Evaluation of aquifer storage recovery in the Santee Limestone/Black Mingo Aquifer near Charleston, South Carolina, 1993-95
B. G. Campbell, K.J. Conlon, J. E. Mirecki
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4283
Evaluation of radionuclide, inorganic constituent, and organic compound data from selected wells and springs from the southern boundary of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory to the Hagerman Area, Idaho, 1989 through 1992
R. C. Bartholomay, L. M. Williams, L.J. Campbell
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4007
Hybridization between introduced spotted bass and smallmouth bass in reservoirs
P.C. Pierce, M.J. Van Den Avyle
1997, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (126) 939-947
Introductions of black basses Micropterus spp. beyond their native ranges have led to hybridization within the genus. In the southeastern USA, the potential for hybridization appears high because species introductions have been common in reservoirs. We determined the extent of hybridization between smallmouth bass M. dolomieu and spotted bass M. punctulatus in reservoirs in which introductions...
Genetic differentiation of sockeye salmon subpopulations from a geologically young Alaskan lake system
C. V. Burger, William J. Spearman, M. A. Cronin
1997, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (126) 926-938
The Tustumena Lake drainage in southcentral Alaska is glacially turbid and geologically young (<2,000 years old). Previous field studies identified at least three subpopulations of sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka at Tustumena Lake, based on the distribution and timing of spawners. The subpopulations included early‐run salmon that spawned in six...
Effect of temperature and zooplankton abundance on growth and survival of larval threadfin shad
R.K. Betsill, M.J. Van Den Avyle
1997, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (126) 999-1011
As a test of the match–mismatch hypothesis, we examined the effects of prey availability and water temperature on growth and survival of weekly cohorts of larval threadfin shad Dorosoma petenense in J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir, Georgia–South Carolina. Hatching dates were estimated from otolith increments, and availability of prey was...
Study of nonpoint source nutrient loading in the Patuxent River basin, Maryland
S. D. Preston
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4273
Study of nonpoint-source (NPS) nutrient loading in Maryland has focused on the Patuxent watershed because of its importance and representativeness of conditions in the State. Evaluation of NPS nutrient loading has been comprehensive and has included long-term monitoring, detailed watershed modeling, and synoptic sampling studies....
Slow growth did not decouple the otolith size-fish size relationship in striped bass
C.L. Dickey, J. Jeffery Isely, J.R. Tomasso
1997, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (126) 1027-1029
Eight‐day‐old striped bass Morone saxatilis (6.17–6.22 mm, total length) were fed twice daily at three feeding rates to produce three growth rates. Fish were sampled once per week for 4 weeks to determine total length and otolith radius. Feed ration treatments resulted in discrete size‐classes of striped bass after...
Annual report of the USGS Mission, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the fiscal year 1996
U.S. Geological Survey Saudi Arabia Mission, Saudi Arabia. Wizārat al-Batrūl wa-al-Tharwah al-Maʻdinīyah
1997, Technical Report USGS-TR-97-1
An interagency report prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey Saudi Arabian Mission for the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ...
Environmental policy analysis, peer reviewed: Reservoir sediment cores show US lead declines
Edward Callender, Peter C. Van Metre
1997, Environmental Science & Technology (31) 424A-428A
As a result of the Clean Air Act, lead (Pb) emissions to the atmosphere have been greatly reduced since the mid-1970s. As part of its National Water Quality Assessment, the U.S. Geological Survey has been using paleolimnological techniques to assess past trends in hydrophobic contaminants. In urban-suburban environments, reservoir sediment...
The impacts of mobile fishing gear on seafloor habitats in the Gulf of Maine (Northwest Atlantic): implications for conservation of fish populations
Peter J. Auster, Richard J. Malatesta, Richard W. Langton, Les Watting, Page C. Valentine, Carol Lee S. Donaldson, Elizabeth W. Langton, Andrew N. Shepard, War G. Babb
1997, Reviews in Fisheries Science (4) 185-202
Fishing gear alters seafloor habitats, but the extent of these alterations, and their effects, have not been quantified extensively in the northwest Atlantic. Understanding the extent of these impacts, and their effects on populations of living marine resources, is needed to properly manage current and future levels of fishing effort...
Glaciological delineation of the dynamic coastline of Antartica
Richard S. Williams Jr., Jane G. Ferrigno, Charles Swithinbank, Baerbel K. Lucchitta, Barbara A. Seekins, Christina E. Rosanova
1997, Antarctic Journal of the United States (32) 28-32
No abstract available....
Wetland losses related to fault movement and hydrocarbon production, southeastern Texas coast
William A. White, Robert A. Morton
1997, Journal of Coastal Research (13) 1305-1320
Time series analyses of surface fault activity and nearby hydrocarbon production from the southeastern Texas coast show a high correlation among volume of produced fluids, timing of fault activation, rates of subsidence, and rates of wetland loss. Greater subsidence on the downthrown sides of faults contributes to more frequent flooding...
