Extraordinary movements of the Denali caribou herd following the perfect storm
2005, Rangifer (25) 19-25
Although historic literature is replete with anecdotes about atypical and far-reaching movements of caribou(Rangifer tarandus granti) herds in Alaska, very few such events have been described since the late 1970s proliferation of radio telemetry studies in the region. In September 1992, several herds in Alaska made unusual...
Multiple sublethal chemicals negatively affect tadpoles of the green frog, Rana clamitans
Michelle D. Boone, Christine M. Bridges, James F. Fairchild, Edward E. Little
2005, Environmental Toxicology (24) 1267-1272
Many habitats may be exposed to multiple chemical contaminants, particularly in agricultural areas where fertilizer and pesticide use are common; however, the singular and interactive effects of contaminants are not well understood. The objective of our study was to examine how realistic, sublethal environmental levels of ammonium nitrate fertilizer (0,...
Integration of CO2 flux and remotely-sensed data for primary production and ecosystem respiration analyses in the Northern Great Plains: potential for quantitative spatial extrapolation
Tagir G. Gilmanov, Larry L. Tieszen, Bruce K. Wylie, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Albert B. Frank, Marshall R. Haferkamp, Tilden P. Meyers, Jack A. Morgan
2005, Global Ecology and Biogeography (14) 271-292
Aim Extrapolation of tower CO2 fluxes will be greatly facilitated if robust relationships between flux components and remotely sensed factors are established. Long-term measurements at five Northern Great Plains locations were used to obtain relationships between CO2fluxes and photosynthetically active radiation (Q), other on-site factors, and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)...
The no-project alternative analysis: An early product of the Tahoe Decision Support System
David L. Halsing, Mark L. Hessenflow, Anne Wein
2005, Journal of the Nevada Water Resources Association (2) 15-28
We report on the development of a No-project alternative analysis (NPAA) or “business as usual” scenario with respect to a 20-year projection of 21 indicators of environmental and socioeconomic conditions in the Lake Tahoe Basin for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). Our effort was inspired by earlier work that...
Assessment of the White Salmon watershed using the ecosystem diagnosis and treatment model
Brady Allen, Patrick J. Connolly
2005, Report
Salmon habitat models provide managers the ability to identify habitat limitations and prioritize restoration activities. Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment (EDT) has become a widely used tool for salmonid habitat analysis in the Pacific Northwest. The EDT model is a rule-based habitat rating system that provides reach-level diagnosis of habitat conditions...
Symbiotic lifestyle expression by fungal endophytes and the adaptation of plants to stress: unraveling the complexities of intimacy
Regina S. Redman, Joan M. Henson, Russell J. Rodriguez
2005, Book chapter, The fungal community its organization and role in the ecosystem
The fossil record indicates that fungal symbionts have been associated with plants since the Ordovician period (approximately 400 million years ago), when plants first became established on land (Pirozynski and Malloch, 1975; Redecker et al., 2000; Remy et al., 1994; Simon et al., 1993). Transitioning from aquatic to terrestrial habitats...
Utility of aeromagnetic studies for mapping of potentially active faults in two forearc basins: Puget Sound, Washington, and Cook Inlet, Alaska
Richard W. Saltus, Richard J. Blakely, Peter J. Haeussler, Ray E. Wells
2005, Earth, Planets and Space (57) 781-793
High-resolution aeromagnetic surveys over forearc basins can detect faults and folds in weakly magnetized sediments, thus providing geologic constraints on tectonic evolution and improved understanding of seismic hazards in convergent-margin settings. Puget Sound, Washington, and Cook Inlet, Alaska, provide two case histories. In each lowland region, shallow-source magnetic anomalies are...
Assessing the seismic hazards of Afghanistan
Harley Benz, Michael Machette, Stuart Sipkin, Russell Wheeler
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3038
Water resources data-California, water year 2004. volume 4. northern central valley basins and the Great Basin from Honey Lake basin to Oregon state line
M.D. Webster, G.L. Rockwell, M.F. Friebel, S.J. Brockner
2005, Water Data Report CA-04-4
Water-resources data for the 2004 water year for California consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams, stage and contents in lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality in wells. Volume 4 contains discharge records for 188 gaging stations, stage and contents for 62 lakes...
Geology of the Vienna Mineralized Area, Blaine and Camas Counties, Idaho
J. Brian Mahoney, Michael C. Horn
2005, Bulletin 2064-DD
The Vienna mineralized area of south-central Idaho was an important silver-lead-producing district in the late 1800s and has intermittently produced lead, silver, zinc, copper, and gold since that time. The district is underlain by biotite granodiorite of the Cretaceous Idaho batholith, and all mineral deposits are hosted by the biotite...
Geography for a Changing World - A science strategy for the geographic research of the U.S. Geological Survey, 2005-2015
Gerard McMahon, Susan P. Benjamin, Keith Clarke, John E. Findley, Robert N. Fisher, William L. Graf, Linda C. Gundersen, John Jones, Thomas R. Loveland, Keven S. Roth, E. Lynn Usery, Nathan J. Wood
2005, Circular 1281
This report presents a science strategy for the geographic research of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the years 2005-2015. The common thread running through the vision, mission, and science goals presented in the plan is that USGS geographers will provide national leadership to understand coupled human-environmental systems in the...
