Population analysis in wildlife biology
S.J. Dinsmore, Douglas H. Johnson
C.E. Braun, editor(s)
2005, Techniques for wildlife investigations and management 154-184
Evaluation of geohydrologic framework, recharge estimates and ground-water flow of the Joshua Tree area, San Bernardino County, California
Tracy Nishikawa, John A. Izbicki, Joseph A. Hevesi, Christina L. Stamos, Peter Martin
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5267
Ground water historically has been the sole source of water supply for the community of Joshua Tree in the Joshua Tree ground-water subbasin of the Morongo ground-water basin in the southern Mojave Desert. The Joshua Basin Water District (JBWD) supplies water to the community from the underlying Joshua Tree ground-water...
Mineral Commodity Summaries 2005
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2005
Published on an annual basis, this report is the earliest Government publication to furnish estimates covering nonfuel mineral industry data. Data sheets contain information on the domestic industry structure, Government programs, tariffs, and 5-year salient statistics for over 90 individual minerals and materials....
Water quality in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park — Trends and spatial characteristics of selected constituents
Ronald L. Miller, Benjamin F. McPherson, Robert Sobczak, Christine Clark
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4249
Seasonal changes in water levels and flows in Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) and Everglades National Park (EVER) affect water quality. As water levels and flows decline during the dry season, physical, geochemical and biological processes increase the breakdown of organic materials and the build-up of organic waste, nutrients, and...
Surface-Water and Ground-Water Interactions in the Central Everglades, Florida
Judson W. Harvey, Jessica T. Newlin, James M. Krest, Jungyill Choi, Eric A. Nemeth, Steven L. Krupa
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5069
Recharge and discharge are hydrological processes that cause Everglades surface water to be exchanged for subsurface water in the peat soil and the underlying sand and limestone aquifer. These interactions are thought to be important to water budgets, water quality, and ecology in the Everglades. Nonetheless, relatively few studies of...
Water flow and nutrient flux from five estuarine rivers along the southwest coast of the Everglades National Park, Florida, 1997-2001
V.A. Levesque
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5142
Discharge and nutrient fluxes for five tidally affected streams were monitored and evaluated as a part of the U.S. Geological Survey Place-Based Studies Initiative and the U.S. Department of the Interior Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative. Locations on Lostmans Creek, and Broad, Harney, Shark, and North Rivers were selected using the...
Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow in a glacial-aquifer system at Cortland County, New York
Todd A. Miller
2004, Fact Sheet 054-03
No abstract available....
Coastal vulnerability assessment of Fire Island National Seashore to sea-level rise
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, S. Jeffress Williams, E. Robert Thieler
2004, Open-File Report 2003-439
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Fire Island National Seashore (FIIS), New York. The CVI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate of relative...
Coastal vulnerability assessment of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) to sea-level rise
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, S. Jeffress Williams, E. Robert Thieler
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1020
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1020/html/cvi.htm) was used to map relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) in Maryland and Virginia. The CVI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate...
Coastal vulnerability assessment of Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) to sea-level rise
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Erika S. Hammar-Klose, E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams
2004, Open-File Report 2003-108
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) in Mississippi and Florida. The CVI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate...
Coastal vulnerability assessment of Olympic National Park to sea-level rise
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Erika S. Hammar-Klose, E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1021
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Olympic National Park (OLYM), Washington. The CVI scores the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate of relative sea-level rise,...
Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS) to Sea-Level Rise
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams, Rebecca L. Beavers
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1090
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Padre Island National Seashore in Texas. The CVI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate of relative sea-level...
Coastal vulnerability assessment of Cumberland Island National Seashore (CUIS) to sea-level rise
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, E. Robert Thieler, S. Jeffress Williams
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1196
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia. The CVI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, rate of relative sea-level...
Physical habitat dynamics in four side-channel chutes, lower Missouri River
Robert B. Jacobson, Harold E. Johnson, Mark S. Laustrup, Gary J. D’Urso, Joanna M. Reuter
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1071
Construction of the side-channel chutes has become a popular means to rehabilitate habitate of the Lower Missouri River. We studied various aspects of hydrology, hydraulics, and geomorphology of four side-channel chutes to document a range of existing conditions in the Lower Missouri River. The Cranberry Bend side-channel chute has existed...
Assessment of shallow-water habitat availability in modified dike structures, Lower Missouri River, 2004
Robert B. Jacobson, Caroline M. Elliott, Harold E. Johnson
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1409
This study documented the effects of wing-dike notching on the availability of shallow water habitat in the Lower Missouri River. Five wing dikes were surveyed in late May 2004 after they were notched in early May as part of shallow-water habitat (SWH) rehabilitation activities undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps...
