Use of survey data to define regional and local priorities for management on National Wildlife Refuges
J.R. Sauer, John F. Casey, H. Laskowski, J.D. Taylor, J. Fallon
C. John Ralph, Terrell D. Rich, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002
National Wildlife Refuges must manage habitats to support a variety of species that often have conflicting needs. To make reasonable management decisions, managers must know what species are priorities for their refuges and the relative importance of the species. Unfortunately, species priorities are often set regionally, but refuges...
Wetland restoration and birds: lessons from Florida, San Francisco Bay, and Chesapeake Bay
R.M. Erwin, P. C. Frederick
2005, Book chapter, One Hundred and Twenty-Third Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union: abstract book
Many wetland restoration projects are underway across the North American landscape, ranging from small, community - based projects of less than 1 ha, to thousands of ha, as in San Francisco Bay or the Everglades. The goals of small projects are generally focused on replanting and sustaining native wetland...
The effect of varying protein levels on blood chemistry, food consumption, and behavior of captive seaducks
A. M. Wells-Berlin, Matthew C. Perry, Glenn H. Olsen
2005, Book chapter, Second North American Sea Duck Conference, November 7-11, 2005, Annapolis, Maryland. Program and Abstracts
The Chesapeake Bay is a primary wintering area for scoters and the long-tailed ducks (Clangia hyemalis) that migrate along the Atlantic Flyway. Recently, the Chesapeake Bay had undergone an ecosystem shift and little is known about how this is affecting the seaduck populations. We are determining what are the...
Wildlife and habitat damage assessment from Hurricane Charley: recommendations for recovery of the J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Complex. [Final report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
J.M. Meyers, C.A. Langtimm, T. J. Smith III, K. Pednault-Willett
2005, Book
On 13 August 2004, the first of four hurricanes to strike Florida in <6 weeks came ashore near J. N. ?Ding? Darling National Wildlife Refuge (JNDDNWR) Complex, Sanibel Island, FL. Hurricane Charley passed just north of Sanibel Island with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (123 knots) and a...
Commerical Remote Sensing Data Contract
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3010
The U. S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Commercial Remote Sensing Data Contracts (CRSDCs) provide government agencies with access to a broad range of commercially available remotely sensed airborne and satellite data. These contracts were established to support The National Map partners, other Federal Civilian agency programs, and Department of Defense programs...
Elevation derivatives for national applications
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3049
The Elevation Derivatives for National Applications (EDNA) project is a multi-agency effort to develop standard topographically derived layers for use in hydrologic and environmental modeling. The EDNA takes advantage of the seamless and filtered characteristics for the National Elevation Dataset (NED) to create a hydrologically conditioned Digital Elevation Model (DEM)...
USGS Releases Landsat Orthorectified State Mosaics
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3075
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Remote Sensing Data Archive, located at the USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, maintains the Landsat orthorectified data archive. Within the archive are Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data that have been pansharpened and orthorectified...
Global Visualization (GloVis) Viewer
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3118
GloVis (http://glovis.usgs.gov) is a browse image-based search and order tool that can be used to quickly review the land remote sensing data inventories held at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS). GloVis was funded by the AmericaView project to reduce the difficulty of...
The AmericaView Project - Putting the Earth into Your Hands
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3105
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is a leader in collecting, archiving, and distributing geospatial data and information about the Earth. Providing quick, reliable access to remotely sensed images and geospatial data is the driving principle behind the AmericaView Project. A national not-for-profit organization, AmericaView, Inc. was established and is supported by...
Chapter A6. Section 6.5. Reduction-Oxidation Potential (Electrode Method)
D. Kirk Nordstrom, Franceska D. Wilde
2005, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A6.5
Reduction-oxidation (redox) potential--also referred to as Eh--is a measure of the equilibrium potential, relative to the standard hydrogen electrode, developed at the interface between a noble metal electrode and an aqueous solution containing electroactive chemical species. Measurements of Eh are used to evaluate geochemical speciation models, and Eh data can...
Chapter A5. Section 6.4.A. Arsenic Speciation
John R. Garbarino
2005, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A5.6.4.A
Two sample-processing methods (field speciation and laboratory speciation) used at the USGS National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) are specific to sample analysis by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for determining the concentration of inorganic and organic arsenic species in a water sample. The field-speciation method requires NWQL Schedule 1729. The...
Chapter A6. Section 6.7. Turbidity
Chauncey W. Anderson
2005, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A6.7
Turbidity is one of the indicators used to assess the environmental health of water bodies. Turbidity is caused by the presence of suspended and dissolved matter, such as clay, silt, finely divided organic matter, plankton and other microscopic organisms, organic acids, and dyes. This section of the National Field Manual...
Oceanic Pb-isotopic sources of Proterozoic and Paleozoic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits on Prince of Wales Island and vicinity, southeastern Alaska
Robert A. Ayuso, Susan M. Karl, John F. Slack, Peter J. Haeussler, Peter E. Bittenbender, Gregory A. Wandless, Anna Colvin
2005, Professional Paper 1732-E
Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits on Prince of Wales Island and vicinity in southeastern Alaska are associated with Late Proterozoic through Cambrian volcanosedimentary rocks of the Wales Group and with Ordovician through Early Silurian felsic volcanic rocks of the Moira Sound unit (new informal name). The massive sulfide deposits in...
