Evaluation of Francisella orientalis ΔpdpA as a live attenuated vaccine against piscine Francisellosis in Nile tilapia
Fernanda de Alexandre Sebastiao, John Hansen, Esteban Soto
2022, Journal of Aquatic Animal Health (34) 134-139
Francisella orientalis is an important bacterial pathogen of marine and freshwater fish with worldwide distribution. Fish francisellosis is a severe subacute to chronic granulomatous disease, with high mortalities and high infectivity rates in cultured and wild fish. To date, there is no approved vaccine for this disease. In this study, we...
Eimeria albigulae (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae): New host and distributional record from the Bryant's woodrat, Neotoma bryanti (Rodentia: Cricetidae), from California, U.S.A.
Chris T. McAllister, John A. Hnida, Robert N. Fisher
2022, Comparative Parasitology (89) 59-62
Fecal samples, collected in July 2020 and April–May 2021 from 17 Bryant's woodrats, Neotoma bryanti Merriam, from 3 sites in San Diego, Orange, and San Bernardino counties, California, were examined for coccidial parasites. Three of 8 (38%) woodrats from a single site in San Diego County were found to be passing oocysts...
NABat ML: Utilizing deep learning to enable crowdsourced development of automated, scalable solutions for documenting North American bat populations
Ali Khalighifar, Benjamin S. Gotthold, Erin Adams, Jenny K. Barnett, Laura O. Beard, Eric R. Britzke, Paul A. Burger, Kimberly Chase, Zackary Cordes, Paul M. Cryan, Emily Ferrall, Christopher T. Fill, Scott E. Gibson, G. Scott Haulton, Kathryn Irvine, Lara S. Katz, William L. Kendall, Christen A. Long, Oisin Mac Aodha, Tessa McBurney, Sarah McCarthy-Neumann, Matthew W. McKown, Joy O’Keefe, Lucy D. Patterson, Kristopher A. Pitcher, Matthew Rustand, Jordi L. Segers, Kyle Seppanen, Jeremy L. Siemers, Christian Stratton, Bethany Straw, Theodore J. Weller, Brian Reichert
2022, Journal of Applied Ecology (59) 2849-2862
Bats play crucial ecological roles and provide valuable ecosystem services, yet many populations face serious threats from various ecological disturbances. The North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) aims to use its technology infrastructure to assess status and trends of bat populations, while developing innovative and community-driven conservation solutions.Here, we...
System characterization report on the Amazônia-1 multispectral sensor
James C. Vrabel, Gregory L. Stensaas, Cody Anderson, Jon Christopherson, Minsu Kim, Seonkyung Park
2022, Open-File Report 2021-1030-N
Executive SummaryThis report addresses system characterization of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais Amazônia-1 satellite and is part of a series of system characterization reports produced and delivered by the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Cal/Val Center of Excellence. These reports present and detail the methodology and...
Water-quality data and trends in the Rapid Creek Basin, South Dakota, 1970–2020
Wyatt S. Tatge, Galen K. Hoogestraat, Rochelle A. Nustad
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5086
Surface-water-quality data in the Rapid Creek Basin in South Dakota were compiled to assess basic trends in the water quality of Rapid Creek. Spatial and temporal patterns in water quality were described for major ions, sediment, total suspended solids, nutrients, field measurements, bacteria, and select metals for the period of...
Mismatches in scale between highly mobile marine megafauna and marine protected areas
Melinda G. Conners, Nicholas B. Sisson, Pierre D. Agamboue, Philip W. Atkinson, Alastair M. M. Baylis, Scott R. Benson, Barbara A. Block, Steven J. Bograd, Pablo Bordino, W. D. Bowen, Paul Brickle, Ignacio M. Bruno, Victoria Gonzalez Carman, Cory D. Champagne, Daniel E. Crocker, Daniel P. Costa, Tiffany M. Dawson, Tomo Deguchi, Heidi Dewar, Philip D. Doherty, Tomoharu Eguchi, Angela Formia, Brendan J. Godley, Rachel T. Graham, Christian Gredzens, Kristen Hart, Lucy A. Hawkes, Suzanne Henderson, Robert William Henry III, Luis A. Huckstadt, Ladd M. Irvine, Sarah S. Kienle, Carey E. Kuhn, Damian Lidgard, Stephanie A. Loredo, Bruce R. Mate, Kristian Metcalfe, Jacob Nzegoue, Carmen K. Kouerey Oliwina, Rachael A. Orben, Kiyoaki Ozaki, Richard Parnell, Elizabeth P. Pike, Patrick W. Robinson, Howard C. Rosenbaum, Fumio Sato, Scott A. Shaffer, Donna J. Shaver, Samantha E. Simmons, Brian J. Smith, Guy-Philippe Sounguet, Robert M. Suryan, David R. Thompson, Megan Tierney, Dominic Tilley, Hillary S. Young, Victoria Warwick-Evans, Michael J. Weise, Randall S. Wells, Bradley P. Wilkinson, Matthew J. Witt, Sara M. Maxwell
2022, Frontiers in Marine Science (9)
Marine protected areas (MPAs), particularly large MPAs, are increasing in number and size around the globe in part to facilitate the conservation of marine megafauna under the assumption that large-scale MPAs better align with vagile life histories; however, this alignment is not well established. Using a global tracking dataset from...
