Microsatellite DNA markers for delineating population structure and kinship among the endangered Kirtland's warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
T.L. King, M.S. Eackles, A.P. Henderson, Carol I. Bocetti, D. Currie, J.M. Wunderle Jr.
2005, Molecular Ecology Notes (5) 569-571
We document the isolation and characterization of 23 microsatellite DNA markers for the endangered Kirtland's warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii), a Nearctic/Neotropical migrant passerine. This suite of markers revealed moderate to high levels of allelic diversity (averaging 7.7 alleles per locus) and heterozygosity (averaging 72%). Genotypic frequencies at 22 of 23 (95%)...
Analysis of real-time vibration data
E. Safak
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the Structures Congress and Exposition
In recent years, a few structures have been instrumented to provide continuous vibration data in real time, recording not only large-amplitude motions generated by extreme loads, but also small-amplitude motions generated by ambient loads. The main objective in continuous recording is to track any changes in structural characteristics, and to...
Contrasting tectonothermal domains and faulting in the Potomac terrane, Virginia-Maryland - Discrimination by 40Ar/39Ar and fission-track thermochronology
Michael J. Kunk, R. P. Wintsch, C. W. Naeser, N. D. Naeser, C.S. Southworth, Avery A. Drake Jr., J.L. Becker
2005, Geological Society of America Bulletin (117) 1347-1366
New 40Ar/39Ar data reveal ages and thermal discontinuities that identify mapped and unmapped fault boundaries in the Potomac terrane in northern Virginia, thus confirming previous interpretations that it is a composite terrane. The rocks of the Potomac terrane were examined along the Potomac River, where it has been previously subdivided...
Brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) fact sheet for Pacific Island residents and travelers
Thomas H. Fritts, D.L. Tanner, James Stanford, Teri Kman
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3109
The brown treesnake is an introduced species on Guam that has become a serious pest. The snakes probably arrived on Guam hidden in ship cargo from the New Guinea area, about 1100 miles to the south. The first sightings were inland from the seaport in the early 1950s. Snakes became...
Base- and precious-metal deposits in the Basin and Range of Southern California and Southern Nevada - Metallogenic implications of lead isotope studies
S. E. Church, D. P. Cox, J. L. Wooden, J.V. Tingley, R. B. Vaughn
2005, Earth-Science Reviews (73) 323-346
Southern California and southern Nevada contain abundant lead-zinc deposits with strikingly different characteristics. On the west, the Darwin Terrane contains abundant Jurassic and Cretaceous intrusions surrounded by lead-zinc skarn and replacement deposits rich in pyrite and manganese minerals. The Tecopa Terrane is east of the Darwin Terrane and contains some...
A comparison of the influences of urbanization in contrasting environmental settings on stream benthic algal assemblages
M. Potapova, J.F. Coles, E.M.P. Giddings, H. Zappia
2005, American Fisheries Society Symposium (2005) 333-359
Patterns of stream benthic algal assemblages along urbanization gradients were investigated in three metropolitan areas-Boston (BOS), Massachusetts; Birmingham (BIR), Alabama; and Salt Lake City (SLC), Utah. An index of urban intensity derived from socioeconomic, infrastructure, and land-use characteristics was used as a measure of urbanization. Of the various attributes of...
Comparison of shelf currents off central California prior to and during the 1997-1998 El Nino
H. F. Ryan, M.A. Noble
2005, Continental Shelf Research (25) 1787-1804
Moored current, temperature, salinity, and pressure data were collected at three sites that transect the narrow continental shelf offshore of Davenport, CA, starting in August 1996 and continuing to the spring of 1998. This data set allowed a comparison of oceanographic conditions prior to (8/96-3/97) and during (8/97-3/98) the last...
