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Leveraging angler effort to inform fisheries management: Using harvest and harvest rate to estimate abundance of White Sturgeon Leveraging angler effort to inform fisheries management: Using harvest and harvest rate to estimate abundance of White Sturgeon
Traditional methods for estimating abundance of fish populations are not feasible in some systems due to complex population structure and constraints on sampling effort. Lincoln’s estimator provides a technique that uses harvest and harvest rate to estimate abundance. Using angler catch data allows assumptions of the estimator to be addressed without relying on methods that could be...
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Marta Ulaski, Joshua McCormick, Michael C. Quist, Zachary Jackson
Evidence of a load-lightening helper effect in Florida Scrub-Jays: Implications for translocation Evidence of a load-lightening helper effect in Florida Scrub-Jays: Implications for translocation
The Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is an imperiled cooperatively breeding species endemic to Florida scrub habitats. Translocation of non-reproductive helpers has been proposed as a conservation tool to increase population size and connectivity. However, the potential consequences of helper removal on the source population remain unclear because the benefits provided by...
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Alexis Cardas, Erin Hewett Ragheb, Karl E. Miller, Abby Powell
Component 1: Data and monitoring gap analysis Component 1: Data and monitoring gap analysis
The goal of Component 1 is to identify available data and data gaps in the Texas coastal region and to establish a plan for obtaining data critical for successful coastal flood analysis in these regions. This component is supporting the expansion and improvement of data observations for inland, coastal, and ocean systems.
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David Wallace, Glenn R. Harwell, Namjeong Choi
Assessment of a new GeoAI foundation model for floodinundation mapping Assessment of a new GeoAI foundation model for floodinundation mapping
Vision foundation models are a new frontier in GeoAI research because of their potential to enable powerful image analysis by analyzing and extracting important image features from vast amounts of geospatial data. This paper evaluates the performance of the first-of-its-kind geospatial foundation model, IBM-NASA’s Prithvi, to support a crucial geospatial analysis task: flood inundation...
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Wenwen Li, Hyunho Lee, Sizhe Wang, Chia-Yu Hsu, Samantha Arundel
A proposed methodology for conducting threats assessments within the Great Lakes Coregonines restoration framework A proposed methodology for conducting threats assessments within the Great Lakes Coregonines restoration framework
This document serves to fulfill the Coregonine Threats Assessment Science Team’s charge of providing a written recommendation for a methodology to conduct threats assessments for Great Lakes coregonines within the Coregonine Restoration Framework (CRF). Through a series of team meetings that included presentations by experts on five candidate threats assessment frameworks followed by...
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Andrew Edgar Honsey, David R. Smith, Charles R. Bronte, Andy Cook, D. Andrew R. Drake, Dimitry Gorsky, Timothy B. Johnson, Nicholas E. Mandrak, James Roberts, Shawn P. Sitar
An inventory of three-dimensional geologic models—U.S. Geological Survey, 2004–22 An inventory of three-dimensional geologic models—U.S. Geological Survey, 2004–22
A database of spatial footprints and characteristics of three-dimensional geological models that were constructed by the U.S. Geological Survey between 2004 and 2022 was compiled as part of ongoing development of subsurface geologic information by the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program. This initial inventory resulted in the compilation of 38 three-dimensional geological...
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Donald S. Sweetkind, Kristine L. Zellman
The lunar cratering chronology The lunar cratering chronology
This chapter provides an introduction to crater-size frequency distribution (CSFD) measurements and presents a review of the work performed on dating lunar geological units using CSFDs since the last New Views of the Moon volume (2006), including various volcanic and tectonic features, as well as individual impact craters. At the end of the chapter, implications for the new CSFD age...
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Harald Hiesinger, Carolyn H. Van der Bogert, G. Michael, N. Schmedemann, W. Iqbal, Stuart J. Robbins, B. Ivanov, J.-P. Williams, M. Zanetti, J. Plescia, Lillian R. Ostrach, James W. Head III
Hidden system identification: Basin modeling as a tool for examining sedimentary geothermal resource potential Hidden system identification: Basin modeling as a tool for examining sedimentary geothermal resource potential
Three-dimensional (3D) geologic and temperature models have been developed for the onshore U.S. Gulf Coast. The results from these models identify areas of moderate- to high-temperature (90°-150°C and >150°C; respectively) geothermal resources at depths
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Rand Gardner, Justin E. Birdwell
Unifying the Neoarchean Lac des Iles Complex and implications for the petrogenesis of Pd-enriched noritic breccia pipes in ancient arcs Unifying the Neoarchean Lac des Iles Complex and implications for the petrogenesis of Pd-enriched noritic breccia pipes in ancient arcs
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William D. Smith, L. Fay, M.L. Djon, Michael Jenkins, Y. Lin, Z. S. Yao, James E. Mungall
USGS Telemetry Project: Real-Time Telemetry and Multi-State Modeling USGS Telemetry Project: Real-Time Telemetry and Multi-State Modeling
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Marybeth K. Brey, P. Ryan Jackson, Jessica C. Stanton, Andrea K. Fritts
Melting at the base of the J-M Reef Package, Stillwater Complex Melting at the base of the J-M Reef Package, Stillwater Complex
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Michael Jenkins, Stephen J. Barnes
Pacific coastal and marine science of the U.S. Geological Survey in Santa Cruz, California Pacific coastal and marine science of the U.S. Geological Survey in Santa Cruz, California
Introduction The Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center is one of three U.S. Geological Survey science centers that serve the mission of the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, the primary Federal marine geology and physical science research program focused on the Nation’s coastal and marine landscape. Our portfolio of coastal and marine projects in the Pacific Ocean...
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Peter Pearsall