Morphological characteristics and growth of northern pike in waters of the United States
Y.G. Kuzmenko, T.B. Spesyviy, Scott A. Bonar
2009, Fisheries (67) 131-135
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Geophysical setting of western Utah and eastern Nevada between latitudes 37°45′ and 40°N
Edward A. Mankinen, Edwin H. McKee
Bryce Tripp, Ken Krahulec, Lucy Jordan, editor(s)
2009, Book chapter, Geology and Geologic Resources and Issues of Western Utah, UGA-38
Gravity and aeromagnetic data refine the structural setting for the region of western Utah and eastern Nevada between Snake and Hamlin Valleys on the west and Tule Valley on the east. These data are used here as part of a regional analysis. An isostatic gravity map shows large areas underlain...
Simulations of cataclysmic outburst floods from Pleistocene Glacial Lake Missoula
Roger P. Denlinger, D. R. H. O’Connell
2009, Geological Society of America Bulletin (122) 678-689
Using a flow domain that we constructed from 30 m digital-elevation model data of western United States and Canada and a two-dimensional numerical model for shallow-water flow over rugged terrain, we simulated outburst floods from Pleistocene Glacial Lake Missoula. We modeled a large, but not the largest, flood, using initial...
Neogene Gas Total Petroleum System -- Neogene Nonassociated Gas Assessment Unit of the San Joaquin Basin Province: Chapter 22 in Petroleum systems and geologic assessment of oil and gas in the San Joaquin Basin Province, California
Allegra Hosford Scheirer, Leslie B. Magoon
2009, Professional Paper 1713-22
The Neogene Nonassociated Gas Assessment Unit (AU) of the Neogene Total Petroleum System consists of nonassociated gas accumulations in Pliocene marine and brackish-water sandstone located in the south and central San Joaquin Basin Province (Rudkin, 1968). Traps consist mainly of stratigraphic lenses in low-relief, elongate domes that trend northwest-southeast. Reservoir...
The Portland Basin: A (big) river runs through it
Russell C. Evarts, Jim E. O'Connor, Ray E. Wells, Ian P. Madin
2009, GSA Today (19) 4-10
Metropolitan Portland, Oregon, USA, lies within a small Neogene to Holocene basin in the forearc of the Cascadia subduction system. Although the basin owes its existence and structural development to its convergent-margin tectonic setting, the stratigraphic architecture of basin-fill deposits chiefly reflects its physiographic position along the lower reaches of...
Estimated use of water in Alabama in 2005
Susan S. Hutson, Thomas M. Littlepage, Michael J. Harper, James O. Tinney
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5163
Water use in Alabama was about 9,958 million gallons per day (Mgal/d) during 2005. Estimates of withdrawals by source indicate that total surface-water withdrawals were about 9,467 Mgal/d (95 percent of the total withdrawals) and the remaining 491 Mgal/d (5 percent) were from ground water. More surface water than ground...
Low-flow frequency and flow duration of selected South Carolina streams in the Pee Dee River basin through March 2007
Toby D. Feaster, Wladmir B. Guimaraes
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1171
Part of the mission of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is to protect and preserve South Carolina's water resources. Doing so requires an ongoing understanding of streamflow characteristics of the rivers and streams in South Carolina. A particular...
Taste and odor occurrence in Lake William C. Bowen and Municipal Reservoir #1, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Celeste Journey, Jane M. Arrington
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3043
The U.S. Geological Survey and Spartanburg Water are working cooperatively on an ongoing study of Lake Bowen and Reservoir #1 to identify environmental factors that enhance or influence the production of geosmin in the source-water reservoirs. Spartanburg Water is using information from this study to develop management strategies to reduce...
Occurrence and removal of pharmaceutically active compounds in sewage treatment plants with different technologies
Guang-Guo Ying, Rai S. Kookana, Dana W. Kolpin
2009, Journal of Environmental Monitoring (11) 1498-1505
Occurrence of eight selected pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs; caffeine, carbamazepine, triclosan, gemfibrozil, diclofenac, ibuprofen, ketoprofen and naproxen) were investigated in effluents from fifteen sewage treatment plants (STPs) across South Australia. In addition, a detailed investigation into the removal of these compounds was also carried out in four STPs with different...
