Survey of wildlife rehabilitators on infection control and personal protective behaviors
Emi Saito, Allison R. Shreve
2005, Wildlife Rehabilitation Bulletin (23) 42-46
Wildlife veterinarians and rehabilitators treat a number of wildlife species that can carry infectious and zoonotic diseases. These can rapidly spread within a facility and to the caregivers when adequate measures are not taken. Financial constraints and reduced access to laboratories often limit identification of disease etiology of many cases...
InSAR studies of Alaska volcanoes
Zhong Lu, Chuck Wicks, Daniel Dzurisin, John A. Power
2005, Korean Journal of Remote Sensing (21) 59-72
Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is a remote sensing technique capable of measuring ground surface deformation with sub-centimeter precision and spatial resolution in tens-ofmeters over a large region. This paper describes basics of InSAR and highlights our studies of Alaskan volcanoes with InSAR images acquired from European ERS-l and ERS-2,...
Multispectral imaging contributions to global land ice measurements from space
J.S. Kargel, M. J. Abrams, M.P. Bishop, A. Bush, G. Hamilton, H. Jiskoot, Andreas Kaab, H. H. Kieffer, E.M. Lee, F. Paul, F. Rau, B. Raup, J.F. Shroder, D. Soltesz, D. Stainforth, L. Stearns, R. Wessels
2005, Remote Sensing of Environment (99) 187-219
Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) is an international consortium established to acquire satellite images of the world's glaciers, analyse them for glacier extent and changes, and assess change data for causes and implications for people and the environment. Although GLIMS is making use of multiple remote-sensing systems, ASTER...
Genetic effects of a large-scale Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) dieback and recovery in the northern Gulf of Mexico
K.R. Edwards, S.E. Travis, C.E. Proffitt
2005, Estuaries (28) 204-214
A large-scale dieback event struck marshes along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico coast during summer 2000, in apparent response to a prolonged and severe drought. Along the Louisiana coast, large areas of the dominant marsh species, Spartina alterniflora, turned brown, followed by death of at least the aboveground...
Mercury- and silver-rich ferromanganese oxides, southern California Borderland: Deposit model and environmental implications
J.R. Hein, A. Koschinsky, B.R. McIntyre
2005, Economic Geology (100) 1151-1168
Mercury- and silver-enriched ferromanganese oxide crusts were recovered at water depths of 1,750 tol,300 m from La Victoria knoll, located about 72 km off the coast of northern Baja California. No other ferromanganese precipitate found so far in the modern ocean basins is similarly enriched in Hg and Ag. The...
Evidence for magmatic evolution and diversity on Mars from infrared observations
P. R. Christensen, H.Y. McSween Jr., J. L. Bandfield, S. W. Ruff, A.D. Rogers, V.E. Hamilton, N. Gorelick, M.B. Wyatt, B. M. Jakosky, H. H. Kieffer, M. C. Malin, J.E. Moersch
2005, Nature (436) 504-509
Compositional mapping of Mars at the 100-metre scale with the Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) has revealed a wide diversity of igneous materials. Volcanic evolution produced compositions from low-silica basalts to high-silica dacite in the Syrtis Major caldera. The existence of dacite demonstrates that highly evolved lavas have...
Mississippian Barnett Shale, Fort Worth basin, north-central Texas: Gas-shale play with multi-trillion cubic foot potential
Scott L. Montgomery, D.M. Jarvie, K.A. Bowker, R. M. Pollastro
2005, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (89) 155-175
The Mississippian Barnett Shale serves as source, seal, and reservoir to a world-class unconventional natural-gas accumulation in the Fort Worth basin of north-central Texas. The formation is a lithologically complex interval of low permeability that requires artificial stimulation to produce. At present, production is mainly confined to a limited portion...
Trematodes associated with mangrove habitat in Puerto Rican salt marshes
K. D. Lafferty, R. F. Hechinger, J. Lorda, L. Soler
2005, Journal of Parasitology (91) 697-699
Batillaria minima is a common snail in the coastal estuaries of Puerto Rico. This snail is host to a variety of trematodes, the most common being Cercaria caribbea XXXI, a microphallid species that uses crabs as second intermediate hosts. The prevalence of infection was higher (7.1%) near mangroves than on...
Human land use influences chronic wasting disease prevalence in mule deer
Matthew L. Farnsworth, L.L. Wolfe, N.T. Hobbs, K.P. Burnham, E.S. Williams, D.M. Theobald, M.M. Conner, M.W. Miller
2005, Ecological Applications (15) 119-126
Human alteration of landscapes can affect the distribution, abundance, and behavior of wildlife. We explored the effects of human land use on the prevalence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations residing in north-central Colorado. We chose best approximating models estimating CWD prevalence in relation to...
