Foreword to the special issue on intercalibration of satellite instruments
Gyanesh Chander, T.J. Hewison, Nigel Fox, Xiangqian Wu, Xiaoxiong Xiong, William J. Blackwell
2013, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (51) 1052-1055
This forty papers in this special issue focus on how intercalibration and comparison between sensors can provide an effective and convenient means of verifying their postlaunch performance and correcting their measurement differences....
Integrating GIS across disciplines: how the intersection of biology and geography has influenced fisheries GIS
William L. Fisher
T. Nishida, A. E. Canton, editor(s)
2013, Book chapter, GIS/Spatial Analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences, volume 5
No abstract available....
Managing the impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater-impacted streams
Celeste A. Journey, Paul M. Bradley, Dana W. Kolpin
Paul M. Bradley, editor(s)
2013, Book chapter, Current perspectives in contaminant hydrology and water resources sustainability
A revolution in analytical instrumentation circa 1920 greatly improved the ability to characterize chemical substances [1]. This analytical foundation resulted in an unprecedented explosion in the design and production of synthetic chemicals during and post-World War II. What is now often referred to as the 2nd Chemical Revolution has provided...
Gas hydrate formation rates from dissolved-phase methane in porous laboratory specimens
William F. Waite, E.K. Spangenberg
2013, Geophysical Research Letters (40) 4310-4315
Marine sands highly saturated with gas hydrates are potential energy resources, likely forming from methane dissolved in pore water. Laboratory fabrication of gas hydrate-bearing sands formed from dissolved-phase methane usually requires 1–2 months to attain the high hydrate saturations characteristic of naturally occurring energy resource targets. A series of gas hydrate...
Sediment transport due to extreme events: The Hudson River estuary after tropical storms Irene and Lee
David K. Ralston, John C. Warner, W. Rockwell Geyer, Gary R. Wall
2013, Geophysical Research Letters (40) 5451-5455
Tropical Storms Irene and Lee in 2011 produced intense precipitation and flooding in the U.S. Northeast, including the Hudson River watershed. Sediment input to the Hudson River was approximately 2.7 megaton, about 5 times the long-term annual average. Rather than the common assumption that sediment is predominantly trapped in the...
Comment on “Why earthquake hazard maps often fail and what to do about it” by S. Stein, R. Geller, and M. Liu
Arthur D. Frankel
2013, Tectonophysics (592) 200-206
No abstract available....
Deep-ocean mineral deposits as a source of critical metals for high- and green-technology applications: Comparison with land-based deposits
James R. Hein, Kira Mizell, Andrea Koschinsky, Tracey Conrad
2013, Ore Geology Reviews (51) 1-14
On the identification of a Pliocene time slice for data–model comparison
Alan M. Haywood, Aisling M. Dolan, Steven J. Pickering, Harry J. Dowsett, Erin L. McClymont, Caroline L. Prescott, Ulrich Salzmann, Daniel J. Hill, Stephen J. Hunter, Daniel J. Lunt, James O. Pope, Paul J. Valdes
2013, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (371) 1-21
The characteristics of the mid-Pliocene warm period (mPWP: 3.264–3.025 Ma BP) have been examined using geological proxies and climate models. While there is agreement between models and data, details of regional climate differ. Uncertainties in prescribed forcings and in proxy data limit the utility of the interval to understand the dynamics of...
The effects of pulse pressure from seismic water gun technology on Northern Pike
Jackson A. Gross, Kathryn M. Irvine, Siri K. Wilmoth, Tristany L. Wagner, Patrick A Shields, Jeffrey R. Fox
2013, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (142) 1335-1346
We examined the efficacy of sound pressure pulses generated from a water gun for controlling invasive Northern Pike Esox lucius. Pulse pressures from two sizes of water guns were evaluated for their effects on individual fish placed at a predetermined random distance. Fish mortality from a 5,620.8-cm3 water gun (peak pressure source...
Vegetation of natural and artificial shorelines in Upper Klamath Basin’s fringe wetlands
Andrew M. Ray, Kathryn M. Irvine, Andy S. Hamilton
2013, Wetland Science & Practice (30) 10-21
The Upper Klamath Basin (UKB) in northern California and southern Oregon supports large hypereutrophic lakes surrounded by natural and artificial shorelines. Lake shorelines contain fringe wetlands that provide key ecological services to the people of this region. These wetlands also provide a context for drawing inferences about how differing wetland...
A statistical analysis of the global historical volcanic fatalities record
Melanie Rose Auker, Robert Stephen John Sparks, Lee Siebert, H. S. Crosweller, John W. Ewert
2013, Journal of Applied Volcanology (2) 1-24
A new database of volcanic fatalities is presented and analysed, covering the period 1600 to 2010 AD. Data are from four sources: the Smithsonian Institution, Witham (2005), CRED EM-DAT and Munich RE. The data were combined and formatted, with a weighted average fatality figure used where more than one...
Remote sensing applications for assessing the effects of air quality on human health: An emphasis on volcanic ash and desert dust
Dale W. Griffin, Jesse C. McEntee, Denise Catronovo, Myles Lyles, Elena N. Naumova
Stanley A. Morain, A.M Budge, editor(s)
2013, Book chapter, Environmental tracking for public health surveillance
No abstract available....
