The Nature Conservancy's approach to conserving and rehabilitating biological diversity in the Upper Mississippi River system
M. Reuter, K. Lubinski, P. West, D. Blodgett, M. Khoury
2005, Archiv fur Hydrobiologie (15 Suppl.) 549-560
Abstract has not been submitted...
A surficial hydrogeologic framework for the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
Scott W. Ator, Judith M. Denver, David E. Krantz, Wayne L. Newell, Sarah K. Martucci
2005, Professional Paper 1680
A surficial hydrogeologic framework was developed for the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, from New Jersey through North Carolina. The framework includes seven distinct hydrogeologic subregions within which the primary natural physical factors affecting the flow and chemistry of shallow ground water and small streams are relatively consistent. Within most subregions, the...
Coastal iron fluxes to surface waters of the NE Pacific: A driver of the marine ecosystem and carbon cycle
John Crusius, J.L. Nielsen
2005, Report
A synthesis of ecological and fish-community changes in Lake Ontario, 1970-2000
E.L. Mills, J.M. Casselman, R. Dermott, J.D. Fitzsimons, G. Gal, K. T. Holeck, J.A. Hoyle, O. E. Johannsson, B.F. Lantry, J.C. Makarewicz, E.S. Millard, I.F. Munawar, M. Munawar, R. O'Gorman, R.W. Owens, L. G. Rudstam, T. Schaner, T.J. Stewart
2005, Technical Report 67
We assessed stressors associated with ecological and fishcommunity changes in Lake Ontario since 1970, when the first symposium on Salmonid Communities in Oligotrophic Lakes (SCOL I) was held (J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 29: 613-616). Phosphorus controls implemented in the early 1970s were undeniably successful; lower food-web studies showed declines...
Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem processes: Implications for ecosystem management
D.U. Hooper, F. S. Chapin III, J.J. Ewel, A. Hector, P. Inchausti, W.K. Lauenroth, S. Lavorel, D.M. Lodge, M. Loreau, S. Naeem, B. Schmid, H. Setala, A.J. Symstad, J. Vandermeer, D.A. Wardle
2005, Report
No abstract available....
Biological science in the Great Basin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3004
The Great Basin is an expanse of desert and high moun-tains situated between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada of the western United States. The most explicit description of the Great Basin is that area in the West where surface waters drain inland. In other words, the Great Basin...
Stakeholder survey results for Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge: Completion report
Natalie R. Sexton, Susan C. Stewart, Lynne Koontz, Katherine D. Wundrock
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1378
Lake Umbagog is a newly established Refuge (in 1993) with an increasing visitation. Current visitation numbers are around 55,000 visits/year. Though limited visitor services are currently offered, additional services will be proposed in the CCP. The purpose of this survey is to assess interested publics' and stakeholders' satisfaction with existing...
Assessment of bird populations in a high quality savanna/woodland: a banding approach
Sandra L. Wilmore, Gary A. Glowacki, Ralph Grundel
2005, Chicago Wilderness Journal (3) 5-13
Between 1999 and 2004, Save the Dunes Conservation Fund's Miller Woods Bird Banding Program monitored migrating and breeding bird populations within a high quality black oak, dry-mesic sand savanna/woodland with ridge and swale topography. The objectives of this program were to collect consistent and reliable demographic and abundance data on...
Hydrogeomorphic classification for Great Lakes coastal wetlands
Dennis A. Albert, Douglas A. Wilcox, Joel W. Ingram, Todd A. Thompson
2005, Journal of Great Lakes Research (31) 129-146
A hydrogeomorphic classification scheme for Great Lakes coastal wetlands is presented. The classification is hierarchical and first divides the wetlands into three broad hydrogeomorphic systems, lacustrine, riverine, and barrier-protected, each with unique hydrologic flow characteristics and residence time. These systems are further subdivided into finer geomorphic types based on physical...
A risk assessment based approach for the management of whirling disease
J. L. Bartholomew, B. Kerans, R.P. Hedrick, S. C. MacDiarmid, J. R. Winton
2005, Reviews in Fisheries Science (13) 205-230
No abstract available ...
Pathways of food uptake in native (Unionidae) and introduced (Corbiculidae and Dreissenidae) freshwater bivalves
S. Jerrine Nichols, Harold Silverman, Thomas H. Dietz, John W. Lynn, Donald L. Garling
2005, Journal of Great Lakes Research (31) 87-96
Nineteen species of adult freshwater bivalves were able to use water currents generated from within the mantle cavity to move non-suspended algae into the shell through non-siphon areas such as the anterior shell valve edge and the mid-ventral point of the shell. This was in addition to, and not in...
Aeolian sand preserved in Silver Lake: a new signal of Holocene high stands of Lake Michigan
Timothy G. Fisher, Walter L. Loope
2005, Holocene (15) 1072-1078
Aeolian sand within lake sediment from Silver Lake, Michigan can be used as a proxy for the timing of high lake levels of Lake Michigan.We demonstrate that the sand record from Silver Lake plotted as percent weight is in-phase with the elevation curve of Lake Michigan since the mid-Holocene Nipissing...
Juvenile rainbow trout production in New York tributaries of Lake Ontario: implications for Atlantic salmon restoration
James E. McKenna Jr., James H. Johnson
2005, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (25) 391-403
Three Pacific salmonid species Onchorynchus spp. have replaced the extirpated Atlantic salmon Salmo salar as the main migratory salmonid in the Lake Ontario drainage. One of those species, the nonnative rainbow trout O. mykiss, has become widely distributed within the historical Atlantic salmon habitat, occupying an ecological niche similar to...
Efficacy of using radio transmitters to monitor least tern chicks
Joanna B. Whittier, David M. Leslie Jr.
