Investigating seagrass in Toxoplasma gondii transmission in Florida (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and Antillean (T. m. manatus) manatees
Heidi M. Wyrosdick, Richard W. Gerhold, Chunlei Su, Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, Robert K. Bonde, Alycia Chapman, Carla Riviera-Perez, Jessica Martinez, Debra L. Miller
2017, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (127) 65-69
Toxoplasma gondii is a feline protozoan reported to cause morbidity and mortality in manatees and other marine mammals. Given the herbivorous nature of manatees, ingestion of oocysts from contaminated water or seagrass is presumed to be their primary mode of infection. The objectives of this study were to investigate oocyst contamination...
Correcting spacecraft jitter in HiRISE images
S. S. Sutton, A.K. Boyd, Randolph L. Kirk, Debbie Cook, Jean Backer, A. Fennema, R. Heyd, A.S. McEwen, S.D. Mirchandani
B. Wu, K. Di, J. Oberst, I. Karachevtseva, editor(s)
2017, Conference Paper, Proceedings: 2017 international symposium on planetary remote sensing and mapping (Volume XLII-3/W1)
Mechanical oscillations or vibrations on spacecraft, also called pointing jitter, cause geometric distortions and/or smear in high resolution digital images acquired from orbit. Geometric distortion is especially a problem with pushbroom type sensors, such as the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)....
A new sulfur and carbon degassing inventory for the Southern Central American Volcanic Arc: The importance of accurate time-series datasets and possible tectonic processes responsible for temporal variations in arc-scale volatile emissions
Maarten de Moor, Christoph Kern, Geoffroy Avard, Cyril Muller, Sandro Aiuppa, Armando Saballos, Martha Ibarra, Peter LaFemina, Mario Protti, Tobias Fischer
2017, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (18) 4437-4468
This work presents a new database of SO2 and CO2 fluxes from the Southern Central American Volcanic Arc (SCAVA) for the period 2015–2016. We report ∼300 SO2 flux measurements from 10 volcanoes and gas ratios from 11 volcanoes in Costa Rica and Nicaragua representing the most extensive available assessment of this ∼500 km...
Ad hoc instrumentation methods in ecological studies produce highly biased temperature measurements
Adam J. Terando, Elsa Youngsteadt, Emily K. Meineke, Sara G. Prado
2017, Ecology and Evolution (7) 9890-9904
In light of global climate change, ecological studies increasingly address effects of temperature on organisms and ecosystems. To measure air temperature at biologically relevant scales in the field, ecologists often use small, portable temperature sensors. Sensors must be shielded from solar radiation to provide accurate temperature measurements, but our review...
Foundations of translational ecology
Carolyn A. F. Enquist, Stephen T. Jackson, Gregg M. Garfin, Frank W. Davis, Leah R. Gerber, Jeremy S. Littell, Jennifer L. Tank, Adam Terando, Tamara U. Wall, Benjamin S. Halpern, J. Kevin Hiers, Toni L. Morelli, Elizabeth McNie, Nathan L. Stephenson, Matthew A. Williamson, Connie A. Woodhouse, Laurie Yung, Mark W. Brunson, Kimberly R. Hall, Lauren M. Hallett, Dawn M. Lawson, Max A. Moritz, Koren R. Nydick, Amber Pairis, Andrea J. Ray, Claudia M. Regan, Hugh D. Safford, Mark W. Schwartz, M. Rebecca Shaw
2017, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (15) 541-550
Ecologists who specialize in translational ecology (TE) seek to link ecological knowledge to decision making by integrating ecological science with the full complement of social dimensions that underlie today's complex environmental issues. TE is motivated by a search for outcomes that directly serve the needs of natural resource managers and...
Estimating thermal maturity in the Eagle Ford Shale petroleum system using gas gravity data
Justin E. Birdwell, Scott A. Kinney
2017, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions (67) 397-403
Basin-wide datasets that provide information on the geochemical properties of petroleum systems, such as source rock quality, product composition, and thermal maturity, are often difficult to come by or assemble from publicly available data. When published studies are available and include these kinds of properties, they generally have few sampling...
Translating statistical species-habitat models to interactive decision support tools
Lyndsie S. Wszola, Victoria L. Simonsen, Erica F. Stuber, Caitlyn R. Gillespie, Lindsey N. Messinger, Karie L. Decker, Jeffrey J. Lusk, Christopher F. Jorgensen, Andrew A. Bishop, Joseph J. Fontaine
2017, PLoS ONE (12) 1-13
Understanding species-habitat relationships is vital to successful conservation, but the tools used to communicate species-habitat relationships are often poorly suited to the information needs of conservation practitioners. Here we present a novel method for translating a statistical species-habitat model, a regression analysis relating ring-necked pheasant abundance to landcover, into an...
