Prominent emerging diseases within the United States
R. C. Cipriano, A. Bowser, A. Dove, A. Goodwin, C. Puzach
R. C. Cipriano, A.W. Bruckner, I.S. Shchelkunov, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, Bridging America and Russia with shared perspectives on aquatic animal health: Proceedings of the Third Bilateral Conference between Russia and the United States, 12-20 July, 2009, held in Shepherdstown, West Virginia
This manuscript reviews disease syndromes that have become significant aquatic animal health issues within the United States since 2003. The emergence of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) disease among wild fish in the Great Lakes is probably the most problematic and political issue. The emergence of this pathogen resulted in the...
Conodont biostratigraphy and stable isotope stratigraphy across the Ordovician Knox/Beekmantown unconformity in the central Appalachians
Stephen A. Leslie, Matthew R. Saltzman, S. M. Bergstrom, J.E. Repetski, A. Howard, A.M. Seward
J.C. Gutierrez-Marco, I. Rabano, D. Garcia-Bellido, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, Ordovician of the world: proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on the Ordovician System (Serie Cuadernos del Museo Geominero 14)
The impact of the 2009-10 El Niño Modoki on U.S. West Coast beaches
Patrick L. Barnard, Jonathan Allan, Jeff E. Hansen, George M. Kaminsky, Peter Ruggiero, André Doria
2011, Geophysical Research Letters (38)
High-resolution beach morphology data collected along much of the U.S. West Coast are synthesized to evaluate the coastal impacts of the 2009–10 El Niño. Coastal change observations were collected as part of five beach monitoring programs that span between 5 and 13 years in duration. In California, regional wave and...
Biogeochemical evolution of a landfill leachate plume, Norman, Oklahoma
Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, J.K. Bohlke, Jason R. Masoner, George N. Breit, Michelle M. Lorah, Michele L. Tuttle, Jeanne B. Jaeschke
2011, Ground Water (49) 663-687
Leachate from municipal landfills can create groundwater contaminant plumes that may last for decades to centuries. The fate of reactive contaminants in leachate-affected aquifers depends on the sustainability of biogeochemical processes affecting contaminant transport. Temporal variations in the configuration of redox zones downgradient from the Norman Landfill were studied for...
Alfred P. Dachnowski and the scientific study of peats
E. R. Landa, K.M. Cohen
2011, Soil Survey Horizons (52) 111-117
Botanist Alfred Paul Dachnowski (1875–1949) was a major contributor to efforts at mapping organic soils in the United States during the early 20th century. He began his career at The Ohio State University, and spent most of his professional life at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC. His...
Geographical and geological data from caves and mines infected with white-nose syndrome (WNS) before September 2009 in the eastern United States
Christopher S. Swezey, Christopher P. Garrity
2011, Journal of Cave and Karst Studies (73) 125-157
Since 2006, a white fungus named Geomyces destructans has been observed on the muzzles, noses, ears, and (or) wings of bats in the eastern United States, and bat colonies that are infected with this fungus have experienced dramatic incidences of mortality. Although it is not exactly certain how and why...
Global Positioning System constraints on crustal deformation before and during the 21 February 2008 Wells, Nevada M6.0 earthquake
William C. Hammond, Geoffrey Blewitt, Corne Kreemer, Jessica R. Murray-Moraleda, Jerry L. Svarc
Craig M. dePolo, Daphne D. LaPointe, editor(s)
2011, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 36
Using Global Positioning System (GPS) data from permanent sites and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) campaign data we have estimated co-seismic displacements and secular background crustal deformation patterns associated with the 21 February 2008 Wells Nevada earthquake. Estimated displacements at nearby permanent GPS sites ELKO (84 km distant) and GOSH...
Influences of the human footprint on sagebrush landscape patterns: Implications for sage-grouse conservation
Matthias Leu, Steven E. Hanser
Steven T. Knick, John W. Connelly, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Greater Sage-Grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats
Spatial patterns influence the processes that maintain Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations and sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) landscapes on which they depend. We used connectivity analyses to: (1) delineate the dominant pattern of sagebrush landscapes; (2) identify regions of the current range-wide distribution of Greater Sage-Grouse important for conservation; (3) estimate...
