Assessment of Eutrophication in the Lower Yakima River Basin, Washington, 2004-07
Daniel R. Wise, Marie L. Zuroske, Kurt D. Carpenter, Richard L. Kiesling
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5078
In response to concerns that excessive plant growth in the lower Yakima River in south-central Washington was degrading water quality and affecting recreational use, the U.S. Geological Survey and the South Yakima Conservation District conducted an assessment of eutrophication in the lower 116 miles of the river during the 2004-07...
Baseline Channel Geometry and Aquatic Habitat Data for Selected Streams in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Alaska
Janet H. Curran, William J. Rice
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5084
Small streams in the rapidly developing Matanuska-Susitna Valley in south-central Alaska are known to support anadromous and resident fish but little is known about their hydrologic and riparian conditions, or their sensitivity to the rapid development of the area or climate variability. To help address this need, channel geometry and...
Vulnerability of carbon storage in North American boreal forests to wildfires during the 21st century
M. S. Balshi, Anthony McGuire, P. Duffy, M. Flannigan, D. W. Kicklighter, J. Melillo
2009, Global Change Biology (15) 1491-1510
The boreal forest contains large reserves of carbon. Across this region, wildfires influence the temporal and spatial dynamics of carbon storage. In this study, we estimate fire emissions and changes in carbon storage for boreal North America over the 21st century. We use a gridded data set developed with...
Organic compounds used in animal husbandry: Chapter 13
Robert L. Wershaw, Laurence S. Shore
Amy Pruden, Laurence S. Shore, editor(s)
2009, Book chapter, Hormones and pharmaceuticals generated by concentrated animal feeding operations: transport in water and soil
Although in general, the same drugs are used by humans as for animal husbandry, some compounds are unique to CAFOs. In raising and fattening steers, anabolic steroids are widely used in the US. In the cattle industry, large use is made of the acaricides, avermectins, and the cypermethrins as well...
Pinon and Juniper Field Guide: Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Actions
R.J. Tausch, R.F. Miller, B.A. Roundy, J.C. Chambers
2009, Circular 1335
Pinon-juniper woodlands are an important vegetation type in the Great Basin. Old-growth and open shrub savanna woodlands have been present over much of the last several hundred years. Strong evidence indicates these woodlands have experienced significant tree infilling and major expansion in their distribution since the late 1800s by encroaching...
ModelMuse - A Graphical User Interface for MODFLOW-2005 and PHAST
Richard B. Winston
2009, Techniques and Methods 6-A29
ModelMuse is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) models MODFLOW-2005 and PHAST. This software package provides a GUI for creating the flow and transport input file for PHAST and the input files for MODFLOW-2005. In ModelMuse, the spatial data for the model is independent of...
Streamflow Simulations and Percolation Estimates Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool for Selected Basins in North-Central Nebraska, 1940-2005
Kellan R. Strauch, Joshua I. Linard
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5075
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Upper Elkhorn, Lower Elkhorn, Upper Loup, Lower Loup, Middle Niobrara, Lower Niobrara, Lewis and Clark, and Lower Platte North Natural Resources Districts, used the Soil and Water Assessment Tool to simulate streamflow and estimate percolation in north-central Nebraska to aid development of...
Benthic foraminiferal census data from Louisiana continental shelf cores, Gulf of Mexico
Lisa E. Osterman, Wendy S. Kelly, John P. Ricardo
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1348
An area of oxygen-depleted bottom- and subsurface-water (hypoxia = dissolved oxygen < 2 mg/L-1) occurs seasonally on the Louisiana Shelf near the Mississippi River. The area of hypoxia, also known as the “dead zone,” forms when spring and early summer freshwater flow from the Mississippi River supplies a large amount...
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3029
The Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC) conducts integrated research to fulfill the Department of the Interior's responsibilities to the Nation's natural resources. Located on 600 acres along the James River Valley near Jamestown, North Dakota, the NPWRC develops and disseminates scientific information needed to understand, conserve, and wisely manage...
Oblique Aerial Photography of the Arctic Coast of Alaska, Nulavik to Demarcation Point, August 7-10, 2006
Ann E. Gibbs, Bruce M. Richmond
2009, Data Series 436
The Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska, an area of strategic economic importance to the United States, is home to remote Native American communities and encompasses unique habitats of global significance. Coastal erosion along the Arctic coast is chronic and widespread; recent evidence suggests that erosion rates are among the...
Geologic Map of the Atlin Quadrangle, Southeastern Alaska
David A. Brew, Glen R. Himmelberg, Arthur B. Ford
2009, Scientific Investigations Map 2929
This map presents the results of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologic bedrock mapping studies in the mostly glacier covered Atlin 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, northern southeastern Alaska. These studies are part of a long-term systematic effort by the USGS to provide bedrock geologic and mineral-resource information for all of southeastern Alaska, covering...
Selected Geochemical Data for Modeling Near-Surface Processes in Mineral Systems
Stuart A. Giles, Matthew Granitto, Robert G. Eppinger
2009, Data Series 433
The database herein was initiated, designed, and populated to collect and integrate geochemical, geologic, and mineral deposit data in an organized manner to facilitate geoenvironmental mineral deposit modeling. The Microsoft Access database contains data on a variety of mineral deposit types that have variable environmental effects when exposed at the...
Examining Submarine Ground-Water Discharge into Florida Bay by using 222Rn and Continuous Resistivity Profiling
Peter Swarzenski, Chris Reich, David Rudnick
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1342
Estimates of submarine ground-water discharge (SGD) into Florida Bay remain one of the least understood components of a regional water balance. To quantify the magnitude and seasonality of SGD into upper Florida Bay, research activities included the use of the natural geochemical tracer, 222Rn, to examine potential SGD hotspots (222Rn...