Potentiometric surface of the Manchester Aquifer, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, 2002
John A. Robinson, Gregg E. Hileman, Connor J. Haugh
2005, Scientific Investigations Map 2882
Future petroleum supply - exploration or development?
Timothy R. Klett
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1274
The presentation is titled 'Future Petroleum Supply - Exploration or Development?' and provides a general overview of the magnitude and significance of reserve growth around the world. Reserve growth is defined as the increase in successive estimates of recoverable crude oil, natural gas, and natural-gas liquids and condensates in discovered...
Water-level altitudes 2005 and water-level changes in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper aquifers and compaction 1973-2004 in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Houston-Galveston region, Texas
Mark C. Kasmarek, Natalie A. Houston
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1128
This report is one in an annual series of reports that depicts water-level altitudes and water-level changes in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper aquifers, and compaction in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston-Galveston region. The Houston-Galveston region comprises Harris, Galveston, Fort Bend, Waller, and Montgomery Counties and adjacent...
Water withdrawals for irrigation, municipal, mining, thermoelectric-power, and drainage uses in Arizona outside of active management areas, 1991-2000
Saeid Tadayon
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5293
Economic development in Arizona is largely influenced by access to adequate water supplies owing to the State's predominantly semiarid to arid climate. Water demand is met by pumping ground water from aquifers or by conveying surface water through a system of reservoirs and canals. Water-withdrawal data provide important information on...
Sampling protocol for monitoring abiotic and biotic characteristics of mountain ponds and lakes
Robert L. Hoffman, Torrey J. Tyler, Gary L. Larson, M. J. Adams, Wendy Wente, Stephanie Galvan
2005, Techniques and Methods 2-A2
This document describes field techniques and procedures used for sampling mountain ponds and lakes. These techniques and procedures will be used primarily to monitor, as part of long-term programs in National Parks and other protected areas, the abiotic and biotic characteristics of naturally occurring permanent montane lentic systems up to...
Ground-water models of the Alluvial and Sparta aquifers: management tools for a sustainable resource
David A. Friewald
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3008
The National Research Program in the hydrological sciences
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3015
The National Research Program (NRP) in the hydrological sciences encompasses a broad spectrum of scientific investigations and focuses on long-term integrated studies related to water resource and environmental problems. The NRP provides an infrastructure within which the USGS can develop new information, theories, and techniques to understand, anticipate, and solve...
Evaluating regional trends in ground-water nitrate concentrations of the Columbia Basin ground water management area, Washington
Lonna M. Frans, Dennis R. Helsel
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5078
Trends in nitrate concentrations in water from 474 wells in 17 subregions in the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area (GWMA) in three counties in eastern Washington were evaluated using a variety of statistical techniques, including the Friedman test and the Kendall test. The Kendall test was modified from its...
GWM-a ground-water management process for the U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model (MODFLOW-2000)
David P. Ahlfeld, Paul M. Barlow, Anne E. Mulligan
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1072
GWM is a Ground?Water Management Process for the U.S. Geological Survey modular three?dimensional ground?water model, MODFLOW?2000. GWM uses a response?matrix approach to solve several types of linear, nonlinear, and mixed?binary linear ground?water management formulations. Each management formulation consists of a set of decision variables, an objective function, and a set...
Floods in southwest-central Florida from hurricane Frances, September 2004
Richard L. Kane
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3028
Hurricane Frances brought heavy rainfall and widespread flooding to southwest-central Florida September 4-14, 2004. The center of Hurricane Frances made landfall on the east coast of Florida on September 5 as a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, then moved west-northwestward through central Florida before exiting Pasco County into...
Water Quality in the Halawa, Haiku, and Kaneohe Drainage Basins Before, During, and After H-3 Highway Construction, Oahu, Hawaii, 1983-1999
Michael F. Wong
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5002
Selected water-quality data collected before, during, and after construction of the H-3 Highway at 13 water-quality stations were compared to the State of Hawaii Department of Health water-quality standards to determine the effects of highway construction on the water quality of the affected streams. Highway construction had no effect on...
Water-quality, phytoplankton, and trophic-status characteristics of Big Base and Little Base lakes, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, 2003-2004
B. G. Justus
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5068
Little Rock Air Force Base is the largest C-130 base in the Air Force and is the only C-130 training base in the Department of Defense. Little Rock Air Force Base is located in central Arkansas near the eastern edge of the Ouachita Mountains, near the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, and...
Chemical characteristics of ground-water discharge along the south rim of Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 2000-2001
Stephen A. Monroe, Ronald C. Antweiler, Robert J. Hart, Howard E. Taylor, Margot Truini, John R. Rihs, Tracey J. Felger
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5146
Springs flowing from the south rim of Grand Canyon are an important resource of Grand Canyon National Park, offering refuge to endemic and exotic terrestrial wildlife species and maintaining riparian areas. Population growth on the Coconino Plateau has increased the demand for additional development of ground-water resources, and such development...
Topographic map of the Coronae Montes region of Mars - MTM 500k -35/087E OMKTT
Mark R. Rosiek, Bonnie L. Redding, Donna M. Galuszca
2005, Scientific Investigations Map 2867
This map is part of a series of topographic maps of areas of special scientific interest on Mars. The topography was compiled photogrammetrically using Viking Orbiter stereo image pairs. The contour interval is 250 m. Horizontal and vertical control was established using the USGS Mars Digital Image Model 2.0 (MDIM...
