Thermal heterogeneity and cold-water anomalies within the lower Yakima River, Yakima and Benton Counties, Washington
Andrew S. Gendaszek, Marcella Appel
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5140
Warm water temperatures in the lower Yakima River in central Washington are key limitations to the restoration of Pacific salmon (Onchorhynchus spp.) populations within the Yakima River Basin. Identification of the location and magnitude of cold-water anomalies, which are cooler than ambient river temperatures during summer months, and the processes...
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2018
Kirk P. Smith
2022, Data Report 1144
As part of a long-term cooperative program to monitor water quality within the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Providence Water Supply Board collected streamflow and water-quality data at the Scituate Reservoir and tributaries. Streamflow and concentrations of chloride and sodium estimated from records...
Modeling of barrier breaching during Hurricanes Sandy and Matthew
Christie Hegermiller, John C. Warner, Maitane Olabarrieta, Christopher R. Sherwood, Tarandeep S. Kalra
2022, JGR-Earth Surface (127)
Physical processes driving barrier island change during storms are important to understand to mitigate coastal hazards and to evaluate conceptual models for barrier evolution. Spatial variations in barrier island topography, landcover characteristics, and nearshore and back-barrier hydrodynamics can yield complex morphological change that requires models of increasing resolution and physical...
Influences of channel and floodplain modification on expansion of woody vegetation into Catahoula Lake, Louisiana, USA
R.F. Keim, L. Dugue, K.D. Latuso, S. Joshi, Sammy L. King, F.L. Willis
2022, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (47) 1466-1479
Ecosystem structure of wetlands in managed floodplains depends on hydrological processes controlled by geomorphology and water management. Overlapping effects of direct modifications and geomorphic adjustments to management can combine to trigger changes to floodplain ecosystem structure. We examined the case of woody vegetation encroaching into the depressional Catahoula Lake, Louisiana,...
Testing the potential of streamflow data to predict spring migration of an ungulate herds
Jason S. Alexander, Marissa L. Murr, Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller
Stefano Grignolio, editor(s)
2022, PLoS ONE (17) 1-18
In mountainous and high latitude regions, migratory animals exploit green waves of emerging vegetation coinciding with rising daily mean temperatures initiating snowmelt across the landscape. Snowmelt also causes rivers and streams draining these regions to swell, a process referred to as to as the ‘spring pulse.’ Networks of streamgages measuring...
Enhanced bioremediation of RDX and co-contaminants perchlorate and nitrate using an anaerobic dehalogenating consortium in a fractured rock aquifer
Michelle M. Lorah, Eric Vogler, Fredrick E. Gebhardt, Duane Graves, Jennifer Grabowski
Y. Yeomin Yoon, editor(s)
2022, Chemosphere (294) 1-12
The potential neurotoxic and carcinogenic effects of the explosives compound RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine) on human health requires groundwater remediation strategies to meet low cleanup goals. Bioremediation of RDX is feasible through biostimulation of native microbes with an organic carbon donor but may be less efficient, or not occur at all, in...
A landscape approach for identifying potential reestablishment sites for extirpated stream fishes: an example with Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in Michigan
Ralph William Tingley, Dana M. Infante, Emily M. Dean, Douglas W. Schemske, Arthur R. Cooper, Jared Ross, Wesley M. Daniel
2022, Hydrobiologia (849) 1397-1415
Habitat degradation combined with climate change increases the threat of extinction for stream fishes. In response to these threats, efforts to reestablish species within formerly occupied streams or translocation to suitable areas may be effective conservation strategies. In the absence of historic species presence data, identifying locations where suitable habitat...
Hydrology of the Yucaipa groundwater subbasin: Characterization and integrated numerical model, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California
Geoffrey Cromwell, Ayman H. Alzraiee, editor(s)
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5118
Executive SummaryWater management in the Santa Ana River watershed in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties in southern California is a complex task with various water purveyors navigating geographic, geologic, hydrologic, and political challenges to provide a reliable water supply to stakeholders. As the population has increased throughout southern California, so...
Groundwater hydrology in the area of Savannah and Gunstocker Creeks in northeastern Hamilton, southern Meigs, and northwestern Bradley Counties, Tennessee, 2007–09
John K. Carmichael
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5135
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Savannah Valley Utility District, evaluated the groundwater hydrology of the Valley and Ridge carbonate rock aquifer in northeastern Hamilton, southern Meigs, and northwestern Bradley Counties, Tennessee, from 2007 through 2009. The evaluation included, and built on, the results of test drilling conducted...