Defining optimal freshwater flow for oyster production: effects of freshet rate and magnitude of change and duration on eastern oysters and Perkinsus marinus infection
Megan K. LaPeyre, B. Gossman, Jerome F. La Peyre
2009, Estuaries and Coasts (32) 522-534
In coastal Louisiana, the development of large-scale freshwater diversion projects has led to controversy over their effects on oyster resources. Using controlled laboratory experiments in combination with a field study, we examined the effects of pulsed freshwater events (freshet) of different magnitude, duration, and rate of change on oyster resources....
Three-dimensional movement of silver-phase American eels in the forebay of a small hydroelectric facility
Leah Brown, Alexander Haro, Theodore R. Castro-Santos
John M. Casselman, David K. Cairns, editor(s)
2009, Book chapter, Eels at the edge: Science, status, and conservation concerns
Declines in the population of the American eel, Anguilla rostrata, along the northwestern Atlantic have stimulated resource managers to consider the impact of hydroelectric facilities on silver-phase eels as they migrate downstream to the sea. During the fall of 2002, we investigated the movement of migrant eels passing downstream of a...
Balancing aquatic habitat fragmentation and control of invasive species: Enhancing selective fish passage at sea lamprey control barriers
Thomas C. Pratt, L. M. O’Connor, A. G. Hallett, R. L. McLaughlin, C. Katopodis, D. B. Haynes, Roger A. Bergstedt
2009, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (138) 652-665
Barriers to prevent spawning migrations of sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus remain an important component of an integrated sea lamprey management program in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Concerns about effects on nontarget fishes have led to the construction of specially designed vertical-slot trap-and-sort fishways to mitigate potential barrier effects. To improve passage at...
Seismic-wave strain, rotation, and gradiometry for the 4 March 2008 TAIGER explosions
Charles A. Langston, W.H.K. Lee, C.J. Lin, C.-C. Liu
2009, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (99) 1287-1301
Acceleration spatial gradients, horizontal strains, and horizontal rotation were computed using strong-motion array data from the 4 March 2008 TAIGER explosions in northeastern Taiwan and used in conjunction with the original three component acceleration data to perform a gradiometric analysis of the strong ground motion wave train. The...
Observing rotational and translational ground motions at the HGSD station in Taiwan from 2007 to 2008
Chun-Chi Liu, B. S. Huang, W.H.K. Lee, Chin-Jen Lin
2009, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (99) 1228-1236
Because of a lack of suitable instruments, rotational ground motions have not been observed until the last decade. Rotational measurements in the near field of earthquakes in Japan (Takeo, 1998) indicate that rotational ground motions are many times larger than expected from the classical elasticity...
Suggested readings in continuum mechanics and earthquake seismology
E. F. Grekova, W.H.K. Lee
2009, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (99) 1076-1081
Rotational seismology is a newly emerging field of interest to scientists from widely differing disciplines. We compile here some suggested readings for those wishing to become familiar with disciplines relevant to rotational seismology and its engineering applications. These readings are not exhaustive but contain a number of basic...
Array deployment to observe rotational and translational ground motions along the Meishan Fault, Taiwan: A progress report
Chien-Fu Wu, W.H.K. Lee, Huey-Chu Huang
2009, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (99) 1468-1474
Measurements in the near field of earthquakes in Japan (Takeo, 1998) and in Taiwan (Huang et al., 2006; Liu et al., 2009) indicate that rotational ground motions are many times larger than expected from the classical elasticity theory. The Central...
Recent advances in rotational seismology
W.H.K. Lee, Heiner Igel, Mihailo Trifunac
2009, Seismological Research Letters (80) 479-490
Rotational seismology is an emerging field of study concerned with all aspects of rotational motions induced by earthquakes, explosions, and ambient vibrations. Two recent monographs (Teisseyre et al. 2006; Teisseyre et al. 2008) and a Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America special issue on Rotational Seismology and Engineering Applications (Lee, Celebi et al. 2009) are...
Iodine-129 in the Snake River Plain Aquifer at and Near the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, 2003 and 2007
Roy C. Bartholomay
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5088
From 1953 to 1988, wastewater containing approximately 0.94 curies of iodine-129 (129I) was generated at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in southeastern Idaho. Almost all of this wastewater was discharged at or near the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) on the INL site. Most of the wastewater was...
Drilling and testing the DOI-04-1A coalbed methane well, Fort Yukon, Alaska
Arthur Clark, Charles E. Barker, Edwin P. Weeks
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1064
The need for affordable energy sources is acute in rural communities of Alaska where costly diesel fuel must be delivered by barge or plane for power generation. Additionally, the transport, transfer, and storage of fuel pose great difficulty in these regions. Although small-scale energy development in remote Arctic locations presents...
Bear Spray Safety Program
C.D. Blome, R.L. Kuzniar
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3018
A bear spray safety program for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was officially initiated by the Firearms Safety Committee to address accident prevention and to promote personnel training in bear spray and its transportation, storage, and use for defense against wild animals. Used as part of a system including firearms,...
Land Cover Trends in the Southern Florida Coastal Plain
Steven Kambly, Thomas R. Moreland
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5054
This report presents an assessment of land use and land cover change in the Southern Florida Coastal Plain ecoregion for the period from 1973 to 2000. The ecoregion is one of 84 level III ecoregions defined by the Environmental Protection Agency; ecoregions have been designed to serve as a spatial...
