Interannual colony exchange among breeding Eastern Brown Pelicans
Bradley P. Wilkinson, Patrick G.R. Jodice
2022, Journal of Field Ornithology (93)
Colonial seabirds often display high rates of interannual site fidelity to breeding locations, especially as adults. Species using more nearshore or coastal systems, however, may display comparatively less fidelity than highly pelagic species. We used long-term GPS tracking data to assess the frequency of interannual colony switching in Eastern Brown...
Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers
John L. Wilkinson, Alistair B. A. Boxall, Dana W. Kolpin, Kenneth M. Y. Leung, Racliffe W. S. Lai, Cristobal Galban-Malagon, Aiko D. Adell, J. Mondon, M. Metian, R. Marchant, Alejandra Bouzas-Monroy, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, A. Coors, Carriquiriborde P., M. Rojo, C. Gordon, Magdalena Cara, M. Moermond, Thais Luarte, V. Petrosyan, Yekaterina Perikhanyan, Clare S. Mahon, Christopher J. McGurk, T. Hofmann, T. Kormoker, V. Iniguez, J. Guzman-Otazo, Jean L. Tavares, Francisco Gildasio de Figueiredo, Maria T. P. Razzolini, V. Dougnon, G. Gbaguidi, Oumar Traore, Jules M. Blais, Linda E. Kimpe, M. Wong, D. Wong, R. Ntchantcho, J. Pizarro, Guang-Guo Ying, Chang-Er Chen, Martha Paez, Jina Martinez-Lara, Jean-Paul Otamonga, John Pote, Suspense A. Ifo, Penelope J. Wilson, Silvia Echeverria-Saenz, N. Udikovic-Kolic, M. Milakovic, D. Fatta-Kassinos, L. Ioannou-Ttofa, Vladimira Belusova, J. Vymazal, Maria Cardenas-Bustamante, Bayable A. Kassa, J Garric, A. Chaumot, Peter Gibba, I. Kunchulia, Seidensticker S., G. Lyberatos, Halldór P. Halldórsson, Molly Melling, T. Shashidhar, Manisha Lamba, A. Nastiti, A. Supriatin, N. Pourang, A. Abedini, Omar Abdullah, Salem S. Gharbia, F. Pilla, B. Chefetz, T. Topaz, Koffi Marcellin Yao, B. Aubakirova, R. Beisenova, L. Olaka, Jemimah Mulu, P. Chatanga, V. Ntuli, Nathaniel T. Blama, S. Sherif, Ahmad Zaharin Aris, Ley Juen Looi, M. Niang, Seydou T. Traore, Rik Oldenkamp, O. Ogunbanwo, M. Ashfaq, M. Iqbal, Z. Abdeen, A. O’Dea, Jorge Manuel Morales-Saldana, M. Custodio, H. de la Cruz, I. Navarrete, F. Carvalho, Alhaji B. Gogra, Bashiru M. Koroma, Vesna Cerkvenik-Flajs, Mitja Gombac, M. Thwala, K. Choi, H. Kang, John L. Celestino Ladu, A. Rico, P. Amerashinghe, A. Sobek, G. Horlitz, Armin K. Zenker, Alex C. King, Jheng-Jie Jiang, Rebecca Kariuki, M. Tumbo, U. Tezel, Turgut T. Onay, Julius B. Lejju, Y. Vystavna, Y. Vergeles, H. Heinzen, Andres Perez-Parada, Douglas B. Sims, M. Figy, David Good, C. Teta
2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (119) 1-10
Environmental exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can have negative effects on the health of ecosystems and humans. While numerous studies have monitored APIs in rivers, these employ different analytical methods, measure different APIs, and have ignored many of the countries of the world. This makes it difficult to quantify...
Global and regional sea level rise scenarios for the United States
William Sweet, Ben Hamlington, Robert E. Kopp, Christopher Weaver, Patrick L. Barnard, David Bekaert, William Brooks, Michael Craghan, Gregory Dusek, Thomas Frederikse, Gregory Garner, Ayesha S. Genz, John P. Krasting, Eric Larour, Doug Marcy, John J. Marra, Jayantha Obeysekera, Mark Osler, Matthew Pendleton, Daniel Roman, Lauren Schmied, Will Veatch, Kathleen D. White, Casey Zuzak
2022, Technical Report NOS.01
This report and accompanying datasets from the U.S. Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flood Hazard Scenarios and Tools Interagency Task Force provide 1) sea level rise scenarios to 2150 by decade that include estimates of vertical land motion and 2) a set of extreme water level probabilities for various heights...
The Coles Hill uranium deposit, Virginia, USA: Geology, geochemistry, geochronology, and genetic model
Susan M. Hall, J.S. Beard, Christopher J. Potter, R.J. Bodnar, Leonid A. Neymark, James B. Paces, Craig A. Johnson, G.N. Breit, Robert A. Zielinski, G. J. Aylor Jr.
2022, Economic Geology (117) 273-304
The Coles Hill uranium deposit with an indicated resource of about 130 million lbs. of U3O8 is the largest unmined uranium deposit in the United States. The deposit is hosted in the Taconian (approximately 480 – 450 Ma) Martinsville igneous complex, which consists of the Ordovician Leatherwood Granite (granodiorite) and...
