Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) use of a staging site in the Chesapeake Bay
Benjamin Springer, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Diann J. Prosser, Kyle Rambo, J. Jordan Price
2025, Northeastern Naturalist (31) 555-564
In 2021, we initiated fieldwork to assess the relative importance of a staging area for Sterna hirundo (Common Tern) at a pier at the confluence of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay, MD. During the post-breeding periods of 2021 through 2023, we resighted 378 banded Common Terns at this staging area, with...
Factors regulating the potential for freshwater mineral soil wetlands to function as natural climate solutions
Shizhou Ma, Purbasha Mistry, Pascal Badiou, Sheel Bansal, Irena F. Creed
2025, Wetlands (45)
There are increasing global efforts and initiatives aiming to tackle climate change and mitigate its impacts via natural climate solutions (NCS). Wetlands have been considered effective NCS given their capacity to sequester and retain atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) while also providing a myriad of other ecosystem functions that can assist...
Groundwater-storage change in the north Phoenix aquifer, Arizona, 2020–23
Jeffrey R. Kennedy
2025, Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5120
The city of Phoenix, Arizona, relies primarily on surface water for municipal water supply. The city also maintains wells to withdraw groundwater, particularly in times of drought and reduced surface-water supply, and to recharge groundwater when excess surface water is available. As of 2023, withdrawals from the aquifer in the...
Map of topographic lineaments interpreted as recent surface ruptures along the Bennett Valley and Southern Maacama Fault Zones, Sonoma County, California
Suzanne Hecker
2025, Scientific Investigations Map 3529
This study documents lidar-illuminated topographic lineaments interpreted as evidence of recent surface fault ruptures and surface ruptures related to distributed deformation along the Bennett Valley Fault Zone and the southernmost Maacama Fault Zone in the northern San Francisco Bay area (fig. 1, on map sheet). Together, these fault zones form...
Exploring management and environment effects on edge-of-field phosphorus losses with linear mixed models
Kelsey Krueger, Anita Thompson, Qiang Li, Amber Radatz, Eric Cooley, Todd D. Stuntebeck, Christopher J. Winslow, Emily Oldfield, Matthew Ruark
2025, Journal of Environmental Quality (54) 450-464
Evaluating how weather, farm management, and soil conditions impact phosphorus (P) loss from agricultural sites is essential for improving our waterways in agricultural watersheds. In this study, rainfall characteristics, manure application timing, tillage, surface condition, and soil test phosphorus (STP) were analyzed to determine their effects on total phosphorus (TP)...
Post-fire sediment yield from a western Sierra Nevada watershed burned by the 2021 Caldor Fire
Amy E. East, Joshua B. Logan, Peter Dartnell, Helen Willemien Dow, Donald N. Lindsay, David B. Cavagnaro
2025, Earth and Space Science (12)
Watershed sediment yield commonly increases after wildfire, often causing negative impacts to downstream infrastructure and water resources. Post-fire erosion is important to understand and quantify because it is increasingly placing water supplies, habitat, communities, and infrastructure at risk as fire regimes intensify in a warming climate. However, measurements of post-fire...
Prioritizing chemicals of emerging concern in the Great Lakes Basin using covariance of chemical concentrations and diverse biological responses from a variety of species
Kelsey Vitense, Luke C. Loken, Erin C Maloney, Brett R. Blackwell, Timothy W. Collette, Steven R. Corsi, Christine M. Custer, Erik Davenport, Satomi Kohno, Stephanie E. Hummel
2025, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (44) 764-776
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative aims to protect and restore the nation’s largest freshwater resource, in part, by furthering our understanding of the effects of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and chemical mixtures on aquatic and terrestrial organisms. To address this goal, an interagency team conducted field studies at sites...
Exposure, sensitivity, or adaptive capacity? Reviewing assessments that use only two of three elements of climate change vulnerability
Amanda A. Hyman, Erin R. Crone, Abigail Benson, Jason B. Dunham, Abigail Lynch, Laura Thompson, Meryl C. Mims
2025, Conservation Science and Practice (7)
As climate change accelerates, understanding which species are most vulnerable and why they are vulnerable will be vital to inform conservation action. Climate change vulnerability assessments (CCVAs) are tools to assess species' responses to climate change, detect drivers of vulnerability, and inform conservation planning. CCVAs are commonly composed of three...
