Acceptance of the 2009 Henry Baldwin Ward Medal: The accidental parasitologist
Kevin D. Lafferty
2009, Journal of Parasitology (95) 1267-1271
Members of the Society, President Conn, colleagues, friends, and particularly students, the Ward Medal recipient, from Clarke Read onward, traditionally recounts how their career was shaped. A decade ago, in a crumbling Kona hotel, the ASP's own tattooed lady, Janine Caira, opened her Ward Medal address with: “To all future...
Calling for an ecological approach to studying climate change and infectious diseases
Kevin D. Lafferty
2009, Ecology (90) 932-933
My Concepts and Synthesis paper (Lafferty 2009),which inspired this Forum, echoed the premise that earlyreviews about climate change exaggerated claims thatinfectious diseases will increase in the future (Randolph2009). The paper sparked five well-reasoned commen-taries from ecologists with considerable expertise ininfectious diseases (Dobson 2009, Harvell et al. 2009,Ostfeld 2009, Pascual and...
Book review: Birds of Prey: Health & Disease, Third Edition
Glenn H. Olsen
2009, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (45) 888-889
Even though this book is billed as the third edition it is, in the words of Patrick T. Redig, author of its Foreword, ‘‘a seriously reinvented book.’’ Originally published in 1978 under the title of Veterinary Aspects of Captive Birds of Prey, this new edition, with its new title, could...
Multifunctional grass farming: Science and policy considerations
George Boody, Prasanna H. Gowda, John Westra, Caroline van Schaik, Patrick Welle, Bruce C. Vondracek, Dennis Johnson
Alan J. Franzluebbers, editor(s)
2009, Book chapter, Farming with frass: Achieving sustainable mixed agricultural landscapes
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Warmwater fish in large standing waters
L.E. Miranda, Jeff Boxrucker
Scott A. Bonar, Wayne A. Hubert, David W. Willis, editor(s)
2009, Book chapter, Standard methods for sampling North American freshwater fishes
Large standing waters are defined as those larger than 200 ha. Water temperature is a major determinant of fish assemblages in large standing water of North America (Matthews 1998 ). From a thermal perspective, eaters are broadly classified into coldwater (inhabited by trout and salmon) and warmwater (intolerable to trout...
The Drenchwater deposit, Alaska: An example of a natural low pH environment resulting from weathering of an undisturbed shale-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag deposit
G.E. Graham, K.D. Kelley
2009, Applied Geochemistry (24) 232-245
The Drenchwater shale-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag deposit and the immediate vicinity, on the northern flank of the Brooks Range in north-central Alaska, is an ideal example of a naturally low pH system. The two drainages, Drenchwater and False Wager Creeks, which bound the deposit, differ in their acidity and metal contents. Moderately...
Effects of an unseasonable snowstorm on red-faced Warbler nesting success
Karie L. Decker, C.J. Conway
2009, Condor (111) 392-395
Earlier initiation of nests by breeding birds may reflect an adaptive response to changes in food availability or warming of spring temperatures, but the consequences of initiating nests too early may be severe, particularly at high elevations. A rare snowstorm in late May 2008 resulted in nest abandonment by 68%...
Did the Middlesboro, Kentucky, bolide impact event influence coal rank?
J.C. Hower, S.F. Greb, K.W. Kuehn, C.F. Eble
2009, International Journal of Coal Geology (79) 92-96
The Middlesboro Basin, southeastern Kentucky, occurs on the Cumberland Overthrust Sheet and includes a ca. 5.5-km diameter impact structure. The Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian coal-bearing strata are faulted, with some evidence for shock metamorphism. The event post-dated the latest-Pennsylvanian-early-Permian thrusting and was likely prior to late-Mesozoic entrenchment of drainages. The...
Instability of seawater pH in the South China Sea during the mid-late Holocene: Evidence from boron isotopic composition of corals
Yajing Liu, W. Liu, Z. Peng, Y. Xiao, G. Wei, W. Sun, J. He, Gaisheng Liu, C. L. Chou
2009, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (73) 1264-1272
We used positive thermal ionization mass spectrometry (PTIMS) to generate high precision ??11B records in Porites corals of the mid-late Holocene from the South China Sea (SCS). The ??11B values of the Holocene corals vary significantly, ranging from 22.2??? to 25.5???. The paleo-pH records of the SCS, reconstructed from the...
