Monitoring of endangered Klamath Basin suckers translocated from Lake Ewauna to Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, 2014−2017
Nathan V. Banet, David A. Hewitt
2019, Open-File Report 2019-1085
Data from a 4-year capture and transport program were used to assess translocation as a management strategy for two long-lived, federally endangered catostomids in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon. Lost River (Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose (Chasmistes brevirostris) suckers, two species endemic to the Klamath Basin, were translocated from Lake...
Airborne radiometric maps of Mountain Pass, California
David A. Ponce, Kevin M. Denton
David A. Ponce, editor(s)
2019, Scientific Investigations Map 3412-C
Geophysical investigations of Mountain Pass and vicinity were begun as part of an effort to study regional crustal structures as an aid to understanding the geologic framework and mineral resources of the eastern Mojave Desert. The study area encompasses Mountain Pass, host to one of the world’s largest rare earth...
Potential shifts in zooplankton community structure in response to changing ice regimes and hydrologic connectivity
John R. Beaver, Christopher D. Arp, Claudia E. Tausz, Benjamin M. Jones, Matthew S. Whitman, Thomas R. Renicker, Erin E Samples, David M Ordosch, Kyle C. Scotese
2019, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (51) 327-345
Changing Arctic climate may alter freshwater ecosystems as a result of warmer surface waters, longer open-water periods, reduced wintertime lake ice growth, and altered hydrologic connectivity. This study aims to characterize zooplankton community composition and size structure in the context of hydrologic connectivity and ice regimes in Arctic lakes. Between...
The effects of seasonal temperature and photoperiod manipulation on reproduction in the eastern elliptio Elliptio complanata
Carrie J. Blakeslee, William A. Lellis
2019, Journal of Shellfish Research (38) 379-384
The eastern elliptio Elliptio complanata is a species of freshwater mussel common to streams and rivers of the Atlantic Coast. Egg fertilization, larval brooding, and glochidial release are reported to occur within a period of several weeks during early to midsummer. In this study, mussels were exposed to manipulated photoperiod and water...
New insights into the ecology of adfluvial Bull Trout and the population response to the Endangered Species Act in the North Fork Lewis River, Washington
Robert K. Al-Chokhachy, Jeremiah Doyle, James Lampierth
2019, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (148) 1102-1116
Like many other salmonids, Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus migratory life-history expressions are becoming increasingly rare. A critical step in effectively refining management and conservation strategies is a robust assessment of the effectiveness of such strategies and key biological information used in monitoring and recovery planning. To address this...
Evaluating the temperature difference parameter in the SSEBop model with satellite observed land surface temperature data
Lei Ji, Gabriel B. Senay, Naga Manohar Velpuri, Stefanie Kagone
2019, Remote Sensing (11)
The Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEBop) model uses the principle of satellite psychrometry to produce spatially explicit actual evapotranspiration (ETa) with remotely sensed and weather data. The temperature difference (dT) in the model is a predefined parameter quantifying the difference between surface temperature at bare soil and air...
Growth of hatchery‐reared chinook salmon in Lakes Michigan and Huron exhibits limited spatial variation but Is temporally linked to alewife abundance
M.S Kornis, D.G. Simpkins, A.A. Lane, David M. Warner, C.B. Bronte
2019, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (39) 1155-1174
Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha were introduced into Lakes Michigan and Huron in the 1960s to diversify recreational fisheries and reduce overabundant, nonnative Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus. Alewife remain the primary prey of Chinook Salmon but have experienced substantial declines in abundance due to reduced food resources and salmonine predation pressure. The...
Estimates of long-term mean daily streamflow and annual nutrient and suspended-sediment loads considered for use in regional SPARROW models of the Conterminous United States, 2012 base year
David A. Saad, Gregory E. Schwarz, Denise M. Argue, David W. Anning, Scott A. Ator, Anne B. Hoos, Stephen D. Preston, Dale M. Robertson, Daniel Wise
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5069
Streamflow, nutrient, and sediment concentration data needed to estimate long-term mean daily streamflow and annual constituent loads were compiled from Federal, State, Tribal, and regional agencies, universities, and nongovernmental organizations. The streamflow and loads are used to develop Spatially Referenced Regressions on Watershed Attributes (SPARROW) models. SPARROW models help describe...
Water-quality and geochemical variability in the Little Arkansas River and Equus Beds aquifer, south-central Kansas, 2001–16
Mandy L. Stone, Brian J. Klager, Andrew C. Ziegler
2019, Fact Sheet 2019-3017
This fact sheet describes water quality and geochemistry of the Little Arkansas River and Equus Beds aquifer during 2001 through 2016 as part of the City of Wichita’s Equus Beds aquifer storage and recovery project in south-central Kansas. The Equus Beds aquifer storage and recovery project was developed to help...
