Classifications for Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act site-specific projects: 2008 and 2009
William R. Jones, Adrienne Garber
2012, Data Series 701
The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) funds over 100 wetland restoration projects across Louisiana. Integral to the success of CWPPRA is its long-term monitoring program, which enables State and Federal agencies to determine the effectiveness of each restoration effort. One component of this monitoring program is the...
Predicted nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers of the Southwestern United States
David W. Anning, Angela P. Paul, Tim S. McKinney, Jena M. Huntington, Laura M. Bexfield, Susan A. Thiros
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5065
The National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a regional analysis of water quality in the principal aquifer systems across the United States. The Southwest Principal Aquifers (SWPA) study is building a better understanding of the susceptibility and vulnerability of basin-fill aquifers in the...
Digital spatial data for predicted nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers of the Southwest Principal Aquifers study area
Tim S. McKinney, David W. Anning
2012, Data Series 698
This product "Digital spatial data for predicted nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers of the Southwest Principal Aquifers study area" is a 1:250,000-scale vector spatial dataset developed as part of a regional Southwest Principal Aquifers (SWPA) study (Anning and others, 2012). The study examined the vulnerability of basin-fill aquifers...
Digital spatial data for observed, predicted, and misclassification errors for observations in the training dataset for nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers in the Southwest Principal Aquifers study area
Tim S. McKinney, David W. Anning
2012, Data Series 697
This product "Digital spatial data for observed, predicted, and misclassification errors for observations in the training dataset for nitrate and arsenic concentrations in basin-fill aquifers in the Southwest Principal Aquifers study area" is a 1:250,000-scale point spatial dataset developed as part of a regional Southwest Principal Aquifers (SWPA) study (Anning...
Development of a flood-warning system and flood-inundation mapping in Licking County, Ohio
Chad J. Ostheimer
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5137
Digital flood-inundation maps for selected reaches of South Fork Licking River, Raccoon Creek, North Fork Licking River, and the Licking River in Licking County, Ohio, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Transportation; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration; Muskingum Watershed...
Profile measurements and data from the 2011 Optics, Acoustics, and Stress In Situ (OASIS) project at the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory
Christopher R. Sherwood, Patrick J. Dickhudt, Marinna A. Martini, Ellyn T. Montgomery, Emmanuel S. Boss
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1178
This report documents data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements project under the auspices of the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research Optics, Acoustics, and Stress In Situ (OASIS) Project. The objective of the measurements was to relate optical and acoustic...
Comparison of streamflow and water-quality data collection techniques for the Saginaw River, Michigan
C. J. Hoard, D. J. Holtschlag, J.W. Duris, D.A. James, D.J. Obenauer
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5150
In 2009, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Geological Survey developed a plan to compare the effect of various streamgaging and water-quality collection techniques on streamflow and stream water-quality data for the Saginaw River, Michigan. The Saginaw River is the primary contributor of surface runoff to Saginaw...
Survival and migration route probabilities of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta during the winter of 2009-10
Russell W. Perry, Jason G. Romine, Scott J. Brewer, Peter E. LaCivita, William N. Brostoff, Eric D. Chapman
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1200
Juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) emigrating from natal tributaries of the Sacramento River may use a number of migration routes to negotiate the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (hereafter, "the Delta"), each of which may influence their probability of surviving. We applied a mark-recapture model to data from acoustically tagged juvenile...
Local-area-enhanced, 2.5-meter resolution natural-color and color-infrared satellite-image mosaics of the Balkhab mineral district in Afghanistan: Chapter B in Local-area-enhanced, high-resolution natural-color and color-infrared satellite-image mosaics of mineral districts in Afghanistan
Philip A. Davis, Laura E. Cagney
2012, Data Series 709-B
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, prepared databases for mineral-resource target areas in Afghanistan. The purpose of the databases is to (1) provide useful data to ground-survey crews for use in performing detailed assessments of the...
Groundwater, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona - 2010-2011
Jamie P. Macy, Christopher R. Brown, Jessica R. Anderson
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1102
The Navajo (N) aquifer is an extensive aquifer and the primary source of groundwater in the 5,400-square-mile Black Mesa area in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in northeastern Arizona because of continued water requirements for industrial and municipal use by a growing population and because of...
Landscape consequences of natural gas extraction in Bradford and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, 2004-2010
E.T. Slonecker, L.E. Milheim, C.M. Roig-Silva, A.R. Malizia, D.A. Marr, G.B. Fisher
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1154
Increased demands for cleaner burning energy, coupled with the relatively recent technological advances in accessing unconventional hydrocarbon-rich geologic formations, led to an intense effort to find and extract natural gas from various underground sources around the country. One of these sources, the Marcellus Shale, located in the Allegheny Plateau, is...
Groundwater flow and water budget in the surficial and Floridan aquifer systems in east-central Florida
Nicasio Sepulveda, Claire R. Tiedeman, Andrew M. O’Reilly, Jeffrey B. Davis, Patrick Burger
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5161
A numerical transient model of the surficial and Floridan aquifer systems in east-central Florida was developed to (1) increase the understanding of water exchanges between the surficial and the Floridan aquifer systems, (2) assess the recharge rates to the surficial aquifer system from infiltration through the unsaturated zone and (3)...
Earthquakes and faults in southern California (1970-2010)
Benjamin M. Sleeter, James P. Calzia, Stephen R. Walter
2012, Scientific Investigations Map 3222
The map depicts both active and inactive faults and earthquakes magnitude 1.5 to 7.3 in southern California (1970–2010). The bathymetry was generated from digital files from the California Department of Fish And Game, Marine Region, Coastal Bathymetry Project. Elevation data are from the U.S. Geological Survey National Elevation Database. Landsat...