USGS field activity 09FSH02 on the west Florida shelf, Gulf of Mexico, in August 2009
Lisa L. Robbins, Paul O. Knorr, Xuewu Liu, Robert H. Byrne, Ellen A. Raabe
2009, Data Series 535-C
From August 17 to 21, 2009, a cruise led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected air and sea surface partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2), pH, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), and total alkalinity (TA) data on the west Florida shelf. Approximately 2,000 data points were collected underway over a...
Archive of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected offshore east-central Florida during USGS cruise 00FGS01, July 14-22, 2000
Janice A. Subino, Shawn V. Dadisman, Dana S. Wiese, Karynna Calderon, Daniel C. Phelps
2009, Data Series 496
In July of 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Florida Geological Survey (FGS), conducted a geophysical survey of the Atlantic Ocean offshore Florida's east coast from Brevard County to northern Martin County. This report serves as an archive of unprocessed digital boomer seismic reflection data, trackline...
USGS field activity 08FSH01 on the west Florida shelf, Gulf of Mexico, in August 2008
Lisa L. Robbins, Paul O. Knorr, Xuewu Liu, Robert H. Byrne, Ellen A. Raabe
2009, Data Series 535-A
From August 11 to 15, 2008, a cruise led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected air and sea surface partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2), pH, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), and total alkalinity (TA) data on the west Florida shelf. Approximately 1,600 data points were collected underway over a...
USGS field activity 09FSH01 on the west Florida shelf, Gulf of Mexico, in February 2009
Lisa L. Robbins, Paul O. Knorr, Xuewu Liu, Robert H. Byrne, Ellen A. Raabe
2009, Data Series 535-B
From February 24 to 28, 2009, a cruise led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected air and sea surface partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2), pH, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), and total alkalinity (TA) data on the west Florida shelf. Approximately 1,800 data points were collected underway over a...
Quality of ground water from private domestic wells
Leslie A. DeSimone, Pixie A. Hamilton, Robert J. Gilliom
2009, Water Well Journal (April) 33-37
This article highlights major findings from two USGS reports: DeSimone (2009) and DeSimone and others (2009). These reports can be accessed at http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa. This article is followed by a summary of treatment considerations and options for owners of private domestic wells, written by Cliff Treyens of the National Ground Water...
Modeling lakes and reservoirs in the climate system
M.D. MacKay, P.J. Neale, C.D. Arp, L. N. De Senerpont Domis, X. Fang, G. Gal, K.D. Jo, G. Kirillin, J.D. Lenters, Elena Litchman, S. MacIntyre, P. Marsh, J. Melack, W.M. Mooij, F. Peeters, A. Quesada, S.G. Schladow, M. Schmid, C. Spence, S.L. Stokes
2009, Limnology and Oceanography (54)
Modeling studies examining the effect of lakes on regional and global climate, as well as studies on the influence of climate variability and change on aquatic ecosystems, are surveyed. Fully coupled atmosphere-land surface-lake climate models that could be used for both of these types of study simultaneously do not presently...
Quaternary science reviews Pacific Basin tsunami hazards associated with mass flows in the Aleutian arc of Alaska
Christopher F. Waythomas, Philip Watts, Fengyan Shi, James T. Kirby
2009, Quaternary Science Reviews (28) 1006-1019
We analyze mass-flow tsunami generation for selected areas within the Aleutian arc of Alaska using results from numerical simulation of hypothetical but plausible mass-flow sources such as submarine landslides and volcanic debris avalanches. The Aleutian arc consists of a chain of volcanic mountains, volcanic islands, and submarine canyons, surrounded by...
Migration of whooper swans and outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus in Eastern Asia
Scott H. Newman, Samuel A. Iverson, John Y. Takekawa, Martin Gilbert, Diann J. Prosser, Nyambyar Batbayar, Tseveenmyadag Natsagdorj, David C. Douglas
2009, PLoS ONE (4) 1-11
Evaluating the potential involvement of wild avifauna in the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 (hereafter H5N1) requires detailed analyses of temporal and spatial relationships between wild bird movements and disease emergence. The death of wild swans (Cygnus spp.) has been the first indicator of the presence of H5N1...
