Kīlauea’s 2008–2018 summit lava lake—Chronology and eruption insights
Matthew R. Patrick, Tim R. Orr, Don Swanson, Bruce F. Houghton, Kelly M. Wooten, Liliana G. Desmither, Carolyn Parcheta, David Fee
Matthew R. Patrick, Tim R. Orr, Don Swanson, Bruce F. Houghton, editor(s)
2021, Professional Paper 1867-A
The first eruption at Kīlauea’s summit in 25 years began on March 19, 2008, and persisted for 10 years. The onset of the eruption marked the first explosive activity at the summit since 1924, forming the new “Overlook crater” (as the 2008 summit eruption crater has been informally named) within...
LA-ICPMS U-Pb dating reveals cassiterite inheritance in the Yazov granite, Eastern Siberia: Implications for tin mineralization
Leonid A. Neymark, Christopher S. Holm-Denoma, Anatoly Larin, Richard J. Moscati, Yulia Plotkina
2021, Mineralium Deposita (56) 1177-1194
U-Pb dating of cassiterite and zircon from the Yazov granite (Transbaikalia region, Eastern Siberia, Russia) and cassiterite from spatially associated tin mineralization in the Tuyukan ore district in the Tonod uplift was conducted using in situ laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. These analyses allow comparison of isotopic systematics...
Simulating water and heat transport with freezing and cryosuction in unsaturated soil: Comparing an empirical, semi-empirical and physically-based approach
Joris C Stuurop, Sjoerd E. A. T. M van der Zee, Clifford I. Voss, Helen K French
2021, Advances in Water Resources (149)
Freezing of unsaturated soil is an important process that influences runoff and infiltration in cold-climate regions. We used a simple numerical model to simulate water and heat transport with phase change in unsaturated soil via three different approaches: empirical, semi-empirical and physically based. We compared the performance and parameterization of...
Coding-Complete Genome Sequence of Avian Orthoavulavirus 16, isolated from Emperor Goose (Anser canagica) feces, Alaska, USA
Andrew B. Reeves, Mary Lea Killian, Michael E Tanner, Benjamin Joel Lagasse, Andrew M. Ramey, David E. Stallknecht, Rebecca L. Poulson
2021, Microbiology Resource Announcements (10)
We sequenced the coding-complete genome of an avian orthoavulavirus serotype 16 (AOAV-16) isolate recovered from emperor goose (Anser canagicus) feces collected in Alaska. The detection of AOAV-16 in North America and genomic sequencing of the resultant isolate confirms that...
Efficient genotyping with backwards compatibility: Converting a legacy microsatellite panel for muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) to genotyping-by-sequencing chemistry
Kristen Gruenthal, Wesley Larson
2021, Conservation Genetics Resources (13) 151-159
Microsatellites have been a staple of population genetics research for over three decades, and many large datasets have been generated with these markers. Microsatellites have been used, for example, to conduct genetic monitoring and construct large multigeneration pedigrees as well as genotype thousands of individuals from a given species to...
Drivers of realized satellite tracking duration in marine turtles
Kristen Hart, Jacquelyn C. Guzy, Brian J. Smith
2021, Movement Ecology (9)
BackgroundSatellite tags have revolutionized our understanding of marine animal movements. However, tags may stop transmitting for many reasons and little research has rigorously examined tag failure. Using a long-term, large-scale, multi-species dataset, we evaluated factors influencing tracking duration of satellite tags to inform study design for future tracking studies.MethodsWe leveraged...
Juvenile Chinook salmon survival, travel time, and floodplain use relative to riverine channels in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Adam C. Pope, Russell Perry, Brett N. Harvey, Dalton Hance, Hal C Hansel
2021, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (150) 38-55
Floodplains provide multiple benefits to both resident and migratory fish species, including juvenile Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, but direct comparisons of survival during migration through a floodplain versus riverine routes are scarce. The Yolo Bypass is a broad floodplain of the Sacramento River that floods in about...
A subset of CyberShake ground-motion time series for response-history analysis
Jack W. Baker, Sanaz Rezaeian, Christine A. Goulet, Nico Luco, Ganyu Teng
2021, Earthquake Spectra Journal (37) 1162-1176
This manuscript describes a subset of CyberShake numerically simulated ground motions that were selected and vetted for use in engineering response-history analyses. Ground motions were selected that have seismological properties and response spectra representative of conditions in the Los Angeles area, based on disaggregation of seismic hazard....
