Regional water table (2010) in the Mojave River and Morongo Groundwater basins, southwestern Mojave Desert, California
Gregory A. Smith, Christina L. Stamos, Carolyn S. Glockhoff, Sally F. House, Dennis A. Clark
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5234
Since 1992, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Mojave Water Agency (MWA), has constructed a series of regional water-table maps for intermittent years in a continuing effort to monitor groundwater conditions in the Mojave River and Morongo groundwater basins. The previously published data, which were used to...
Taking the pulse of snowmelt: in situ sensors reveal seasonal, event and diurnal patterns of nitrate and dissolved organic matter variability in an upland forest stream
Brian A. Pellerin, John Franco Saraceno, James B. Shanley, Stephen D. Sebestyen, George R. Aiken, Wilfred M. Wollheim, Brian A. Bergamaschi
2011, Biogeochemistry (108) 183-198
Highly resolved time series data are useful to accurately identify the timing, rate, and magnitude of solute transport in streams during hydrologically dynamic periods such as snowmelt. We used in situ optical sensors for nitrate (NO3-) and chromophoric dissolved organic matter fluorescence (FDOM) to measure surface water concentrations at 30...
Nutrient loadings to streams of the continental United States from municipal and industrial effluent?
Molly A. Maupin, Tamara Ivahnenko
2011, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (47)
Data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency Permit Compliance System national database were used to calculate annual total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) loads to surface waters from municipal and industrial facilities in six major regions of the United States for 1992, 1997, and 2002. Concentration and effluent...
Hydrology, phosphorus, and suspended solids in five agricultural streams in the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Watersheds, Wisconsin, Water Years 2004-06
David J. Graczyk, Dale M. Robertson, Paul D. Baumgart, Kevin Fermanich
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5111
A 3-year study was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to characterize water quality in agricultural streams in the Fox/Wolf watershed in northeastern Wisconsin and provide information to assist in the calibration of a watershed model for the area. Streamflow, phosphorus, and suspended solids...
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Williston Basin Province of North Dakota, Montana, and South Dakota, 2010
U.S. Geological Survey Williston Basin Province Assessment Team
2011, Data Series 69-W
Using a geology-based assessment method, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean undiscovered volumes of 3.8 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, 3.7 trillion cubic feet of associated/dissolved natural gas, and 0.2 billion barrels of undiscovered natural gas liquids in the Williston Basin Province, North Dakota, Montana, and South Dakota. The U.S....
Unmarked: An R package for fitting hierarchical models of wildlife occurrence and abundance
Ian J. Fiske, Richard B. Chandler
2011, Journal of Statistical Software (43)
Ecological research uses data collection techniques that are prone to substantial and unique types of measurement error to address scientific questions about species abundance and distribution. These data collection schemes include a number of survey methods in which unmarked individuals are counted, or determined to be present, at spatially- referenced...
Wildlife conservation and solar energy development in the Desert Southwest, United States
Jeffrey E. Lovich, Josua R. Ennen
2011, BioScience (61) 982-992
Large areas of public land are currently being permitted or evaluated for utility-scale solar energy development (USSED) in the southwestern United States, including areas with high biodiversity and protected species. However, peer-reviewed studies of the effects of USSED on wildlife are lacking. The potential effects of the construction and the...
Aeromagnetic and aeromagnetic-based geologic maps of the Coastal Belt, Franciscan Complex, northern California
V.E. Langenheim, R.C. Jachens, R. J. McLaughlin
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3188
The Coastal belt of the Franciscan Complex represents a Late Cretaceous to Miocene accretionary prism and overlying slope deposits. Its equivalents may extend from the offshore outer borderland of southern California to north of the Mendocino Triple Junction under the Eel River Basin and in the offshore of Cascadia. The...