Experimental challenge and pathology of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 in dunlin (Calidris alpina), an intercontinental migrant shorebird species
Jeffrey S. Hall, J. Christian Franson, Robert E. Gill Jr., Carol U. Meteyer, Joshua L. TeSlaa, Sean W. Nashold, Robert J. Dusek, S. Ip
2011, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (5) 365-372
Background Shorebirds (Charadriiformes) are considered one of the primary reservoirs of avian influenza. Because these species are highly migratory, there is concern that infected shorebirds may be a mechanism by which highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 could be introduced into North America from Asia. Large numbers of dunlin...
Concentrations and loads of nutrients in the tributaries of the Lake Okeechobee watershed, south-central Florida, water years 2004-2008
Michael J. Byrne, Molly S. Wood
2011, Data Series 613
Lake Okeechobee in south-central Florida is the second largest freshwater lake in the contiguous United States. Excessive phosphorus loading, harmful high and low water levels, and rapid expansion of non-native vegetation have threatened the health of the lake in recent decades. A study was conducted to monitor discharge and nutrient...
Surficial geologic map of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Thomas D. Hamilton, Keith A. Labay
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3125
The Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (GAAR) is centered over the central Brooks Range of northern Alaska. To the west, it abuts the Noatak National Preserve; its eastern boundary is the transportation corridor occupied by the Dalton Highway and the Alyeska Pipeline. The GAAR extends northward beyond...
Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the upper Pleistocene Chemehuevi Formation along the lower Colorado River
Daniel V. Malmon, Keith A. Howard, P. Kyle House, Scott C. Lundstrom, Philip A. Pearthree, Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki, Elmira Wan, David B. Wahl
2011, Professional Paper 1786
The Chemehuevi Formation forms a conspicuous, widespread, and correlative set of nonmarine sediments lining the valleys of the Colorado River and several of its larger tributaries in the Basin and Range geologic province. These sediments have been examined by geologists since J. S. Newberry visited the region in 1857 and...
Triggered surface slips in southern California associated with the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah, Baja California, Mexico, earthquake
Michael J. Rymer, Jerome A. Treiman, Katherine J. Kendrick, James J. Lienkaemper, Ray J. Weldon, Roger G. Bilham, Meng Wei, Eric J. Fielding, Janis L. Hernandez, Brian Olson, Pamela J. Irvine, Nichole Knepprath, Robert R. Sickler, Xiaopeng Tong, Martin E. Siem
2011, Open-File Report 2010-1333
The April 4, 2010 (Mw7.2), El Mayor-Cucapah, Baja California, Mexico, earthquake is the strongest earthquake to shake the Salton Trough area since the 1992 (Mw7.3) Landers earthquake. Similar to the Landers event, ground-surface fracturing occurred on multiple faults in the trough. However, the 2010 event triggered surface slip on more...
DNA-based detection of the fungal pathogen Geomyces destructans in soil from bat hibernacula
Daniel L. Lindner, Andrea Gargas, Jeffrey M. Lorch, Mark T. Banik, Jessie Glaeser, Thomas H. Kunz, David S. Blehert
2011, Mycologia (103) 241-246
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emerging disease causing unprecedented morbidity and mortality among bats in eastern North America. The disease is characterized by cutaneous infection of hibernating bats by the psychrophilic fungus Geomyces destructans. Detection of G. destructans in environments occupied by bats will be critical for WNS surveillance, management...
Hydrology, phosphorus, and suspended solids in five agricultural streams in the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Watersheds, Wisconsin, Water Years 2004-06
David J. Graczyk, Dale M. Robertson, Paul D. Baumgart, Kevin Fermanich
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5111
A 3-year study was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to characterize water quality in agricultural streams in the Fox/Wolf watershed in northeastern Wisconsin and provide information to assist in the calibration of a watershed model for the area. Streamflow, phosphorus, and suspended solids...
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Williston Basin Province of North Dakota, Montana, and South Dakota, 2010
U.S. Geological Survey Williston Basin Province Assessment Team
2011, Data Series 69-W
Using a geology-based assessment method, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean undiscovered volumes of 3.8 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, 3.7 trillion cubic feet of associated/dissolved natural gas, and 0.2 billion barrels of undiscovered natural gas liquids in the Williston Basin Province, North Dakota, Montana, and South Dakota. The U.S....