Digital Mapping Techniques '05--Workshop Proceedings, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 24-27, 2005
David R. Soller
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1428
Introduction: The Digital Mapping Techniques '05 (DMT'05) workshop was attended by more than 100 technical experts from 47 agencies, universities, and private companies, including representatives from 25 state geological surveys (see Appendix A). This workshop was similar in nature to the previous eight meetings, held in Lawrence, Kansas (Soller, 1997),...
A Science Framework for Connecticut River Watershed Sustainability
Stephen Rideout, Craig Nicolson, Susan L. Russell-Robinson, Ellen L. Mecray
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1292
Introduction: This document outlines a research framework for water resource managers and land-use planners in the four-state Connecticut River Watershed (CRW). It specifically focuses on developing the decision-support tools and data needed by managers in the watershed. The purpose of the Science Framework is to identify critical research issues and...
Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Modeling Output Online
Yao Yin, Jim Rogala, John Sullivan, Jason J. Rohweder
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1233
Introduction The ability to predict the distribution of submersed aquatic vegetation in the Upper Mississippi River on the basis of physical or chemical variables is useful to resource managers. Wildlife managers have a keen interest in advanced estimates of food quantity such as American wildcelery (Vallisneria americana) population status to give...
Inventory of gate-sensing equipment at 14 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams in Texas
Glenn R. Harwell
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1439
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a worldwide organization that provides engineering services, environmental restoration, and construction support for a wide variety of civil and military projects. The primary civil mission of the USACE is developing and managing the Nation's water resources. USACE develops projects to reduce flood...
User's Manual for the National Water Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey: Ground-water site-inventory system
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1251
The Ground-Water Site-Inventory (GWSI) System is a ground-water data storage and retrieval system that is part of the National Water Information System (NWIS) developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The NWIS is a distributed water database in which data can be processed over a network of workstations and file...
Surface gamma-ray survey of the Barre West quadrangle, Washington and Orange Counties, Vermont
Gregory J. Walsh, Aaron M. Satkoski
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5276
This study was designed to determine the levels of naturally occurring radioactivity in bedrock from surface measurements at outcrops during the course of 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping and to determine which rock types were potential sources of radionuclides. Elevated levels of total alpha particle radiation (gross alpha) occur in a public water...
Water resources data, Alaska, water year 2004
D. F. Meyer, H.R. Best, R.H. Host, R.P. Murray, G. L. Solin
2005, Water Data Report AK-04-1
Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Alaska consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stages of lakes; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This volume contains records for water discharge at 115 gaging stations; stage or contents only at 3...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Tuzigoot National Monument
Brian F. Powell, E.W. Albrecht, William Lee Halvorson, Cecilia A. Schmidt, P. Anning, K. Docherty
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1347
Executive Summary From 2002 to 2004, we surveyed for plants and vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) at Tuzigoot National Monument (NM) and adjacent areas in Arizona. This was the first effort of its kind in the area and was part of a larger effort to inventory vascular plants and vertebrates...
Geologic Map Database of Texas
Douglas B. Stoeser, Nancy Shock, Gregory N. Green, Gayle M. Dumonceaux, William D. Heran
2005, Data Series 170
The purpose of this report is to release a digital geologic map database for the State of Texas. This database was compiled for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Program, National Surveys and Analysis Project, whose goal is a nationwide assemblage of geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and other data. This release...
GIS compilation of data collected from the Pulley Ridge Deep Coral Reef region
VeeAnn Cross, D.C. Twichell, R. B. Halley, K.T. Ciembronowicz, B. D. Jarrett, E. S. Hammar-Klose, A. C. Hine, S. D. Locker, D. F. Naar
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1089
Pulley Ridge is a chain of drowned barrier islands that extends almost 200 km in 60-90 m water depths (Fig. 1). This drowned ridge is located on the Florida Platform in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico about 250 km west of Cape Sable, Florida (Jarrett and others, 2005). These islands...
Summary of significant floods in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1994 through 1998 water years
C. A. Perry
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5194
This volume is a compilation of significant floods that occurred at streamgages throughout the United States and Puerto Rico from October 1, 1993, through September 30, 1998. A significant flood in this report refers to a peak-flow discharge(instantaneous or time averaged) that is in the top 5 percent of all...
Stratabound copper-silver deposits of the Mesoproterozoic Revett Formation, Montana and Idaho, with a section on databases and spatial-data files for the geology and mineral deposits of the Revett Formation
David E. Boleneus, Larry M. Appelgate, John H. Stewart, Michael L. Zientek, Mary H. Carlson, D. W. Chase
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5231
The western Montana copper belt in western Montana and northern Idaho contains several large stratabound copper-silver deposits in fine- to medium-grained quartzite beds of the Revett Formation of the Mesoproterozoic (1,470-1,401 Ma) Belt Supergroup. Production from the deposits at the Troy Mine and lesser production from the Snowstorm Mine has...