Geomorphic responses of fluvial systems to climate change: A habitat perspective
Kyle E. Juracek, Faith A. Fitzpatrick
2022, River Research and Applications (38) 757-775
Fluvial systems provide a variety of habitats that support thousands of species including many that are threatened or endangered. Moreover, these habitats, which range from aquatic and riparian to floodplain, are important for the variety of ecosystem services they provide. In addition to water temperature and streamflow change, geomorphic change...
Terrestrial ecosystem modeling with IBIS: Progress and future vision
Jinxun Liu, Xuehe Lu, Qiuan Zhu, Wenping Yuan, Quanzhi Yuan, Zhen Zhang, Qingxi Guo, Carol Deering
2022, Journal of Resources and Ecology (13) 2-16
Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVM) are powerful tools for studying complicated ecosystem processes and global changes. This review article synthesizes the developments and applications of the Integrated Biosphere Simulator (IBIS), a DGVM, over the past two decades. IBIS has been used to evaluate carbon, nitrogen, and water cycling in terrestrial...
A model-independent tool for evolutionary constrained multi-objective optimization under uncertainty
Jeremy White, Matthew Knowling, Michael N. Fienen, Adam Siade, Otis Rea, Guillermo Martinez
2022, Environmental Modelling & Software (149)
An open-source tool has been developed to facilitate constrained single- and multi-objective optimization under uncertainty (CMOU) analyses. The tool uses the well-known PEST interface protocols to communicate with the underlying forward simulation, making it non-intrusive. The tool contains a built-in parallel...
Identifying and characterizing juvenile lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens, Rafinesque, 1817) occupancy hot spots within the St. Clair-Detroit River System
Aaron J Mettler, Justin A. Chiotti, Andrew S Briggs, James C. Boase, Robin L. DeBruyne, Edward F. Roseman, Richard Drouin
2022, Journal of Applied Ichthyology (38) 137-148
Over the past two decades, extensive monitoring has been conducted in the St. Clair – Detroit River System to describe spatial and temporal patterns of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens). To characterize spatial patterns in juvenile lake sturgeon (<1000 mm TL) based on survey collections, ‘hot spots’ were...
Critical thermal maximum of stream fishes including distinct populations of Smallmouth Bass
Shannon K. Brewer, R. Mollenhauer, J. Alexander, D.E. Moore
2022, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (42) 352-360
Understanding the thermal tolerances of stream fishes, including sport fishes, is important for assessing thermal stressors that are common across the landscape. Our study objectives were to determine the thermal tolerances of 17 stream fishes (15 species and 2 genetically distinct populations of juvenile Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu: the Neosho subspecies M....
Using surrogate taxa to inform response methods for invasive Grass Carp in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Jason L. Fischer, Lucas Nathan, John Buszkiewicz, Julia Colm, D. Andrew R. Drake, Mark R. DuFour, Patrick Kocovsky, Dave Marson, Eric R. B. Smyth, Ryan Young, Kelly F. Robinson
2022, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (42) 151-163
Sampling method decisions are critical for the effective monitoring and management of fisheries. Deploying the most effective sampling methodologies is particularly important when responding to new invasive species, where early response efforts have the best chances for eradication. In the Laurentian Great Lakes, the invasive Grass...
Long-term suspended sediment and particulate organic carbon yields from the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory
Kayla L Glossner, Kathleen A. Lohse, Alison P. Appling, Zane K Cram, Erin Murray, Sarah E. Godsey, Steve Van Vactor, Emma P McCorkle, Mark Seyfried, Frederick B Pierson
2022, Hydrological Processes (36)
Long-term (>20 y) suspended sediment (SS) and particulate organic carbon (POC) records are relatively rare and yet are necessary for understanding linkages between climate, erosion and carbon export. We estimated long-term (>23 y) SS and POC yields from four nested catchments that ranged from <1 to 54 km2 in area...
Response to comment on “Mercury isotope fractionation by internal demethylation and biomineralization reactions in seabirds: Implications for environmental mercury science”: Principles and limitations of source tracing and process tracing with stable isotope signatures
Alain Manceau, Romain Brossier, Sarah E. Janssen, Brett Poulin
2022, Environmental Science and Technology (56) 2065-2068
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How many Ciscoes are needed for stocking in the Laurentian Great Lakes?
Benjamin J. Rook, Michael J. Hansen, Charles R. Bronte
2022, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (13) 28-49
Historically, Cisco Coregonus artedi and deepwater ciscoes Coregonus spp. were the most abundant and ecologically important fish species in the Laurentian Great Lakes, but anthropogenic influences caused nearly all populations to collapse by the 1970s. Fishery managers have begun exploring the feasibility of restoring populations throughout the basin, but questions...
