Understanding risk and resilience to natural hazards
Nathan Wood
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3008
Natural hazards threaten the safety and economic wellbeing of communities. These hazards include sudden-onset hazards, such as earthquakes, and slowly emerging, chronic hazards, such as those associated with climate change. To help public officials, emergency and other managers, the business community, and at-risk individuals reduce the risks posed by such...
Documentation for a web site to serve ULF-EM (Ultra-Low Frequency Electromagnetic) data to the public
Danny A. Neumann, Selwyn McPherson, Simon L. Klemperer, Jonathan M. G. Glen, Darcy McPhee, Karl Kappler
2011, Open-File Report 2010-1321
The Stanford Ultra-Low Frequency Electromagnetic (ULF-EM) Monitoring Project is recording naturally varying electromagnetic signals adjacent to active earthquake faults, in an attempt to establish whether there is any variation in these signals associated with earthquakes. Our project is collaborative between Stanford University, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and UC Berkeley....
Low flow of streams in the Susquehanna River basin of New York
Allan D. Randall
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5063
The principal source of streamflow during periods of low flow in the Susquehanna River basin of New York is the discharge of groundwater from sand-and-gravel deposits. Spatial variation in low flow is mostly a function of differences in three watershed properties: the amount of water that is introduced to the...
Water availability and use pilot: A multiscale assessment in the U.S. Great Lakes Basin
Howard W. Reeves
2011, Professional Paper 1778
Beginning in 2005, water availability and use were assessed for the U.S. part of the Great Lakes Basin through the Great Lakes Basin Pilot of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) national assessment of water availability and use. The goals of a national assessment of water availability and use are to...
Flash floods of August 10, 2009, in the Villages of Gowanda and Silver Creek, New York
Carolyn O. Szabo, William F. Coon, Thomas A. Niziol
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5259
Late during the night of August 9, 2009, two storm systems intersected over western New York and produced torrential rain that caused severe flash flooding during the early morning hours of August 10 in parts of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Erie Counties. Nearly 6 inches of rain fell in 1.5 hours...
Bathymetric and sediment facies maps for China Bend and Marcus Flats, Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Washington, 2008 and 2009
Rhonda J. Weakland, Ryan L. Fosness, Marshall L. Williams, Gary J. Barton
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3150
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) created bathymetric and sediment facies maps for portions of two reaches of Lake Roosevelt in support of an interdisciplinary study of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and their habitat areas within Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Washington. In October 2008, scientists from the USGS used a boat-mounted...
Which uncertainty? Using expert elicitation and expected value of information to design an adaptive program
Michael C. Runge, Sarah J. Converse, James E. Lyons
2011, Biological Conservation (144) 1214-1223
Natural resource management is plagued with uncertainty of many kinds, but not all uncertainties are equally important to resolve. The promise of adaptive management is that learning in the short-term will improve management in the long-term; that promise is best kept if the focus of learning is on those uncertainties...
Use of large-scale, multi-species surveys to monitor gyrfalcon and ptarmigan populations
Jonathan Bart, Mark Fuller, Paul Smith, Leah Dunn
Richard T. Watson, Tom J. Cade, Mark Fuller, Grainger Hunt, Eugene Potapov, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper
We evaluated the ability of three large-scale, multi-species surveys in the Arctic to provide information on abundance and habitat relationships of Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus) and ptarmigan. The Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring (PRISM) has surveyed birds widely across the arctic regions of Canada and Alaska since 2001. The...
Control of Precambrian basement deformation zones on emplacement of the Laramide Boulder batholith and Butte mining district, Montana, United States
Byron R. Berger, Thomas G. Hildenbrand, J. Michael O’Neill
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5016
What are the roles of deep Precambrian basement deformation zones in the localization of subsequent shallow-crustal deformation zones and magmas? The Paleoproterozoic Great Falls tectonic zone and its included Boulder batholith (Montana, United States) provide an opportunity to examine the importance of inherited deformation fabrics in batholith emplacement and the...
