Exploring strategies for investigating the mechanisms linking climate and individual-level child health outcomes: An analysis of birth weight in Mali
Kathryn Grace, Andrew Verdin, Audrey Dorélien, Frank Davenport, Chris Funk, Gregory Husak
2021, Demography (58) 499-526-526
The goal of this article is to consider data solutions to investigate the differential pathways that connect climate/weather variability to child health outcomes. We apply several measures capturing different aspects of climate/weather variability to different time periods of in utero exposure. The measures are designed to capture the complexities of climate-related risks...
The Denver Well Logging Society April 2021 Newsletter: From the VP - Technology
Jenny Heather Lagesse
2021, Newsletter
No abstract available....
Embracing ensemble species distribution models to inform at-risk species status assessments
C. Ramirez-Reyes, M. Nazeri, Garrett Street, D. T. Jones-Ferrand, Francisco Vilella, K. O. Evans
2021, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (12) 98-111
Conservation planning depends on reliable information regarding the geographic distribution of species. However, our knowledge of species' distributions is often incomplete, especially when species are cryptic, difficult to survey, or rare. The use of species distribution models has increased in recent years and proven a valuable tool to evaluate habitat...
Intended consequences statement
Ryan Phelan, Bridget Baumgartner, Stewart Brand, Evelyn Brister, Stanley W. Burgiel, R. Alta Charo, Isabelle Coche, Al Cofrancesco, Jason A. Delborne, Owain Edwards, Joshua P. Fisher, Martin Gaywood, Doria R. Gordon, Gregg Howald, Margaret Hunter, Peter Kareiva, Aditi Mankad, Michelle Marvier, Katherine Moseby, Andrew E. Newhouse, Ben J. Novak, Gerry Ohrstrom, Steven Olson, Megan J. Palmer, Stephen S. Palumbi, Neil Patterson Jr., Miguel Pedrono, Francisco Pelegri, Yasha Rohwer, Oliver A. Ryder, J. Royden Saah, Robert M. Scheller, Philip J. Seddon, H. Bradley Shaffer, Beth Shapiro, Mike Sweeney, Mark R. Tercek, Delphine Thizy, Whitney Tilt, Michele Weber, Renee D. Wegrzyn, Bruce Whitelaw, Matthew Winkler, Josh Wodak, Mark Zimring, Paul Robbins
2021, Conservation Science and Practice (3)
As the biodiversity crisis accelerates, the stakes are higher for threatened plants and animals. Rebuilding the health of our planet will require addressing underlying threats at many scales, including habitat loss and climate change. Conservation interventions such as habitat protection, management, restoration, predator control, translocation, genetic rescue, and biological control...
An integrated population model for harvest management of Atlantic brant
A.J. Roberts, J.L. Dooly, Beth Ross, T.C. Nichols, J.O. Leafloor, K.W. Dufour
2021, Journal of Wildlife Management (85) 897-908
Atlantic brant (Branta bernicla hrota) are important game birds in the Atlantic Flyway and several long-term monitoring data sets could assist with harvest management, including a count-based survey and demographic data. Considering their relative strengths and weaknesses, integrated analysis to these data would likely improve harvest management, but tools for...
Evidence of successful river spawning by lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in the lower Niagara River, Lake Ontario
Alexander Gatch, Dimitry Gorsky, Zy Biesinger, Eric Bruestle, Kelley Lee, Curt Karboski, Meredith L. Bartron, Tyler Wagner
2021, Journal of Great Lakes Research (47) 486-493
Restoration of a wild-produced lake trout Salvelinus namaycush population in Lake Ontario has not been successful despite the adult population often meeting or exceeding restoration targets. Lack of high-quality spawning habitat in Lake Ontario is suggested as one impediment to recruitment of wild lake trout, although the quantity and location of...
Investigating the morphological and genetic divergence of arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) populations in lakes of arctic Alaska
Stephen L. Klobucar, Jessica A. Rick, Elizabeth G. Mandeville, Catherine E. Wagner, Phaedra E. Budy
2021, Ecology and Evolution (11) 3040-3057
Polymorphism facilitates coexistence of divergent morphs (e.g., phenotypes) of the same species by minimizing intraspecific competition, especially when resources are limiting. Arctic char (Salvelinus sp.) are a Holarctic fish often forming morphologically, and sometimes genetically, divergent morphs. In this study, we assessed the morphological and genetic diversity and divergence of 263...