A biological condition gradient for Caribbean coral reefs: Part II. Numeric rules using sessile benthic organisms
Deborah L Santavy, Susan K Jackson, Benjamin Jessup, Christina Horstmann, Caroline Rogers, Ernesto Weil, Alina Szmant, David Cuevas Miranda, Brian K Walker, Christopher F.G. Jeffrey, David Ballantine, William S. Fisher, Randy Clark, Hector Ruiz Torres, Brandi Todd, Sandy Raimondo
2022, Ecological Indicators (135)
The Biological Condition Gradient (BCG) is a conceptual model used to describe incremental changes in biological condition along a gradient of increasing anthropogenic stress. As coral reefs collapse globally, scientists and managers are focused on how to sustain the crucial structure...
Geology and hydrogeology of the Yucaipa groundwater subbasin, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California
Geoffrey Cromwell, Jonathan C. Matti
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5129
The Yucaipa groundwater subbasin (referred to in this report as the Yucaipa subbasin) is located about 75 miles (mi) east of of Los Angeles and about 12 mi southeast of the City of San Bernardino. In the Yucaipa subbasin, as in much of southern California, limited annual rainfall and large...
Perils of life on the edge: Climatic threats to global diversity patterns of wetland macroinvertebrates
Luis B. Epele, Marta G. Grech, Emilio A. Williams-Subiza, Cristina Stenert, Kyle McLean, Hamish S. Greig, Leonardo Maltchik, Mateus M. Pires, Matthew S. Bird, Aurelie Boissezon, Dani Boix, Eliane Demierre, Patricia E. García, Stephanie Gascón, Michael Jeffries, Jamie M. Kneitel, Olga Loskutov, Luz M. Manzo, Gabriela Mataloni, Musa C. Mlambo, Beat Oertli, Jordi Sala, Erica E. Scheibler, Haitao Wu, Scott A Wissinger, Darold P. Batzer
2022, Science of the Total Environment (820)
Climate change is rapidly driving global biodiversity declines. How wetland macroinvertebrate assemblages are responding is unclear, a concern given their vital function in these ecosystems. Using a data set from 769 minimally impacted depressional wetlands across the globe (467 temporary and 302 permanent), we evaluated how temperature and precipitation (average,...
Sediment sources and sealed-pavement area drive polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and metal occurrence in urban streams
Peter C. Van Metre, Barbara Mahler, Sharon L. Qi, Allen C. Gellis, Christopher C. Fuller, Travis S. Schmidt
2022, Environmental Science and Technology (56) 1615-1626
Metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are common pollutants in urban streambed sediment, yet their occurrence is highly variable and difficult to predict. To investigate sources of PAHs and metals to streambed sediment, we sampled pavement dust, soil, and streambed sediment in 10 urban watersheds in three regions of the...
Soil moisture response to seasonal drought conditions and post-thinning forest structure
Adam Belmonte, Temuulen T. Sankey, Joel Biedermann, John B. Bradford, Thomas Kolb
2022, Ecohydrology (15)
Prolonged drought conditions in semi-arid forests can lead to widespread vegetation stress and mortality. However, the distribution of these effects is not spatially uniform. We measured soil water potential at high spatial and temporal resolution using 112 sensors distributed across a ponderosa pine forest in northern...
Understanding sources and distribution of Escherichia coli at Lake St. Clair Metropark Beach, Macomb County, Michigan
Lisa R. Fogarty, Jessica A. Maurer, Ian M. Hyslop, Alexander R. Totten, Christopher M. Kephart, Angela K. Brennan
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5089
Lake St. Clair Metropark Beach (LSCMB) in Michigan is a public beach near the mouth of the Clinton River that has a history of beach closures for public health concerns. The Clinton River is designated as a Great Lakes Area of Concern, and the park has a Beneficial Use Impairment...
Eruption dynamics leading to a volcanic thunderstorm— The January 2020 eruption of Taal volcano, Philippines
Alexa R. Van Eaton, Cassandra M Smith, Michael J. Pavolonis, Ryan Said
2022, Geology (50) 491-495
Advances in global lightning detection have provided novel ways to characterize explosive volcanism. However, researchers are still at the early stages of understanding how volcanic plumes become electrified on different spatial and temporal scales. We deconstructed the phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal volcano (Philippines) on 12 January 2020 to investigate the...
