Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Nutrient Inputs from Fertilizer and Manure, Nitrogen and Phosphorus (N&P), 2002
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-17
This tabular data set represents the total amount of nitrogen and phosphorus, in kilograms for the year 2002, compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of the Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). The source data set is County-Level Estimates of Nutrient Inputs to the Land Surface of the Conterminous...
GIS-based spatial regression and prediction of water quality in river networks: A case study in Iowa
X. Yang, W. Jin
2010, Journal of Environmental Management (91) 1943-1951
Nonpoint source pollution is the leading cause of the U.S.'s water quality problems. One important component of nonpoint source pollution control is an understanding of what and how watershed-scale conditions influence ambient water quality. This paper investigated the use of spatial regression to evaluate the impacts of watershed characteristics on...
The vegetation outlook (VegOut): a new method for predicting vegetation seasonal greenness
T. Tadesse, B. Wardlow, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, J. Brown
2010, GIScience and Remote Sensing (47) 25-52
The vegetation outlook (VegOut) is a geospatial tool for predicting general vegetation condition patterns across large areas. VegOut predicts a standardized seasonal greenness (SSG) measure, which represents a general indicator of relative vegetation health. VegOut predicts SSG values at multiple time steps (two to six weeks into the future) based...
Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Normalized Atmospheric Deposition for 2002, Nitrate (NO3)
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-16
This tabular data set represents the average normalized (wet) deposition, in kilograms per square kilometer multiplied by 100, of Nitrate (NO3) for the year 2002 compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of the Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). Estimates of NO3 deposition are based on National Atmospheric Deposition...
Differentiating aquatic plant communities in a eutrophic river using hyperspectral and multispectral remote sensing
Y.Q. Tian, Q. Yu, M.J. Zimmerman, S. Flint, M.C. Waldron
2010, Freshwater Biology (55) 1658-1673
This study evaluates the efficacy of remote sensing technology to monitor species composition, areal extent and density of aquatic plants (macrophytes and filamentous algae) in impoundments where their presence may violate water-quality standards. Multispectral satellite (IKONOS) images and more than 500 in situ hyperspectral samples were acquired to map aquatic...
Summary of the Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Planetary Analogs - Integrating Models, Remote Sensing, and Field Data, Alamosa, Colorado, USA, May 18-21, 2010
L.K. Fenton, M.A. Bishop, M.C. Bourke, C.S. Bristow, R.K. Hayward, B.H. Horgan, N. Lancaster, T.I. Michaels, D. Tirsch, T.N. Titus, A. Valdez
2010, Conference Paper, Aeolian Research
The Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop took place in Alamosa, Colorado, USA from May 18-21, 2010. The workshop brought together researchers from diverse backgrounds to foster discussion and collaboration regarding terrestrial and extra-terrestrial dunes and dune systems. Two and a half days were spent on five oral sessions and one...
Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Level 3 Nutrient Ecoregions, 2002
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-13
This tabular data set represents the area of each level 3 nutrient ecoregion in square meters compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of the Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). The source data are from the 2002 version of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) Aggregations of Level III...
Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: NLCD 2001 Imperviousness
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-12
This tabular data set represents the mean percent impervious surface from the Imperviousness Layer of the National Land Cover Dataset 2001, (LaMotte and Wieczorek, 2010), compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of selected Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). The source data set represents imperviousness for the conterminous...
Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Hydrologic Landscape Regions
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-10
This tabular data set represents the area of Hydrologic Landscape Regions (HLR) compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of the Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). The source data set is a 100-meter version of Hydrologic Landscape Regions of the United States (Wolock, 2003). HLR groups watersheds on the...
Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Level 3 Ecoregions
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-09
This tabular data set represents the estimated area of level 3 ecological landscape regions (ecoregions), as defined by Omernik (1987), compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of the Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). The source data set is Level III Ecoregions of the Continental United States (U.S. Environmental...
Sediment contamination of residential streams in the metropolitan Kansas City area, USA: Part II. whole-sediment toxicity to the amphipod hyalella azteca
J. Tao, Christopher G. Ingersoll, Nile E. Kemble, J.R. Dias, J.B. Murowchick, G. Welker, D. Huggins
2010, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (59) 370-381
This is the second part of a study that evaluates the influence of nonpoint sources on the sediment quality of five adjacent streams within the metropolitan Kansas City area, central United States. Physical, chemical, and toxicity data (Hyalella azteca 28-day whole-sediment toxicity test) for 29 samples collected in 2003 were...
Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Nutrient Application (Phosphorus and Nitrogen) for Fertilizer and Manure Applied to Crops (Cropsplit), 2002
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-08
This tabular data set represents the estimated amount of phosphorus and nitrogen fertilizers applied to selected crops for the year 2002, compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). The source data set is based on 2002 fertilizer data (Ruddy and others, 2006) and...
Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments in Selected Major River Basins of the Conterminous United States: Contact Time, 2002
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-07
This tabular data set represents the average contact time, in units of days, compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). Contact time, as described in Vitvar and others (2002), is defined as the baseflow residence time in the subsurface. The source data set...
Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Bedrock Geology
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-05
This tabular data set represents the area of bedrock geology types in square meters compiled for every catchment of MRB_E2RF1 catchments for Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). The source data set is the "Geology of the Conterminous United States at 1:2,500,000 Scale--A Digital Representation of the...
Sedimentary basins reconnaissance using the magnetic Tilt-Depth method
A. Salem, S. Williams, E. Samson, D. Fairhead, D. Ravat, R.J. Blakely
2010, Exploration Geophysics (41) 198-209
We compute the depth to the top of magnetic basement using the Tilt-Depth method from the best available magnetic anomaly grids covering the continental USA and Australia. For the USA, the Tilt-Depth estimates were compared with sediment thicknesses based on drilling data and show a correlation of 0.86 between the...
Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Basin Characteristics, 2002 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-03
This tabular data set represents basin characteristics for the year 2002 compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of selected Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). These characteristics are reach catchment shape index, stream density, sinuosity, mean elevation, mean slope and number of road-stream crossings. The source data...
Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Average Atmospheric (Wet) Deposition of Inorganic Nitrogen, 2002
Michael Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 491-02
This tabular data set represents the average atmospheric (wet) deposition, in kilograms per square kilometer, of inorganic nitrogen for the year 2002 compiled for every catchment for MRB_E2RF1 of Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). The source data set for wet deposition was from the USGS's raster data...
Groundwater site identification indexes for Washington, D.C., Baltimore City, and the counties of Maryland
Andrew E. LaMotte
2010, Data Series 576
These datasets represent 23 geographic 5-minute indexes for the counties of Maryland, one 2 1/2-minute index for Washington D.C., and 1-mile square index for Baltimore City. There are 25 vector polygon datasets covered by this metadata report....
A geostatistical approach to mapping site response spectral amplifications
E.M. Thompson, L.G. Baise, R. E. Kayen, Y. Tanaka, H. Tanaka
2010, Engineering Geology (114) 330-342
If quantitative estimates of the seismic properties do not exist at a location of interest then the site response spectral amplifications must be estimated from data collected at other locations. Currently, the most common approach employs correlations of site class with maps of surficial geology. Analogously, correlations of site class...
River solute fluxes reflecting active hydrothermal chemical weathering of the Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field, USA
S. Hurwitz, William C. Evans, J. B. Lowenstern
2010, Chemical Geology (276) 331-343
In the past few decades numerous studies have quantified the load of dissolved solids in large rivers to determine chemical weathering rates in orogenic belts and volcanic areas, mainly motivated by the notion that over timescales greater than ~100kyr, silicate hydrolysis may be the dominant sink for atmospheric CO2, thus...
Repeated use of an abandoned vehicle by nesting Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura)
L.D. Igl, S.L. Peterson
2010, Journal of Raptor Research (44) 73-75
Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) lay their eggs on an existing substrate in the dark recesses of a variety of natural sites (Kirk and Mossman 1998). Although an important requirement of Turkey Vulture nest-site selection is isolation from human disturbances (<a class="ref"...
Modeling fire severity in black spruce stands in the Alaskan boreal forest using spectral and non-spectral geospatial data
Kirsten M. Barrett, E.S. Kasischke, A. D. McGuire, M.R. Turetsky, E.S. Kane
2010, Remote Sensing of Environment (114) 1494-1503
Biomass burning in the Alaskan interior is already a major disturbance and source of carbon emissions, and is likely to increase in response to the warming and drying predicted for the future climate. In addition to quantifying changes to the spatial and temporal patterns of burned areas, observing variations in...
Allocating monitoring effort in the face of unknown unknowns
B.A. Wintle, M.C. Runge, S.A. Bekessy
2010, Ecology Letters (13) 1325-1337
There is a growing view that to make efficient use of resources, ecological monitoring should be hypothesis-driven and targeted to address specific management questions. 'Targeted' monitoring has been contrasted with other approaches in which a range of quantities are monitored in case they exhibit an alarming trend or provide ad...
Embryo malposition as a potential mechanism for mercury-induced hatching failure in bird eggs
Garth Herring, Joshua T. Ackerman, Collin A. Eagles-Smith
2010, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (29) 1788-1794
We examined the prevalence of embryo malpositions and deformities in relation to total mercury (THg) and selenium (Se) concentrations in American avocet (Recurvirostra americana), black‐necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), and Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) eggs in San Francisco Bay (CA, USA) during 2005 to 2007. Overall, 11% of embryos were malpositioned...
Stable isotope analysis and satellite tracking reveal interspecific resource partitioning of nonbreeding albatrosses off Alaska
R.M. Suryan, K.N. Fischer
2010, Canadian Journal of Zoology (88) 299-305
Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) are the most threatened family of birds globally. The three North Pacific species (Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853) are listed as either endangered or vulnerable, with the population of Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769)) less than 1% of its historical size. All North Pacific albatross species do not currently...