Climate change indicators: Streamflow
Caelan E. Simeone, Robert W. Dudley, Glenn A. Hodgkins, Michael McHale
2021, Report
No abstract available....
Demography and loss of genetic diversity in two insular populations of the bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Cassandra M. Miller-Butterworth, Duane R. Diefenbach, Jessie E. Edson, Leslie A. Hansen, James D. Jordan, Tess M. Gingery, Amy L. Russell
2021, Global Ecology and Conservation (26) 1-15
Among felids worldwide, only 6 of 38 species have stable or increasing populations, and most felid species are threatened by anthropogenic influences, especially habitat loss and fragmentation. We documented changes in genetic diversity in an isolated, reintroduced population of bobcats on Cumberland Island (CUIS), Georgia, USA, compared to another...
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Level 1B User Guide
Jared Beck, Bradford Wirt, Scott Luthcke, Michelle Hofton, John Armston
2021, Book
No abstract available....
Plague transforms positive effects of precipitation on prairie dogs to negative effects
Dean E. Biggins, David A. Eads, Jerry L. Godbey
2021, International Journal of Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (14) 329-334
Rodents characteristically benefit from increased precipitation, especially in typically dry habitats; “good years” of high precipitation improve their forage and water balance. However, Yersinia pestis (plague), a flea-borne pathogen of mammals that was introduced to western North America, has the greatest negative impact on at least some species of rodents during years...
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) level 2 user guide
Jared Beck, Bradford Wirt, John Armston, Michelle Hofton, Scott Luthcke, Hao Tang
2021, Book
No abstract available....
Heterotrophic respiration and the divergence of productivity and carbon sequestration
Asko Noormets, Rosvel Bracho, Eric Ward, John Seiler, Brian Strahm, Wen Lin, Kristin McElligott, Jean-Christophe Domec, Carlos Gonzalez-Benecke, Eric J. Jokela, Daniel M. Markewitz, Cassandra Meek, Guofang Miao, Steve G. McNulty, John S. King, Lisa Samuelson, Ge Sun, Robert Teskey, Jason R. Vogel, Rodney E. Will, Jinyan Yang, Timothy A. Martin
2021, Geophysical Research Letters (48)
Net primary productivity (NPP) and net ecosystem production (NEP) are often used interchangeably, as their difference, heterotrophic respiration (soil heterotrophic CO2 efflux, RSH = NPP−NEP), is assumed a near-fixed fraction of NPP. Here, we show, using a range-wide replicated experimental study in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantations that RSH responds differently than NPP to...
Reply to comment by R. Parkinson on “Increasing rates of carbon burial in southwest Florida coastal wetlands” by J. Breithaupt et al.
Joshua L. Breithaupt, Joseph M. Smoak, Thomas S. Bianchi, Derrick Vaughn, Christian J. Sanders, Kara R. Radabaugh, Michael Osland, Laura Feher, James C. Lynch, Donald R. Cahoon, Gordon Anderson, Kevin R. T. Whelan, Brad E. Rosenheim, Ryan P. Moyer, Lisa G. Chambers
2021, Biogeosciences (126)
Breithaupt et al. (2020) investigated why rates of organic carbon (OC) burial in coastal wetlands appear to increase over the past ∼120 years. After comparing dating methods and applying biogeochemical analyses, we concluded that neither dating method nor carbon degradation contribute to the observed trend. Rather, we concluded that OC...
The formation, transport, and breakup of submerged oil-particle aggregates in Great Lakes riverine environments
John Berens, Michel C. Boufadel, Faith A. Fitzpatrick, Marcelo H. Garcia, Jacob S. Hassan, Earl Hayter, Lori Jones, Susan Mravik, David Waterman
2021, Research Brief EPA/600/S-21/061
The formation, transport, and resuspension of oil-particle aggregates (OPA) in freshwater environments are of much interest to oil spill responders and scientists, especially as transportation of light and heavy crude oils has substantially increased across river corridors and coasts in the Great Lakes Basin. The persistent sheening from accumulated OPA...
