Factors influencing larval coregonine spatial distribution in Lake Geneva (Europe) and Lake Superior (North America) during a single season near known spawning sites
Jamie A. Dobosenski, Daniel L. Yule, Jean Guillard, Orlane Anneville, Edmund J. Isaac, Jason D. Stockwell, Jared T. Myers, Amanda Susanne Ackiss, Rosaura J. Chapina, Seth A. Moore
2024, International Journal of Limnology (60)
Survival rate of the larval stage is an important driver of fish recruitment. To understand mechanisms regulating larval survival it is important to understand the relative importance of abiotic and biotic factors that shape larval spatial distributions. We studied larval Coregonus distributions in surface waters (surface to 1 m) by repeatedly sampling study...
Metal release from manganese nodules in anoxic seawater and implications for deep-sea mining dewatering operations
Yang Xiang, Janelle M. Steffen, Phoebe J. Lam, Amy Gartman, Kira Mizell, Jessica N. Fitzsimmons
2024, ACS ES&T Water (4) 2957-2967
The potential mining of deep-sea polymetallic nodules has been gaining increasing attention due to their enrichment in metals essential for a low-carbon future. To date, there have been few scientific studies concerning the geochemical consequences of dewatered mining waste discharge into the pelagic water column, which...
Detection of periodic peaks in Karenia brevis concentration consistent with the time-delay logistic equation
Bruce E. Kurtz, James E. Landmeyer, James K. Culter
2024, Science of the Total Environment (946)
The logistic equation models single-species population growth with a sigmoid curve that begins as exponential and ends with an asymptotic approach to a final population determined by natural system carrying capacity. But the population of a natural system often does not stabilize as it approaches carrying capacity. Instead, it...
Quantitative microbial risk assessment with microbial source tracking for mixed fecal sources contaminating recreational river waters, Iowa, USA
Tucker R. Burch, Joel P. Stokdyk, Aaron D. Firnstahl, Sarah A. Opelt, Rachel M. Cook, Joe Heffron, Amanda Brown, Claire E. Hruby, Mark A. Borchardt
2024, Environmental Science & Technology Water (4) 2789-2802
Fecal contamination of surface water can cause acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) among recreators. AGI risk varies among human, livestock, and wildlife fecal sources, but the prevalence of individual sources is unknown for most recreational sites. We estimated AGI risk for six sites near Des Moines, Iowa,...
Black Terns (Chlidonias niger) beyond the breeding grounds: Occurrence, relative density, and habitat associations in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Pamela E. Michael, Jeffrey S. Gleason, J. Christopher Haney, Kathy M. Hixson, Yvan G. Satgé, Patrick G.R. Jodice
2024, Wilson Journal of Ornithology (136) 220-236
North American Black Terns (Chlidonias niger) breed primarily in the Prairie Pothole region of southern Canada and the northern United States, winter in Central and South American waters, and often migrate through the northern Gulf of Mexico (nGoM). This species has exhibited long-term population declines and is exposed to a...
Two-dimensional hydraulic model for the Chain of Lakes on the Fox River near McHenry, Illinois
Charles V. Cigrand, Michael R. Ament
2024, Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5056
Forecasts of flows entering and leaving the Chain of Lakes on the Fox River in northeastern Illinois are critical information to water-resource managers operating the Stratton Dam at McHenry, Illinois. These managers determine the optimal operation of the Stratton Dam at McHenry, Ill., to manage Chain of Lakes pool levels...
An enhanced and expanded Toolbox for River Velocimetry using Images from Aircraft (TRiVIA)
Carl J. Legleiter, Paul J. Kinzel
2024, River Research and Applications (40) 1602-1616
Detailed, accurate information on flow patterns in river channels can improve understanding of habitat conditions, geomorphic processes, and potential hazards to help inform water management. Data describing flow patterns in river channels can be obtained efficiently via image-based techniques that have become more widely used in recent years as the...
Representation of surface-water flows using Gradient-Related Discharge in an Everglades Network
E. Swain, T. Adams
2024, Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5041
The Everglades Depth Estimation Network interpolates water-level gage data to produce daily water-level elevations for the Everglades in south Florida. These elevations were used to estimate flow vectors (gradients and directions) and volumetric flow rates using the Gradient-Related Discharge in an Everglades Network (GARDEN) application developed by the U.S....