Accelerometry to study fine-scale activity of invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in the wild
Nicholas M. Whitney, Connor F. White, Brian Smith, Michael Cherkiss, Frank J. Mazzotti, Kristen Hart
2021, Animal Biotelemetry (9)
The establishment of Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, has been connected to a > 90% decline in the mesomammal population in the park and is a major threat to native reptile and bird populations. Efforts to control this population are underway, but are hampered by a lack of...
Comparison of simple averaging and latent class modeling to estimate the area of land cover in the presence of reference data variability
Dingfan Xing, Stephen V. Stehman, Giles M Foody, Bruce Pengra
2021, Land (10)
Estimates of the area or percent area of the land cover classes within a study region are often based on the reference land cover class labels assigned by analysts interpreting satellite imagery and other ancillary spatial data. Different analysts interpreting the same spatial unit will not always...
Until It's a regulation it's not my fight: Complexities of a voluntary nonlead hunting ammunition program
J. H. Schulz, S. A. Wilhelm Stanis, D.M. Hall, Elisabeth B. Webb
2021, Journal of Environmental Management (277)
Wildlife and human health are at risk of lead exposure from spent hunting ammunition. Lead exposure persists for bald eagles due to bullet fragments in game animal gut piles and unretrieved carcasses, and is also a human health risk when wild...
Investigation of land surface phenology detections in shrublands using multiple scale satellite data
Dailiang Peng, Yan Wang, George Z. Xian, Alfredo R Huete, Wenjiang Huang, Miaogen Shen, Fumin Wang, Le Yu, Liangyun Liu, Qiaoyun Xie, Lingling Liu, Xiaoyang Zhang
2021, Remote Sensing of Environment (252)
Shrublands occupy about 13% of the global land surface, contain about one-third of the biodiversity, store about half of the global terrestrial carbon, and provide many ecosystem services to a large amount of world's human population and livestock. Because phenology is...
Yearly temperature fluctuations and survey speed influence road counts of wintering raptors
Christopher J W McClure, Brian W. Rolek, Gregory W Grove, Todd E. Katzner
2021, Ibis (163) 593-606
Globally, evaluation of population trends is the most pressing research need for many species of conservation concern. Road counts for birds of prey are useful for monitoring long‐term population trends and examining year‐to‐year variations in abundance. We examined data from 2155 road surveys conducted from 2001...
Modeling round goby growth in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron with multi-model inference
Youjian Duan, Charles P. Madenjian, Yingming Zhao, Bin Huo
2021, Fisheries Research (236)
Although the round goby Neogobius melanostomus has become established throughout the Laurentian Great Lakes, a multi-model inference (MMI) approach toward characterizing round goby growth in the Laurentian Great Lakes has yet to applied using otolith-derived data. Further, spatial variation in round goby growth among...
Evaluation of simulated ground motions using probabilistic seismic demand analysis: CyberShake (ver. 15.12) simulations for Ordinary Standard Bridges
Jawad Fayaz, Sanaz Rezaeian, Farzin Zareian
2021, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal (141)
There is a need for benchmarking and validating simulated ground motions in order for them to be utilized by the engineering community. Such validation may be geared towards a specific ground motion simulation method, a target engineering application, and a specific location; the validation presented herein focuses on a bridge...
A ground‐motion prediction model for shallow crustal earthquakes in Greece
David Boore, Jonathan P. Stewart, Andreas Skarlatoudis, Emel Seyhan, Basil Margaris, Nikos Theodoulidis, Emmanual Scordilis, Ionnis Kalogeras, Nikos Klimis, Nikos Melis
2021, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (111) 857-874
Using a recently completed database of uniformly processed strong‐motion data recorded in Greece, we derive a ground‐motion prediction model (GMPM) for horizontal‐component peak ground velocity, peak ground acceleration, and 5% damped pseudoacceleration response spectra, at 105 periods ranging from 0.01 to 10 s. The equations were developed by modifying a global...
Shared functional traits explain synchronous changes in long‐term count trends of migratory raptors
Patricia Kaye T. Dumandan, Keith L. Bildstein, Laurie J. Goodrich, Andrii Zaiats, Trevor Caughlin, Todd E. Katzner
2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography (30) 640-650
AimAssessing long‐term shifts in faunal assemblages is important to understand the consequences of ongoing global environmental change. One approach to assess drivers of assemblage changes is to identify the traits associated with synchronous shifts in count trends among species. Our research identified traits influencing trends in 73 years...
Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of life-history variability for a south-western cutthroat trout
Brock M. Huntsman, Colleen A. Caldwell, Abigail J. Lynch, Fitsum Abadi
2021, Ecology of Freshwater Fish (30) 100-114
The impacts of climate change on cold-water fishes will likely negatively manifest in populations at the trailing edge of their distributions. Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii virginalis, RGCT) occupy arid south-western U.S. streams at the southern-most edge of all cutthroat trout distributions, making RGCT particularly...
Progress and lessons learned from responses to landslide disasters
Brian D. Collins, Mark E. Reid, Jeffrey A. Coe, Jason W. Kean, Rex L. Baum, Randall W. Jibson, Jonathan W. Godt, Stephen Slaughter, Greg M. Stock
2021, Book chapter, Understanding and reducing landslide disaster risk
Landslides have the incredible power to transform landscapes and also, tragically, to cause disastrous societal impacts. Whereas the mechanics and effects of many landslide disasters have been analyzed in detail, the means by which landslide experts respond to these events has garnered much less attention. Herein, we evaluate nine landslide...
Identifying information gaps in predicting winter foraging habitat for juvenile Gulf Sturgeon
Leah L. Dale, James P. Cronin, Virginia Brink, Blair Tirpak, John M. Tirpak, William E. Pine III
2021, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (150) 222-241
The Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi is an anadromous species that inhabits Gulf of Mexico coastal waters from Louisiana to Florida and is listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Seasonal cues (e.g., freshwater discharge) determine the timing of spawning and migration and may influence the...
Canada goose survival and recovery rates in urban and rural areas of Iowa, USA
Benjamin Z. Luukkonen, Orrin E. Jones, Robert W. Klaver
2021, Journal of Wildlife Management (85) 283-292
Once extirpated from much of their North American range, temperate-breeding Canada geese (Branta canadensis maxima) have reached high abundance. As a result, focus has shifted from restoration to managing harvest and addressing human-goose conflict. Conflict persists or is increasing in urban areas throughout the Mississippi Flyway....
Exploring relationships among stream health, human well-being, and demographics in Virginia, USA
Paul L. Angermeier, Marc J. Stern, Leigh Anne Krometis, Tyler L. Hemby
2021, Ecological Indicators (121)
Quantification of empirical relationships between ecosystem health and human well-being is uncommon at broad spatial scales. We used public data for Virginia (USA) counties to examine pairwise correlations among two indicators of stream health, thirteen indicators of human well-being, and four demographic metrics. Our indicators of stream health included the...
Hydrogeomorphological controls on reach‐scale distributions of cichlid nest sites in a small neotropical river
Emily A. Buege, Peter C. Esselman, Sarah J. Praskievicz
2021, Ecology of Freshwater Fish (30) 244-255
The Cichlidae are among the most diversified families of fish in the Neotropics and represent an important component of aquatic biodiversity. Understanding cichlid nest‐site selection is important for assemblages facing uncertain futures due to species invasions and environmental change. This information could be used to predict how inter‐ and intraspecific...
Development of genetic baseline information to support the conservation and management of wild Brook Trout in North Carolina
David C. Kazyak, Barbara A. Lubinski, Jacob M Rash, Thomas C Johnson, Timothy L. King
2021, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (41) 626-638
Following centuries of declines, there is growing interest in conserving extant wild populations and reintroducing Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations of native ancestry. A population genetic baseline can enhance conservation outcomes and promote restoration success. Consequently, it is important to document existing patterns of genetic variation across the landscape and...
A global perspective on the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on freshwater fish biodiversity
Steve J. Cooke, William M. Twardek, Abigail J. Lynch, Ian G. Cowx, Julian D. Olden, Simon Funge-Smith, Kai Lorenzen, Robert Arlinghaus, Yushen Chen, Olaf L. F. Weyl, Elizabeth A. Nyboer, Paulo S. Pompeu, Stephanie M. Carlson, John D. Koehn, Adrian C. Pinder, Rajeev Raghavan, Sui C. Phang, Aaron A. Koning, William W. Taylor, Devin M. Bartley, J. Robert Britton
2021, Biological Conservation (253) 108932
The COVID-19 global pandemic and resulting effects on the economy and society (e.g., sheltering-in-place, alterations in transportation, changes in consumer behaviour, loss of employment) have yielded some benefits and risks to biodiversity. Here, we considered the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced (or may influence) freshwater fish biodiversity (e.g., richness,...
