Interactions between groundwater and surface water: The state of the science
M. Sophocleous
2002, Hydrogeology Journal (10) 52-67
The interactions between groundwater and surface water are complex. To understand these interactions in relation to climate, landform, geology, and biotic factors, a sound hydrogeoecological framework is needed. All these aspects are synthesized and exemplified in this overview. In addition, the mechanisms of interactions between groundwater and surface water (GW-SW)...
Toxoplasmosis in three species of native and introduced Hawaiian birds
Thierry M. Work, J. Gregory Massey, D. S. Lindsay, J. P. Dubey
2002, Journal of Parasitology (88) 1040-1042
Toxoplasma gondii was found in endemic Hawaiian birds, including 2 nene geese (Nesochen sandvicensis), 1 red-footed booby (Sula sula), and an introduced bird, the Erckels francolin (Francolinus erckelii). All 4 birds died of disseminated toxoplasmosis; the parasite was found in sections of many organs, and the diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemical...
Use of regional climate model output for hydrologic simulations
L.E. Hay, M.P. Clark, R.L. Wilby, W.J. Gutowski, G.H. Leavesley, Z. Pan, R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle
2002, Journal of Hydrometeorology (3) 571-590
Daily precipitation and maximum and minimum temperature time series from a regional climate model (RegCM2) configured using the continental United States as a domain and run on a 52-km (approximately) spatial resolution were used as input to a distributed hydrologic model for one rainfall-dominated basin (Alapaha River at Statenville, Georgia)...
Landsat-4/5 Band 6 relative radiometry
Gyanesh Chander, D. L. Helder, Wayne C. Boncyk
2002, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (40) 206-210
Relative radiometric responses for the thematic mapper (TM) band 6 data from Landsat-4 and Landsat-5 were analyzed, and an algorithm has been developed that significantly reduces the striping in Band 6 images due to detector mismatch. The TM internal calibration system as originally designed includes a DC restore circuit, which...
Reconnaissance-level assessment of water quality near Flandreau, South Dakota
Bryan D. Schaap
2002, Open-File Report 2002-474
This report presents water-quality data that have been compiled and collected for a reconnaissance-level assessment of water quality near Flandreau, South Dakota. The investigation was initiated as a cooperative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. Members of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe have expressed concern...
Material-balance assessment of the New Albany-Chesterian petroleum system of the Illinois basin
M. D. Lewan, M. E. Henry, D.K. Higley, Janet K. Pitman
2002, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (86) 745-778
The New Albany-Chesterian petroleum system of the Illinois basin is a well-constrained system from which petroleum charges and losses were quantified through a material-balance assessment. This petroleum system has nearly 90,000 wells penetrating the Chesterian section, a single New Albany Shale source rock accounting for more than 99% of the...
Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2001 Annual Report
B.E. Kus, K. Ferree
2002, Report
No abstract available at this time...
An evaluation of long-term preservation methods for brown bear (Ursus arctos) faecal DNA samples
M.A. Murphy, L.P. Waits, K.C. Kendall, S.K. Wasser, J.A. Higbee, R. Bogden
2002, Conservation Genetics (3) 435-440
Relatively few large-scale faecal DNA studies have been initiated due to difficulties in amplifying low quality and quantity DNA template. To improve brown bear faecal DNA PCR amplification success rates and to determine post collection sample longevity, five preservation methods were evaluated: 90% ethanol, DETs buffer, silica-dried, oven-dried stored at...
Improved method for quantifying the avicide 3-chloro-p-toluidine hydrochloride in bird tissues using a deuterated surrogate/GC/MS method
Randal S. Stahl, Thomas W. Custer, P. A. Pochop, J. J. Johnston
2002, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (50) 732-738
A method using a deuterated surrogate of the avicide 3-chloro-p-toluidine hydrochloride (CPTH) was developed to quantify the CPTH residues in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and breast muscle tissues in birds collected in CPTH-baited sunflower and rice fields. This method increased the range of a previous surrogate/gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy method...
Little Galloo Island, Lake Ontario: A review of nine years of double-crested cormorant diet and fish consumption information
James H. Johnson, Robert M. Ross, Russ D. McCullough
2002, Journal of Great Lakes Research (28) 182-192
The diet of double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) on Little Galloo Island (LGI) in the eastern basin of Lake Ontario has been quantified since 1992. Over the past nine years considerable information has been generated on cormorant feeding ecology through the examination of approximately 12,000 pellets collected on LGI, where three...
Parasites of the slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836, from Lake Huron, U.S.A
Patrick M. Muzzall, Charles A. Bowen II
2002, Comparative Parasitology (69) 196-201
One hundred slimy sculpins, Cottus cognatus (Cottidae), collected from Six Fathom Bank Lake Trout Refuge in Lake Huron in June 1995 were examined for parasites. A total of 17 parasite species (3 Digenea, 2 Monogenea, 3 Cestoda, 3 Nematoda, 2 Acanthocephala, 2 Ciliophora, 1 Microspora, and 1 Myxosporea) were found to infect...
Magnitude estimates of two large aftershocks of the 16 December 1811 New Madrid earthquake
S. E. Hough, S. Martin
2002, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (92) 3259-3268
The three principal New Madrid mainshocks of 1811-1812 were followed by extensive aftershock sequences that included numerous felt events. Although no instrumental data are available for either the mainshocks or the aftershocks, available historical accounts do provide information that can be used to estimate magnitudes and locations for the large...