Regional economic effects of current and proposed management alternatives for Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge
Lynne Koontz, Heather Lambert
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1415
The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 requires all units of the National Wildlife Refuge System to be managed under a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP). The CCP must describe the desired future conditions of a Refuge and provide long range guidance and management direction to achieve Refuge purposes....
A moving hum filter to suppress rotor noise in high-resolution airborne magnetic data
J. Xia, W.E. Doll, R. D. Miller, T.J. Gamey, A.M. Emond
2005, Geophysics (70)
A unique filtering approach is developed to eliminate helicopter rotor noise. It is designed to suppress harmonic noise from a rotor that varies slightly in amplitude, phase, and frequency and that contaminates aero-magnetic data. The filter provides a powerful harmonic noise-suppression tool for data acquired with modern large-dynamic-range recording systems....
Clustered streamlined forms in Athabasca Valles, Mars: Evidence for sediment deposition during floodwater ponding
D. Burr
2005, Geomorphology (69) 242-252
A unique clustering of layered streamlined forms in Athabasca Valles is hypothesized to reflect a significant hydraulic event. The forms, interpreted as sedimentary, are attributed to extensive sediment deposition during ponding and then streamlining of this sediment behind flow obstacles during ponded water outflow. These streamlined forms are analogous to...
Estimating sediment budgets at the interface between rivers and estuaries with application to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Scott Wright, David H. Schoellhamer
2005, Water Resources Research (41) 1-17
Where rivers encounter estuaries, a transition zone develops where riverine and tidal processes both affect sediment transport processes. One such transition zone is the Sacramento‐San Joaquin River Delta, a large, complex system where several rivers meet to form an estuary (San Francisco Bay). Herein we present the results of a...
Aeolian processes at the Mars Exploration Rover Meridiani Planum landing site
R. Sullivan, D. Banfield, J.F. Bell III, W. Calvin, D. Fike, M. Golombek, R. Greeley, J. Grotzinger, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, D. Jerolmack, M. Malin, D. Ming, Laurence A. Soderblom, S. W. Squyres, S. Thompson, W.A. Watters, C.M. Weitz, A. Yen
2005, Nature (436) 58-61
The martian surface is a natural laboratory for testing our understanding of the physics of aeolian (wind-related) processes in an environment different from that of Earth. Martian surface markings and atmospheric opacity are time-variable, indicating that fine particles at the surface are mobilized regularly by wind. Regolith (unconsolidated surface material)...
Accurate elevation and normal moveout corrections of seismic reflection data on rugged topography
J. Liu, J. Xia, C. Chen, G. Zhang
2005, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics (48) 707-716
The application of the seismic reflection method is often limited in areas of complex terrain. The problem is the incorrect correction of time shifts caused by topography. To apply normal moveout (NMO) correction to reflection data correctly, static corrections are necessary to be applied in advance for the compensation of...
Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars
S. M. McLennan, J.F. Bell III, W. M. Calvin, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, P.A. de Souza, J. Farmer, W. H. Farrand, D.A. Fike, Ralf Gellert, A. Ghosh, T.D. Glotch, J.P. Grotzinger, B. Hahn, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, J.A. Hurowitz, J. R. Johnson, S.S. Johnson, B. Jolliff, G. Klingelhofer, A.H. Knoll, Z. Learner, M. C. Malin, H.Y. McSween Jr., J. Pocock, S. W. Ruff, Laurence A. Soderblom, S. W. Squyres, N.J. Tosca, W.A. Watters, M.B. Wyatt, A. Yen
2005, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (240) 95-121
Impure reworked evaporitic sandstones, preserved on Meridiani Planum, Mars, are mixtures of roughly equal amounts of altered siliciclastic debris, of basaltic provenance (40 ± 10% by mass), and chemical constituents, dominated by evaporitic minerals (jarosite, Mg-, Ca-sulfates ± chlorides ± Fe-, Na-sulfates), hematite and possibly secondary silica (60 ± 10%). These chemical constituents and their relative abundances are...
The GIS weasel - An interface for the development of spatial information in modeling
Roland J. Viger, S.M. Markstrom, G.H. Leavesley
Moglen G.E., editor(s)
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 2005 Watershed Management Conference - Managing Watersheds for Human and Natural Impacts: Engineering, Ecological, and Economic Challenges
The GIS Weasel is a map and Graphical User Interface (GUI) driven tool that has been developed as an aid to modelers in the delineation, characterization of geographic features, and their parameterization for use in distributed or lumped parameter physical process models. The interface does not require user expertise in...
