Fire and exotic grasses changing Mojave's face
M.L. Brooks, T. C. Esque
2000, People, Land, and Water 25-25
No abstract available at this time...
The mountain that moved: geologic wonders of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service
2000, Report
Prehistoric, giant landslides in Montgomery and Craig Counties, Va., in the Blacksburg/Wythe Ranger Districts of the Jefferson National Forest, are the largest known landslides in eastern North America and are among the largest in the world. One of the landslides is more than 3 miles long! The ancient, giant landslides...
Alagnak watershed rainbow trout seasonal movement
Julie M. Meka, E. Eric Knudsen, David C. Douglas
John H. Eiler, Doris J. Alcorn, Michael R. Neuman, editor(s)
2000, Conference Paper, Biotelemetry 15: Proceedings of the 15th international symposium on biotelemetry
Adult rainbow trout were radio-tagged in two locations in the Alagnak River drainage in 1997 and 1998 and radio-tracked until March 1999. The telemetry data indicate the two different sample groups exhibited independent movements with little geographic overlap. However, some tagged fish from each sample group migrated downstream to the...
Determining timescales for groundwater flow and solute transport
Peter G. Cook, J.K. Bohlke
Peter G. Cook, Andrew L. Herczeg, editor(s)
2000, Book chapter, Environmental tracers in subsurface hydrology
One of the principal uses of environmental tracers is for determining the ages of soil waters and groundwaters. (We may refer to this as ‘hydrochronology’by analogy with the dating of solid materials known as geochronology.) Information on soil water and groundwater age enables timescales for a range of subsurface processes...
Monitoring seabird populations in areas of oil and gas development on the Alaskan Continental Shelf: A computerized pelagic seabird atlas for Alaska
John F. Piatt, R. Glenn Ford
2000, Report
Seabirds are the most visible and vulnerable victims of oil pollution in marine waters. As demonstrated by the "Exxon Valdez" spill (Piatt et al. 1990), we cannot predict when or where an accident leading to pollution might occur in Alaska, or where oil will eventually end up traveling from a...
Obsidian hydration dating of Quaternary events
K. L. Pierce, Irving Friedman
J.S. Noller, J.M. Sowers, W. R. Lettis, editor(s)
2000, Book chapter, Quaternary Geochronology, Methods and Applications: AGU Reference Shelf 4
Abstract has not been submitted...
Conservation of freshwater turtles
V.J. Burke, J.E. Lovich, J.W. Gibbons
Michael W. Klemens, editor(s)
2000, Book chapter, Turtle conservation
No abstract available....
Chaparral
Jon E. Keeley
M.G. Barbour, W.D. Billings, editor(s)
2000, Book chapter, North American terrestrial vegetation
No abstract available....
Golden-rumped elephant-shrew
G. B. Rathbun, S.N. Kyalo
R.P. Reading, B.J. Miller, editor(s)
2000, Book chapter, Endangered animals -- A reference guide to conflicting issues.
No abstract available at this time...
Calcite crystal growth inhibition by humic substances with emphasis on hydrophobic acids from the Florida Everglades
A.R. Hoch, M.M. Reddy, G. R. Aiken
2000, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (64) 61-72
The crystallization of calcium carbonate minerals plays an integral role in the water chemistry of terrestrial ecosystems. Humic substances, which are ubiquitous in natural waters, have been shown to reduce or inhibit calcite crystal growth in experiments. The purpose of this study is to...
Florida manatee
G. B. Rathbun, R.L. Wallace
Richard P. Reading, Brian Miller, editor(s)
2000, Book chapter, Endangered animals: A reference guide to conflicting issues
No abstract available....
Decline in waste corn affecting spring staging habits of sandhill cranes in the central Platte River Valley, Nebraska
Gary L. Krapu, D.A. Brandt
David D. Dolton, editor(s)
2000, Conference Paper, Webless Migratory Game Bird Research Program: Project Abstracts 1999
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Horned Lark
Meghan F. Dinkins, Amy L. Zimmerman, Jill A. Dechant, Barry D. Parkin, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Christopher M. Goldade, Betty R. Euliss
2000, Report, Effects of management practices on grassland birds
Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 5,500 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to indicate the relative densities of the species in North America, based on Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Although birds...