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems
Megan L. Fork, Kristina G. Hopkins, Jessica Chappell, Robert J. Hawley, Sujay S. Kaushal, Brian M. Murphy, Blanca Rios-Touma, Allison H. Roy
2022, Freshwater Science (41)
Decades of research on the effects of urbanization on stream ecology have shown that urban stream problems are inherently wicked. These problems are wicked in the sense that they are difficult to solve because information is incomplete, changing, or conflicting and because finding potential solutions often requires input from stakeholders...
Magnetotelluric investigations of the Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii
G.M. Hoversten, Erika Gasperikova, Randall Mackie, David Myer, James P. Kauahikaua, Greg A. Newman, Nestor Cuevas
2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth (127)
In 2002 and 2003 a collaborative effort was undertaken between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Menlo Park, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and Electromagnetic Instruments Inc. to study the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii using the magnetotelluric (MT) technique. The work was motivated by...
Role of landscape features in resource selection by female Greater Prairie-chickens within a constrained environment
Jacquelyn M. Gehrt, Derek A. Moon, Shawn C. Stratton, David A. Haukos
2022, Global Ecology and Conservation (38)
Greater Prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido) historically occupied 20 states within the contiguous United States; however, due to habitat degradation and loss, they are currently found in 11 states, only four of which have a stable population. Kansas supports a relatively large abundance of Greater Prairie-chickens, where the Flint Hills ecoregion historically...
GSPy: A new toolbox and data standard for Geophysical Datasets
Stephanie R. James, Nathan Leon Foks, Burke J. Minsley
2022, Frontiers in Earth Science - Environmental Informatics and Remote Sensing (10)
The diversity of geophysical methods and datatypes, as well as the isolated nature of various specialties (e.g., electromagnetic, seismic, potential fields) leads to a profusion of separate data file formats and documentation conventions. This can hinder cooperation and reduce the impact of datasets researchers have invested in heavily...
Relative sea-level change in South Florida during the past ~5000 years
Nicole S. Khan, Erica L. Ashe, Ryan P. Moyer, Andrew C. Kemp, Simon E. Engelhart, Matthew J. Brain, Lauren Toth, Amanda R. Chappel, Margaret Christie, Robert E. Kopp, Benjamin P. Horton
2022, Global and Planetary Change (216)
A paucity of detailed relative sea-level (RSL) reconstructions from low latitudes hinders efforts to understand the global, regional, and local processes that cause RSL change. We reconstruct RSL change during the past ~5 ka using cores of mangrove peat at two sites (Snipe Key and Swan...
Subsampling large-scale digital elevation models to expedite geospatial analyses in coastal regions
Kelly Ann Murphy, David G. Zawada, Kimberly K. Yates
2022, Journal of Coastal Research (38) 1236-1245
Large-area, high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) created from light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and/or multibeam echosounder data sets are commonly used in many scientific disciplines. These DEMs can span thousands of square kilometers, typically with a spatial resolution of 1 m or finer, and can be...
Achieving sub-nanoTesla precision in multirotor UAV aeromagnetic surveys
Geoffrey Phelps, Robert E. Bracken, John Spritzer, David S. White
2022, Journal of Applied Geophysics (206)
An uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) multirotor aeromagnetic system using a 5-m sling load for a magnetic sensor system is described and characterized. Four magnetic surveys with identical flight lines were completed, at two nominal altitudes of 25 and 40 m. The surveys were used to assess the repeatability of data collected...
Whole-ecosystem experiment illustrates short timescale hydrodynamic, light, and nutrient control of primary production in a terminal slough
Luke C. Loken, Steven Sadro, Leah Lenoch, Paul Stumpner, Randy A Dahlgren, Jon R. Burau, Erwin E Van Nieuwenhuyse
2022, Estuaries and Coasts (45) 2428-2449
Estuaries are among the most productive of aquatic ecosystems. Yet the collective understanding of patterns and drivers of primary production in estuaries is incomplete, in part due to complex hydrodynamics and multiple controlling factors that vary at a range of temporal and spatial scales. A whole-ecosystem experiment was conducted in...
Revised earthquake recurrence intervals in California, USA: New paleoseismic sites and application of event likelihoods
Devin McPhillips
2022, Seismological Research Letters (93) 3009-3023
Recurrence intervals for ground rupturing earthquakes are critical data for assessing seismic hazard. Recurrence intervals are presented here for 38 paleoseismic sites in California. Eleven of these include new or updated data; the remainder use data previously included in the Unified California Earthquake...
Data synthesis for environmental management: A case study of Chesapeake Bay
Robert J. Orth, William C. Dennison, David J. Wilcox, Richard A. Batiuk, Brooke J. Landry, Cassie Gurbisz, Jennifer L. Keisman, Michael P. Hannam, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Rebecca R. Murphy, Kenneth A. Moore, Christopher J. Patrick, Jeremy Testa, Donald E. Weller, Melissa Merritt, Paige Hobaugh
2022, Journal of Environmental Management (321)
Synthesizing large, complex data sets to inform resource managers towards effective environmental stewardship is a universal challenge. In Chesapeake Bay, a well-studied and intensively monitored estuary in North America, the challenge of synthesizing data on water quality and land use as factors related...