Bibliography of water-quality studies in Gateway National Recreation Area, New York and New Jersey
Philip Savoy, Maria Marionkova, Christopher Schubert
2024, Open-File Report 2024-1035
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provided technical assistance to the National Park Service (NPS) as part of the USGS-NPS Water-Quality Partnership, by gathering references related to water-quality research conducted in the three units of Gateway National Recreation Area (GATE): Jamaica Bay and Staten Island in New York, and Sandy Hook...
Unified 200 kyr paleohydrologic history of the Southern Great Basin: Death Valley, Searles Valley, Owens Valley and the Devils Hole cave
Tim Lowenstein, Kristian Olson, Brian W. Stewart, David McGee, Justin Stroup, Adam M. Hudson, Kathleen Wendt, Mark Peaple, Sarah Feakins, Ronald Spencer, Tripti Bhattacharya, Steven P. Lundblad, Ronald Litwin
2024, Quaternary Science Reviews (336)
We present a hydroclimate synthesis of the southern Great Basin over the last two glacial-interglacial cycles focused on paleolakes in Death Valley (core DV93-1), Searles Valley (core SLAPP-SRLS17), Owens Valley (core OL92), and the Devils Hole cave. There is...
Estimating biogeochemical rates using a computationally efficient Lagrangian approach
Edward Gross, Rusty Holleman, Wim Kimmerer, Tamara E. C. Kraus, Brian A. Bergamaschi, Scott Burdick-Yahya, David Senn
2024, Estuaries and Coasts (47) 1435-1455
Nutrient concentrations in many estuaries have increased over the past century due to increases in wastewater discharge and increased agricultural intensity, contributing to multiple environmental problems. Numerous biogeochemical and physical processes in estuaries influence nutrient concentrations during transport, resulting in complex spatial and temporal variability and...
Siting considerations for satellite observation of river discharge
Jack R. Eggleston, Christopher A. Mason, David M. Bjerklie, Michael T. Durand, Robert W. Dudley, Merritt Elizabeth Harlan
2024, Water Resources Research (60)
With growing global capability for satellite measurement of river discharge (flow) comes a need to understand and reduce error in satellite-based discharge measurements. Satellite-based discharge estimates are based on measurements of water surface width, elevation, slope, and potentially velocity. Site selection is important for reducing error and...
A reproducible manuscript workflow with a Quarto template
Richard A. Erickson, Althea A. Archer, Michael N. Fienen
2024, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (15) 251-258
Scientists and resource managers increasingly use Markdown-based tools to create reproducible reports and manuscripts. These workflows allow people to use standardized methods that are more reproducible, efficient, and transparent than other standard office tools. We present a Quarto template and demonstrate how this...
A spatial machine learning model developed from noisy data requires multiscale performance evaluation: Predicting depth to bedrock in the Delaware River Basin, USA
Phillip J. Goodling, Kenneth Belitz, Paul E. Stackelberg, Brandon J. Fleming
2024, Environmental Modelling & Software (179)
Spatial machine learning models can be developed from observations with substantial unexplainable variability, sometimes called ‘noise’. Traditional point-scale metrics (e.g., R2) alone can be misleading when evaluating these models. We present a multi-scale performance evaluation (MPE) using two additional scales (distributional and geostatistical). We apply the MPE framework to predictions...
Modeling the mid-Piacenzian warm climate using the water isotope-enabled Community Earth System Model (iCESM1.2-ITPCAS)
Yong Sun, Baohuang Su, Harry J. Dowsett, Haibin Wu, Jun Hu, Christian Stepanek, Zhongyu Xiong, Xiayu Yuan, Gilles Ramstein
2024, Climate Dynamics (62) 7741-7761
The mid-Piacenzian Warm Period (MPWP, ~ 3.264–3.025 Ma) is the most recent example of a persistently warmer climate in equilibrium with atmospheric CO2 concentrations similar to today. Towards studying patterns and dynamics of a warming climate the MPWP is often compared to today. Following the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 2...
Alaskan glacial dust is an important iron source to surface waters of the Gulf of Alaska
John Crusius, Carsten Lao, Thomas M. Holmes, J. W. Murray
2024, Geophysical Research Letters (51)
This work evaluates glacial dust as a source of sediment, and associated iron (Fe), to the Fe-limited Gulf of Alaska (GoA). A reanalysis of GoA sediment data, using rare earth elements and thorium as provenance tracers, suggests a flux to the ocean surface of Copper River (AK) glacial dust, and...
