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Does wind disrupt overwintering monarch butterfly clusters? An observational study of western monarchs Does wind disrupt overwintering monarch butterfly clusters? An observational study of western monarchs
Wind protection is a central focus of western monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) overwintering habitat conservation. The Wind Disruption Hypothesis guiding management decisions predicts that winds at or above 2 m/s disrupt clusters and that cluster abundance decreases as wind speed increases. At two California groves during the 2023–2024 overwintering season, we paired time-lapse...
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Kyle Nessen, Peter Christian Ibsen, Jay E. Diffendorfer, Frances X. Villablanca
Trends and seasonal patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and loads in two Mississippi Alluvial Plain watersheds following nutrient reduction efforts during 2010–22 Trends and seasonal patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and loads in two Mississippi Alluvial Plain watersheds following nutrient reduction efforts during 2010–22
The Mississippi Alluvial Plain ecoregion in Mississippi was historically part of the largest continuous wetland in North America but was clearcut and converted to row crop agriculture beginning in the late 1800s. To reduce the effects of agriculture on surface waters in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, nutrient reduction best management practices have been implemented throughout the...
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Stephen E. DeVilbiss, Matthew B. Hicks, Emily Gain, Natalie Segrest
Streamflow, water quality, and energy development characteristics and water-quality trends for selected sites in the Green River and Muddy Creek drainage basins, southwestern Wyoming, water years 2006–16 Streamflow, water quality, and energy development characteristics and water-quality trends for selected sites in the Green River and Muddy Creek drainage basins, southwestern Wyoming, water years 2006–16
Energy resource development in southwestern Wyoming has been rapidly expanding since the early 2000s to include innovative technologies for extracting oil and gas and enhancing renewable energy. In response to concerns about the potential negative effects of energy development on natural resources, the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative was created to implement a long-term...
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Steven K. Sando, Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Roy Sando, Sara L. Caldwell Eldridge, Seth E. Younger, Haylie M. Brown
The FunAqua dataset of global fungal biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems The FunAqua dataset of global fungal biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems
Advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies have accelerated research on aquatic microorganisms, their diversity, and ecological functions. This has also significantly advanced research on fungi that shape aquatic ecosystems and food webs. Here, we present the FunAqua dataset, which describes global fungal biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems based on eukaryotic long-read...
