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Ecosystems Mission Area

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Regional Ecological Assessment of Sagebrush Wildlife and Habitats

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Coral Reef Disease Hits Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

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Dead California Sea Otters Recovered in 2011 a Record High

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Severe Declines in Everglades Mammals Linked to Pythons

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Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs Knotted Together

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Genetic Analysis Splits Desert Tortoise into Two Species

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How are Louisiana Wetlands Changing?

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Recruitment Plays an Important Role in Survival of Diseased Toads

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Preventing Pandemic

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Low-Cost DNA Technique Detects Stream Amphibians

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Endangered Whooping Cranes Shot and Killed

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Ecosystems Science

Invasive Species Program

Cheatgrass mortality

Provides methodologies and information to reduce threats from invasive species.

Cooperative Research Units

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Supports natural resource management decisions through research, education and technical assistance.

Fisheries: Aquatic and Endangered Resources Program

Sturgeon

Supports management, conservation, and restoration of the Nation's fish and aquatic resources.

Terrestrial, Freshwater, and Marine Environments Program

Dan Fagre sets up a repeat photo in Glacier National Park.

Conducts ecosystem science and develops models for restoration and adaptive management.

Priority Ecosystem Science

Status & Trends Program

Sea-otter researchers Michelle Staedler (left) of Monterey Bay Aquarium and Tim Tinker of the USGS work together to locate sea otters for their study of sea-otter diet and behavior. Photograph by Tania Larson, USGS.

Monitors the Nation's living resources and their habitats.

Wildlife: Terrestrial and Endangered Resources Program

Family of brown bears from Brooks River. Photo credit: Sara L. Graziano, USGS

Conducts research on wildlife and their habitats.

Genetics & Genomics

Sea-otter researchers Michelle Staedler (left) of Monterey Bay Aquarium and Tim Tinker of the USGS work together to locate sea otters for their study of sea-otter diet and behavior. Photograph by Tania Larson, USGS.

Applies genetics and genomics to answer questions of endangered species, wildlife populations, captive breeding and reintroductions, sources of nonnative species introductions and hybridization and functional genomics.

Microbiology

microbiology

Research in fish and wildlife health and disease, geomicrobiology, ecosystem function, climate change, water quality for drinking and in recreation, bioremediation, nanotechnology, energy and geographic patterns of microbial distribution.

International

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Facilitates synergistic international collaboration because ecoregions and species span and cross boundaries.

USA National Phenology Network

USA National Phenology Network

Organizes and centralizes monitoring and scientific information to document changing seasonal patterns.

Science and Decisions Center

Science and Decisions Center

An interdisciplinary organization advancing the use of science in natural resource decision making. SDC focuses on research and applications in three science areas: decision science (adaptive management and structured decision making), ecosystem services, and resilience/sustainability.

 

 

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The USGS Ecosystem Mission Area serves our Department of the Interior partners and other resource managers by conducting research and monitoring to understand freshwater, terrestrial and marine ecosystems and the fish and wildlife within them. More...


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