From eDNA to decisions using a multi-method approach to restoration planning in streams
Andrea J. Adams, C. Kamoroff, Daniel R. Norton, Brian J. Halstead, R. L. Grasso, Patrick M. Kleeman, C. Mengelt, K. Powelson, T. Seaborn, C.S. Goldberg
2024, Scientific Reports (14)
Reintroduction efforts are increasingly used to mitigate biodiversity losses, but are frequently challenged by inadequate planning and uncertainty. High quality information about population status and threats can be used to prioritize reintroduction and restoration efforts and can transform ad hoc approaches into opportunities for improving conservation...
Dissolved arsenic concentrations in surface waters within the upper portions of the Klamath River Basin, Oregon and California
Marie Noele Croteau, Brent R. Topping, Rick A. Carlson
2024, Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5029
Arsenic toxicity is an environmental health problem. Levels of arsenic in surface waters at some locations in the Klamath River Basin in southern Oregon and northern California can exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard for drinking water. There are both anthropogenic and natural sources of arsenic. The Klamath...
Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the Least Bell's Vireo at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California—2020 annual report
Suellen Lynn, Michelle Treadwell, Barbara E. Kus
2024, Open-File Report 2024-1009
Executive SummaryThe purpose of this report is to provide the Marine Corps with an annual summary of abundance, breeding activity, demography, and habitat use of endangered Least Bell’s Vireos (Vireo bellii pusillus) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (MCBCP, or Base). Surveys for the Least Bell's Vireo were conducted...
Using an adaptive modeling framework to identify avian influenza spillover risk at the wild-domestic interface
Diann Prosser, Cody M. Kent, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Kelly A. Patyk, Mary-Jane McCool, Mia K. Torchetti, Kristina Lantz, Jennifer M. Mullinax
2024, Scientific Reports (14)
The wild to domestic bird interface is an important nexus for emergence and transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses. Although the recent incursion of HPAI H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b into North America calls for emergency response and planning given the unprecedented scale, readily available data-driven models are lacking. Here,...
Indications of preferential groundwater seepage feeding northern peatland pools
Henry Moore, Xavier Comas, Martin A. Briggs, Andrew S. Reeve, Lee Slater
2024, Journal of Hydrology (638)
Groundwater seepage from underlying permeable glacial sedimentary structures, such as eskers, has been hypothesized to directly feed pools in northern peat bogs. These hypotheses directly contradict classical peat bog models for ombrogenous systems, wherein meteoric water is the sole water input...
Fish beta diversity associated with hydrologic and anthropogenic disturbance gradients in contrasting stream flow regimes
John Tyler Fox, Cyndy Loftin
2024, Science of the Total Envionrment (945)
Understanding the role of hydrologic variation in structuring aquatic communities is crucial for successful conservation and sustainable management of native freshwater biodiversity. Partitioning <a class="topic-link" title="Learn more about beta diversity from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic...
Evaluation of extinction risk for stream fishes within an urban riverscape using population viability analysis
Brock Huntsman, Kai Palenscar, Kerwin Russell, Brett Mills, Chris Jones, William Ota, Kurt E. Anderson, Heather Dyer, Fitsum Abadi, Marissa L. Wulff
2024, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (34)
1. The Santa Ana River in the Los Angeles region of California demonstrates common habitat degradation symptoms that are characteristic of the urban stream syndrome. These impacts have altered the Santa Ana River community structure, with few species as impacted as the native Santa Ana sucker (sucker; Pantosteus santaanae). 2. Consequently,...
Bioconcentration of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and precursors in fathead minnow tissues environmentally exposed to aqueous film-forming foam-contaminated waters
Nicholas I. Hill, Jitka Becanova, Simon Vojta, Larry B. Barber, Denis R. LeBlanc, Alan M. Vajda, Heidi M. Pickard, Rainer Lohmann
2024, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (43) 1795-1806
Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has been associated with toxicity in wildlife and negative health effects in humans. Decades of fire training activity at Joint Base Cape Cod (MA, USA) incorporated the use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), which resulted in long-term...
River channel response to the removal of the Pilchuck River Diversion Dam, Washington State
Scott W. Anderson, Brett Shattuck, Neil Shea, Catherine M. Seguin, Joe J. Miles, Derek Marks, Natasha Coumou
2024, Northwest Science (97) 134-145
In August 2020, the 3-m tall Pilchuck River Diversion Dam was removed from the Pilchuck River, allowing free fish passage to the upper third of the watershed for the first time in over a century. The narrow, 300-m long impoundment behind the dam was estimated to hold 4,000–7,500 m3 of sand...