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V. Prins, L. Tedersoo, V. Mikryukov, P. Paiste, M. Sepp, H. Grossart, V. Kisand, A. Laas, H. Tammert, Kessy Abarenkov, A. Agan, H. Agasild, R. Agha, J. M. Alatalo, J. Alvarez-Manjarrez, A. Ameryk, J. Anderson, S. Anslan, A. Antão-Geraldes, A. Antosiak, J. Arce Funck, R. Arias-Real, M. Ariyan, M. Bahram, Sheel Bansal, R. Bao, S. Beck, P. Bernotas, Nicole Lynn Berry, S. Bertilsson, C. Birnbaum, M. Bonk, A. V. Borges, F. Botez, F. Q. Brearley, J. Brookes, D. Bruno, A. Budzyńska, G. Bullerjahn, M. Bundschuh, B. Calheiros-Nogueira, R. Calore, C. Capelli, L. Caputo, R. Carballeira, I. Chronis, F. Čiampor, Z. Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, D. Craig, Z. Csabai, N. Cukrov, L. da Silva, E. de Eyto, J. Delgado, I. Dimante-Deimantovica, I. Domaizon, R. Dondajewska-Pielka, T. Dornan, R. Drenkhan, K. Drouillard, S. Duarte, O. Dulya, A. Dzhulai, D. Dziga, B. Egeter, M. Espenberg, S. Färkkilä, S. Fazi, A. Feckler, E. Fenoy, I. Fernandes, S. Ferreira, V. Ferreira, T. Fleituch, R. Fornaroli, A. Freiwald, T. Frenken, P. Gaffney, O. García-Oliva, H. Geara, S. Gkelis, D. Gohar, R. Gołdyn, F. Grandjean, A. Gsell, C. Gutiérrez-Cánovas, P. Haase, N. Hagh-Doust, T. Harris, A. Hashem, S. Havens, B. Heidari, S. Higgins, M. Hosseyni Moghaddam, A. Ibrahim, D. Jerinkić, S. Jones, M. Kagami, S. Kahar, K. Kangro, K. Kariman, M. Kataržytė, S. Kepfer-Rojas, H. Khan, L. B. Knoll, A. Knorrn, U. Kõljalg, D. Konstantinou, J. Kotta, K. Kowalczewska-Madura, A. Kozak, B. Kulawig, J. Kupagme, I. Kušan, R. Laarmaa, P. Laas, S. Langenheder, A. Lanzén, A. Lateef, M. Ligi, T. Löffler, U. Lortou, K. Lujza, T. MacConnell, I. Maček, P. Macreadie, K. Maileht, F. Marazzi, L. Marcello, S. Markovskaja, A. Martin, S. Martínez, V. Mata, N. Matočec, R. McKay, K. McKindles, M. Mehrshad, M. Menéndez, N. Merino, A. Mešić, S. Moctar, M. Moza, P. Nõges, T. Nõges, R. O'Hanlon, B. Öğlü, J. Oja, W. Okello, H. Orav-Kotta, P. Orr, I. Osemwegie, J. Padisák, V. Pajunen, M. Panou, A. Papatheodoulou, M. Pavlovska, J. Pearman, H. Pehlak, X. Peng, A. Pereira, R. Pereira, B. Pernecker, F. Picazo, S. Pinnow, P. Pochekutova, S. Põlme, X. Pontevedra-Pombal, A. Pošta, Y. Prekrasna-Kviatkovska, J. Pruuli, M. Pruuli, T. Pruuli, N. Radoja, S. Rahimlou, R. Rannap, S. Rasconi, A. Rasmussen, W. Remmers, L. Reyes, G. Rhodes, C. Roe, O. Rojas-Castillo, T. Roslin, K. Runnel, J. Rusch, M. Rybak, P. Rychtecký, S. Sahadevan, A. Saitta, A. Salehi-Najafabadi, I. Santi, J. Sarapuu, R. B. Schäfer, A. Schneeweiss, B. Scholz, G. Selmeczy, M. Smederevac-Lalić, R. Sommaruga, J. Stetler, E. Stoica, S. Stoll, D. Strand, M. Tamm, K. Tapolczai, J. Tarand, S. Teurlincx, J. Thompson, G. Thomson-Laing, L. Tiirmann, Z. Tkalčec, I. Trbojević, S. Trevathan-Tackett, N. Tsiarta, A. Tuvikene, L. Tuvikene, M. Vacaflores-Argandoña, T. Vahter, K. Vaino, A. L. Val, M.J. Vandergoes, A. Vasemägi, A. Vask, M. Vasquez, J. Veríssimo, J. Vesamäki, L. Virta, P. Visser, A. Viza, T. Vrålstad, C. S. Ward, P. Waryszak, J. Wierenga, P. Wilson, S. Wood, A. Woźniczka, C. Wurzbacher, P. Zingel, P. Znachor, T.E. E. dela Cruz, K. Panksep
Barrier island geomorphic complexity drives storm and post-storm response Barrier island geomorphic complexity drives storm and post-storm response
Barrier islands are at the forefront of climate-driven changes, with their resiliency threatened by rapid fluctuations in the physical drivers that shape them. Quantifying magnitudes and directions of storm-driven sediment fluxes and rates and modes of sediment recovery is essential for predicting barrier island trajectories. Yet scarce shoreface observations have limited such efforts...
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Jennifer L. Miselis, Noreen A. Buster, Daniel J. Ciarletta, Julie Bernier, Emily Ann-Yi Wei, Rose Elizabeth Palermo
Abrupt onset and persistent downstream effects of acid rock drainage on rivers across northwest Arctic Alaska Abrupt onset and persistent downstream effects of acid rock drainage on rivers across northwest Arctic Alaska
Arctic streams and rivers are increasingly vulnerable to degradation from permafrost thaw that releases toxic elements via natural acid rock drainage. However, the spatial and temporal evolution of acid rock drainage on river chemistry across diverse mineral settings remain poorly constrained. Here, water chemistry in six watersheds across Alaska's Brooks Range (2022–2024) quantified the...