Groundwater model of the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system version 3.0: Incorporating revisions in southwestern Utah and east central Nevada
Lynette E. Brooks
2017, Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5072
The groundwater model described in this report is a new version of previously published steady-state numerical groundwater flow models of the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system, and was developed in conjunction with U.S. Geological Survey studies in Parowan, Pine, and Wah Wah Valleys, Utah....
Rehabilitating sea otters: Feeling good versus being effective
James A. Estes, M. Tim Tinker
Peter Kareiva, Michelle Marvier, Brian Silliman, editor(s)
2017, Book chapter, Effective conservation science: Data not dogma
This chapter examines the complexities of assessing the merits and drawbacks of wildlife rehabilitation. Wildlife rehabilitation is often costly, and the resulting benefits differ depending on whether one’s interest is in the welfare of individual animals or conserving populations. Two examples of this dilemma include the rehabilitation of oiled sea...
CO2 cycle
Timothy N. Titus, Shane Byrne, Anthony Colaprete, Francois Forget, Timothy I. Michaels, Thomas H. Prettyman
2017, Book chapter, The atmosphere and climate of Mars
This chapter discusses the use of models, observations, and laboratory experiments to understand the cycling of CO2 between the atmosphere and seasonal Martian polar caps. This cycle is primarily controlled by the polar heat budget, and thus the emphasis here is on its components, including solar and infrared radiation, the...
Documenting mudstone heterogeneity by use of principal component analysis of X-ray diffraction and portable X-ray fluorescence data: A case study in the Triassic Shublik Formation, Alaska North Slope
Adam Boehlke, Katherine J. Whidden, William Benzel
2017, Conference Paper, SEPM-AAPG Research Conference
Determining the chemical and mineralogical variability within fine-grained mudrocks poses analytical challenges but is potentially useful for documenting subtle stratigraphic differences in physicochemical environments that may influence petroleum reservoir properties and behavior. In this study, we investigate the utility of combining principal component analysis (PCA) of X-ray diffraction (XRD) data...
USGS assessment of water and proppant requirements and water production associated with undiscovered petroleum in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations
Seth S. Haines, Brian A. Varela, Sarah J. Hawkins, Nicholas J. Gianoutsos, Marilyn E. Tennyson
2017, Conference Paper, SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has conducted an assessment of water and proppant requirements, and water production volumes, associated with possible future production of undiscovered petroleum resources in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations, Williston Basin, USA. This water and proppant assessment builds directly from the 2013 USGS petroleum assessment...
Geochemical variations during development of the 5.46 Ma Broadwell Mesa basaltic volcanic field, California
David C. Buesch
2017, Conference Paper, ECSZ does it: Revisiting the Eastern California Shear Zone 2017 Desert Symposium Field Guide and Proceedings
The 5.46±0.04 Ma Broadwell Mesa basalt and associated basaltic volcanic field in the western Bristol Mountains, California, formed a ~6 km2 volcanic flow field with architecture including numerous lava flows, a ~1.1 km2 lava lake, and a ~0.17 km2 cinder cone. The local number of lava flows varies from...
Conservation status assessment of an endangered insular raptor: the Sharp-shinned Hawk in Puerto Rico
Julio C. Gallardo, Francisco Vilella
2017, Journal of Field Ornithology (88) 349-361
Sharp‐shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus) are forest raptors that are widely distributed in the Americas. A subspecies endemic to Puerto Rico (A. s. venator) is listed as endangered and restricted to mature and old secondary montane forests and shade coffee plantations. However, recent information about the population status and distribution of Puerto Rican...
Spatial genetic structure of muskellunge in the Great Lakes region and the effects of supplementation on genetic integrity of remnant stocks
Keith N. Turnquist, Wesley Larson, John M. Farrell, P.A. Hanchin, Kevin L. Kapuscinski, Loren M. Miller, Kim T. Scribner, Chris C. Wilson, Brian L. Sloss
2017, Conference Paper, Muskellunge management: Fifty years of cooperation among anglers, scientists, and fisheries biologists
No abstract available....
Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of the Eagle Ford Shale: Results from the USGS Gulf Coast #1 West Woodway core
Justin E. Birdwell, Adam Boehlke, Stanley T. Paxton, Katherine J. Whidden, Ofori N. Pearson
2017, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions (67) 391-395
The Eagle Ford shale is a major continuous oil and gas resource play in southcentral Texas and a source for other oil accumulations in the East Texas Basin. As part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) petroleum system assessment and research efforts, a coring program to obtain several immature, shallow...