Evaluating groundwater in arid lands using airborne magnetic/EM methods: An example in the Southwestern U.S. and Northern Mexico
J. Wynn
2002, Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (21) 62-64
No abstract available....
Dynamics of the Lake Michigan food web, 1970-2000
Charles P. Madenjian, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, Thomas H. Johengen, Thomas F. Nalepa, Henry A. Vanderploeg, Guy W. Fleischer, Philip J. Schneeberger, Darren M. Benjamin, Emily B. Smith, James R. Bence, Edward S. Rutherford, Dennis S. Lavis, Dale M. Robertson, David J. Jude, Mark P. Ebener
2002, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (59) 736-753
Herein, we document changes in the Lake Michigan food web between 1970 and 2000 and identify the factors responsible for these changes. Control of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) and alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) populations in Lake Michigan, beginning in the 1950s and 1960s, had profound effects on the food web. Recoveries...
Extracting low‐resolution river networks from high‐resolution digital elevation models
Francisco Olivera, Mary S. Lear, James S. Famiglietti, Kwabena Asante
2002, Water Resources Research (38) 13-1-13-8
Including a global river network in the land component of global climate models (GCMs) is necessary in order to provide a more complete representation of the hydrologic cycle. The process of creating these networks is called river network upscaling and consists of lowering the resolution of already available fine networks...
Feeding habitat selection by Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets nesting in east central Minnesota
Christine M. Custer, J. Galli
2002, Waterbirds (25) 115-124
Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) and Great Egrets (Casmerodius albus) partitioned feeding habitat based on wetland size at Peltier Lake rookery in east central Minnesota. Great Blue Herons preferred large waterbodies (350 ha), whereas Great Egrets fed most often at small ponds (<25 ha). Forty-nine percent of Great...
Monitoring reptiles and amphibians at long-term biodiversity monitoring stations: the Puente-Chino Hills
C.D. Haas, R.A. Backlin, C.J. Rochester, Robert N. Fisher
2002, Report
No abstract available at this time...
Interactions of an insecticide with competition and pond drying in amphibian communities
M.D. Boone, R. D. Semlitsch
2002, Ecological Applications (12) 307-316
Amphibian populations are often imbedded in agricultural landscapes. Therefore the potential for contamination of their habitat is considerable. Our study examined the effects of an insecticide (carbaryl, a neurotoxin), on larval amphibian communities experiencing natural stresses of competition for resources, predation, and pond drying. In a set of experimental ponds,...
The effect of mining and related activities on the sediment trace element geochemistry of the Spokane River Basin, Washington, USA
C.A. Grosbois, A. J. Horowitz, J.J. Smith, K. A. Elrick
2002, Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis (2) 131-142
Surface sediments in the Spokane River Basin are enriched in Pb, Zn, As, Cd, Sb, and Hg relative to local background levels. Maximum enrichment occurs in the Upper Spokane River in close proximity to Lake Coeur d'Alene. On average, enrichment decreases downstream. Subsurface sediments also are enriched in Pb, Zn,...
Attraction of preSpawning male shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum to the odor of preSpawning females
B. Kynard, Martin Horgan
2002, Journal of Ichthyology (42) 205-209
Revised ages for tuffs of the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field: Assignment of the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff to a new geomagnetic polarity event
M. A. Lanphere, D.E. Champion, R.L. Christiansen, G. A. Izett, J. D. Obradovich
2002, Geological Society of America Bulletin (114) 559-568
40Ar/39Ar ages were determined on the three major ash-flow tuffs of the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field in the region of Yellowstone National Park in order to improve the precision of previously determined ages. Total-fusion and incremental- heating ages of sanidine yielded the following mean ages: Huckleberry Ridge Tuff—2.059 ± 0.004...
Reestablishing a spawning population of lake trout in Lake Superior with fertilized eggs in artificial turf incubators
Charles R. Bronte, Stephen T. Schram, James H. Selgeby, Bruce L. Swanson
2002, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (22) 796-805
Fertilized eggs from lake trout Salvelinus namaycush were placed in artificial turf incubators and deployed on Devils Island Shoal, Lake Superior, in an attempt to reestablish a spawning population on this once important spawning area. Efficacy was measured by the changes in catch rates, age composition, and origin of adult lake trout...
Dynamics of the double-crested cormorant population on Lake Ontario
Bradley F. Blackwell, Martin A. Stapanian, D.V. Chip Weseloh
2002, Wildlife Society Bulletin (30) 345-353
After nearly 30 years of recolonization and expansion across North America, the double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) occupies the role of a perceived and, in some situations, realized threat to fish stocks and other resources. However, population data necessary to plan, defend, and implement management of this species are few....
Rapid loss of lampricide from catfish and rainbow trout following routine treatment
V. K. Dawson, Theresa M. Schreier, M.A. Boogaard, N.J. Spanjers, W.H. Gingerich
2002, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (50) 6780-6785
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) were exposed to 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) and Bayluscide (niclosamide) during a sea lamprey control treatment of the Ford River, located in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Caged fish were exposed to a nominal concentration of 0.02 mg/L of niclosamide for a period...
The Lisse effect revisited
Edwin P. Weeks
2002, Ground Water (40) 652-656
The Lisse effect is a rarely noted phenomenon occurring when infiltration caused by intense rain seals the surface soil layer to airflow, trapping air in the unsaturated zone. Compression of air by the advancing front results in a pressure increase that produces a water-level rise in an observation well screened...
