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Stormwater reduction and water budget for a rain garden on sandy soil, Gary, Indiana, 2016–18 Stormwater reduction and water budget for a rain garden on sandy soil, Gary, Indiana, 2016–18
Stormwater reduction measures, or green infrastructure, were implemented in the parking area at Gary City Hall, Gary, Indiana, with the intention of reducing stormwater discharge to the sewers. A study area, including a centrally located rain garden and the surrounding paved surfaces and green space, was instrumented during both a preconstruction and a postconstruction period to (1)...
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David C. Lampe, E. Randall Bayless, Danielle D. Follette
Bivalves Bivalves
Bivalves are important as consumers of pelagic and demersal food resources. With sufficient biomass, they can compete with and, in some cases, outcompete other members of the pelagic food web for food resources such as phytoplankton and zooplankton. We include bivalves in the San Francisco Estuary (SFE) and Delta in the FLOAT MAST because they have been and continue to be an important...
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Janet K. Thompson
Fort Laramie National Historic Site 2022 ABAM Investigator Annual Report Fort Laramie National Historic Site 2022 ABAM Investigator Annual Report
The Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) project is a consortium of seven parks in the Northern Great Plains working together to better understand how to control invasive annual grasses (including Bromus species) through an adaptive management approach. This approach is supported by a quantitative model that uses current data from standardized vegetation monitoring plots in all seven...
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Amy Symstad
Appendix C: Exposure and effects of bioaccumulative contaminants of emerging concern in tree swallows nesting across the Laurentian Great Lakes Appendix C: Exposure and effects of bioaccumulative contaminants of emerging concern in tree swallows nesting across the Laurentian Great Lakes
No abstract available.
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Christine M. Custer, T. W. Custer, Paul M. Dummer
Landscape change, fire and erosion Landscape change, fire and erosion
New Mexico has a dynamic landscape, which will become even more so in response to climate change over the next 50 years, in part because of increasing incidence of wildfire. As the climate changes to warmer conditions, less rainfall will infiltrate into aquifers, leading to increased overland runoff. Landform processes can be complex, but in general, the predicted changes in climate and
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Anne C. Tillery, Leslie D. McFadden, Craig Allen
Supplemental vegetation monitoring plots at Wind Cave National Park to accelerate learning of the Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) model Supplemental vegetation monitoring plots at Wind Cave National Park to accelerate learning of the Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) model
The Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) project is a consortium of seven parks in the Northern Great Plains (NGP) working together to better understand how to control invasive annual grasses (including Bromus species) through an adaptive management approach. This approach is supported by a quantitative model that uses current data from standardized vegetation monitoring plots in all...
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Amy Symstad, Timm Richardson
PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat+REYs water-quality modeling tools to evaluate acid mine drainage treatment strategies for recovery of rare-earth elements PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat+REYs water-quality modeling tools to evaluate acid mine drainage treatment strategies for recovery of rare-earth elements
The PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat+REYs water-quality modeling tools have the fundamental capability to simulate aqueous chemical reactions and predict the formation of metal-rich solids during the treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD). These new user-friendly, publicly available tools were expanded from the PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat tools to include the precipitation of rare-earth elements plus yttrium...
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Charles A. Cravotta
Understory structure and heterospecifics influence the occupancy of a ground-nesting species of conservation concern, the Canada Warbler Understory structure and heterospecifics influence the occupancy of a ground-nesting species of conservation concern, the Canada Warbler
Forest structure and composition in eastern U.S. forests are changing because of forest regeneration after farmland abandonment, less frequent occurrence of severe disturbances, and climate change. Some of these changes may disproportionally affect birds that rely on gap dynamics or other forest canopy disturbances to create understory habitat. The Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)...
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Gordon W. Dimmig, Christopher T. Rota, Petra B. Wood, Christopher M. Lituma
Soils Soils
Soils play a strong role in determining how New Mexico’s diverse landscapes will respond to climate change. Soil cover acts like a sponge, holding in water that falls as rain or snow. The presence of soil supports vegetation, and substantially reduces runoff and erosion. Soil enhances other processes such as infiltration of water and aquifer recharge. Soils can be damaged by a warming...
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Leslie D. McFadden, Anne C. Tillery, Craig Allen
Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate Climate Adaptation in State Wildlife Action Plans and Other Management Plans Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate Climate Adaptation in State Wildlife Action Plans and Other Management Plans
The Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate Climate Adaptation into State Wildlife Actions Plans and other Management Plans aims to help state fish and wildlife agencies incorporate climate change adaptation for fish and wildlife and their habitats into State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) and other natural resource management plans. This update to the original 2009 Voluntary...
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Aimee Delach, Alison B Cariveau, Brian Hess, Bruce Stein, Caroline Jezierski, Diana Swan-Pinion, Jacob Blandford, Janet Alice Cushing, Jason Goldberg, Junko Hoshi, Karen Cozzetto, Kimberly E Szcodronski, Laurel James, Leona Svancara, Lindsey Thurman, Logan Benedict, Maggie Ernest Johnson, Mark Humpert, Molly S. Cross, Rebecca M. Quinones, Robert Newman, Roger Mangham, Ginny Seamster
Hydroclimate and fire paleorecords across the southern Rockies and Colorado Plateau over the common era Hydroclimate and fire paleorecords across the southern Rockies and Colorado Plateau over the common era
The southwestern US has been experiencing a severe drought and increased fire activity over the past two decades, affecting people’s health, homes, and businesses. Many individual fires occurring in the Southwest are the most severe in recorded history both in terms of dollars of damages as well as in fire extent. It is essential to be able to place the present drought and fires into the...
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Natalie M. Kehrwald, Rebecca Lynn Brice
#150: Improving our understanding of the population structure and harvest composition of American common eiders in the US and Canada #150: Improving our understanding of the population structure and harvest composition of American common eiders in the US and Canada
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Chris Dwyer, Scott Gilliland, Sarah A. Sonsthagen