Publications
This list of publications includes peer-review journal articles, official USGS publications series, reports and more authored by scientists in the Ecosystems Mission Area. A database of all USGS publications, with advanced search features, can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Great Plains Great Plains
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Charles H. Perry, Brian Tangen, Sheel Bansal
Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the substantial public health, economic, and societal consequences of virus spillover from a wildlife reservoir. Widespread human transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also presents a new set of challenges when considering viral spillover from people to naïve wildlife and other animal populations. The establishment...
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Kevin J. Olival, Paul M. Cryan, Brian R. Amman, Ralph S. Baric, David S. Blehert, Cara E. Brook, Charles H. Calisher, Kevin T. Castle, Jeremy T. H. Coleman, Peter Daszak, Jonathan H. Epstein, Hume Field, Winifred F. Frick, Amy T. Gilbert, David T. S. Hayman, S. Ip, William B Karesh, Christine K. Johnson, Rebekah C. Kading, Tigga Kingston, Jeffrey M. Lorch, Ian H. Mendenhall, Alison J. Peel, Kendra L. Phelps, Raina K. Plowright, DeeAnn M. Reeder, Jonathan D. Reichard, Jonathan M. Sleeman, Daniel G. Streicker, Jonathan S. Towner, Lin-Fa Wang
Effects of a temperature rise on melatonin and thyroid hormones during smoltification of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar Effects of a temperature rise on melatonin and thyroid hormones during smoltification of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
Smoltification prepares juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) for downstream migration. Dramatic changes characterize this crucial event in the salmon’s life cycle, including increased gill Na+/K+-ATPase activity (NKA) and plasma hormone levels. The triggering of smoltification relies on photoperiod and is modulated by temperature. Both provide reliable information, to which fish have...
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Laura G Nisembaum, Patrick Martin, Michael Fuentes, Laurence Besseau, Eloise Magnanou, Stephen D. McCormick, Jack Falcon
Resolving species boundaries in the critically imperiled freshwater mussel species, Fusconaia mitchelli (Bivalvia: Unionidae) Resolving species boundaries in the critically imperiled freshwater mussel species, Fusconaia mitchelli (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
Species are a fundamental unit of biology, and defining accurate species boundaries is integral to effective conservation and management of imperiled taxa. Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) are among the most imperiled groups of organisms in North America, yet species boundaries remain uncertain for many taxa. The False Spike, Fusconaia mitchelli (Simpson in Dall, 1895), is a...
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Chase H. Smith, Nathan Johnson, Kaitlyn Havlik, Robert D. Doyle, Charles R. Randklev
Detecting population declines via monitoring the effective number of breeders (Nb) Detecting population declines via monitoring the effective number of breeders (Nb)
Estimating the effective population size and effective number of breeders per year (Nb) can facilitate early detection of population declines. We used computer simulations to quantify bias and precision of the one-sample LDNe estimator of Nb in age-structured populations using a range of published species life history types, sample sizes, and DNA markers. Nb estimates were biased by ~5%...
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Gordon Luikart, Tiago Antao, Brian K. Hand, Clint C. Muhlfeld, Matthew C. Boyer, Ted Corsart, Brian Trethewey, Robert K. Al-Chokhachy, Robin S. Waples
Mass mortality in freshwater mussels (Actinonaias pectorosa) in the Clinch River, USA, linked to a novel densovirus Mass mortality in freshwater mussels (Actinonaias pectorosa) in the Clinch River, USA, linked to a novel densovirus
Freshwater mussels (order Unionida) are among the world’s most biodiverse but imperiled taxa. Recent unionid mass mortality events around the world threaten ecosystem services such as water filtration, nutrient cycling, habitat stabilization, and food web enhancement, but causes have remained elusive. To examine potential infectious causes of these declines, we studied mussels in Clinch...
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Jordon Richard, Eric Leis, Christopher D. Dunn, Rose Agbalog, Diane L. Waller, Susan Knowles, Joel G. Putnam, Tony Goldberg
Disease in Central Valley salmon: Status and lessons from other systems Disease in Central Valley salmon: Status and lessons from other systems
Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) are increasingly vulnerable to anthropogenic activities and climate change, especially at their most southern species range in California’s Central Valley. There is considerable interest in understanding stressors that contribute to population decline and in identifying management actions that reduce the impacts of those stressors. Along the west...
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Brendan M Lehman, Rachel C. Johnson, Mark Adkison, Oliver T Burgess, Richard E Connon, Nann A. Fangue, Scott J Foott, Sascha L Hallett, Beatriz Martinez-Lopez, Kristina M. Miller, Maureen K. Purcell, Nicholas A. Som, Pablo Valdes-Donoso, Alison L Collins
Hemidactylus cf. platyurus (Asian flat-tailed house gecko) Hemidactylus cf. platyurus (Asian flat-tailed house gecko)
No abstract available.
Authors
K. L. Kabat, D. V. Young, N. B. Van Ee, P. X. Xiong, D. R. Bradke, Melia G. Nafus, Eric Thomas Hileman
Canine distemper virus in the sea otter population (Enhydra lutris) in Washington State, USA Canine distemper virus in the sea otter population (Enhydra lutris) in Washington State, USA
Before 2001, all serosurveys for morbilliviruses in sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in California, Washington, and Alaska, USA, documented a 0% seroprevalence. The first published serologic detections of morbillivirus in sea otters occurred in 2001–02 in live-captured Washington sea otters, with a documented 80% seroprevalence. We conducted a retrospective study of sea otter cases from 1989...
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Nancy Thomas, C. LeAnn White, Jeremiah Saliki, Krysten L. Schuler, Deanna Lynch, Ole Nielsen, J.P. Dubey, Susan Knowles
Hemidactylus tenkatei (Spotted house gecko) Hemidactylus tenkatei (Spotted house gecko)
No abstract available.
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N. B. Van Ee, P. X. Xiong, D. V. Young, K. L. Kabat, D. R. Bradke, Eric Thomas Hileman, Melia G. Nafus
Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change
Assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change serves as the basis for climate‐adaptation planning and climate‐smart conservation, and typically involves an evaluation of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity (AC). AC is a species’ ability to cope with or adjust to changing climatic conditions, and is the least understood and most inconsistently applied of these three...
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Lindsey L. Thurman, Bruce Stein, Erik A. Beever, Wendy Foden, Sonya Geange, Nancy Green, John E. Gross, David J Lawrence, Olivia E. LeDee, Julian D. Olden, Laura Thompson, Bruce Young
Does signal-free detrending increase chronology coherence in large tree-ring networks? Does signal-free detrending increase chronology coherence in large tree-ring networks?
Over the past decade, dendrochronologists have increasingly adopted the signal-free detrending (SFD) method to remove age-size trends in tree-ring measurement series, amplify the common stand-wide signal in composite chronologies, and recover medium- to low-frequency patterns that may be inadvertently removed by other detrending approaches. However, since its introduction in 2008, no...
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M.Y. McPartland, Scott St. George, Gregory T. Pederson, K.J. Anchukaitis