Plant response to nutrient availability across variable bedrock geologies
S.C. Castle, J. C. Neff
2009, Ecosystems (12) 101-113
We investigated the role of rock-derived mineral nutrient availability on the nutrient dynamics of overlying forest communities (Populus tremuloides and Picea engelmanni-Abies lasiocarpa v. arizonica) across three parent materials (andesite, limestone, and sandstone) in the southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Broad geochemical differences were observed between bedrock materials; however, bulk...
TreeMAC: Localized TDMA MAC protocol for real-time high-data-rate sensor networks
W.-Z. Song, R. Huang, B. Shirazi, R.L. Husent
2009, Conference Paper, 7th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2009
Earlier sensor network MAC protocols focus on energy conservation in low-duty cycle applications, while some recent applications involve real-time high-data-rate signals. This motivates us to design an innovative localized TDMA MAC protocol to achieve high throughput and low congestion in data collection sensor networks, besides energy conservation. TreeMAC divides a...
Major earthquakes recorded by Speleothems in Midwestern U.S. caves
S.V. Panno, C.C. Lundstrom, Keith C. Hackley, B. Brandon Curry, B.W. Fouke, Z. Zhang
2009, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (99) 2147-2154
Historic earthquakes generated by the New Madrid seismic zone represent some of the largest recorded in the United States, yet prehistoric events are recognized only through deformation in late-Wisconsin to Holocene-age, near surface sediments (liquefaction, monoclinal folding, and changes in river meanders). In this article, we show that speleothems in...
Use of non-natal estuaries by migratory striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in summer
M. E. Mather, John T. Finn, K.H. Ferry, Linda A. Deegan, G.A. Nelson
2009, Fishery Bulletin (107) 329-338
For most migratory fish, little is known about the location and size of foraging areas or how long individuals remain in foraging areas, even though these attributes may affect their growth, survival, and impact on local prey. We tested whether striped bass (Morone saxatilis Walbaum), found in Massachusetts in summer,...
A combined telemetry - tag return approach to estimate fishing and natural mortality rates of an estuarine fish
N.M. Bacheler, J.A. Buckel, J.E. Hightower, L.M. Paramore, K. H. Pollock
2009, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (66) 1230-1244
A joint analysis of tag return and telemetry data should improve estimates of mortality rates for exploited fishes; however, the combined approach has thus far only been tested in terrestrial systems. We tagged subadult red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) with conventional tags and ultrasonic transmitters over 3 years in coastal North...
Integration of MODIS-derived metrics to assess interannual variability in snowpack, lake ice, and NDVI in southwest Alaska
Bradley C. Reed, Michael E. Budde, Page Spencer, Amy E. Miller
2009, Remote Sensing of Environment (113) 1443-1452
Impacts of global climate change are expected to result in greater variation in the seasonality of snowpack, lake ice, and vegetation dynamics in southwest Alaska. All have wide-reaching physical and biological ecosystem effects in the region. We used Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) calibrated radiance, snow cover extent, and vegetation...
The Mauna Loa carbon dioxide record: lessons for long-term Earth observations
Eric T. Sundquist, Ralph F. Keeling
2009, Book chapter, Carbon Sequestration and Its Role in the Global Carbon Cycle
The Mauna Loa carbon dioxide record is an iconic symbol of the human capacity to alter the planet. Yet this record would not have been possible without the remarkable work of one man, Charles David Keeling. We describe three emergent themes that characterized his work: (1) his desire to study...
Gas chromatographic–mass spectrometric fragmentation study of phytoestrogens as their trimethylsilyl derivatives: Identification in soy milk and wastewater samples
Imma Ferrar, Larry B. Barber, E. Michael Thurman
2009, Journal of Chromatography A (1216) 6024-6032
An analytical method for the identification of eight plant phytoestrogens (biochanin A, coumestrol, daidzein, equol, formononetin, glycitein, genistein and prunetin) in soy products and wastewater samples was developed using gas chromatography coupled with ion trap mass spectrometry (GC/MS–MS). The phytoestrogens were derivatized as their trimethylsilyl ethers with trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS) and...
