New ecological knowledge and practices for society and sustainability
Erica Nichols, Jill Baron, Rodolfo Dirzo, Jose Sarukhan, Ana Persic, Salvatore Arico
2007, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (5) 1-3
As attributes of the Earth's ecosystems shift in the face of human impact and sustainability of ecosystem services becomes less certain, one important tool at the disposal of the scientific community and other groups is a blueprint for understanding, evaluating, and communicating the value of ecological services. The blueprint presented...
Scan line correction : enabling broader use of Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data
R.M. Kurtz
2007, Earth Imaging Journal (4) 32-36
No abstract available....
Determination of total mercury in fillets of sport fishes collected from Folsom Reservoir, California, 2006
Thomas W. May, William G. Brumbaugh
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1078
This report presents the results of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, done in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, to determine mercury concentrations in selected sport fishes from Folsom Reservoir in California. Fillets were collected from each fish sample, and after homogenization and lyophilization of fish fillets,...
Blue jays nest in an unusual structure
Erin L. Muths, Curtis P. Lyons, James A. Sedgwick
2007, The Passenger Pigeon (69) 29-34
We describe a successful Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) nest in an unusual structure on the side of a building. The nest was located near the edge of the species' range along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. The nest was completely obvious, suggesting that the structure itself...
Determination of total mercury in fillets of sport fishes collected from Folsom and New Melones Reservoirs, California, 2004
Thomas W. May, William G. Brumbaugh
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1077
This report presents the results of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, done in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, to determine mercury concentrations in selected sport fishes from Folsom and New Melones Reservoirs in California. Fillets were collected from each fish sample, and after homogenization and lyophilization...
Determination of total mercury in whole-body fish and fish muscle plugs collected from the South Fork of the Humboldt River, Nevada, September 2005
Thomas W. May, William G. Brumbaugh
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1059
This report presents the results of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, done in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, to determine mercury concentrations in whole-body fish and fish muscle plugs from the South Fork of the Humboldt River near Elko in the Te-Moak Indian Reservation. A single...
Anza-Terwilliger hydrogeologic structures in Riverside County, California
Andrew Y. Morita, Dennis A. Clark, Peter Martin
2007, Report
This digital geospatial dataset documents the fault traces in the Anza and Terwilliger area of southwest Riverside County, California, that were modified from Moyle (1971) by Woolfenden and Bright (1988, figure 8). The fault information is used to help assess ground-water level changes in the area of Anza and...
Restoration and rehabilitation of native species in the Great Lakes: Overview
Martin A. Stapanian
2007, Journal of Great Lakes Research (33) 1-7
The Laurentian Great Lakes have undergone many changes, both abiotic and biotic, since the early 1900s. Some positive changes have been the relatively recent recovery of some native species and habitats and a concentrated effort toward the recovery of others. The papers in this issue address some of these recoveries...
San Andreas Fault Zone mineralogy, geochemistry, and physical properties from SAFOD cuttings and core
J. G. Solum, S. Hickman, D.A. Lockner, S. Tembe, J.P. Evans, S. D. Draper, D. C. Barton, D. L. Kirschner, J. Chester, F. M. Chester, B.A. van der Pluijm, A. M. Schleicher, Diane E. Moore, Carolyn A. Morrow, K. R. Bradbury, W. M. Calvin, T.-F. Wong
2007, Scientific Drilling 64-67
No abstract available....
WOVOdat design document: The schema, table descriptions, and create table statements for the database of worldwide volcanic unrest (WOVOdat Version 1.0)
Dina Y. Venezky, Christopher G. Newhall
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1117
WOVOdat Overview During periods of volcanic unrest, the ability to forecast near future activity has been a primary concern for human populations living near volcanoes. Our ability to forecast future activity and mitigate hazards is based on knowledge of previous activity at the volcano exhibiting unrest and knowledge of previous activity...
Assessment of elemental concentrations in streams of the New Lead Belt in southeastern Missouri, 2002-05
William G. Brumbaugh, Thomas W. May, John M. Besser, Ann L. Allert, Christopher J. Schmitt
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5057
Concerns about possible effects of lead-mining activities on the water quality of federally protected streams located in southeastern Missouri prompted a suite of multidisciplinary studies to be conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey. As part of this investigation, a series of biological studies were initiated in 2001 for streams in...
The Role of Fuel Breaks in the Invasion of Nonnative Plants
Kyle E. Merriam, Jon E. Keeley, Jan L. Beyers
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5185
Executive Summary Fuel reduction projects have become an increasingly important component of state and federal fuels management programs. However, an unintended result of some pre-fire fuel manipulation projects may be the introduction of nonnative invasive plants. The establishment of nonnative plants within fuel breaks is a serious concern because the presence...
Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles at Mojave National Preserve: Final Report
Trevor B. Persons, Erika M. Nowak
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1109
As part of the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program in the Mojave Network, we conducted an inventory of amphibians and reptiles at Mojave National Preserve in 2004-2005. Objectives for this inventory were to use fieldwork, museum collections, and literature review to document the occurrence of reptile and amphibian...