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Taylor G. Evinger, Jonathan A. O'Donnell, Michael P. Carey, Joshua C. Koch, Carson A. Baughman, Kenneth R. Hill, Rebecca J. Frei, Brett A. Poulin
Magnitude and frequency of urban floods in Alabama and Mississippi using data through the 2024 water year Magnitude and frequency of urban floods in Alabama and Mississippi using data through the 2024 water year
To improve flood-frequency estimates for urban streams in Alabama and Mississippi, the U.S Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Alabama and Mississippi Departments of Transportation, estimated streamflows corresponding to selected annual exceedance probabilities (AEPs) for 64 streamgages on urban streams in the two States—48 in Alabama and 16 in Mississippi. Using estimates from 42...
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Daniel M. Wagner, Brandon T. Anderson
A genomic tool to tackle cryptic diversity demonstrates the potential for off-target use of GT-seq panels A genomic tool to tackle cryptic diversity demonstrates the potential for off-target use of GT-seq panels
A comprehensive understanding of life history is vital to successful species conservation and management. When different life history stages are accompanied by considerable morphological or cryptic variation, such as the egg and larval phases exhibited by most fishes, genomic tools are essential for identifying species so that early-life ecology questions can be studied. Genotyping-in...
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Amanda Susanne Ackiss, Mark R. Vinson, Ann J. Ropp, Kristen M. Gruenthal, Trevor J. Krabbenhoft, Joseph V. Siegel, Wendylee Stott, Daniel L. Yule, Wesley A. Larson
Special Contributing Area Loading Program user’s manual Special Contributing Area Loading Program user’s manual
Information on the Special Contributing Area Loading Program execution and functions are presented in this user’s manual. An appendix presents a potential improvement for the user to consider. The hydrologic routing simulation method to model flow through multiple reservoirs, or sewer system components, is described. The use of Special Contributing Areas is described to run a successful...
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Richard J. Huizinga, David H Dupre
Application of novel encounter and predation models to the natural behavior of slimy sculpin Cottus cognatus Application of novel encounter and predation models to the natural behavior of slimy sculpin Cottus cognatus
Sculpins play a critical mid-trophic role in lacustrine food webs, converting production by benthic and migrating pelagic invertebrates into biomass available to higher trophic levels. Although sculpin diets and habitat choices are relatively well described, much less is known about their in situ behavior which governs trophic interactions and, in part, prey behavior. We measured the...
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Eden J Forbes, Jonah T. Ballard, Brian O’Malley, Jason D Stockwell
Remote detection of streambank erosion and channel incision using high-resolution, repeat lidar-derived metrics in Raleigh, North Carolina Remote detection of streambank erosion and channel incision using high-resolution, repeat lidar-derived metrics in Raleigh, North Carolina
This study evaluated the use of lidar data to detect streambank erosion and channel incision throughout Raleigh, North Carolina. The study included five components. (1) Generation of lidar-derived rasters, including a digital elevation model of difference that represented channel erosion and positive openness rasters that represented channel incision. (2) Completion of site-based field...
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Laura N. Gurley, Kristina G. Hopkins, Charles C. Stillwell, Deanna Hardesty
Effect of land-use change and climate on coral calcification and geochemistry: A 253-year time series from west Maui Effect of land-use change and climate on coral calcification and geochemistry: A 253-year time series from west Maui
Land-use change and climate variability both regulate land-based inputs of sediment and nutrient delivery to coral reefs, yet few records in Hawaii can identify when these land-based inputs began or how they have evolved through time. We present a 253-year (1760–2013) coral core record from Olowalu reef, Maui, spanning pre-colonial settlement through the rise and decline of sugarcane...
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S. A.H. Kekuewa, Nancy G. Prouty, E. M. Nalley, N. J. Hawco, C. E. Nelson, A. K. Kealoha