Using fish biomarkers to monitor improvements in environmental quality
D.E. Facey, V. S. Blazer, M.M. Gasper, C.L. Turcotte
2005, Journal of Aquatic Animal Health (17) 263-266
The percentage of splenic tissue occupied by macrophage aggregates and hepatosomatic index (HSI) were evaluated in rock bass Ambloplites rupestris from Burlington Harbor, Vermont. In 1992, fish collected from the inner Burlington Harbor area had a significantly greater percentage of splenic tissue occupied by macrophage aggregates and greater HSI than...
Channelization and floodplain forests: Impacts of accelerated sedimentation and valley plug formation on floodplain forests of the Middle Fork Forked Deer River, Tennessee, USA
S.N. Oswalt, S.L. King
2005, Forest Ecology and Management (215) 69-83
We evaluated the severe degradation of floodplain habitats resulting from channelization and concomitant excessive coarse sedimentation on the Middle Fork Forked Deer River in west Tennessee from 2000 to 2003. Land use practices have resulted in excessive sediment in the tributaries and river system eventually resulting in sand deposition on...
Petroleum geochemistry of oil and gas from Barbados: Implications for distribution of Cretaceous source rocks and regional petroleum prospectivity
R.J. Hill, Christopher J. Schenk
2005, Marine and Petroleum Geology (22) 917-943
Petroleum produced from the Barbados accretionary prism (at Woodbourne Field on Barbados) is interpreted as generated from Cretaceous marine shale deposited under normal salinity and dysoxic conditions rather than from a Tertiary source rock as previously proposed. Barbados oils correlate with some oils from eastern Venezuela and Trinidad that are...
Cerulean warbler use of regenerated clearcut and two-age harvests
P.B. Wood, J.P. Duguay, J.V. Nichols
2005, Wildlife Society Bulletin (33) 851-858
We examined use of 2 silvicultural treatments (clearcut and two-age harvests), 15-18 years post-harvest by cerulean warblers (Dendroica cerulea) in mixed mesophytic and northern hardwood forests of the Allegheny Mountain region in West Virginia. Cerulean warbler abundance and occurrence were greater in 70-80-year-old mature forests than in 15-18-year-old clearcuts. Although...
Neocrystallization, fabrics and age of clay minerals from an exposure of the Moab Fault, Utah
J.G. Solum, B.A. van der Pluijm, D.R. Peacor
2005, Journal of Structural Geology (27) 1563-1576
Pronounced changes in clay mineral assemblages are preserved along the Moab Fault (Utah). Gouge is enriched up to ???40% in 1Md illite relative to protolith, whereas altered protolith in the damage zone is enriched ???40% in illite-smectite relative to gouge and up to ???50% relative to protolith. These mineralogical changes...
Specific conductance and water temperature data for San Francisco Bay, California, for Water Year 2004
P.A. Buchanan
2005, Interagency Ecological Program Newsletter (18) 2-6
This article presents time-series graphs of specificconductance and water-temperature data collected in San Francisco Bay during water year 2004 (October 1, 2003, through September 30, 2004). Specific-conductance and water-temperature data were recorded at 15-minute intervals at seven U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) locations (Figure 1, Table 1). Specific-conductance and water-temperature data...
Lithologic mapping of the Mordor, NT, Australia ultramafic complex by using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)
L. C. Rowan, J.C. Mars, C.J. Simpson
2005, Remote Sensing of Environment (99) 105-126
Spectral measurements made in the Mordor Pound, NT, Australia study area using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), in the laboratory and in situ show dominantly Al-OH and ferric-iron VNIR-SWIR absorption features in felsic rock spectra and ferrous-iron and Fe,Mg-OH features in the mafic-ultramafic rock spectra. ASTER...
Ontogenetic behavior and dispersal of Sacramento River white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, with a note on body color
B. Kynard, E. Parker
2005, Environmental Biology of Fishes (74) 19-30
We studied Sacramento River white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, in the laboratory to develop a conceptual model of ontogenetic behavior and provide insight into probable behavior of wild sturgeon. After hatching, free embryos initiated a low intensity, brief downstream dispersal during which fish swam near the bottom and were photonegative. The...