Avian inventory of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas 1998-1999
J.S. Lichtenberg, A.N. Powell
2000, Report
A time-dependent probabilistic seismic-hazard model for California
C.H. Cramer, M.D. Petersen, T. Cao, Tousson R. Toppozada, M. Reichle
2000, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (90) 1-21
For the purpose of sensitivity testing and illuminating nonconsensus components of time-dependent models, the California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology (CDMG) has assembled a time-dependent version of its statewide probabilistic seismic hazard (PSH) model for California. The model incorporates available consensus information from within the earth-science community,...
Natural remediation in the Great Lakes
Dora R. Passino-Reader, Michael A. Kamrin, James P. Hickey
C. Michael Swindoll, Ralph G. Stahl Jr., Stephen J. Ells, editor(s)
2000, Book chapter, Natural remediation of environmental contaminants: Its role in ecological risk assessment and risk management
Overall, the existence of stricter environmental laws during the last 30 years and a reduction in the manufacturing base in the Great Lakes has resulted in improvement in conditions in harbors, rivers, and nearshore waters. Problems remain, such as the inability to dredge certain harbors and remove sediments because...
Bromus madritensis
M.L. Brooks
C. Bossard, M. Hoshovsky, J. Randall, editor(s)
2000, Book chapter, Invasive plants of California's wildlands.
No abstract available....
Grassland bird inventory for seven prairie parks
A.N. Powell
2000, Report
Delineation of sandhill crane subspecies
Douglas H. Johnson, J. E. Austin
David E. Dolton, editor(s)
2000, Conference Paper, Webless Migratory Game Bird Research Program: Project Abstracts 1999
Coal geology, resources and coal-bed methane potential for the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain
Peter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo, Jason C. Willett, Steven M. Podwysocki
2000, Conference Paper, 2000 Annual Meeting Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME), Proceedings
No abstract available....
Survey of Lake Ontario bottom sediment off Rochester, New York, to define the extent of jettisoned World War II matériel and its potential for sediment contamination
Gregory Kennedy, William M. Kappel
2000, Open-File Report 99-237
Military-type matériel was recovered from the bottom of Lake Ontario near Rochester, N.Y., during bottom-trawl, fish-stock surveys at depths of 75 to 180 feet each year from 1978 through 1996. The recovered matériel included many shell-detonator nose cones (2 inches in diameter by about 3.5 inches long); several electronic components;...
Distribution of the spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) in Nevada, including notes on reproduction
Keith Geluso
2000, Southwestern Naturalist (45) 347-352
No abstract available....
Survival and brood rearing ecology of emperor geese
Joel A. Schmutz
2000, Thesis
Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) breed on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in an area inhabited by three other goose species. Whereas populations of other geese increased since the mid 1980s, Emperor Goose numbers remained low. Because survival and habitat selection by broods of Emeperor Geese had not been studied previously and numbers...
Estimating sighting proportions of American alligator nests during helicopter survey
Kenneth G. Rice, H. Franklin Percival, Allan R. Woodward
2000, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (54) 314-321
Proportions of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) nests sighted during aerial survey in Florida were estimated based upon multiple surveys by different observers. We compared sighting proportions across habitats, nesting seasons, and observer experience levels. The mean sighting proportion across all habitats and years was 0.736 (SE=0.024). Survey counts corrected by...
Determining the size of American alligators using hind-foot track length
Philip M. Wilkinson, Kenneth G. Rice
2000, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (54) 337-340
Size distribution information is useful for crocodilian management, but can be hard to obtain. Indirect and less costly demographic inferences made from track measurements may be valuable for management decisions. We related hind-foot lengths (HF) with total length (TL) to determine if we could indirectly assess alligator size using track...