USGS invasive carp database management and integration support
Travis J. Harrison, Marybeth K. Brey, Jayme Stone
2022, Report, 2021 Invasive carp interim summary report
Bigheaded carps (Bighead Carp and Silver Carp) tracking, monitoring, and contracted removal will continue throughout the Illinois River and Upper Mississippi River as part of an adaptive management effort to mitigate, control, and contain bigheaded carps. Other fish will also be tracked to maintain a holistic view of the transmitter...
Wind River subbasin restoration: Annual Report of U.S. Geological Survey activities January 2020 through December 2020
Ian Jezorek
2022, Report
We sampled juvenile wild Steelhead Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in headwater streams of the Wind River, WA, to characterize population attributes and investigate life-history metrics, particularly migratory patterns, and early life-stage survival. We used passive integrated transponder (PIT) tagging and a series of instream PIT-tag interrogation systems (PTISs) to track juveniles...
Modeling functional flows in California rivers
Theodore E. Grantham, Daren M. Carlisle, Jeanette K. Howard, Belize Lane, Robert Lusardi, Alyssa Obester, Samuel Sandoval-Solis, Bronwen Stanford, Eric D. Stein, Kristine T. Taniguchi-Quan, Sarah M. Yarnell, Julie K. H Zimmerman
Albert Chakona, editor(s)
2022, Frontiers in Environmental Science (10)
Environmental flows are critical to the recovery and conservation of freshwater ecosystems worldwide. However, estimating desired ranges of environmental flows across large, diverse landscapes is challenging. To advance protections of environmental flows for streams in California, USA, we developed a statewide modeling approach focused on functional components of the natural flow...
Strength and memory of precipitation's control over streamflow across the conterminous United States
Edom Moges, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Liang Zhang, Jessica M. Driscoll, Laurel Larsen
2022, Water Resources Research (58)
How precipitation (P) is translated into streamflow (Q) and over what timescales (i.e., “memory”) is difficult to predict without calibration of site-specific models or using geochemical approaches, posing barriers to prediction in ungauged basins or advancement of general theories. Here, we used a data-driven approach to identify regional patterns and...
Eagle Ford Group in southwest Texas
Justin E. Birdwell
2022, Newsletter
No abstract available....
Identification of fresh submarine groundwater off the coast of San Diego, USA, using electromagnetic methods
Roslynn B. King, Wesley R. Danskin, Steven Constable, Jillian M. Maloney
2022, Hydrogeology Journal (30) 965-973
Climate change has a pronounced effect on water resources in many semiarid climates, causing populated areas such as San Diego County (USA), to become more vulnerable to water shortages in the coming decades. To prepare for decreased water supply, San Diego County is adopting policies to decrease water use and...
USGS tools perform gas source analysis in the field
John Pohlman, Michael Casso, Lee-Gray Boze, Emile Bergeron
2022, Newsletter
Field studies of gas hydrate rely on gas sampling and analysis tools to determine the origins and alteration of methane and other hydrocarbons. The conventional strategy for deciphering gas origins has been to collect gas and other related samples in the field then pack, ship, store, and later analyze these...
Real-time telemetry and multi-state modeling
Marybeth K. Brey, Brent C. Knights, P. Ryan Jackson, Jessica C. Stanton, Douglas Appel, James J. Duncker, Andrea K. Fritts
2022, Report, 2022 Invasive Carp Action Plan
This project will result in real-time data and other invasive carp movement information to inform realtime management decisions and refine the SEICarP model. FY 2022 funding will produce final transition probability estimates from the newly-developed Bayesian multi-state model, continue the maintenance of real-time telemetry to inform contingency actions, and produce...
Great Lakes lake trout thiamine monitoring program annual report
Jacques Rinchard, Thomas Blowers, Brian F. Lantry
2022, Report
The U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC), Eastern Ecological Science Center, and Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC), and the State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport have conducted in collaboration with partner agencies a cooperative program to monitor thiamine concentrations in lake trout eggs since the late 1990s....
Sea duck joint venture key site atlas entries: Garden Peninsula; Green Bay and Bay de Nocs; Southeast Lake Michigan; Sleeping Bear Dunes
Kevin P. Kenow, Luke J. Fara, Steven C. Houdek, Brian R. Lubinski
2022, Report, Atlas of sea duck key habitat sites in North america
No abstract available....
Natural and anthropogenic influences on benthic cyanobacteria in streams of the northeastern United States
Nicholas O. Schulte, Daren M. Carlisle, Sarah Spaulding
2022, Science of the Total Environment (826)
Benthic cyanobacteria are widespread in streams and rivers and have the potential to release toxins. In large numbers, these microorganisms and their toxins present a risk to human health. Cyanobacterial abundance in stream biofilms is typically related to single or a limited set of...