Detection probability of gyrfalcons and other cliff-nesting raptors during aerial surveys in Alaska
Travis L. Booms, Mark R. Fuller, Philip F. Schempf, Brian J. McCaffery, Mark S. Lindberg
Richard T. Watson, Tom J. Cade, Mark Fuller, Grainger Hunt, Eugene Potapov, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World
No abstract available....
Evaluation of a present-day climate simulation with a new coupled atmosphere-ocean model GENMOM
J. R. Alder, Steven W. Hostetler, D. Pollard, A. Schmittner
2011, Geoscientific Model Development (4) 69-83
We present a new, non-flux corrected AOGCM, GENMOM, that combines the GENESIS version 3 atmospheric GCM (Global Environmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems) and MOM2 (Modular Ocean Model version 2) nominally at T31 resolution. We evaluate GENMOM by comparison with reanalysis products (e.g., NCEP2) and three models used in...
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Anadarko Basin Province of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Colorado, 2010
D.K. Higley, S.B. Gaswirth, M.M. Abbott, Ronald R. Charpentier, T. A. Cook, G.S. Ellis, N.J. Gianoutsos, J. R. Hatch, T. R. Klett, Philip H. Nelson, M. J. Pawlewicz, O.N. Pearson, R. M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Schenk
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3003
The U.S. Geological Survey, using a geoscience-based assessment methodology, estimated mean technically-recoverable undiscovered continuous and conventional resources that total 495 million barrels of oil, 27.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and 410 million barrels of natural gas liquids in the Anadarko Basin Province; this assessment includes the Las Animas...
Evaluation of the genetic distinctiveness of Greater Sage-grouse in the Bi-State Planning Area
Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Michael L. Casazza
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1006
The purpose of this study was to further characterize a distinct population of Greater Sage-grouse: the population located along the border between Nevada and California (Bi-State Planning Area) and centered around the Mono Basin. This population was previously determined to be genetically distinct from other Greater Sage-grouse populations across their...
Aqueous geochemical data from the analysis of stream-water samples collected in June and July 2006 — Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska
Bronwen Wang, Seth Mueller, Sarah Stetson, Elizabeth Bailey, Greg Lee
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1011
We report on the chemical analysis of water samples collected from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska. Parameters for which data are reported include pH, conductivity, water temperature, major cation and anion concentrations, trace-element concentrations, and dissolved organic-carbon concentrations. Samples were collected as part of a multiyear U.S. Geological Survey...
Optimization of biomass composition explains microbial growth-stoichiometry relationships
O. Franklin, E. K. Hall, C. Kaiser, T.J. Battin, A. Richter
2011, American Naturalist (177) E29-E42
Integrating microbial physiology and biomass stoichiometry opens far-reaching possibilities for linking microbial dynamics to ecosystem processes. For example, the growth-rate hypothesis (GRH) predicts positive correlations among growth rate, RNA content, and biomass phosphorus (P) content. Such relationships have been used to infer patterns of microbial activity, resource availability, and nutrient...
Porosity variability in limestone sequences
Barbara H Lidz
David Hopley, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Encyclopedia of modern coral reefs: Structure, form and process
Porosity is the state of being porous, as measured by the percentage of bulk volume of a rock or soil that is occupied by space, whether isolated or connected. In hydrocarbon-bearing limestone settings, subsurface porous strata containing the oil or gas usually underlie non-porous caprock through which hydrocarbons cannot pass....
Age, growth, mortality, and abundance of lake sturgeon in the Grasse River, New York, USA
D.G. Trested, J. Jeffery Isely
2011, Journal of Applied Ichthyology (27) 13-19
An increased understanding of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) population dynamics is a key requirement for successful management efforts. Little is known regarding the Grasse River population of lake sturgeon except that it is one of a few populations in New York State where spawning has been documented. Thus our purpose...
