ASTER and USGS EROS emergency imaging for hurricane disasters
Kenneth A. Duda, Michael Abrams
2007, Circular 1306-4D
Satellite images have been extremely useful in a variety of emergency response activities, including hurricane disasters. This article discusses the collaborative efforts of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Joint United States-Japan Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Science Team, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...
Extreme changes to barrier islands along the central Gulf of Mexico coast during Hurricane Katrina
Asbury Sallenger, Wayne Wright, Jeff Lillycrop, Peter Howd, Hilary Stockdon, Kristy K. Guy, Karen Morgan
2007, Circular 1306-5C
Hurricane Katrina caused extreme changes to the barrier islands of the central Gulf of Mexico coast. Dauphin Island, Ala., migrated landward and stranded the remains of its oceanfront row homes in the sea. Chandeleur Islands, La., were completely stripped of their sand, leaving only marshy outcrops in the storm's wake....
Characteristics of vesicomyid clams and their environment at the Blake Ridge cold seep, South Carolina, USA
Taylor P. Heyl, William P. Gilhooly III, Randolph M. Chambers, George W. Gilchrist, Stephen A. Macko, Carolyn D. Ruppel, Cindy L. Van Dover
2007, Marine Ecology Progress Series (339) 169-184
Spatial distributions and patchiness of dominant megafaunal invertebrates in deep-sea seep environments may indicate heterogeneities in the flux of reduced chemical compounds. At the Blake Ridge seep off South Carolina, USA, the invertebrate assemblage includes dense populations of live vesicomyid clams (an undescribed species) as well as extensive clam shell...
Evolving plans for the USA National Phenology Network
J.L. Betancourt, M.D. Schwartz, D.D. Breshears, C.A. Brewer, G. Frazer, J.E. Gross, S.J. Mazer, B. C. Reed, B.E. Wilson
2007, Conference Paper, Eos
[No abstract available]...
Concentrations of metals in water, sediment, biofilm, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish in the Boulder River watershed, Montana, and the role of colloids in metal uptake
Aida Farag, David A. Nimick, Briant A. Kimball, Stanley E. Church, David D. Harper, William G. Brumbaugh
2007, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (52) 397-409
To characterize the partitioning of metals in a stream ecosystem, concentrations of trace metals including As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn were measured in water, colloids, sediment, biofilm (also referred to as aufwuchs), macroinvertebrates, and fish collected from the Boulder River watershed, Montana. Median concentrations of Cd, Cu, and...
Wind damage and salinity effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on coastal baldcypress forests of Louisiana
Thomas W. Doyle, William H. Conner, Richard H. Day, Ken W. Krauss, Christopher M. Swarzenski
2007, Circular 1306-6F
The frequency of hurricane landfall in a given coastal stretch may play a more important role in the ecology of coastal forests than previously thought because of direct and indirect impacts of fallen trees and the introduction of salt water that lingers long after the storm passes. Findings show that...
Sediment deposition from Hurricane Rita on Hackberry Beach chenier in southwestern Louisiana
Stephen Faulkner, Wylie Barrow, Thomas Doyle, Michael Baldwin, Thomas Michot, Christopher Wells, Clint Jeske
2007, Circular 1306-6E
Hurricane Rita significantly impacted the chenier forests of southwestern Louisiana, an important habitat for Neotropical migratory birds. Sediment deposition was measured along transects at Hackberry Beach chenier, and Rita's effects on chenier structure and morphology were determined....
Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on floodplain forests of the Pearl River
Stephen Faulkner, Wylie Barrow, Brady R. Couvillion, William Conner, Lori Randall, Michael Baldwin
2007, Circular 1306-6A
Floodplain forests are an important habitat for Neotropical migratory birds. Hurricane Katrina passed through the Pearl River flood plain shortly after making landfall. Field measurements on historical plots and remotely sensed data were used to assess the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the structure of floodplain forests of the Pearl...
Broad-scale response of landbird migration to the immediate effects of Hurricane Katrina
Wylie Barrow Jr., J. Buler, Brady R. Couvillion, Robb Diehl, Stephen Faulkner, F. Moore, Lori Randall
2007, Circular 1306-6B
It was the midst of songbird migration season when Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana coast in 2005. Typically these birds fatten up in Gulf Coast river bottomland forest for the long flight to Central and South America. After Katrina stripped plants of leaves, fruits, and insects in the fertile bottomlands...
Risk-targeted versus current seismic design maps for the conterminous United States
Nicolas Luco, Bruce R. Ellingwood, Ronald O. Hamburger, John D. Hooper, Jeffrey K. Kimball, Charles A. Kircher
2007, Conference Paper, SEAOC 2007 Convention Proceedings
The probabilistic portions of the seismic design maps in the NEHRP Provisions (FEMA, 2003/2000/1997), and in the International Building Code (ICC, 2006/2003/2000) and ASCE Standard 7-05 (ASCE, 2005a), provide ground motion values from the USGS that have a 2% probability of being exceeded in 50 years. Under the assumption that...
Sea otters in a dirty ocean
David A. Jessup, Melissa A. Miller, Christine Kreuder Johnson, Patricia A. Conrad, M. Tim Tinker, James A. Estes, Jonna A.K. Mazet
2007, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (231) 1648-1652
No abstract available....