A landscape-scale view of soil organic matter dynamics
Sebastian Doetterl, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Katherine Heckman, Corey Lawrence, Jörg Schnecker, Rodrigo Vargas, Cordula Vogel, Rota Wagai
2025, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (6) 67-81
Soil carbon is an important component of the terrestrial carbon cycle and could be augmented through improved soil management to mitigate climate change. However, data gaps for numerous regions and a lack of understanding of the heterogeneity of biogeochemical processes across diverse soil landscapes hinder the development of large-scale representations...
Generalized Bancroft algorithm for locating earthquakes with P- and S-wave arrival times
Matthew M. Haney
2025, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (115) 367-378
Because of similarities between locating an earthquake with seismic stations and locating a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver from satellites, the Bancroft algorithm developed for GPS processing can be used to locate earthquakes. Such an approach to earthquake location differs from the conventional method of choosing an initial or trial...
Invited perspectives: Integrating hydrologic information into the next generation of landslide early warning systems
Benjamin B. Mirus, Thom Bogaard, Roberto Greco, Manfred Stähli
2025, Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences (NHESS) (25) 169-182
Although rainfall-triggered landslides are initiated by subsurface hydro-mechanical processes related to the loading, weakening, and eventual failure of slope materials, most landslide early warning systems (LEWS) have relied solely on rainfall event information. In previous decades, several studies demonstrated the value of integrating proxies for subsurface hydrologic information to improve...
Understanding the influence of image enhancement on underwater object detection: A quantitative and qualitative study
Ashraf Saleem, Ali Awad, Sidike Paheding, Evan Lucas, Timothy C. Havens, Peter C. Esselman
2025, Remote Sensing (17)
Underwater image enhancement is often perceived as a disadvantageous process to object detection. We propose a novel analysis of the interactions between enhancement and detection, elaborating on the potential of enhancement to improve detection. In particular, we evaluate object detection performance for each individual image rather than across the entire...
Metal-rich lacustrine sediments from legacy mining perpetuate copper exposure to aquatic-riparian food webs
Brittany G. Perrotta, Karen A. Kidd, Kate M. Campbell, Marie Noele Croteau, Tyler Kane, Amy M. Marcarelli, R. Blaine McCleskey, Gordon Paterson, Craig A. Stricker, David Walters
2025, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (21) 414-424
Historic copper mining left a legacy of metal-rich tailings resulting in ecological impacts along and within Torch Lake, an area of concern in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA. Given the toxicity of copper to invertebrates, this study assessed the influence of this legacy on present day nearshore aquatic and terrestrial...
Challenges and opportunities for data integration to improve estimation of migratory connectivity
Jeffrey A. Hostetler, Emily B. Cohen, Christen M. Bossu, Amy L. Scarpignato, Kristen Ruegg, Andrea Contina, Clark S. Rushing, Michael T. Hallworth
2025, Methods in Ecology and Evolution (16) 362-376
Understanding migratory connectivity, or the linkage of populations between seasons, is critical for effective conservation and management of migratory wildlife. A growing number of tools are available for understanding where migratory individuals and populations occur throughout the annual cycle. Integration of the diverse measures of migratory movements can help...
Evaluation of the sensitivity of a federally endangered freshwater mussel (Venustaconcha trabalis) to selected chemicals
Ning Wang, Chris D. Ivey, Danielle M. Cleveland, James L. Kunz, Rebecca Schapansky, Timothy W. Lane, M. Christopher Barnhart
2025, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Protection of critically endangered species requires identification of factors limiting their survival and growth. Previous studies have demonstrated that unionid mussels are sensitive to some chemicals and the sensitivity was similar among different taxonomic families and tribes of mussels. However, common species of mussels were generally used in these previous...
Predictive regressive models of recent marsh sediment thickness improve the quantification of coastal marsh sediment budgets
Christopher G. Smith, Julie Bernier, Alisha M. Ellis, Kathryn Smith
2025, Applied Computing and Geosciences. (25)
Coastal marsh wetlands experience variations in vertical gains and losses through time, which have allowed them to infill relict topography and record variations in drivers. The stratigraphic unit associated with the development of the marsh also reflects the long-term importance of key ecosystem services supplied by the marsh environment, including...