Technical review of the status of Northern Goshawks in the western United States
D. E. Andersen, S. DeStefano, M.I. Goldstein, K. Titus, C. Crocker-Bedford, J.J. Keane, R.G. Anthony, Robert N. Rosenfield
2005, Journal of Raptor Research (39) 192-209
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) was petitioned in 1997 to consider listing Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis atricapillus) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, west of the 100th meridian of the contiguous United States. In their 12-mo finding issued in June 1998, the FWS determined that listing this...
Dating the growth of oceanic crust at a slow-spreading ridge
J.J. Schwartz, Barbara E. John, Michael J. Cheadle, E.A. Miranda, Craig B. Grimes, J. L. Wooden, H.J.B. Dick
2005, Science (310) 654-657
Nineteen uranium-lead zircon ages of lower crustal gabbros from Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge, constrain the growth and construction of oceanic crust at this slow-spreading midocean ridge. Approximately 75% of the gabbros accreted within error of the predicted seafloor magnetic age, whereas ???25% are significantly older. These anomalously old samples...
Blind shear-wave velocity comparison of ReMi and MASW results with boreholes to 200 m in Santa Clara Valley: Implications for earthquake ground-motion assessment
W. J. Stephenson, J.N. Louie, S. Pullammanappallil, R. A. Williams, J. K. Odum
2005, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (95) 2506-2516
Multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) and refraction microtremor (ReMi) are two of the most recently developed surface acquisition techniques for determining shallow shear-wave velocity. We conducted a blind comparison of MASW and ReMi results with four boreholes logged to at least 260 m for shear velocity in Santa Clara...
Effects of suburban development on runoff generation in the Croton River basin, New York, USA
Douglas A. Burns, T. Vitvar, J. McDonnell, J. Hassett, J. Duncan, Carol Kendall
2005, Journal of Hydrology (311) 266-281
The effects of impervious area, septic leach-field effluent, and a riparian wetland on runoff generation were studied in three small (0.38–0.56 km2) headwater catchments that represent a range of suburban development (high density residential, medium density residential, and undeveloped) within the Croton River basin, 70 km north of New York City. Precipitation, stream...
Home range, territoriality, and flight time budgets in the black-bellied fruit bat, Melonycteris melanops (Pteropodidae)
F.J. Bonaccorso, J.R. Winkelmann, D.G.P. Byrnes
2005, Journal of Mammalogy (86) 931-936
Based on 1,362 radiotelemetry positions, mean home range for 10 adult black-bellied fruit bats, Melonycteris melanops (Pteropodidae), in lowland rainforest at Mount Garbuna, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, was 2.3 ha ?? 1.2 SD. Mean core-use area of adults was 0.5 ha ?? 0.4 SD, and mean long...
Development of the caudal exoskeleton of the pliomerid trilobite Hintzeia plicamarginis new species
A.G. Simpson, N.C. Hughes, D. C. Kopaska-Merkel, R. Ludvigsen
2005, Conference Paper, Evolution and Development
The later juvenile ontogeny of the caudal plate of the early Ordovician pliomerid trilobite Hintzeia plicamarginis new species likely comprised an initial phase during which the rate of appearance of new segments subterminally exceeded that of segment release into the thorax, a short phase of constant segment numbers, and a...
Assessment of laryngeal muscle and testicular cell types in Xenopus laevis (Anura Pipidae) inhabiting maize and non-maize growing areas of South Africa
E.E. Smith, L.H. Du Preez, A. Gentles, K.R. Solomon, B. Tandler, J.A. Carr, G. L. Van Der Kraak, R.J. Kendall, J. P. Giesy, T. S. Gross
2005, African Journal of Herpetology (54) 69-76
We tested the hypothesis that adult African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) inhabiting water bodies in maize-growing areas (MGA) of South Africa would exhibit differences in testicular structure compared to frogs from water bodies in non-maize-growing areas (NMGA) in the same locale. Adults of both sexes were collected during the autumn...
Release of volatiles from a possible cryovolcano from near-infrared imaging of Titan
Christophe Sotin, R. Jaumann, B. J. Buratti, R. H. Brown, R. N. Clark, L.A. Soderblom, K. H. Baines, G. Bellucci, J.-P. Bibring, F. Capaccioni, P. Cerroni, M. Combes, A. Coradini, D. P. Cruikshank, P. Drossart, V. Formisano, Y. Langevin, D. L. Matson, T. B. McCord, R.M. Nelson, P. D. Nicholson, B. Sicardy, S. Lemouelic, S. Rodriguez, K. Stephan, C.K. Scholz
2005, Nature (435) 786-789
Titan is the only satellite in our Solar System with a dense atmosphere. The surface pressure is 1.5 bar (ref. 1) and, similar to the Earth, N 2 is the main component of the atmosphere. Methane is the second most important component, but it is photodissociated on a timescale of...
