Relations of Environmental Factors with Mussel-Species Richness in the Neversink River, New York
Barry P. Baldigo, Anne G. Ernst, George E. Schuler, Colin D. Apse
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1283
INTRODUCTION Declines in the distribution, abundance, and diversity of freshwater-mussel species (family Unionidae1) have been reported worldwide (Bogan, 1993; Strayer and Jirka, 1997). The principal causes of the observed declines are difficult to confirm, however, because only a few of the many factors that affect mussel-species populations have been identified (Strayer...
Vegetation Response to the 1995 Drawdown of the Navigation Pool at Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, Crossett, Arkansas
Rebecca J. Howard, Christopher J. Wells
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1379
Felsenthal Navigation Pool (?the pool?) at Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge near Crossett, Ark., was continuously flooded to a baseline elevation of 19.8 m (65.0 ft) mean sea level (m.s.l.) from late fall 1985, when the final in a series of locks and dams was constructed, until the summer of 1995....
Geomorphology and depositional sub-environments of Assateague Island MD/VA
Robert A. Morton, Jeremy E. Bracone, Brian Cooke
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1388
The U.S. Geological Survey is studying coastal hazards and coastal change to improve our understanding of coastal ecosystems and to develop better capabilities of predicting future coastal change. One approach to understanding the dynamics of coastal systems is to monitor changes in barrier-island sub-environments through time. This involves examining morphological...
Vulnerability of National Park Service beaches to inundation during a direct hurricane landfall: Fire Island National Seashore
Hilary F. Stockdon, David M. Thompson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1389
Waves and storm surge associated with strong tropical storms are part of the natural process of barrier-island evolution and can cause extensive morphologic changes in coastal parks, leading to reduced visitor accessibility and enjoyment. Even at Fire Island National Seashore, a barrier-island coastal park in New York where extratropical storms...
Geomorphology and tectonics at the intersection of Silurian and Death Valleys, Southern California - 2005 Guidebook Pacific Cell Friends of the Pleistocene
David M. Miller, Zenon C. Valin
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1424
This publication describes results from new regional and detailed surficial geologic mapping, combined with geomorphologic, geochronologic, and tectonic studies, in Silurian Valley and Death Valley, California. The studies address a long-standing problem, the tectonic and geomorphic evolution of the intersection between three regional tectonic provinces: the eastern California shear zone,...
Pre-Restoration Habitat Use by Chinook Salmon in the Nisqually Estuary Using Otolith Analysis
Angela Lind-Null, Kimberly Larsen, Reginald Reisenbichler
2007, Open-File Report 2008-1021
INTRODUCTION The Nisqually Fall Chinook population is one of 27 stocks in the Puget Sound evolutionarily significant unit listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. The preservation of the Nisqually delta ecosystem coupled with extensive restoration of approximately 1,000 acres of diked estuarine habitat is identified as the highest...
EAARL topography: George Washington Birthplace National Monument
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Judd Patterson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1179
This Web site contains Lidar-derived topography (first return and bare earth) maps and GIS files for George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Virginia. These lidar-derived topography maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, the National Park Service...
EAARL submarine topography: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Amar Nayegandhi, Jason Woolard, Matt Patterson, Iris Wilson, Laurinda J. Travers
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1395
This Web site contains 46 Lidar-derived submarine topography maps and GIS files for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. These Lidar-derived submarine topographic maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, Florida, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
EAARL topography: Thomas Stone National Historic Site
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Judd Patterson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1177
This Web site contains Lidar-derived topography (first return and bare earth) maps and GIS files for Thomas Stone National Historic Site in Maryland. These Lidar-derived topography maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, the National Park Service...
EAARL topography: Assateague Island National Seashore
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Laurinda J. Travers
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1176
This Web site contains 58 lidar-derived bare earth topography maps and GIS files for the Assateague Island National Seashore. These lidar-derived topography maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, Florida, the National Park Service (NPS) South Florida/Caribbean...
EAARL topography – Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook Unit
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Judd Patterson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1178
This Web site contains Lidar-derived topography (bare earth) maps and GIS files for the Sandy Hook Unit within Gateway National Recreation Area in New Jersey. These Lidar-derived topography maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, the National...
Geologic Map of the Goleta Quadrangle, Santa Barbara County, California
Scott A. Minor, Karl S. Kellogg, Richard G. Stanley, Theodore R. Brandt
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1403
This map depicts the distribution of bedrock units and surficial deposits and associated deformation underlying those parts of the Santa Barbara coastal plain and adjacent southern flank of the Santa Ynez Mountains within the Goleta 7 ?? quadrangle at a compilation scale of 1:24,000 (one inch on the map =...
Staircase Falls Rockfall on December 26, 2003, and Geologic Hazards at Curry Village, Yosemite National Park, California
Gerald F. Wieczorek, James B. Snyder, James W. Borchers, Paola Reichenbach
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1378
Since 1857, several hundred rockfalls, rockslides, and debris flows have been observed in Yosemite National Park. At 12:45 a.m. on December 26, 2003, a severe winter storm triggered a rockfall west of Glacier Point in Yosemite Valley. Rock debris moved quickly eastward down Staircase Falls toward Curry Village. As the...