A survey of the occurrence of Bacillus anthracis in North American soils over two long-range transects and within post-Katrina New Orleans
Dale W. Griffin, T. Petrosky, S.A. Morman, V.A. Luna
2009, Applied Geochemistry (24) 1464-1471
Soil samples were collected along a north-south transect extending from Manitoba, Canada, to the US-Mexico border near El Paso, Texas in 2004 (104 samples), a group of sites within New Orleans, Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (19 samples), and a Gulf Coast transect extending from Sulphur, Louisiana, to DeFuniak...
Road zone effects in small-mammal communities
J.A. Bissonette, S.A. Rosa
2009, Ecology and Society (14)
Our study focused on the putative effects of roads on small-mammal communities in a high desert region of southern Utah. Specifically, we tested whether or not roads create adjacent zones characterized by lower small- mammal densities, abundance, and diversity. We sampled abundance of small mammals at increasing distances from Interstate...
Evidence that pairing with genetically similar mates is maladaptive in a monogamous bird
Herve Mulard, E. Danchin, Sandra L. Talbot, Andrew M. Ramey, Scott A. Hatch, J.F. White, F. Helfenstein, R.H. Wagner
2009, BMC Evolutionary Biology (9)
BackgroundEvidence of multiple genetic criteria of mate choice is accumulating in numerous taxa. In many species, females have been shown to pair with genetically dissimilar mates or with extra-pair partners that are more genetically compatible than their social mates, thereby increasing their offsprings' heterozygosity which often correlates with...
Far field tsunami simulations of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake: Implications for tsunami hazard to the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean
R. Barkan, Uri S. ten Brink, J. Lin
2009, Marine Geology (264) 109-122
The great Lisbon earthquake of November 1st, 1755 with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.5-9.0 was the most destructive earthquake in European history. The associated tsunami run-up was reported to have reached 5-15??m along the Portuguese and Moroccan coasts and the run-up was significant at the Azores and Madeira Island....
A critical evaluation of crustal dehydration as the cause of an overpressured and weak San Andreas Fault
P.M. Fulton, D.M. Saffer, B.A. Bekins
2009, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (284) 447-454
Many plate boundary faults, including the San Andreas Fault, appear to slip at unexpectedly low shear stress. One long-standing explanation for a "weak" San Andreas Fault is that fluid release by dehydration reactions during regional metamorphism generates elevated fluid pressures that are localized within the fault, reducing the effective normal...
EMAG2: A 2-arc min resolution Earth Magnetic Anomaly Grid compiled from satellite, airborne, and marine magnetic measurements
S. Maus, U. Barckhausen, H. Berkenbosch, N. Bournas, J. Brozena, V. Childers, F. Dostaler, J.D. Fairhead, Carol A. Finn, Ralph R. B. von Frese, C. Gaina, S. Golynsky, R. Kucks, Hai Lu, P. Milligan, S. Mogren, R.D. Muller, O. Olesen, M. Pilkington, R. Saltus, B. Schreckenberger, E. Thebault, F.C. Tontini
2009, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (10)
A global Earth Magnetic Anomaly Grid (EMAG2) has been compiled from satellite, ship, and airborne magnetic measurements. EMAG2 is a significant update of our previous candidate grid for the World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map. The resolution has been improved from 3 arc min to 2 arc min, and the altitude...
The influence of wellbore inflow on electromagnetic borehole flowmeter measurements
T. Clemo, W. Barrash, E.C. Reboulet, T.C. Johnson, C. Leven
2009, Ground Water (47) 515-525
This paper describes a combined field, laboratory, and numerical study of electromagnetic borehole flowmeter measurements acquired without the use of a packer or skirt to block bypass flow around the flowmeter. The most significant finding is that inflow through the wellbore screen changes the ratio of flow through the flowmeter...
Deformation of the Batestown till of the Lake Michigan lobe, Laurentide ice sheet
J.F. Thomason, N.R. Iverson
2009, Journal of Glaciology (55) 131-146
Deep, pervasive shear deformation of the bed to high strains (>100) may have been primarily responsible for flow and sediment transport of the Lake Michigan lobe of the Laurentide ice sheet. To test this hypothesis, we sampled at 0.2 m increments a basal till from one advance of the lobe...