Wastewater dilution index partially explains observed polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardant concentrations in osprey eggs from Columbia River Basin, 2008-2009
Charles J. Henny, Robert A. Grove, James L. Kaiser, Branden L. Johnson, Chad V. Furl, Robert J. Letcher
2011, Ecotoxicology (20) 682-697
Several polybrominated biphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners were found in all 175 osprey (Pandion haliaetus) eggs collected from the Columbia River Basin between 2002 and 2009. ΣPBDE concentrations in 2008–2009 were highest in osprey eggs from the two lowest flow rivers studied; however, each river flowed through relatively large and populous...
Velocity-based movement modeling for individual and population level inference
Ephraim M. Hanks, Mevin Hooten, Devin S. Johnson, Jeremy T. Sterling
2011, PLoS ONE (6) e22795
Understanding animal movement and resource selection provides important information about the ecology of the animal, but an animal's movement and behavior are not typically constant in time. We present a velocity-based approach for modeling animal movement in space and time that allows for temporal heterogeneity in an animal's response to...
Database for potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions in California
Melissa N. White, David W. Ramsey, C. Dan Miller
2011, Data Series 661
More than 500 volcanic vents have been identified in the State of California. At least 76 of these vents have erupted, some repeatedly, during the past 10,000 yr. Past volcanic activity has ranged in scale and type from small rhyolitic and basaltic eruptions through large catastrophic rhyolitic eruptions. Sooner or...
Bathymetric survey of Carroll Creek Tributary to Lake Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 2010
K.G. Lee, D.R. Kimbrow
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3176
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Tuscaloosa, conducted a bathymetric survey of Carroll Creek, on May 12-13, 2010. Carroll Creek is one of the major tributaries to Lake Tuscaloosa and contributes about 6 percent of the surface drainage area. A 3.5-mile reach of Carroll Creek was...
Observations of wave runup, setup, and swash on natural beaches
Hilary F. Stockdon, Rob A. Holman
2011, Data Series 602
Video-based observations of wave runup, setup, and swash from 10 dynamically diverse field experiments are presented. These data were used to develop widely applicable empirical parameterizations for wave setup, incident band swash height, infragravity band swash height, and the 2-percent exceedance level for wave runup. Details regarding the experiments, data...
Archive of digital Chirp subbottom profile data collected during USGS cruises 10CCT01, 10CCT02, and 10CCT03, Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Islands, March and April 2010
Arnell S. Forde, Shawn V. Dadisman, James G. Flocks, Dana S. Wiese, Nancy T. DeWitt, William R. Pfeiffer, Kyle W. Kelso, Phillip R. Thompson
2011, Data Series 611
This Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other...
EAARL coastal topography-Northern Outer Banks, North Carolina, post-Nor'Ida, 2009
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Amar Nayegandhi, C. W. Wright, A. H. Sallenger, J. C. Brock, D.B. Nagle, Saisudha Vivekanandan, E.S. Klipp, Xan Fredericks
2011, Data Series 616
This DVD contains lidar-derived first-surface (FS) and bare-earth (BE) topography GIS datasets of a portion of the northern Outer Banks beachface in North Carolina. These datasets were acquired post-Nor'Ida on November 27 and 29, 2009....
EAARL topography-Potato Creek watershed, Georgia, 2010
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Amar Nayegandhi, Xan Fredericks, J. W. Jones, C. W. Wright, J. C. Brock, D.B. Nagle
2011, Data Series 617
This DVD contains lidar-derived first-surface (FS) and bare-earth (BE) topography GIS datasets of a portion of the Potato Creek watershed in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, Georgia. These datasets were acquired on February 27, 2010....
EAARL topography-Three Mile Creek and Mobile-Tensaw Delta, Alabama, 2010
Amar Nayegandhi, J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, A.P. Clark, C. W. Wright, J. C. Brock, D.B. Nagle, Saisudha Vivekanandan, Xan Fredericks
2011, Data Series 618
This DVD contains lidar-derived first-surface (FS) and bare-earth (BE) topography GIS datasets of a portion of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta region and Three Mile Creek in Alabama. These datasets were acquired on March 6, 2010....
