Alaska
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 003-99
The relationship between species density and community biomass in grazed and ungrazed coastal meadows
James B. Grace, H. Jutila
1999, Oikos (85) 398-408
Previous studies have indicated that the relationship between community biomass and species density can be represented by a multivariate model in which abiotic variables influence species density both through effects on biomass and through effects on the species pool. In this paper, we use data from grazed and ungrazed coastal...
Data on past climate warmth may lead to better model of warm future
Andre Droxler, Richard Z. Poore, Lloyd Burckle
1999, Eos Science News (80) 289-290
Weather bureaus around the world have accumulated daily historical records of atmospheric conditions for more than a century to help forecast meteorological conditions 3 to 5 days ahead. To gain insight into the impact of possible future climate warming and constrain predictive models for a warm future, climatologists are seeking...
Editorial
Anton Leijnse, Mary C. Hill
1999, Advances in Water Resources (22) 775-776
No abstract available....
Epizootiology of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus in Pacific herring from the spawn-on-kelp fishery in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
P.K. Hershberger, R. M. Kocan, N.E. Elder, T.R. Meyers, J. R. Winton
1999, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (37) 23-31
Both the prevalence and tissue titer of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) increased in Pacific herring Clupea pallasi following their introduction into net pens (pounds) used in the closed pound spawn-on-kelp (SOK) fishery in Prince William Sound, Alaska. VHSV was also found in water samples from inside and outside the SOK pounds...
Effects of climate change on surface- and ground-water quality
Peter S. Murdoch, Jill Baron, T. L. Miller
1999, Conference Paper
Forest bird and fruit bat populations on Sarigan, Mariana Islands
Steven G. Fancy, Robert J. Craig, Curt T. Kessler
1999, Micronesica (31) 247-254
We conducted the first quantitative surveys of forest bird and bat populations on the uninhabited island of Sarigan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Severe habitat degradation has occurred on Sarigan because of overgrazing by introduced goats and pigs. Planting of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) for copra production has also...
Maui Invasive Species Committee
Lloyd L. Loope, R. Bartlett
1999, Endangered Species Bulletin (23) 8-9
No abstract available....
Monitoring survival rates of Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus at multiple spatial scales
D.K. Rosenberg, D.F. DeSante, K.S. McKelvey, James E. Hines
1999, Bird Study (46) S198-S208
We estimated survival rates of Swainson's Thrush, a common, neotropical, migratory landbird, at multiple spatial scales, using data collected in the western USA from the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship Programme. We evaluated statistical power to detect spatially heterogeneous survival rates and exponentially declining survival rates among spatial scales with...
Infection of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North Africa
E. Zhioua, A. Bouattour, C.M. Hu, M. Gharbi, A. Aeschliman, H. S. Ginsberg, L. Gern
1999, Journal of Medical Entomology (36) 216-218
Free-living adult Ixodes ricinus L. were collected in Amdoun, situated in the Kroumiry mountains in northwestern Tunisia (North Africa). Using direct fluorescence antibody assay, the infection rate of field-collected I. ricinus by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was 30.5% (n = 72). No difference in infection rate was observed between male...
An evaluation of the wilt-causing bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum as a potential biological control agent for the alien Kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum) in Hawaiian forests
1999, Biological Control (15) 89-96
Kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum) is an invasive weed in tropical forests in Hawaii and elsewhere. Bacterial wilt caused by the ginger strain of Ralstonia(=Pseudomonas) solanacearum systemically infects edible ginger (Zingiber officinale) and ornamental gingers (Hedychium spp.), causing wilt in infected plants. The suitability of R. solanacearum as a biological control...
Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis)
Paul C. Banko, Jeffrey M. Black, Winston E. Banko
1999, Birds of North America No. 434
Evolving in the remote Hawaiian Archipelago and having the smallest range of any living goose, the Hawaiian Goose, or better known by its Hawaiian name—Nënë, is among the most isolated, sedentary, and threatened of waterfowl. The Nënë is also highly terrestrial, and several structural features demonstrate its adaptation to life...
Eleutherodactylus frog introductions to Hawaii
Fred Kraus, Earl W. Campbell III, Allen Allison, Thane K. Pratt
1999, Herpetological Review (30) 21-25
As an oceanic archipelago isolated from continental source areas, Hawaii lacks native terrestrial reptiles and amphibians, Polynesians apparently introduced seven gecko and skink species after discovering the islands approximately 1500 years ago, and another 15 reptiles and five frogs have been introduced in the last century and a half (McKeown...