Potential pollutant sources in a Choptank River (USA) subwatershed and the influence of land use and watershed characteristics
Gabriela T. Nino de Guzman, Cathleen J. Hapeman, Kusuma Prabhakara, Eton E. Codling, Daniel R. Shelton, Clifford P. Rice, W. Dean Hively, Gregory W. McCarty, Megan W. Lang, Alba Torrents
2012, Science of the Total Environment (430) 270-279
Row-crop and poultry production have been implicated as sources of water pollution along the Choptank River, an estuary and tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. This study examined the effects of land use, subwatershed characteristics, and climatic conditions on the water quality parameters of a subwatershed in the Choptank River watershed....
Bathymetry and capacity of Blackfoot Reservoir, Caribou County, Idaho, 2011
Molly S. Wood, Kenneth D. Skinner, Ryan L. Fosness
2012, Scientific Investigations Map 3229
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, surveyed the bathymetry and selected above-water sections of Blackfoot Reservoir, Caribou County, Idaho, in 2011. Reservoir operators manage releases from Government Dam on Blackfoot Reservoir based on a stage-capacity relation developed about the time of dam construction in the...
Flood-inundation maps for Suwanee Creek from the confluence of Ivy Creek to the Noblin Ridge Drive bridge, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Jonathan W. Musser
2012, Scientific Investigations Map 3226
Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6.9-mile reach of Suwanee Creek, from the confluence of Ivy Creek to the Noblin Ridge Drive bridge, were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with Gwinnett County, Georgia. The inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science...
Dissolved methane in New York groundwater, 1999-2011
William M. Kappel, Elizabeth A. Nystrom
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1162
New York State is underlain by numerous bedrock formations of Cambrian to Devonian age that produce natural gas and to a lesser extent oil. The first commercial gas well in the United States was dug in the early 1820s in Fredonia, south of Buffalo, New York, and produced methane from...
Radioisotopic data of sediment collected in Mobile and Bon Secour Bays, Alabama
Marci E. Marot, Christopher G. Smith
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1172
The focus of this study was to determine the extent of natural and (or) anthropogenic impacts on the sedimentary records of Mobile and Bon Secour Bays, Alabama during the last 150 years. These bays are unique in that anthropogenic activities are generally widespread and span both the eastern and western...
Demographics and run timing of adult Lost River (Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose (Chasmistes brevirostris) suckers in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, 2011
David A. Hewitt, Eric C. Janney, Brian S. Hayes, Alta C. Harris
2012, Open-File Report 2012-1193
Executive Summary Data from a long-term capture-recapture program were used to assess the status and dynamics of populations of two long-lived, federally endangered catostomids in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Lost River suckers (Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose suckers (Chasmistes brevirostris) have been captured and tagged with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags during...
Ontogenetic and among-individual variation in foraging strategies of northeast Pacific white sharks based on stable isotope analysis
S.L. Kim, M. Tim Tinker, J. A. Estes, P.L. Koch
2012, PLoS ONE (7) 1-11
There is growing evidence for individuality in dietary preferences and foraging behaviors within populations of various species. This is especially important for apex predators, since they can potentially have wide dietary niches and a large impact on trophic dynamics within ecosystems. We evaluate the diet of an apex predator, the...
Bias from false-positive detections and strategies for their removal in studies using telemetry
John W. Beeman, Russell W. Perry
Noah S. Adams, John W. Beeman, John H. Eiler, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Telemetry techniques: A user guide for fisheries research
The use of radio and acoustic telemetry to study aquatic animals has flourished since the 1950s and 1960s (see Section 1). Electronic data-logging receivers are commonly used in both types of active telemetry to record the presence of transmitters in the detection field formed by one or more antennas or...
Using mark-recapture models to estimate survival from telemetry data: Chapter 9.2
Russell W. Perry, Theodore R. Castro-Santos, Christopher M. Holbrook, Benjamin P. Sandford
Noah Adams, John W. Beeman, John H. Eiler, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Telemetry techniques: A user guide for fisheries research
Analyzing telemetry data within a mark–recapture framework is a powerful approach for estimating demographic parameters (e.g., survival and movement probabilities) that might otherwise be difficult to measure. Yet many studies using telemetry techniques focus on fish behavior and fail to recognize the potential of telemetry data to provide information about...
Developing a quality assurance plan for telemetry studies: A necessary management tool for an effective study
Jill M. Hardiman, Christopher E. Walker, Timothy D. Counihan
Noah S. Adams, John W. Beeman, John H. Eiler, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Telemetry techniques: A user guide for fisheries research
Telemetry has been used to answer various questions associated with research, management, and monitoring programs and to monitor animal behavior and population dynamics throughout the world. Many telemetry projects have been developed to study the passage, behavior, and survival of migrating adult and juvenile salmonids at hydroelectric projects on the...
Time-to-event analysis as a framework for quantifying fish passage performance
Theodore R. Castro-Santos, Russell W. Perry
Noah S. Adams, John W. Beeman, John H. Eiler, editor(s)
2012, Book chapter, Telemetry techniques: A user guide for fisheries research
Fish passage is the result of a sequence of processes, whereby fish must approach, enter, and pass a structure. Each of these processes takes time, and fishway performance is best quantified in terms of the rates at which each process is completed. Optimal performance is achieved by maximizing the rates...
User’s guide and metada for the PICES Nonindigenous Species Information System
Lee Henry II, Deborah A. Reusser, Katharine Marko Katharine, Marla Ranelletti Marla
2012, Report
Introduction Welcome to the PICES Nonindigenous Species Information System, a Microsoft Access database that displays the biogeographic distributions, invasion status, vectors, and key life history attributes of the approximately 740 reported nonindigenous species (NIS) in the estuarine and near-coastal habitats of the North Pacific and Hawaii. This database was developed by...