Exchanges of Water between the Upper Floridan Aquifer and the Lower Suwannee and Lower Santa Fe Rivers, Florida
J. W. Grubbs, C. A. Crandall
2007, Professional Paper 1656-C
Exchanges of water between the Upper Floridan aquifer and the Lower Suwannee River were evaluated using historic and current hydrologic data from the Lower Suwannee River Basin and adjacent areas that contribute ground-water flow to the lowest 76 miles of the Suwannee River and the lowest 28 miles of the...
Pilot Study of Sublethal Effects on Fish of Pesticides Currently Used and Proposed for Use on Maine Blueberries
Adria A. Elskus
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1110
Blueberry pesticides have been detected consistently in some Down East Maine rivers, yet little is known about the sublethal effects of these pesticides on fish early life stages. The Maine blueberry industry is proposing to replace the insecticide ImidanTM (active ingredient phosmet) and the herbicide VelparTM (active ingredient hexazinone), two...
Organic-carbon sequestration in soil/sediment of the Mississippi River deltaic plain — Data; landscape distribution, storage, and inventory; accumulation rates; and recent loss, including a post-Katrina preliminary analysis
Helaine W. Markewich, Gary R. Buell, Louis D. Britsch, John P. McGeehin, John A. Robbins, John H. Wrenn, Douglas L. Dillon, Terry L. Fries, Nancy R. Morehead
2007, Professional Paper 1686-B
Soil/sediment of the Mississippi River deltaic plain (MRDP) in southeastern Louisiana is rich in organic carbon (OC). The MRDP contains about 2 percent of all OC in the surface meter of soil/sediment in the Mississippi River Basin (MRB). Environments within the MRDP differ in soil/sediment organic carbon (SOC) accumulation rate,...
Comprehensive Areal Model of Earthquake-Induced Landslides: Technical Specification and User Guide
Scott B. Miles, David K. Keefer
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1072
This report describes the complete design of a comprehensive areal model of earthquakeinduced landslides (CAMEL). This report presents the design process, technical specification of CAMEL. It also provides a guide to using the CAMEL source code and template ESRI ArcGIS map document file for applying CAMEL, both of which can...
Bathymetry of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada
Thomas J. Lopes, J. LaRue Smith
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5012
Walker Lake lies within a topographically closed basin in west-central Nevada and is the terminus of the Walker River. Much of the streamflow in the Walker River is diverted for irrigation, which has contributed to a decline in lake-surface altitude of about 150 feet and an increase in dissolved solids...
Potentiometric Surface of the Upper Floridan Aquifer, West-Central Florida, May 2006
A.G. Ortiz
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1032
Introduction Hydrologic Conditions in West-Central Florida The Floridan aquifer system consists of the Upper and Lower Floridan aquifers separated by the middle confining unit. The middle confining unit and the Lower Floridan aquifer in west-central Florida generally contain highly mineralized water. The...
How Much Water Is in the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, and How Much Is Used?
Mark N. Landers, Jaime A. Painter
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3034
Questions of how much water is in the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint (ACF) Rivers and how much is used do not have simple answers. The answers depend on the location in the river basin and on the year and season (as discussed on the first two pages of this fact...
Selenium and Mercury Concentrations in Fish, Wolford Mountain Reservoir, Colorado, 2005
Nancy J. Bauch
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5019
A reconnaissance investigation of selenium and total mercury in fish in Wolford Mountain Reservoir, Colorado, was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in June 2005, in cooperation with the Colorado River Water Conservation District. A total of 32 game and nongame fish were collected from three sites in the reservoir...
Ground-Water Hydrology of the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon and California
Marshall W. Gannett, Kenneth E. Lite Jr., Jonathan L. La Marche, Bruce J. Fisher, Danial J. Polette
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5050
The upper Klamath Basin spans the California-Oregon border from the flank of the Cascade Range eastward to the Basin and Range Province, and encompasses the Klamath River drainage basin above Iron Gate Dam. Most of the basin is semiarid, but the Cascade Range and uplands in the interior and eastern...
Pesticides in ground water - Niobrara and Weston Counties, Wyoming, 2005-2006
Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3024
In 1991, members of local, State, and Federal governments, as well as industry and interest groups, formed the Ground-water and Pesticide Strategy Committee to prepare the State of Wyoming's generic Management Plan for Pesticides in Ground Water. Part of this management plan is to sample and analyze Wyoming's ground water...
Publications of the Western Earth Surfaces Processes Team 2005
Charles Powell II, Paul Stone
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1027
Introduction The Western Earth Surface Processes Team (WESPT) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts geologic mapping, earth-surface process investigations, and related topical earth science studies in the western United States. This work is focused on areas where modern geologic maps and associated earth-science data are needed to address key societal...
Preliminary Results of Subsurface Exploration and Monitoring at the Johnson Creek Landslide, Lincoln County, Oregon
William H. Schulz, William L. Ellis
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1127
The Johnson Creek landslide is a translational, primarily bedrock landslide located along the Oregon coast about 5 km north of Newport. The landslide has damaged U.S. Highway 101 many times since construction of the highway and at least two geological and geotechnical investigations of the landslide have been performed by...