EAARL coastal topography-eastern Florida, post-Hurricane Jeanne, 2004
Xan Fredericks, Amar Nayegandhi, J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, C. W. Wright, A. H. Sallenger, J. C. Brock, E.S. Klipp, D.B. Nagle
2011, Data Series 627
This DVD contains lidar-derived bare-earth (BE) topography GIS datasets of a portion of the eastern Florida coastline beachface, acquired post-Hurricane Jeanne on October 1, 2004....
EAARL coastal topography-Virginia, post-Nor'Ida, 2009
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Amar Nayegandhi, Xan Fredericks, E.S. Klipp, D.B. Nagle, Saisudha Vivekanandan, C. W. Wright, A. H. Sallenger, J. C. Brock
2011, Data Series 638
This DVD contains lidar-derived first-surface (FS) and bare-earth (BE) topography GIS datasets of a portion of the Virginia coastline beachface. These datasets were acquired post-Nor'Ida on November 27, 2009, November 29, 2009, and December 1, 2009....
Provisional zircon and monazite uranium-lead geochronology for selected rocks from Vermont
John N. Aleinikoff, Nicholas M. Ratcliffe, Gregory J. Walsh
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1309
This report presents the results of zircon and monazite uranium-lead (U-Pb) geochronologic analyses of 24 rock samples. The samples in this study were collected from mapped exposures identified while conducting either new, detailed (1:24,000-scale) geologic quadrangle mapping or reconnaissance mapping, both of which were used for compilation of the bedrock...
Quantile equivalence to evaluate compliance with habitat management objectives
Brian S. Cade, Pamela R. Johnson
2011, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (2) 169-182
Equivalence estimated with linear quantile regression was used to evaluate compliance with habitat management objectives at Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge based on monitoring data collected in upland (5,781 ha; n = 511 transects) and riparian and meadow (2,856 ha, n = 389 transects) habitats from 2005 to 2008. Quantiles were used because the management objectives specified...
Using data from an encounter sampler to model fish dispersal
A. Obaza, D.L. DeAngelis, J.C. Trexler
2011, Journal of Fish Biology (78) 495-513
A method to estimate speed of free-ranging fishes using a passive sampling device is described and illustrated with data from the Everglades, U.S.A. Catch per unit effort (CPUE) from minnow traps embedded in drift fences was treated as an encounter rate and used to estimate speed, when combined with an...
Using avian radar to examine relationships among avian activity, bird strikes, and meteorological factors
Peter S. Coates, Michael L. Casazza, Brian J. Halstead, Joseph P. Fleskes, James A. Laughlin
2011, Human-Wildlife Interactions (5) 249-268
Radar systems designed to detect avian activity at airfields are useful in understanding factors that influence the risk of bird and aircraft collisions (bird strikes). We used an avian radar system to measure avian activity at Beale Air Force Base, California, USA, during 2008 and 2009. We conducted a 2-part...
Use of spatial capture-recapture modeling and DNA data to estimate densities of elusive animals
Marc Kery, Beth Gardner, Tabea Stoeckle, Darius Weber, J. Andrew Royle
2011, Conservation Biology (25) 356-364
Assessment of abundance, survival, recruitment rates, and density (i.e., population assessment) is especially challenging for elusive species most in need of protection (e.g., rare carnivores). Individual identification methods, such as DNA sampling, provide ways of studying such species efficiently and noninvasively. Additionally, statistical methods that correct for undetected animals and...
Impact of mine and natural sources of mercury on water, sediment, and biota in Harley Gulch adjacent to the Abbott-Turkey Run mine, Lake County, California
James J. Rytuba, Roger L. Hothem, Brianne E. Brussee, Daniel N. Goldstein
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1265
Executive SummaryStable-isotope data indicate that there are three sources of water that effect the composition and Hg concentration of waters in Harley Gulch: (1) meteoric water that dominates water chemistry during the wet season; (2) thermal water effluent from the Turkey Run mine that effects the chemistry at sample site...