Gopherus Agassizii (Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise). Overwinter movement
Kristy L. Cummings, Jeffrey E. Lovich, Shellie R. Puffer
2021, Herpetological Review, Natural History Notes (52) 128-129
No abstract available....
Assessing the impact of an online climate science community: The Early Career Climate Forum
Meaghan Guckian, Ezra Markowitz, Clay Tucker, Elsita Kiekebusch, Toni Klemm, Lindsey Middleton, Adrienne Wootten, Michelle Staudinger
2021, Weather, Climate and Society (13) 315-325
Online science communities can serve as powerful platforms for advancing scientific knowledge, capacity, and outreach by increasing collaboration and information sharing among geographically distant peers, practitioners, and the public. Here, we examine the value and role of the Early Career Climate Forum (ECCF), a climate-focused online science community that is...
Domoic acid and saxitoxin in seabirds in the United States between 2007 and 2018
Corinne Gibble, Raphael Kudela, Susan Knowles, Barbara L. Bodenstein, Kathi Lefebvre
2021, Harmful Algae (103)
As harmful algal blooms (HABs) increase in magnitude and duration worldwide, they are becoming an expanding threat to marine wildlife. Over the past decade, blooms of algae that produce the neurotoxins domoic acid (DA) and saxitoxin (STX) and documented concurrent seabird mortality...
Predicting the spatiotemporal exposure of aquatic species to intrusions of fire retardant in streams with limited data
Chris R. Rehmann, P. Ryan Jackson, Holly J. Puglis
2021, Science of the Total Environment (782)
Because fire retardant can enter streams and harm aquatic species including endangered fish, agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) must estimate the downstream extent of toxic effects every time fire retardant enters streams (denoted as an “intrusion”). A challenge in estimating the length of stream...
Survival of greater Sage-Grouse broods: Survey method affects disturbance and age-specific detection probability
Ian P. Riley, Courtney J. Conway, B. S. Stevens, S. Roberts
2021, Journal of Field Ornithology (92) 88-102
Investigators rely on brood surveys to estimate annual fecundity of game birds. However, investigators often do not account for factors that influence brood detection probability nor rarely document how much females and their broods are disturbed (flush rates) during surveys, which could lead to biased survival...
Nest microclimate and limits to egg viability explain avian life-history variation across latitudinal gradients
Carl G. Lundblad, Courtney J. Conway
2021, Ecology (102)
Variation in life-history strategies is central to our understanding of population dynamics and how organisms adapt to their environments. Yet, we lack consensus regarding the ecological processes that drive variation in traits related to reproduction and survival. For example, we still do not understand the cause of two widespread inter-...
A climate risk management screening and assessment review for Madagascar’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy
Janet Alice Cushing, Sarah R. Weiskopf, Toni Lyn Morelli, Bonnie Myers
2021, Report
Madagascar, a country rich in natural capital and biodiversity but with high levels of poverty, food insecurity, and population growth, faces a number of development challenges, including obtaining sustained financial support from external sources and building internal capacity to address the poor environmental, health, and socio-economic conditions. Climate change poses...
Identifying sources of contaminants in urban stormwater and evaluation of their removal efficacy across a continuum of urban best management practices
Heiko L. Schoenfuss, Richard L. Kiesling, Sarah M. Elliott, Satomi Kohno
2021, Report
Precipitation events in urban areas often result in stormwater runoff containing a diverse array of chemical contaminants. Although many traditional contaminants, such as nutrients, heavy metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have been studied extensively, only recently has evidence emerged showing that trace organic compounds (TrOCs), including pharmaceuticals, personal care products...
Lake trout rehabilitation in Lake Ontario, 2020
Brian F. Lantry, Brian Weidel, Scott P. Minihkeim, Michael J. Connerton, Jessica Goretzke, Dimitry Gorsky, Christopher Osborne
2021, Book chapter, NYSDEC Lake Ontario Annual Report 2020
Each year we report on the progress toward rehabilitation of the Lake Ontario lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) population, including the results of stocking, annual assessment surveys, creel surveys, and evidence of natural reproduction observed from standard surveys performed by USGS and NYSDEC. Response to the COVID-19 pandemic limited survey...
Maryland birds through time series— New!
David Ziolkowski, John R. Sauer
2021, Newsletter
No abstract available....