Limited land base and competing land uses force societal tradeoffs when siting energy development
Jill A. Shaffer, Neal D. Niemuth, Charles R. Loesch, Clayton E. Derby, Aaron T. Pearse, Kevin W. Barnes, Terry L. Shaffer, Adam J. Ryba
2022, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (13) 106-123
As human populations grow, decisions regarding use of the world's finite land base become increasingly complex. We adopted a land use–conflict scenario involving renewable energy to illustrate one potential cause of these conflicts and resulting tradeoff decisions. Renewable energy industries wishing to expand operations in the United States are limited...
Floods of June 21–July 1, 2018, in the Floyd River and Little Sioux River Basins, northwestern Iowa
Padraic S. O’Shea, Jordan L. Wilson, Jared C. Vegrzyn, Kimberlee K. Barnes
2022, Open-File Report 2022-1015
The Floyd River and Little Sioux River Basins in northwestern Iowa flooded on June 21–July 1, 2018, after sustained rainfall on June 14–27, 2018. Within the Floyd River Basin, rainfall totals from June 14 to 21 preceding flooding were 3.01 inches (in.) at Le Mars, 4.50 in. at Orange City,...
Comparison of methods for estimating density and population trends for low-density Asian bears
Dana J. Morin, John Boulanger, Richard Bischof, David C. Lee, Dusit Ngoprasert, Angela K. Fuller, Bruce McLellan, Robert Steinmetz, Sandeep Sharma, Dave Garshelis, Arjun M. Gopalaswamy, Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Ullas Karanth
2022, Global Ecology and Conservation
Populations of bears in Asia are vulnerable to extinction and effective monitoring is critical to measure and direct conservation efforts. Population abundance (local density) or growth (λ) are the most sensitive metrics to change. We discuss the value in implementing spatially explicit capture-recapture (SCR), the current gold standard for density estimation,...
Drivers of flight performance of California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus)
Sophie R. Bonner, Sharon A. Poessel, Joseph C. Brandt, Molly T. Astell, James R. Belthoff, Todd E. Katzner
2022, Journal of Raptor Research (56) 17-27
Flight behavior of soaring birds depends on a complex array of physiological, social, demographic, and environmental factors. California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus) rely on thermal and orographic updrafts to subsidize extended bouts of soaring flight, and their soaring flight performance is expected to vary in response to environmental variation and, potentially,...
Water chemistry, exposure routes and metal forms determine the bioaccumulation dynamics of silver (ionic and nanoparticulate) in Daphnia magna
Emma Lesser, Fatima Noor Sheikh, Mithun Sikder, Marie Noele Croteau, Natasha Franklin, Mohammed Baalousha, Niveen S. Ismail
2022, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (41) 726-738
Treatment wetlands utilize various physical and biological processes to reduce levels of organic contaminants, metals, bacteria, and suspended solids. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are one type of contaminant that can enter treatment wetlands and impact the overall treatment efficacy. Grazing by filter-feeding zooplankton, such as Daphnia magna, is critical to treatment wetland...
Geology & mineralogy of the Old Mine Park area Trumbull Connecticut
Harold Moritz, Robert P. Wintsch, Bill Devlin, Ryan J. McAleer, Shinae Lee, SookJu Kim, Keewook Yi
2022, Book
Old Mine Park, in the northern Trumbull area (also known as Long Hill) of southwestern Connecticut, is a recreation area encompassing the mineral-rich hill of “Saganawamps” and owned by the Town of Trumbull. Most of its 72 acres are wooded, rocky and undeveloped but it is surrounded by dense infrastructure...
Synthetic aperture radar volcanic flow maps (SAR VFMs): A simple method for rapid identification and mapping of volcanic mass flows
Michael Poland
2022, Bulletin of Volcanology (84)
Volcanic mass flows, including lava, pyroclastic density currents, and lahars, account for the bulk of fatalities and infrastructure damage caused by volcanic eruptions. Mapping these flows soon after their emplacement is vital to understanding their impact and to forecasting the likely behavior of potential future flows. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)...
Rotenone use and subsequent prey loss lowers Osprey fledging rates via brood reduction
Charles J. Henny, James L Kaiser
2022, Journal of Raptor Research (56) 37-54
Fisheries managers used the fish toxicant rotenone to eradicate an undesirable brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) population and all other fish species at Hyatt Reservoir, Oregon, on 12 October 1989. This 4-yr study (1988–1990, 1992) compared effects of that rotenone project on Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) nesting...
Summary and synthesis of 15 years of the Amphibian Vital Sign monitoring in the National Capital Region Inventory and Monitoring Network
Evan H. Campbell Grant, Adrianne Brand, AD Wright
2022, Report
The amphibian monitoring program, designed and conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative program, is designed to estimate the status and trends of amphibian populations to assist management decisions in individual parks and across the National Capital Region Network. Detection/non-detection data for stream and wetland habitats has...
Repeat magnetotelluric measurements to monitor The Geysers steam field in northern California
Jared R. Peacock, David Alumbaugh, Michael Albert Mitchell, Craig Hartline
2022, Conference Paper, Proceedings, 47th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering
The Geysers in northern California is the world’s largest electricity generating steam field. To help understand changes in the steam reservoir, repeat magnetotelluric (MT) measurements are being collected once a year from 2021-2023. These data will be compared and modeled to provide 4-D images of changes within the...