2005, The Wilson Bulletin (117) 85-91
Little is known about Least Tern (Sterna antillarum) chicks from the time they leave the nest until fledging because they are highly mobile and cryptically colored. We evaluated the efficacy of using radiotelemetry to monitor Interior Least Tern (S. a. athalassos) chicks at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma. In...
Application of neural networks to prediction of fish diversity and salmonid production in the Lake Ontario basin
James E. McKenna Jr.
2005, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (134) 28-43
Diversity and fish productivity are important measures of the health and status of aquatic systems. Being able to predict the values of these indices as a function of environmental variables would be valuable to management. Diversity and productivity have been related to environmental conditions by multiple linear regression and discriminant...
Thiamine status of Cayuga Lake rainbow trout and its influence on spawning migration
H. George Ketola, Thomas L. Chiotti, Robert S. Rathman, John D. Fitzsimons, Dale C. Honeyfield, Peter J. Van Dusen, Graham E. Lewis
2005, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (25) 1281-1287
Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in Cayuga Lake, New York, appear to be suffering from a thiamine deficiency because their progeny develop general weakness, loss of equilibrium, and increased mortality, which are prevented by treatment with thiamine. Thiamine status and its effect on adults are unknown. In 2000 and 2002, we...
Reply to "Comment on 'How can seismic hazard around the New Madrid seismic zone be similar to that in California?' by Arthur Frankel", by Zhenming Wang, Baoping Shi, and John D. Kiefer
Arthur Frankel
2005, Seismological Research Letters (76) 472-475
[No abstract available]...
Occurrence of Cyathocephalus truncatus (Cestoda) in fishes of the Great Lakes with emphasis on its occurrence in round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) from Lake Huron
John R. P. French III, Patrick M. Muzzall, Jean V. Adams, Kendra L. Johnson, Angela E. Flores, Andrea M. Winkel
2005, Journal of Great Lakes Research (31) 405-413
Cyathocephalus truncatus is a pathogenic cestode that is common in many Laurentian Great Lakes fish species, but the depth distribution of this cestode has not been studied. Cyathocephalus truncatus has been reported from 21 fish species and one hybrid representing seven orders and nine families in Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Ontario. We...
Distribution and seasonal abundance of trematode parasites (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae: Crepidostomum spp.) in burrowing mayfly nymphs (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae: Hexagenia spp.) from connecting rivers of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Don W. Schloesser
2005, Hydrobiologia (548) 177-189
Burrowing-mayfly nymphs such as Hexagenia spp. have been used extensively in North America and Europe as a biomonitoring tool to indicate mesotrophic water quality, yet infestation by associated parasites has not been well documented. We performed laboratory analysis of archived samples of Hexagenia spp. nymphs collected in 1985 and 1986...
Landscape composition, patch size, and distance to edges: Interactions affecting duck reproductive success
David Joseph Horn, Michael L. Phillips, Rolf R. Koford, William R. Clark, Marsha A. Sovada, Raymond J. Greenwood
2005, Ecological Applications (15) 1367-1376
Prairies and other North American grasslands, although highly fragmented, provide breeding habitat for a diverse array of species, including species of tremendous economic and ecological importance. Conservation and management of these species requires some understanding of how reproductive success is affected by edge effects, patch size, and characteristics of the...
Nonlinear dynamics in ecosystem response to climatic change: Case studies and policy implications
Virginia R. Burkett, Douglas A. Wilcox, Robert Stottlemyer, Wylie Barrow, Dan Fagre, Jill Baron, Jeff Price, Jennifer L. Nielsen, Craig D. Allen, David L. Peterson, Greg Ruggerone, Thomas Doyle
2005, Ecological Complexity (2) 357-394
Many biological, hydrological, and geological processes are interactively linked in ecosystems. These ecological phenomena normally vary within bounded ranges, but rapid, nonlinear changes to markedly different conditions can be triggered by even small differences if threshold values are exceeded. Intrinsic and extrinsic ecological thresholds can lead to effects that cascade...
Discoloration of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tape as a proxy for water-table depth in peatlands: validation and assessment of seasonal variability
Robert K. Booth, Sara C. Hotchkiss, Douglas A. Wilcox
2005, Functional Ecology (19) 1040-1047
Summary: 1. Discoloration of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tape has been used in peatland ecological and hydrological studies as an inexpensive way to monitor changes in water-table depth and reducing conditions. 2. We investigated the relationship between depth of PVC tape discoloration and measured water-table depth at monthly time steps during...
Geologic controls of subdivision damage near Denver, Colorado
D.C. Noe
2005, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (131) 1080-1096
This case study investigates the geologic controls on damaging ground deformations in a residential subdivision near Denver, Colo. Moderate to severe damage has occurred in certain areas where linear, parallel heave features with up to 0.3 in (1 ft) of differential displacement have formed across roads and under houses. Other...
Geology and tsunamigenic potential of submarine landslides in Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California
M. A. Fisher, W. R. Normark, H. Gary Greene, H.J. Lee, R. W. Sliter
2005, Marine Geology (224) 1-22
A large submarine landslide complex and four small landslides developed under the Santa Barbara Channel, suggesting a potential hazard from landslide-generated tsunamis. We integrate offshore stratigraphy and geologic structure, multibeam bathymetric information, and several kinds of seismic-reflection data to understand how and when the submarine landslides formed. Seismic-reflection data show...
Kinematics, mechanics, and potential earthquake hazards for faults in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
G.C. Ohlmacher, P. Berendsen
2005, Tectonophysics (396) 227-244
Many stable continental regions have subregions with poorly defined earthquake hazards. Analysis of minor structures (folds and faults) in these subregions can improve our understanding of the tectonics and earthquake hazards. Detailed structural mapping in Pottawatomie County has revealed a suite consisting of two uplifted blocks aligned along a northeast...