Water-quality and geochemical variability in the Little Arkansas River and Equus aquifer, south-central Kansas, 2001–16
Mandy L. Stone, Brian J. Klager, Andrew C. Ziegler
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5026
The city of Wichita’s water supply currently (2019) comes from two primary sources: Cheney Reservoir and the Equus Beds aquifer. The Equus Beds aquifer storage and recovery project was developed to help the city of Wichita meet increasing future water demands. Source water for artificial recharge comes from the Little...
Temporal changes in avian community composition in lowland conifer habitats at the southern edge of the boreal zone in the Adirondack Park, NY
Michale Glennon, Stephen Langdon, Madeleine A. Rubenstein, Molly S. Cross
2019, PLoS ONE (14)
Climate change represents one of the most significant threats to human and wildlife communities on the planet. Populations at range margins or transitions between biomes can be particularly instructive for observing changes in biological communities that may be driven by climate change. Avian communities in lowland boreal habitats in the...
One hundred pressing questions on the future of global fish migration science, conservation, and policy
Robert J. Lennox, Craig P. Paukert, Kim Aarestrup, Marie Auger-Methe, Lee J. Baumgartner, Kim Birnie-Gauvin, Kristin Boe, Kerry Brink, Jacob W Brownscombe, Yushun Chen, J. G. Davidsen, Erika J. Eliason, Alexander Filous, Bronwyn Gillanders, Ingebord Palm Helland, Andrij Z Horodysky, Stephanie R. Januchowski-Hartley, Susan K. Lowerre-Barbieri, Martyn C. Lucas, Eduardo G Martins, Karen J Murchie, Paulo S. Pompeu, Michael Power, Rajeev Raghavan, Frank J. Rahel, David Secor, Jason Thiem, Eva B. Thorstad, Hiroshi Ueda, Fred G. Whoriskey, Stephen J. Cooke
2019, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (7)
Migration is a widespread but highly diverse component of many animal life histories. Fish migrate throughout the world's oceans, within lakes and rivers, and between the two realms, transporting matter, energy, and other species (e.g., microbes) across boundaries. Migration is therefore a process responsible for myriad ecosystem services. Many human...
Development and implementation of an empirical habitat change model and decision support tool for estuarine ecosystems
Melanie J. Davis, Isa Woo, Susan E.W. De La Cruz
2019, Ecological Modelling (410)
Widespread land use change in coastal ecosystems has led to a decline in the amount of habitat available for fish and wildlife, lower production of ecosystem goods and services, and loss of recreational and aesthetic value. This has prompted global efforts to...
Incorporating uncertainty and risk into decision making to reduce nitrogen inputs to impaired waters
David M. Martin, Fred Johnson
2019, Journal of Environmental Management (249)
This article aims to understand decision making under uncertainty and risk, with a case study on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Decision makers need to consider imperfect information on the cost and effectiveness of advanced nitrogen-removing on-site wastewater treatment systems as options to mitigate water quality degradation. Research included modeling nitrogen load...
Radiocarbon and geologic evidence reveal Ilopango volcano as source of the colossal 'mystery' eruption of 539/40 CE
Robert A. Dull, John R. Southon, Steffen Kutterolf, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Armin Freundt, David Wahl, Payson Sheets, Paul Amaroli, Walter Hernandez, Micheal C. Weimann, Clive Oppenheimer
2019, Quaternary Science Reviews (222)
Ilopango volcano (El Salvador) erupted violently during the Maya Classic Period (250–900 CE) in a densely-populated and intensively-cultivated region of the southern Maya realm, causing regional abandonment of an area covering more than 20,000 km2. However, neither the regional nor global impacts of the Tierra Blanca Joven (TBJ) eruption in Mesoamerica...
Evaluation of groundwater resources in the Spanish Valley Watershed, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah
Melissa D. Masbruch, Philip M. Gardner, Nora C. Nelson, Victor M. Heilweil, John E. Solder, Michael D. Hess, Tim S. McKinney, Martin A. Briggs, D. Kip Solomon
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5062
Groundwater resources in the Spanish Valley watershed in southern Utah were quantified for the first time since the early 1970s. The primary objectives of this study were (1) to better understand sources of recharge to, groundwater flow directions within, and discharge points for both the valley-fill and Glen Canyon Group...
Air pollution and respiratory hospital admissions in Shiraz, Iran, 2009 to 2015
Zahra Soleimani, Ali Darvishi Boloorani, Reza Khalifeh, Pari Teymouri, Alireza Mesdaghinia, Dale W. Griffin
2019, Atmospheric Environment (209) 233-239
Air pollution has been identified as one of the most challenging health issues in urban areas worldwide.The aim of this study was to investigate the association between short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and respiratory disease over a long-term period in Shiraz, one of the largest cities in Iran....