Linking marine and freshwater growth in western Alaska Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
G.T. Ruggerone, J.L. Nielsen, B.A. Agler
2009, Journal of Fish Biology (75) 1287-1301
The hypothesis that growth in Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. is dependent on previous growth was tested using annual scale growth measurements of wild Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha returning to the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers, Alaska, from 1964 to 2004. First-year marine growth in individual O. tshawytscha was significantly correlated with...
Improving stream studies with a small-footprint green lidar
Jim McKean, Dan Isaak, Wayne Wright
2009, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (90) 341-342
Technology is changing how scientists and natural resource managers describe and study streams and rivers. A new generation of airborne aquatic-terrestrial lidars is being developed that can penetrate water and map the submerged topography inside a stream as well as the adjacent subaerial terrain and vegetation in one integrated mission....
Flood effects on an Alaskan stream restoration project: the value of long-term monitoring
Roseann V. Densmore, Kenneth F. Karle
2009, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (45) 1424-1433
On a nationwide basis, few stream restoration projects have long-term programs in place to monitor the effects of floods on channel and floodplain configuration and floodplain vegetation, but long-term and event-based monitoring is required to measure the effects of these stochastic events and to use the knowledge for adaptive management...
Fluorescence-based proxies for lignin in freshwater dissolved organic matter
Peter J. Hernes, Brian A. Bergamaschi, Robert S. Eckard, Robert G.M. Spencer
2009, Journal of Geophysical Research G: Biogeosciences (114) 1-10
Lignin phenols have proven to be powerful biomarkers in environmental studies; however, the complexity of lignin analysis limits the number of samples and thus spatial and temporal resolution in any given study. In contrast, spectrophotometric characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) is rapid, noninvasive, relatively inexpensive, requires small sample volumes,...
High-resolution sclerochronological analysis of the bivalve mollusk Saxidomus gigantea from Alaska and British Columbia: techniques for revealing environmental archives and archaeological seasonality
Nadine Hallman, Meghan Burchell, Bernd R. Schone, Gail V. Irvine, David Maxwell
2009, Journal of Archaeological Science (36) 2353-2364
The butter clam, Saxidomus gigantea, is one of the most commonly recovered bivalves from archaeological shell middens on the Pacific Coast of North America. This study presents the results of the sclerochronology of modern specimens of S. gigantea, collected monthly from Pender Island (British Columbia), and additional modern specimens from...
Anacostia River fringe wetlands restoration project: final report for the five-year monitoring program (2003 through 2007)
Cairn C. Krafft, Richard S. Hammerschlag, Glenn R. Guntenspergen
2009, Report
The 6-hectare (ha) freshwater tidal Anacostia River Fringe Wetlands (Fringe Wetlands) were reconstructed along the mainstem of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC (Photograph 1, Figure 1) during the summer of 2003. The Fringe Wetlands consist of two separate planting cells. Fringe A, located adjacent to Lower Kingman Island, on...
Does influenza A affect body condition of wild mallard ducks, or vice versa?
Paul L. Flint, J. Christian Franson
2009, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (276) 2345-2346
Low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses are well documented to circulate within wild waterfowl populations (Olsen et. al. 2006). It has been assumed that these infections are benign with no subsequent effects on life-history parameters. The study by Latorre-Margalef et al. (2009; hereafter L.-M. et al.) represents an important step,...
Depletion of rice as food of waterfowl wintering in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Danielle M. Greer, Bruce D. Dugger, Kenneth J. Reinecke, Mark J. Petrie
2009, Journal of Wildlife Management (73) 1125-1133
Waterfowl habitat conservation strategies in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) and several other wintering areas assume carrying capacity is limited by available food, and increasing food resources is an effective conservation goal. Because existing research on winter food abundance and depletion is insufficient to test this hypothesis, we used harvested...