Derivation and characterization of environmental hazard concentrations for chemical prioritization: A case study in the Great Lakes tributaries
Erin M. Maloney, Steven R. Corsi, Matthew A. Pronschinske, Laura A. DeCicco, Michelle A. Nott, John R. Frisch, Neil W. Fuller, Austin K. Baldwin, Kimani Kimbrough, Michael Edwards, Stephanie L. Hummel, Natalia Vinas, Daniel L. Villeneuve
2025, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Ongoing anthropogenic activities and analytical advancements yield continuously expanding lists of environmental contaminants. This represents a challenge to environmental managers, who must prioritize chemicals for management actions (e.g., restriction, regulation, remediation) but are often hindered by resource limitations. To help facilitate prioritization efforts, this study presents several strategies for deriving...
Potential for biological effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Great Lakes tributaries and associations with land cover and wastewater effluent
Steven R. Corsi, Luke C. Loken, Gerald T. Ankley, David A. Alvarez, Daniel L. Villeneuve
2025, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (44) 1706-1722
Surface water concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and potential for resulting biological effects were estimated in a study using polar organic chemical integrative samplers (POCIS) from 60 tributary sites within 20 watersheds in the Great Lakes Basin in 2018. Sites represented a range of urban to agricultural, forested,...
Fishy factors: Recognizing biological variation and its implications for fish immuno(eco)toxicology research
Rashidat O. Jimoh, Cheyenne Rose Simpson, Vicki S. Blazer, Jone Corrales, Natacha S. Hogan, Maria L. Rodgers, Catherine Wise, Marlo K. Sellin Jeffries
2025, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (44) 872-879
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Hydrologic variability and plant composition drive relative abundance of marsh birds at created and reference marshes in southeastern Louisiana, U.S.A.
Aylett Lipford, Leah L.K. Moran, Drew Nathan Fowler, Sammy L. King
2025, Restoration Ecology (33)
Coastal marsh loss occurs at an alarming pace globally, with extremely high rates along the northern Gulf of Mexico, particularly in Louisiana. In Louisiana, marsh creation projects combat wetland loss; however, biotic responses of vegetation and wildlife receive little to no consideration during and after construction. Habitat characteristics such as...
Automating physics-based models to estimate thermoelectric-power water use
Melissa A. Harris, Timothy H. Diehl, Lillian E. Gorman Sanisaca, Amy E. Galanter, Melissa A. Lombard, Kenneth D. Skinner, Catherine A. Chamberlin, Brendan A. McCarthy, Richard G. Niswonger, Jana S. Stewart, Kristen J. Valseth
2025, Environmental Modelling and Software (185)
Thermoelectric (TE) power plants withdraw more water than any other sector of water use in the United States and consume water at rates that can be significant especially in water-stressed regions. Historical TE water-use data have been inconsistent, incomplete, or discrepant, resulting in an increased research focus on improving the...
Holding time or fixative formulation has no obvious effect on histology of Porites evermanni and Montipora capitata
Thierry M. Work, Chutimon Singakharn, Amy Webb, Norton Chan, Michelle Dennis
2025, Veterinary Pathology (62) 355-359
Collection of coral for histologic examination requires holding of samples in seawater for a time before they are fixed for histologic processing. This could adversely affect the interpretation of morphologic changes during histologic examinations. We evaluated the microscopic morphology of Porites evermanni and Montipora capitata held (0–120 minutes) in seawater prior to fixation in...
Exposure to the Polychlorinated biphenyl mixture Aroclor 1254 elicits neurological and cardiac developmental effects in early life stage zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Corey A. Green, Jeffrey M. Morris, Jason Tyler Magnuson, Rachel Leads, Claire R. Lay, Michel Gielazyn, Lisa Rosman, Daniel Schlenk, Aaron P. Roberts
2025, Chemosphere (371)
The goal of this study was to compare the bioaccumulation of the PCB mixture Aroclor 1254 in zebrafish to cardiac and neurologic outcomes. The establishment of effect concentrations (ECs) for cardiac and neurotoxic effects of PCBs in early life stage fish is challenging due to a lack of measured PCB...