Diet predictions of Lake Ontario salmonines based on fatty acids and correlations between their fat content and thiamine concentrations
Matthew H. Futia, Michael J. Connerton, Brian Weidel, Jacques Rinchard
2019, Journal of Great Lakes Research (45) 934-948
Thiamine Deficiency Complex (TDC) limits early life stage survival of salmonines. Consuming fatty prey has been hypothesized as a cause of thiamine deficiency; however, this relationship has not been evaluated in the Laurentian Great Lakes where TDC occurs. We found that alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) have higher lipid content than other...
Interseismic quiescence and triggered slip of active normal faults of Kīlauea Volcano’s south flank during 2001-2018
Kang Wang, Hayden MacArthur, Ingrid A. Johanson, Emily K. Montgomery-Brown, Michael P. Poland, Eric Cannon, Matthew d’Alessio, Roland Bürgmann
2019, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (124) 9780-9794
The mobile south flank of Kīlauea Volcano hosts two normal fault systems, the Koa'e fault system (KFS) and the Hilina fault system (HFS). In historical time, at least three M>6.5 earthquakes have occurred on the basal detachment of the Kīlauea Volcano's south flank, with the most recent being the 4 May...
Measurement method has a larger impact than spatial scale for plot-scale field-saturated hydraulic conductivity (Kfs) after wildfire and prescribed fire in forests
Brian Ebel
2019, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (44) 1945-1956
Abstract Wildfires raise risks of floods, debris flows, major geomorphologic and sedimentologic change, and water quality and quantity shifts. A principal control on the magnitude of these changes is field-saturated hydraulic conductivity (Kfs), which dictates surface runoff generation and is a key input into numerical models. This work synthesizes 73...
Phosphorus and the Chesapeake Bay: Lingering issues and emerging concerns for agriculture
Peter Kleinman, Rosemary M. Fanelli, Robert M. Hirsch, Anthony R Buda, Zachary M. Easton, Lisa A. Wainger, Chris Brosch, Mark Lowenfish, Amy S. Collick, Adel Shirmohammadi, Kathy Boomer, Jason A. Hubbart, R. B. Bryant, Gary Shenk
2019, Journal of Environmental Quality (48) 1191-1203
Hennig Brandt's discovery of phosphorus (P) occurred during the early European colonization of the Chesapeake Bay region. Today, P, an essential nutrient on land and water alike, is one of the principal threats to the health of the bay. Despite widespread implementation of best management practices across the Chesapeake Bay...
Variable hybridization outcomes in trout are predicted by historical fish stocking and environmental context
Elizabeth G. Mandeville, Annika W. Walters, Brittany J. Nordberg, Karly H. Higgins, Jason C. Burckhardt, Catherine E. Wagner
2019, Molecular Ecology (28) 3738-3755
Hybridization can profoundly affect the genomic composition and phenotypes of closely related species, and provides an opportunity to identify mechanisms that maintain reproductive isolation between species. Recent evidence suggests that hybridization outcomes within a species pair can vary across locations. However, we still don’t know how extensive variation in outcomes...
Flood-inundation maps for Joachim Creek, De Soto, Missouri, 2018
David C. Heimann, Jonathan D. Voss, Paul H. Rydlund Jr.
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5068
Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6.7-mile reach of Joachim Creek, De Soto, Missouri, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the city of De Soto and Jefferson County, Missouri. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Program website at <a...
Estimated groundwater recharge from a water-budget model incorporating selected climate projections, Island of Maui, Hawai‘i
Alan Mair, Adam G. Johnson, Kolja Rotzoll, Delwyn S. Oki
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5064
Demand for freshwater on the Island of Maui is expected to increase by 45 percent between 2015 and 2035. Groundwater availability on Maui is affected by changes in climate and agricultural irrigation. To evaluate the availability of fresh groundwater under projected future climate conditions and changing agricultural irrigation practices, estimates...
Biogenic coal-to-methane conversion can be enhanced with small additions of algal amendment in field-relevant upflow column reactors
Katherine J. Davis, George A. Platt, Elliott Barnhart, Randy Hiebart, Robert Hyatt, Matthew W. Fields, Robin Gerlach
2019, Fuel (256)
ubsurface coal environments, where biogenic coal-to-methane conversion occurs, are difficult to access, resulting in inherent challenges and expenses for in situexperiments. Previous batch reactor studies provided insights into specific processes, pathways, kinetics, and engineering strategies, but field-relevance is restricted due to limited substrate availability or byproduct accumulation that may influence reactions...