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental contaminants and their effects on fish in the Rio Grande Basin
Christopher J. Schmitt, Gail M. Dethloff, Jo Ellen Hinck, Timothy M. Bartish, Vicki Blazer, James J. Coyle, Nancy D. Denslow, Donald E. Tillitt
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5108
We collected, examined, and analyzed 368 fish of seven species from 10 sites in the Rio Grande Basin (RGB) during late 1997 and early 1998. Four sites were National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (NCBP) stations where organochlorine ad elemental contaminants in fish had been monitored from 1969 and through 1986. The...
Application of cross-borehole radar to monitor fieldscale vegetable old injection experiments for biostimulation
John W. Lane Jr., Frederick D. Day-Lewis, Roelof J. Versteeg, C.C. Casey, Peter K. Joesten
2004, Conference Paper, Proceedings: Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP)
Cross-borehole radar methods were used to monitor a field-scale biostimulation pilot project at the Anoka County Riverfront Park (ACP), located downgradient of the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant, in Fridley, Minnesota. The goal of the pilot project is to evaluate biostimulation using emulsified vegetable oil to treat ground water...
Use of borehole radar methods and borehole geophysical logs to monitor a field-scale vegetable oil biostimulation pilot project at Fridley, Minnesota
John W. Lane Jr., Clifton C. Casey, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, A. Witten, Roelof J. Versteeg
2004, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds
Cross-hole and surface-to-borehole radar and conventional borehole geophysical logs were used to monitor subsurface injections of vegetable oil emulsion conducted as part of a field-scale biostimulation pilot project at the Anoka County Riverfront Park (ACP), located downgradient of the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant (NIROP), in Fridley, Minnesota. The pilot...
Map showing geology, oil and gas fields, and geologic provinces of the Caribbean Region
Christopher D. French, Christopher J. Schenk
2004, Open-File Report 97-470-K
This CD-ROM compilation contains a map and associated spatial data showing surface geology, faults, oil and gas field centerpoints, and geologic provinces of the Caribbean region, draped over a shaded relief image of topography and bathymetry. The map is provided in the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) ArcMap and...
Historical trend in the ratio of solid to total precipitation
Thomas G. Huntington, Glenn A. Hodgkins, B.D. Keim, Robert W. Dudley
2004, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 60th Annual Eastern Snow Conference : June 4-6, 2003, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
No abstract available...
Are brook trout streams in Western Virginia and Shenandoah National Park recovering from acidification?
James R. Webb, Bernard J. Cosby, Frank A. Deviney, James N. Galloway, Suzanne W. Maben, Arthur J. Bulger
2004, Environmental Science & Technology (38) 4091-4096
Streamwater composition data obtained through periodic sampling of streams that support brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the mountains of western Virginia were examined for evidence of recovery from acidification during the 1988−2001 period. Measurements of sulfate deposition in precipitation indicate that sulfate deposition in the region declined approximately 40% between...
Optimization of limestone drains for long- term treatment of acidic mine drainage, Swatara Creek Basin, Schuylkill County, PA
Charles A. Cravotta III,, S.J. Ward, Daniel J. Koury, R. D. Koch
2004, Conference Paper, Proceedings America Society of Mining and Reclamation, 2004
Limestone drains were constructed in 1995, 1997, and 2000 to treat acidic mine drainage (AMD) from the Orchard, Buck Mtn., and Hegins discharges, respectively, in the Swatara Creek Basin, Southern Anthracite Coalfield, east-central Pennsylvania. This report summarizes the construction characteristics and performance of each of the limestone drains on the...
Approaches to simulating the “March of Bricks and Mortar”
Noah Charles Goldstein, J.T. Candau, K.C. Clarke
2004, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (28) 125-147
Re-creation of the extent of urban land use at different periods in time is valuable for examining how cities grow and how policy changes influence urban dynamics. To date, there has been little focus on the modeling of historical urban extent (other than for ancient cities). Instead, current modeling research...
Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 2004
Carole B. Burden, David V. Allen, M.R. Danner, Vince Walzem, J.L. Cillessen, T.A. Kenney, C.D. Wilkowske, Robert J. Eacret, Paul Downhour, B.A. Slaugh, R.L. Swenson, J.H. Howells, H.K. Christiansen, M.J. Fisher
2004, Cooperative Investigations Report 45
This is the forty-first in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, published cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources and Division of Water Rights, provide data to enable interested parties to...
Influence of anthropogenic alterations on geomorphic response to climate variations and change in San Francisco Bay-Delta and watershed
J.L. Florsheim, M. D. Dettinger
2004, Watershed Management Council Networker 13-16
Global warming and attendant sea-level rise may soon impact geomorphic processes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River and San Francisco Bay Delta systems. During the past two centuries, dramatic anthropogenic changes in sediment supply and pervasive structural controls on rivers and floodplains have altered geomorphic responses to floods throughout a zone...