The emerging Medical and Geological Association.
R. B. Finkelman, J.A. Centeno, O. Selinus
2005, Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association. (116)
The impact on human health by natural materials such as water, rocks, and minerals has been known for thousands of years but there have been few systematic, multidisciplinary studies on the relationship between geologic materials and processes and human health (the field of study commonly referred to as medical geology)....
Stream pH as an abiotic gradient influencing distributions of trout in Pennsylvania streams
P.M. Kocovsky, R.F. Carline
2005, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (134) 1299-1312
Elevation and stream slope are abiotic gradients that limit upstream distributions of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis and brown trout Salmo trutta in streams. We sought to determine whether another abiotic gradient, base-flow pH, may also affect distributions of these two species in eastern North America streams. We used historical data...
Individual variation in staging and timing of spring migration of Pacific common eiders in Alaska
Margaret R. Petersen
2005, Conference Paper, Second North America Sea Duck Conference
Timing of migration and characterization of migration patterns of birds are usually based on dates of peak migration to and from staging, wintering, and breeding areas used by the bulk of a species. For Pacific common eiders (Somateria mollissima v-nigrum), as well as other species, the timing of migration into...
Recent advances to obtain real - Time displacements for engineering applications
M. Çelebi
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the Structures Congress and Exposition
This paper presents recent developments and approaches (using GPS technology and real-time double-integration) to obtain displacements and, in turn, drift ratios, in real-time or near real-time to meet the needs of the engineering and user community in seismic monitoring and assessing the functionality and damage condition of structures. Drift ratios...
Aniakchak sockeye salmon investigations
Troy R. Hamon, Scott A. Pavey, Joe L. Miller, Jennifer L. Nielsen
2005, Alaska Park Science (3) 35-39
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve provides unusual and dramatic landscapes shaped by numerous volcanic eruptions, a massive flood, enormous landslides, and ongoing geological change. The focal point of the monument is Aniakchak Caldera, a restless volcano that embodies the instability of the Alaska Peninsula. This geological instability creates a dynamic...
Temporal variation in photosynthetic pigments and UV-absorbing compounds in shallow populations of two Hawaiian reef corals
I. B. Kuffner
2005, Pacific Science (59) 561-580
As we seek to understand the physiological mechanisms of coral bleaching, it is important to understand the background temporal variation in photosynthetic pigments and photoprotective compounds that corals exhibit. In this study, reef flat populations of two hermatypic coral species, Montipora capitata (Dana, 1846) and Porites compressa Dana, 1846, were...
Seasonal variability of aerosol optical depth over Indian subcontinent
A.K. Prasad, R.P. Singh, A. Singh, M. Kafatos
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images 2005
Ganga basin extends 2000 km E-W and about 400 km N-S and is bounded by Himalayas in the north. This basin is unequivocally found to be affected by high aerosols optical depth (AOD) (>0.6) throughout the year. Himalayas restricts movement of aerosols toward north and as a result dynamic nature...
Tools for assessing landscape-scale habitat changes in wetland restoration planning
M. Orr, C. May, P. Williams, M. Lionberger, D. Schoellhamer, S. Rottenborn, R. Duke, D. Stralberg, M. Herzog, S. Ritchie
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 7th biennial State-of-the-Estuary Conference
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Spatiotemporal patterns of fish assemblage structure in a river impounded by low-head dams
David P. Gillette, Jeremy S. Tiemann, David R. Edds, Mark L. Wildhaber
2005, Copeia (3) 539-549
We studied spatiotemporal patterns of fish assemblage structure in the Neosho River, Kansas, a system impounded by low-head dams. Spatial variation in the fish assemblage was related to the location of dams that created alternating lotic and lentic stream reaches with differing fish assemblages. At upstream sites close to dams,...
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...
