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News Briefs - September-October 2021
News Briefs - featuring coastal and ocean science from across the USGS.
Sound Waves Newsletter - September-October 2021
Explore how Landsat 9 will boost shoreline change monitoring capabilities, how we celebrate diversity and education in STEM, how genetic techniques are revealing secrets about the start of the lionfish invasion, and more in this issue of Sound Waves.
Putting the ‘T’ in ‘STEAM’: using technology to share USGS research with the next generation of scientists
The St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center and the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center shared U.S. Geological Survey science via live, virtual sessions and pre-recorded video presentations at the annual St. Petersburg Science Festival.
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U.S. Geological Survey invasive species research—Improving detection, awareness, decision support, and control
More than 6,500 nonindigenous species are now established in the United States, posing risks to human and wildlife health, native plants and animals, and our valued ecosystems. The annual environmental, economic, and health-related costs of invasive species are substantial. Invasive species can drive native species onto the endangered species list...
Tam, Cindy Kolar; Daniel, Wesley M.; Campbell, Earl; English, James J.; Soileau, Suzanna C.
Environmental DNA surveys of Burmese pythons in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem
Improving the probability of detecting invasive giant snakes is vital for the management of emerging or established populations. Burmese pythons occupy thousands of square kilometers of mostly inaccessible habitats in Florida. Environmental DNA (eDNA) methods have been shown to be time and cost effective in a number of systems and may be...
Beaver, Caitlin E.; Meigs-Friend, Gaia; Hunter, Margaret E.
Establishment of baseline cytology metrics in nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius): Immunomodulatory effects of the flame retardant isopropylated triarylphosphate isomers
Avian populations must mount effective immune responses upon exposure to environmental stressors such as avian influenza and xenobiotics. Although multiple immune assays have been tested and applied to various avian species, antibody-mediated immune responses in non-model avian species are not commonly reported due to the lack of commercially...
Jenkins, Jill; Baudoin, Brooke A; Johnson, Darren; Fernie, Kim J.; Stapelton, Heather M.; Karouna-Renier, Natalie K.