The environmental geology of mineral deposits
Geoffrey S. Plumlee
1999, Book chapter, The Environmental Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits, Part A. Processes, Techniques, and Health Issues
No abstract available....
Factors determining the partitioning of precipitation into evaporation and runoff
Paul C.D. Milly, K.A. Browning, R.J. Gurney
1999, Book chapter, Global energy and water cycles
No abstract available....
Physical setting: Chapter 1 in Initial biotic survey of Lisbon Bottom, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Robert B. Jacobson, Mark S. Laustrup, Ellen A. Ehrhardt, Curt Niebur, Raymond E. Arvidson
1999, Biological Science Report 2000-0001-1
Lisbon Bottom consists of approximately 875 ha of river bottom along the Missouri River in Howard County, Missouri, from approximately river mile (RM) 213 to RM 219. As used in this report, the Lisbon Bottom area also includes the main channel of the Missouri River adjacent to the Lisbon Bottom...
Geologic controls on the composition of natural waters and mine waters draining diverse mineral-deposit types
Geoffrey S. Plumlee, K. S. Smith, M. R. Montour, W. H. Ficklin, E. L. Mosier
1999, Book chapter, The Environmental Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits, Part B. Case Studies and Research Topics
No abstract available....
Workshop summary, conclusions and recommendations
W.H. Benson, R.T. Di Giulio, D. E. Tillitt, L. Birnbaum, P.L deFur, Jay W. Gooch, Ellen Mihaich, C. Tyler
1999, Book chapter, Reproductive and developmental effects of contaminants in oviparous vertebrates
No abstract available....
El Nino 1997-98; direct costs of damaging landslides in the San Francisco Bay region
Jonathan W. Godt, W. Z. Savage
1999, Conference Paper, Ninth international conference and field trip on landslides
No abstract available....
Characterizing fractured-zone flow using numerical flow-log models
Frederick L. Paillet
B. Amadei, R.L. Kranz, G.A. Scott, P.H. Smeallie, editor(s)
1999, Book chapter, Rock mechanics for industry: Proceedings of the 37th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium
Water-quality monitoring and hydraulic testing in fractured bedrock aquifers involves two important tasks: 1) identifying the hydraulically active fractures intersecting the borehole, and 2) inferring how the specific entry or exit ports in the borehole wall are connected to large-scale flow paths in the region surrounding the...
Septoria hodgesii sp. nov.: A potential biocontrol agent for Myrica faya in Hawai‘i
Donald E. Gardner
1999, Mycotaxon (70) 747-753
Septoria hodgesii sp. nov. is described. This fungus is a common leaf pathogen of Myrica cerifera in the southeastern U.S., where it usually has been identified as S. myricae. It also has been shown by artificial inoculation to be pathogenic on M. faya, an introduced forest weed in Hawai'i. Comparison...
Historical trends in salinity and substrate in central and northern Florida Bay: A Paleoecological Reconstruction using modern analogue data
G. Lynn Wingard, Scott E. Ishman
1999, Estuaries (22) 369-383
Understanding the natural spatial and temporal variability that exists within an ecosystem is a critical component of efforts to restore systems to their natural state. Analysis of benthic foraminifers and molluscs from modern monitoring sites within Florida Bay allows us to determine what environmental parameters control...
Yellowstone bears
R.R. Knight, B.M. Blanchard, P. Schullery
T. W. Clark, A.P. Curlee, S.C. Minta, P. Kareiva, editor(s)
1999, Book chapter, Carnivores in ecosystems: the Yellowstone experience
No abstract available....
Wetlands: function, assessment, and management: Society of Wetland Scientists 20th annual meeting, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, June 6-12, 1999
R. Harold Jones, James E. Perry, Janet R. Keough, Jason S. Goldbert
1999, Book, Bulletin (Society of Wetland Scientists (U.S.))
Digital geologic map database of the Payette National Forest and vicinity, Idaho
Karen Lund, P. D. Derkey, T. R. Brandt, J.R. Oblad
1999, Open-File Report 98-219-B
The geology of the Payette National Forest and vicinity, Idaho (Fig. 1), was mapped and compiled by Karen Lund between 1992 and 1996. The geologic data for the digital map are from original mapping as well as compilation by Lund of numerous sources of published and unpublished geologic maps that...