Land use change consistently reduces α‐ but not β‐ and γ‐diversity of bees
Toby P.N. Tsang, A.A. Amado De Santis, Gabriela Armas-Quiñonez, John S. Ascher, Eva Samanta Ávila-Gómez, Andras Baldi, Kimberly M. Ballare, Mario V. Balzan, Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka, Svenja Bänsch, Yves Basset, Adam J. Bates, Jessica M. Baumann, Mariana Beal-Neves, Ashley Bennett, Antonio Diego M. Bezerra, Betina Blochtein, Riccardo Bommarco, Berry Brosi, Laura A. Burkle, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, Castellanos Ignacio, Marcela Cely-Santos, Hamutahl Cohen, Drissa Coulibaly, Saul A. Cunningham, Sarah Cusser, Isabelle Dajoz, Deborah A. Delaney, Ek Del-Val, Monika Egerer, Markus P. Eichhorn, Eunice Enríquez, Martin H. Entling, Natalia Escobedo-Kenefic, Pedro Maria Abreu Ferreira, Gordon Fitch, Jessica R.K. Forrest, Valérie Fournier, Fowler Robert, Breno M. Freitas, Hannah R. Gaines-Day, Benoît Geslin, Jaboury Ghazoul, Paul Glaum, Jose L. Gonzalez-Andujar, Adrian González-Chaves, Heather Grab, Claudio Gratton, Solène Guenat, Catalina Gutiérrez-Chacón, Mark A. Hall, Mick E. Hanley, Annika Hass, Ernest Ireneusz Hennig, Martin Hermy, Juliana Hipólito, Andrea Holzschuh, Sebastian Hopfenmüller, Keng-Lou James Hung, Kristoffer Hylander, Jordi Izquierdo, Mary A. Jamieson, Birgit Jauker, Steve Javorek, Shalene Jha, Björn Klatt, David Kleijn, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Aniko Kovacs-Hostyanszki, Jochen Krauss, Michael Kuhlmann, Patricia Landaverde-González, Tanya Latty, Misha Leong, Susannah B. Lerman, Yunhui Liu, Ana Carolina Pereira Machado, Anson Main, Rachel Mallinger, Yael Mandelik, Bruno Ferreira Marques, Kevin Matteson, Frédéric McCune, Ling-Zeng Meng, Jean Paul Metzger, Paula María Montoya-Pfeiffer, Carolina Morales, Lora Morandin, Jane Morrison, Sonja Mudri-Stojnić, Pakorn Nalinrachatakan, Olivia Norfolk, Mark Otieno, Mia G. Park, Stacy M. Philpott, Gideon Pisanty, Montserrat Plascencia, Simon G. Potts, Eileen F. Power, Kit Prendergast, Robyn D. Quistberg, Davi de Lacerda Ramos, André Rodrigo Rech, Victoria Reynolds, Miriam H. Richards, Stuart P.M. Roberts, Malena Sabatino, Ulrika Samnegård, Hillary Sardinas, Karina Sánchez-Echeverría, Fernanda Teixeira Saturni, Jeroen Scheper, Amber R. Sciligo, C. Sheena Sidhu, Brian J. Spiesman, Tuanjit Sritongchuay, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Katharina Stein, Alyssa B. Stewart, Jane C. Stout, Hisatomo Taki, Pornpimon Tangtorwongsakul, Caragh G. Threlfall, Carla Tinoco, Teja Tscharntke, Katherine J. Turo, Chatura Vaidya, Rémy Vandame, Carlos H. Vergara, Blandina F. Viana, Eric Vides-Borrell, Natapot Warrit, Elisabeth B. Webb, Catrin Westphal, Jennifer B. Wickens, Neal M. Williams, Nicholas S.G. Williams, Caleb J. Wilson, Panlong Wu, Elsa Youngsteadt, Yi Zou, Lauren C. Ponisio, Timothy C. Bonebrake
2025, Global Change Biology (31)
Land use change threatens global biodiversity and compromises ecosystem functions, including pollination and food production. Reduced taxonomic α-diversity is often reported under land use change, yet the impacts could be different at larger spatial scales (i.e., γ-diversity), either due to reduced β-diversity amplifying diversity loss or increased β-diversity dampening diversity...
Navigating new threats: Prey naivete in native mammals
Rebecca K. McKee, Kristen Hart, Spencer Zeitoune, Robert A. McCleery
2025, Journal of Animal Ecology (94) 210-219
1. Invasive predators pose a substantial threat to global biodiversity. Native prey species frequently exhibit naïveté to the cues of invasive predators, and this phenomenon may contribute to the disproportionate impact of invasive predators on prey populations. However, not all species exhibit naïveté, which has led to the generation of...