Development of an interactive shoreline management tool for the lower Wood River Valley, Oregon, phase 1: Stage-volume and stage-area relations
Tana Haluska, Daniel T. Snyder
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1364
This report presents the parcel and inundation area geographic information system (GIS) layers for various surface-water stages. It also presents data tables containing the water stage, inundation area, and water volume relations developed from analysis of detailed land surface elevation derived from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data recently collected...
BAT3 Analyzer: Real-time data display and interpretation software for the multifunction bedrock-aquifer transportable testing tool (BAT3)
Richard B. Winston, Allen M. Shapiro
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1105
The BAT3 Analyzer provides real-time display and interpretation of fluid pressure responses and flow rates measured during geochemical sampling, hydraulic testing, or tracer testing conducted with the Multifunction Bedrock-Aquifer Transportable Testing Tool (BAT3) (Shapiro, 2007). Real-time display of the data collected with the Multifunction BAT3 allows the user to ensure...
Nowcasting Beach Advisories at Ohio Lake Erie Beaches
Donna S. Francy, Robert A. Darner
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1427
Data were collected during the recreational season of 2007 to test and refine predictive models at three Lake Erie beaches. In addition to E. coli concentrations, field personnel collected or compiled data for environmental and water-quality variables expected to affect E. coli concentrations including turbidity, wave height, water temperature, lake...
EAARL topography: Gulf Islands National Seashore: Mississippi
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Amar Nayegandhi, Matt Patterson, Iris Wilson, Laurinda J. Travers
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1377
This Web site contains 30 lidar-derived bare earth topography maps and GIS files for the Gulf Islands National Seashore-Mississippi.These lidar-derived topography maps were produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, FISC St. Petersburg, Florida, the National Park Service (NPS) Gulf Coast...
Characterizing Hydraulic Properties and Ground-Water Chemistry in Fractured-Rock Aquifers: A User's Manual for the Multifunction Bedrock-Aquifer Transportable Testing Tool (BAT3)
Allen M. Shapiro
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1134
A borehole testing apparatus has been designed to isolate discrete intervals of a bedrock borehole and conduct hydraulic tests or collect water samples for geochemical analyses. This borehole testing apparatus, referred to as the Multifunction Bedrock-Aquifer Transportable Testing Tool (BAT3), includes two borehole packers, which when inflated can form a...
Compilation of water-resources data for Montana, water year 2006
P. B. Ladd, W.R. Berkas, M. K. White, K. A. Dodge, F. A. Bailey
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1346
The U.S. Geological Survey, Montana Water Science Center, in cooperation with other Federal, State, and local agencies, and Tribal governments, collects a large amount of data pertaining to the water resources of Montana each water year. This report is a compilation of Montana site-data sheets for the 2006 water year,...
Habitat and hydrology: Assessing biological resources of the Suwannee River Estuarine system
Ellen A. Raabe, Randy E. Edwards, Carole C. McIvor, Jack W. Grubbs, George D. Dennis
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1382
The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a pilot integrated-science study during 2002 and 2003 to map, describe, and evaluate benthic and emergent habitats in the Suwannee River Estuary on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Categories of aquatic, emergent, and terrestrial habitats were determined from hyperspectral imagery and integrated with hydrologic data...
Concentrations of metals in aquatic invertebrates from the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri
Christopher J. Schmitt, William G. Brumbaugh, John M. Besser, Thomas W. May
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1435
This report summarizes the findings of a study conducted as a pilot for part of a park-wide monitoring program being developed for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) of southeastern Missouri. The objective was to evaluate using crayfish (Orconectes spp.) and Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea) for monitoring concentrations of metals...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory 1978 Annual Administrative Report
Jennifer S. Nakata
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1338
INTRODUCTORY NOTE The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Summaries have been published in the current format since 1956. The Quarterly Summaries (1956 through 1973) and the Annual Summaries (1974 through 1985) were originally published as Administrative Reports. These reports have been compiled and published as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Reports. The quarterly reports...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory 1981 Annual Administrative Report
Jennifer S. Nakata
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1341
INTRODUCTORY NOTE The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Summaries have been published in the current format since 1956. The Quarterly Summaries (1956 through 1973) and the Annual Summaries (1974 through 1985) were originally published as Administrative Reports. These reports have been compiled and published as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Reports. The quarterly reports...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory 1983 Annual Administrative Report
Jennifer S. Nakata
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1343
INTRODUCTORY NOTE The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Summaries have been published in the current format since 1956. The Quarterly Summaries (1956 through 1973) and the Annual Summaries (1974 through 1985) were originally published as Administrative Reports. These reports have been compiled and published as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Reports. The quarterly reports...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory 1984 Annual Administrative Report
Jennifer S. Nakata
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1344
INTRODUCTORY NOTE The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Summaries have been published in the current format since 1956. The Quarterly Summaries (1956 through 1973) and the Annual Summaries (1974 through 1985) were originally published as Administrative Reports. These reports have been compiled and published as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Reports. The quarterly reports...