Occurrence and genetic typing of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in Kamchatka, Russia
S.L. Rudakova, Gael Kurath, E.V. Bochkova
2007, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (75) 1-11
Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) is a well known rhabdoviral pathogen of salmonid fish in North America that has become established in Asia and Europe. On the Pacific coast of Russia, IHNV was first detected in hatchery sockeye from the Kamchatka Peninsula in 2001. Results of virological examinations of over...
A new deepwater species of the snake eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from North Carolina
J.E. McCosker, Steve W. Ross
2007, Copeia 783-787
Ophichthus brevirostris, a new species of snake eel, subfamily Ophichthinae, is described from a specimen trawled in deep water (406-440 m) off North Carolina. It is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: large orbit; filamentous pectoral fin; two preopercular pores; short snout; minute dentition; body coloration;...
Appropriate postfire management for the 2007 Griffith park Fire
Jon E. Keeley
2007, Newsletter of the Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council (11) 3-5
No abstract available....
Mapping impervious surfaces using classification and regression tree algorithm
G. Xian
Q. Weng, editor(s)
2007, Book chapter, Remote sensing of impervious surfaces
No abstract available....
Monitoring volcano threats from space
Kenneth A. Duda, Rick L. Wessels, Michael Ramsey, Jonathan Dehn
2007, Earthzine (December)
Volcanoes can have extremely wide ranging effects. Even a single eruption can cause disastrous climate changes at great distance from the source. Thus, it is important to have a system to monitor even the most remote volcanoes. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra spacecraft...
Seabirds as indicators of marine ecosystems: Introduction: A modern role for seabirds as indicators
John F. Piatt, William J. Sydeman, Francis Wiese
2007, Marine Ecology Progress Series (352) 199-204
A key requirement for implementing ecosystem-based management is to obtain timely information on significant fluctuations in the ecosystem (Botsford et al. 1997). However, obtaining all necessary information about physical and biological changes at appropriate temporal and spatial scales is a daunting task. Intuitively, one might assume that physical data are more...
The Alaska Resource Data File
D. J. Grybeck, Frederic H. Wilson, D P. Bickerstaff
2007, The Alaska Miner (35) 6-17
No abstract available....
Chlorinated solvents in groundwater of the United States
M.J. Moran, J.S. Zogorski, P. J. Squillace
2007, Environmental Science & Technology (41) 74-81
Four chlorinated solvents-methylene chloride, perchloroethene (PCE), 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and trichloroethene (TCE)-were analyzed in samples of groundwater taken throughout the conterminous United States by the U.S. Geological Survey. The samples were collected between 1985 and 2002 from more than 5,000 wells. Of 55 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) analyzed in groundwater samples, solvents...
Detrital zircon geochronology of some neoproterozoic to triassic rocks in interior Alaska
D. C. Bradley, W.C. McClelland, J. L. Wooden, A.B. Till, S. M. Roeske, Marti L. Miller, Susan M. Karl, J.G. Abbott
2007, Special Paper of the Geological Society of America 155-189
No abstract available. ...
The geophysical character of southern Alaska - Implications for crustal evolution
R. W. Saltus, T. L. Hudson, Frederic H. Wilson
2007, Special Paper of the Geological Society of America (431) 1-20
The southern Alaska continental margin has undergone a long and complicated history of plate convergence, subduction, accretion, and margin-parallel displacements. The crustal character of this continental margin is discernible through combined analysis of aeromagnetic and gravity data with key constraints from previous seismic interpretation. Regional magnetic data are particularly useful...
Crims Island habitat restoration in the Columbia River estuary - fisheries monitoring and evaluation, 2006
Craig A. Haskell, Kenneth F. Tiffan, Ryan C. Koch, Dennis W. Rondorf
2007, Report
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Investigating passage of ESA-listed juvenile fall Chinook salmon at Lower Granite Dam during winter when the fish bypass system is not operated. Annual report 2006
T.J. Kock, K.F. Tiffan, W.P. Connor
2007, Report
n/a...
Linkages between nutrients and assemblages of macroinvertebrates and fish in wadeable streams: Implication to nutrient criteria development
L. Wang, Dale M. Robertson, P.J. Garrison
2007, Environmental Management (39) 194-212
We sampled 240 wadeable streams across Wisconsin for different forms of phosphorus and nitrogen, and assemblages of macroinvertebrates and fish to (1) examine how macroinvertebrate and fish measures correlated with the nutrients; (2) quantify relationships between key biological measures and nutrient forms to identify potential threshold levels of nutrients to...
Selected chemical composition of deposited sediments in the flooded areas of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina
Emitt C. Witt III, Craig Adams, Jianmin Wang, David K. Shaver, Youssef Filali-Meknassi
2007, Circular 1306-7B
Nearly 4 weeks after Hurricane Katrina passed through St. Bernard Parish, the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center and the University of Missouri-Rolla's (UMR) Natural Hazard Mitigation Institute deployed a team of scientists to the region to collect perishable environmental and engineering data. The team collected 149 samples...