Hydrologic conditions in Kansas, water year 2021
Kyle A. Puls
2022, Fact Sheet 2022-3071
The U.S. Geological Survey maintains a network of hydrologic monitoring stations across Kansas in cooperation with Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies. During water year 2021, this network included 230 real-time surface water data collection sites, referred to as “streamgages.” A water year is the 12-month period from October 1...
Streamflow—Water year 2021
Xiaodong Jian, David M. Wolock, Harry F. Lins, Ronald J. Henderson, Steven J. Brady
2022, Fact Sheet 2022-3072
The maps and graphs in this summary describe national streamflow conditions for water year 2021 (a water year is the period from October 1 to September 30 and is designated by the year in which it ends; for example, water year 2021 was from October 1, 2020, to September 30,...
Glacial geology and hydrogeology of valley-fill aquifers in the Oneonta area, Otsego and Delaware Counties, New York
Paul M. Heisig, P. Jay Fleisher
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5069
The glacial geology and hydrogeology of valley-fill aquifers and their surrounding uplands are described within a 112-square-mile area in southern Otsego and northwestern Delaware Counties, New York, centered around the City of Oneonta. The major valleys include those of the Susquehanna River, Otego Creek, Charlotte Creek, and Schenevus Creek. A...
Quantifying modeling uncertainty in simplified beam models for building response prediction
S. Farid Ghahari, Khachik Sargsyan, Mehmet Celebi, Ertugrul Taciroglu
2022, Structural Control and Health Monitoring (29)
The use of simple models for response prediction of building structures is preferred in earthquake engineering for risk evaluations at regional scales, as they make computational studies more feasible. The primary impediment in their gainful use presently is the lack of viable methods for quantifying (and reducing upon) the modeling...
The Water Recycling Revolution: Tapping into the future
John A. Izbicki
2022, Groundwater (60) 581-582
The Water Recycling Revolution discusses issues affecting acceptance of water reuse for public supply. The book is useful to water resource, regulatory, and public health professionals interested in the history of successful and unsuccessful attempts to conserve, recycle, and reuse treated municipal wastewater as a public resource. The book is...
High-resolution marine seismic imaging of the Seattle fault zone: Near surface insights into fault zone geometry, Quaternary deformation, and long-term evolution
G.L Moore, Emily Roland, Scott E.K. Bennett, Janet Watt, Jared W. Kluesner, Daniel S. Brothers, Emma K Myers
2022, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (112) 2715-2744
The Seattle fault zone (SFZ) is a north‐directed thrust fault system that underlies the greater Seattle metropolitan area. Evidence of past land level changes, landslides, liquefaction, and a local tsunami indicate that this 70‐km‐long fault system can host up to M 7–7.5 earthquakes. Both...
A decade of monitoring micropollutants in urban wet-weather flows: What did we learn?
Lena Mutzner, Viviane Furrer, Helene Castebrunet, Ulrich Dittmer, Stephan Fuchs, Wolfgang Gernjak, Marie-Christine Gromaire, Andreas Matzinger, Peter Steen Mikkelsen, William R. Selbig, Luca Vezzaro
2022, Water Research (223)
Urban wet-weather discharges from combined sewer overflows (CSO) and stormwater outlets (SWO) are a potential pathway for micropollutants (trace contaminants) to surface waters, posing a threat to the environment and possible water reuse applications. Despite large efforts to monitor micropollutants in the last decade, the gained information is still limited...
Second round of an interlaboratory comparison of SARS-CoV2 molecular detection assays used by 45 veterinary diagnostic laboratories in the United States
Kaiping Deng, Steffen Uhlig, Laura B. Goodman, Hon S. Ip, Mary Lea Killiam, Sarah Nemser, Jodie Ulaszek, Shannon Kiener, Matthew Kmet, Kirstin Frost, Karina Hettwer, Bertrand Colson, Kapil Nichani, Anja Schlierf, Andriy Tkachenko, Mothomang Mlalazi Oyinloye, Scott Andrew, Ravinder Reddy, Gregory H. Tyson
2022, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (34) 825-834
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a continued public health challenge. Veterinary diagnostic laboratories in the United States use RT-rtPCR for animal testing, and many laboratories are certified for testing human samples; hence, ensuring that laboratories have sensitive and specific SARS-CoV2 testing methods is a critical component of the pandemic response. In...
Collateral damage: Anticoagulant rodenticides pose threats to California condors
Garth Herring, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Rachel Wolstenholme, Alacia Welch, Chris West, Barnett A. Rattner
2022, Environmental Pollution (311)
Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are widespread environmental contaminants that pose risks to scavenging birds because they routinely occur within their prey and can cause secondary poisoning. However, little is known about AR exposure in one of the rarest avian scavengers in the world, the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus). We assessed AR exposure in...