Investigating and managing the rapid emergence of white-nose syndrome, a novel, fatal, infectious disease of hibernating bats
Janet Foley, Deana Clifford, Kevin Castle, Paul M. Cryan, Richard S. Ostfeld
2011, Conservation Biology (25) 223-231
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fatal disease of bats that hibernate. The etiologic agent of WNS is the fungus Geomyces destructans, which infects the skin and wing membranes. Over 1 million bats in six species in eastern North America have died from WNS since 2006, and as a result several...
Using remote sensing and imagery exploitation to monitor the dynamics of East Timbalier Island, LA: 2000-2010
James P. Thomas, Gary B. Fisher, Lisbeth A. Chandler, Kim M. Angeli, Douglas J. Wheeler, Robert P. Glover, Elizabeth J. Schenck-Gardner, Steve E. Wiles, Carolyn F. Lindley, Michael B. Peccini
2011, Geocarto International (26) 613-632
In 1999, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-National Marine Fisheries Service and the State of Louisiana jointly undertook the restoration of East Timbalier, a barrier island along a sediment-starved portion of the Gulf of Mexico coast of Louisiana. High-resolution overhead imagery was used to monitor the course of this restoration...
Gas hydrate prospecting using well cuttings and mud-gas geochemistry from 35 wells, North Slope, Alaska
T.D. Lorenson, Timothy S. Collett
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5195
Gas hydrate deposits are common on the North Slope of Alaska around Prudhoe Bay; however, the extent of these deposits is unknown outside of this area. As part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Bureau of Land Management gas hydrate research collaboration, well-cutting and mud-gas samples have been collected...
Using data from an encounter sampler to model fish dispersal
A. Obaza, D.L. DeAngelis, J.C. Trexler
2011, Journal of Fish Biology (78) 495-513
A method to estimate speed of free-ranging fishes using a passive sampling device is described and illustrated with data from the Everglades, U.S.A. Catch per unit effort (CPUE) from minnow traps embedded in drift fences was treated as an encounter rate and used to estimate speed, when combined with an...
Impact of mine and natural sources of mercury on water, sediment, and biota in Harley Gulch adjacent to the Abbott-Turkey Run mine, Lake County, California
James J. Rytuba, Roger L. Hothem, Brianne E. Brussee, Daniel N. Goldstein
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1265
Executive SummaryStable-isotope data indicate that there are three sources of water that effect the composition and Hg concentration of waters in Harley Gulch: (1) meteoric water that dominates water chemistry during the wet season; (2) thermal water effluent from the Turkey Run mine that effects the chemistry at sample site...
Bathymetry and digital elevation models of Coyote Creek and Alviso Slough, South San Francisco Bay, California
Amy C. Foxgrover, David P. Finlayson, Bruce E. Jaffe, Theresa A. Fregoso
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1315
In 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center completed three cruises to map the bathymetry of the main channel and shallow intertidal mudflats in the southernmost part of south San Francisco Bay. The three surveys were merged to generate comprehensive maps of Coyote Creek (from...
Non-genetic data supporting genetic evidence for the eastern wolf
L. David Mech
2011, Northeastern Naturalist (18) 521-526
Two schools of thought dominate the molecular-genetics literature on Canis spp. (wolves) in the western Great Lakes region of the US and Canada: (1) they are hybrids between Canis lupus (Gray Wolf) and Canis latrans (Coyote), or (2) they are hybrids between the Gray Wolf and Canis lycaon (Eastern Wolf)....
The influence of the Atlantic Warm Pool on the Florida panhandle sea breeze
Vasubandhu Misra, Lauren Moeller, Lydia Stefanova, Steven Chan, James J. O’Brien, Thomas J. Smith III, Nathaniel Plant
2011, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (116)
In this paper we examine the variations of the boreal summer season sea breeze circulation along the Florida panhandle coast from relatively high resolution (10 km) regional climate model integrations. The 23 year climatology (1979–2001) of the multidecadal dynamically downscaled simulations forced by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction–Department...
Pathogenic bacteria and microbial-source tracking markers in Brandywine Creek Basin, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 2009-10
Joseph W. Duris, Andrew G. Reif, Leif E. Olson, Heather E. Johnson
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5164
The City of Wilmington, Delaware, is in the downstream part of the Brandywine Creek Basin, on the main stem of Brandywine Creek. Wilmington uses this stream, which drains a mixed-land-use area upstream, for its main drinking-water supply. Because the stream is used for drinking water, Wilmington is in need of...