Using carbon dioxide in fisheries and aquatic invasive species management
Hilary B. Treanor, Andrew M. Ray, Megan J. Layhee, Barnaby J. Watten, Jason A. Gross, Robert E. Gresswell, Molly A. H. Webb
2017, Fisheries (42) 621-628
To restore native fish populations, fisheries programs often depend on active removal of aquatic invasive species. Chemical removal can be an effective method of eliminating aquatic invasive species, but chemicals can induce mortality in nontarget organisms and persist in the environment. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an emerging alternative to traditional...
Domestic cat
James E. Diffendorfer
2017, Book chapter, San Diego County Mammal Atlas
The familiar domestic cat is not native to southern California and is considered an invasive spe-cies by biologists and conservation organizations. When owners abandon their cats, wild or feral populations may arise, as they have in San Diego County. Cats’ pelage color, tail length, and hair thickness vary widely, given...
Comment on linking the sex difference in PCB concentrations of fish to release of eggs at spawning: Time to jettison the dogma
Charles P. Madenjian
2017, Oceanography & Fisheries (5)
For the past 20 years or so, a commonly used explanation in the scientific literature for higher polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations in male fish than in female fish has been that females lose a high proportion of their PCB body burden by releasing eggs at spawning time, and therefore the...
Decaying lava extrusion rate at El Reventador Volcano, Ecuador measured using high-resolution satellite radar
D. W. D. Arnold, J. Biggs, Kyle R. Anderson, S. Vallejo Vargas, G. Wadge, S. K. Ebmeier, M. F. Naranjo, P. Mothes
2017, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (122) 9966-9988
Lava extrusion at erupting volcanoes causes rapid changes in topography and morphology on the order of tens or even hundreds of meters. Satellite radar provides a method for measuring changes in topographic height over a given time period to an accuracy of meters, either by measuring the width of radar...
Spatial data analytics on heterogeneous multi- and many-core parallel architectures using python
Jason R. Laura, Sergio J. Rey
2017, Book chapter, Encyclopedia of GIS
Parallel vector spatial analysis concerns the application of parallel computational methods to facilitate vector-based spatial analysis. The history of parallel computation in spatial analysis is reviewed, and this work is placed into the broader context of high-performance computing (HPC) and parallelization research. The rise of cyber infrastructure and its manifestation...
Heterogeneous responses of temperate-zone amphibian populations to climate change complicates conservation planning
Erin L. Muths, Thierry A. Chambert, B. R. Schmidt, D. A. W. Miller, Blake R. Hossack, P. Joly, O. Grolet, D. M. Green, David S. Pilliod, M. Cheylan, Robert N. Fisher, R. M. McCaffery, M. J. Adams, W. J. Palen, J. W. Arntzen, J. Garwood, Gary M. Fellers, J. M. Thirion, A. Besnard, Evan H. Campbell Grant
2017, Scientific Reports (7) 1-10
The pervasive and unabated nature of global amphibian declines suggests common demographic responses to a given driver, and quantification of major drivers and responses could inform broad-scale conservation actions. We explored the influence of climate on demographic parameters (i.e., changes in the probabilities of survival and recruitment) using 31 datasets...
Case study - Dynamic pressure-limited capacity and costs of CO2 storage in the Mount Simon sandstone
Steven T. Anderson, Hossein Jahediesfanjani
2017, Conference Paper, 35th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference
Widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is likely necessary to be able to satisfy baseload electricity demand, to maintain diversity in the energy mix, and to achieve climate and other objectives at the lowest cost. If all of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from stationary sources (such as...
Use of fish telemetry in rehabilitation planning, management, and monitoring in Areas of Concern in the Laurentian Great Lakes
J.L. Brooks, C. Boston, Susan E. Doka, Dimitry Gorsky, K. Gustavson, Darryl W. Hondorp, Daniel A. Isermann, Jonathan D. Midwood, T. C. Pratt, Andrew M. Rous, J. L. Withers, C.C. Krueger, S. J. Cooke
2017, Environmental Management (60) 1139-1154
Freshwater ecosystems provide many ecosystem services; however, they are often degraded as a result of human activity. To address ecosystem degradation in the Laurentian Great Lakes, Canada and the United States of America established the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). In 1987, 43 highly polluted and impacted areas were...
Assessment of leech lake strain muskellunge stocking in Lake Wissota, Wisconsin
Joseph Gerbyshak, Wesley Larson, Keith N. Turnquist
2017, Conference Paper, Muskellunge management: Fifty years of cooperation among anglers, scientists, and fisheries biologists
No abstract available....