Modeling waves and circulation in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
Richard P. Signell, Jeffrey H. List
1997, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions (47) 529-532
The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting a study of storm-driven sediment resuspension and transport in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. Two critical processes related to sediment transport in the lake are (1) the resuspension of sediments due to wind-generated storm waves and (2) the movement of resuspended material by lake currents during...
Global impacts of mining and urbanization on fluvial and coastal systems: the San Juan case study
W. R. Osterkamp, R. A. Morton
1997, GSA Today 13-15
No abstract available....
Characteristics of and corrections for core shortening in unconsolidated sediments
Robert A. Morton, William A. White
1997, Journal of Coastal Research (13) 761-769
Thinning, bypassing, and compaction of shallow unconsolidated sediments during manual coring or vibracoring operations probably cause more sediment deformation and greater stratigraphic displacement than is commonly reported in the wetland literature. We measured core shortening in open-barrel cores from fluvial wetlands, lagoonal flats, and marshes to document the magnitude and...
Environmental geochemistry and sediment quality in Lake Pontchartrain: database development and review
Frank T. Manheim, George C. Flowers, Andrew G. McIntire, Marcie Marot, Charles Holmes
1997, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions (47) 337-349
This paper reports on preliminary results of a project to develop a comprehensive data base of chemical and environmental information on sediments from Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, and surrounding water bodies. The goal is to evaluate all data for reliability and comparability, and to make it widely accessible and useful to...
One minute after: Strong-motion map, effective epicenter, and effective magnitude
Ta-Liang Teng, Ludan Wu, Tzay-Chyn Shin, Y.B. Tsai, W.H.K. Lee
1997, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (87) 1209-1219
This article reports the recent progress on real-time seismic monitoring in Taiwan, particularly the real-time strong-motion monitoring by the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau's telemetered seismic network (CWBSN), which is presently aiming at rapid reporting immediately after a large earthquake occurrence. If rapid...
Sea-floor geology of a part of Mamala Bay, Hawaii
Monty A. Hampton, Michael E. Torresan, John H. Barber Jr.
1997, Pacific Science (51) 54-75
We surveyed the sea-floor geology within a 200-km2 area of Mamala Bay, off Honolulu, Hawaii by collecting and analyzing sidescan sonar images, 3.5-kHz profiles, video and still visual images, and box-core samples. The study area extends from 20-m water depth on the insular shelf to 600-m water depth in a...
Geology and hydrogeology of the Florida Keys
Robert B. Halley, H. L. Vacher, Shinn
1997, Book chapter, Geology and hydrogeology of carbonate islands
This chapter discusses the geology and hydrogeology of the Florida Keys, and focuses on the islands formed of Pleistocene limestone. These islands, which are crossed when driving from Miami to Key West, are typically regarded as "the Florida Keys." The outstanding and fragile character of ecosystems on and around the...
Lateral trapping of sediment in partially mixed estuary
W. R. Geyer, R. P. Signell, G. C. Kineke
J. Dronker, M. Scheffers, editor(s)
1997, Conference Paper, Physics of estuaries and coastal seas: proceedings of the 8th International Biennial Conference on physics of estuaries and coastal seas, The Hague, Netherlands 9-12 September 1996
No abstract available....
Reply to comment by R. Anderson on "Uranium-series disequilibrium, sedimentation, diatom frustules, and paleoclimate change in Lake Baikal"
D. N. Edgington, J. A. Robbins, S.M. Colman, K. A. Orlandini, M. P. Gustin, J. V. Klump, L. Z. Granina
1997, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (148) 399-404
No abstract available....
Kansas geological survey's Digital Petroleum Atlas (DPA) project
T.R. Carr, D. Adkins-Heljeson, P.M. Gerlach, L. C. Gerhard, W. J. Guy, J.M. Kruger, W.L. Watney
1997, Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 771-778
The Kansas Digital Petroleum Atlas (DPA) is a new approach to generating and publishing petroleum reservoir, field, play and basin studies. Atlas products are available anywhere in the world using a standard point-and-click World-Wide-Web interface. All information and technology in the DPA can be accessed, manipulated and downloaded in order...
Wolf pack size and food acquisition
Paul E. Schmidt, L. David Mech
1997, American Naturalist (150) 513-517
No abstract available....
Significance of stomach oil for reproduction in seabirds: An interspecies cross-fostering experiment
Daniel D. Roby, Jan R. E. Taylor, Allen R. Place
1997, The Auk (114) 725-736
Stomach oil, a complex mixture of neutral dietary lipids, is a unique attribute of seabirds in the order Procellariiformes. With the exception of diving-petrels, all procellariiforms produce stomach oil and feed it to their young. We conducted an interspecies cross-fostering experiment on Bird Island, South Georgia, that was designed to...
Discussion and closure: Slope instability from ground-water seepage
Richard M. Iverson, Muniram Budhu, Roger Gobin
1997, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (123) 929-931
No abstract available....