Seasonal climate variation and caribou availability: Modeling sequential movement using satellite-relocation data
Craig Nicolson, Matthew Berman, Colin Thor West, Gary P. Kofinas, Brad Griffith, Don Russell, Darcy Dugan
2013, Ecology and Society (18)
Livelihood systems that depend on mobile resources must constantly adapt to change. For people living in permanent settlements, environmental changes that affect the distribution of a migratory species may reduce the availability of a primary food source, with the potential to destabilize the regional social-ecological system. Food security for Arctic...
A river runs through it: conceptual models in fluvial geomorphology
Gordon E. Grant, James E. O'Connor, M. Gordon Wolman
John F. Shroder, editor(s)
2013, Book chapter
Predicting tamarisk current and future distribution
C. S. Jarnevich, P. Evangelista, J. Graham
Anna Sher, Martin F. Quigley, editor(s)
2013, Book chapter, Tamarix: A case study of ecological change in the American West
No abstract available....
Urbanization and infectious diseases: general principles, historical perspectives, and contemporary challenges
Raquel Reyes, Roy Ahn, Katherine Thurber, Thomas F. Burke
2013, Book chapter, Challenges in Infectious Diseases
International summit on integrated environmental modeling
Noha Gaber, Gary Geller, Pierre Glynn, Gerry Laniak, Alexey Voinov, Gene Whelan
Moore Roger, Andrew Hughes, editor(s)
2013, Conference Paper
This report describes the International Summit on Integrated Environmental Modeling (IEM), held in Reston, VA, on 7th-9th December 2010. The meeting brought together 57 scientists and managers from leading US and European government and non-governmental organizations, universities and companies together with international organizations convened over a number of years, including:...
Geologic map of the Topock 7.5’ quadrangle, Arizona and California
Keith A. Howard, Barbara E. John, Jane E. Nielson, Julia M. G. Miller, Joseph L. Wooden
2013, Scientific Investigations Map 3236
The Topock quadrangle exposes a structurally complex part of the Colorado River extensional corridor and also exposes deposits that record landscape evolution during the history of the Colorado River. Paleoproterozoic gneisses and Mesoproterozoic granitoids and intrusive sheets are exposed through tilted cross-sectional thicknesses of many kilometers. Intruding them are a...
Vertical structure use by the Stout Iguana (Cyclura pinguis) on Guana Island, BVI
Christopher A. Cheek, Shay Hlavaty, Rebecca N. Perkins, Mark A. Peyton, Caitlin N. Ryan, Jennifer C. Zavaleta, Clint W. Boal, Gad Perry
2013, IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians (20) 112-118
The Stout Iguana (Cyclura pinguis) is a critically endangered species endemic to the Puerto Rico Bank and currently restricted to the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Our study on Guana Island, BVI, focused on vertical structure use. Based on previous incidental observations, we hypothesized that Stout Iguanas use vertical structures and...
Diurnal activity patterns of Black-Necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) during the non-breeding season in the eastern Caribbean
Laura Navarrete, Blake A. Grisham, Maria Kalyvaki, E. Kathleen McGaughey, Krista Mougey, Ben R. Skipper, Gad Perry, Clint W. Boal
2013, Journal of Caribbean Ornithology (26) 17-21
Diurnal activity patterns of resident Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) were observed on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands, during October 2010. Stilts were principally engaged in foraging and idle behaviors. The amount of time engaged in particular behaviors was relatively constant throughout the day, except during mid-afternoon when idleness increased and...
Desert fires fueled by native annual forbs: Effects of fire on communities of plants and birds in the Lower Sonoran Desert of Arizona
Todd C. Esque, Robert H. Webb, Cynthia S.A. Wallace, Charles van Riper III, Chris McCreedy, Lindsay A. Smythe
2013, Southwestern Naturalist (58) 223-233
In 2005, fire ignited by humans swept from Yuma Proving Grounds into Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, burning ca. 9,255 ha of Wilderness Area. Fuels were predominantly the native forb Plantago ovata. Large fires at low elevations were rare in the 19th and 20th centuries, and fires fueled by native...
Riverine habitat dynamics
R. B. Jacobson
2013, Book chapter
The physical habitat template is a fundamental influence on riverine ecosystem structure and function. Habitat dynamics refers to the variation in habitat through space and time as the result of varying discharge and varying geomorphology. Habitat dynamics can be assessed at spatial scales ranging from the grain (the smallest resolution...
Choosing a DIVA: a comparison of emerging digital imagery vegetation analysis techniques
Christopher F. Jorgensen, Ryan J. Stutzman, Lars C. Anderson, Suzanne E. Decker, Larkin A. Powell, Walter H. Schacht, Joseph J. Fontaine
2013, Applied Vegetation Science (16) 552-560
Question: What is the precision of five methods of measuring vegetation structure using ground-based digital imagery and processing techniques? Location: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Methods: Vertical herbaceous cover was recorded using digital imagery techniques at two distinct locations in a mixed-grass prairie. The precision of five ground-based digital imagery vegetation analysis...
Challenges and opportunities in studying and managing striped bass and its hybrids in the 21st Century
Phillip William Bettoli
2013, Conference Paper
No abstract available....
Estimating abundance of the Southern Hudson Bay polar bear subpopulation using aerial surveys, 2011 and 2012
Martyn E. Obbard, Kevin R. Middel, Seth P. Stapleton, Isabelle Thibault, Vincent Brodeur, Charles Jutras
2013, Wildlife Research Series 2013-01
The Southern Hudson Bay (SH) polar bear subpopulation occurs at the southern extent of the species’ range. Although capture-recapture studies indicate that abundance remained stable between 1986 and 2005, declines in body condition and survival were documented during the period, possibly foreshadowing a future decrease in abundance. To obtain a...