High geologic slip rates since early Pleistocene Initiation of the San Jacinto and San Felipe fault zones in the San Andreas fault system: southern California, USA
Susanne U. Janecke, Rebecca J. Dorsey, David Forand, Alexander N. Steely, Stefan Kirby, Andrew Lutz, Bernard Housen, Benjamin Belgarde, Victoria E. Langenheim, Tammy M. Rittenour
2011, Special Paper of the Geological Society of America (479)
The San Jacinto right-lateral strike-slip fault zone is crucial for understanding plate-boundary dynamics, regional slip partitioning, and seismic hazards within the San Andreas fault system of southern California, yet its age of initiation and long-term average slip rate are controversial. This synthesis of prior and new detailed studies in the...
Influence of Physiochemical and watershed characteristics on mercury concentration in walleye, Sander vitreus, M.
Cari-Ann Hayer, Steven R. Chipps, James J. Stone
2011, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (86) 163-167
Elevated mercury concentration has been documented in a variety of fish and is a growing concern for human consumption. Here, we explore the influence of physiochemical and watershed attributes on mercury concentration in walleye (Sander vitreus, M.) from natural, glacial lakes in South Dakota. Regression analysis showed...
Assessing the effects of catch and release regulations on a quality adfluvial brook trout population using a computer based age-structure model
Casey A.L. Risley, Joseph D. Zydlewski
2011, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (30) 1434-1444
Assessing the Effects of Catch-and-Release Regulations on a Brook Trout Population Using an Age-Structured Model: North American Journal of Fisheries Management: Vol 30, No 6 <script src="https://www.colwiz.com/js/webpdf/ireader.js?ts=1510012800" type="mce-text/javascript"...
About viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) virus. Potential threat of Great Lakes VHS virus in Western United States
Jerri L Bartholomew, Gael Kurath, Evi Emmenegger
2011, Report
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) is a disease caused by a virus (VHSV). There are different strains of the virus that can infect marine and freshwater fish species, and the different strains may affect species differently. VHSV has recently invaded the Great Lakes, resulting in many large-scale fish die-offs and new...
Impacts of deer herbivory on vegetation in Rock Creek Park, 2001-2009
Cairn C. Kraft, Jeff S. Hatfield
2011, Natural Resource Report NPS/NCR/NCRO/NRTR - 2011/001
Starting in 2001, vegetation data have been collected annually in 16 study modules consisting of paired (1x4 m) fenced plots and unfenced control plots located in the upland forests of Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. Vegetation data collected from 2001-2009 have been analyzed to determine impacts of deer herbivory on...
Effects of herbivory and flooding on reforestation of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum [L.]) saplings planted in Caddo Lake, Texas
Bobby D. Keeland, Rassa O. Dale, Roy Darville, John W. McCoy
2011, Texas Journal of Science (63) 47-68
The effects of herbivory and flooding were examined on survival and growth of planted baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.) saplings at three sites in Caddo Lake, TX, over a 4-yr period. There were two flood regimes (shallow periodic and deep continuous), where half of the saplings in each flood regime...
Postfledging survival of Grasshopper Sparrows in grasslands managed with fire and grazing
Torre J. Hovick, James R. Miller, Rolf R. Koford, David M. Engle, Diane M. Debinski
2011, Condor (113) 429-437
More accurate estimates of survival after nestlings fledge are needed for population models to be parameterized and population dynamics to be understood during this vulnerable life stage. The period after fledging is the time when chicks learn to fly, forage, and hide from predators. We monitored postfledging survival, causespecific mortality,...
Nest success of northern bobwhite on managed and unmanaged landscapes in southeast Iowa
Lisa M. Potter, David L. Otis, Todd R. Bogenschutz
2011, Journal of Wildlife Management (75) 46-51
Range‐wide declines in northern bobwhite populations (Colinus virginianus) have been attributed to concomitant loss of breeding habitat. Bobwhite management efforts to restore this habitat resource can be informed by empirical studies of associations between breeding success and multi‐scale habitat attributes. We compared bobwhite nest success in 2 southern Iowa landscapes...
