection policies and practices. This is especially true in karst terrains, where infiltrating surface water can rapidly affect groundwater quality....
A history of herpetologists and herpetology in the U.S. Department of the Interior
Jeffrey E. Lovich, Norman J. Scott Jr., R. Bruce Bury, C. Kenneth Dodd Jr., Roy W. McDiarmid
2012, Herpetological Conservation and Biology (7)
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has a long and distinguished history of employing herpetologists to conduct basic and applied research to better manage amphibian and reptile populations on public lands and even outside the boundaries of the United States. This history extends back over 125 years with roots...
Design and implementation of a structural health monitoring and alerting system for hospital buildings in the United States
Hasan S. Ulusoy, Erol Kalkan, Jon Peter B. Fletcher, Paul A. Friberg, W. K. Leith, Krishna Banga
2012, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Portugal, 2012
This paper describes the current progress in the development of a structural health monitoring and alerting system to meet the needs of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to monitor hospital buildings instrumented in high and very high seismic hazard regions in the U.S. The system, using the measured vibration...
Optimal egg size in a suboptimal environment: reproductive ecology of female Sonora mud turtles (Kinosternon sonoriense) in central Arizona, USA
Jeffrey E. Lovich, Sheila V. Madrak, Charles A. Drost, Anthony J. Monatesti, Dennis Casper, Mohammed Znari
2012, Amphibia-Reptilia (33) 161-170
We studied the reproductive ecology of female Sonora mud turtles (Kinosternon sonoriense) at Montezuma Well, a chemically-challenging natural wetland in central Arizona, USA. Females matured between 115.5 and 125 mm carapace length (CL) and 36-54% produced eggs each year. Eggs were detected in X-radiographs from 23 April-28 September (2007-2008) and...
