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Food for fish: Challenges and opportunities for quantifying foodscapes in river networks Food for fish: Challenges and opportunities for quantifying foodscapes in river networks

Riverine fishes face many challenges including habitat degradation and climate change, which alter the productivity of the riverscapes in which fish live, reproduce, and feed. Understanding the watershed portfolio of foraging and growth opportunities that sustain productive and resilient fish populations is important for prioritizing conservation and restoration. However, the...
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Valerie Ouellet, Aimee H. Fullerton, Matthew J. Kaylor, Sean M. Naman, Ryan Bellmore, Jordan Rosenfeld, Gabriel Rossi, Seth White, Suzanne Rhoades, David Beauchamp, Martin C. Liermann, Peter Kiffney, Beth Sanderson

Geology, coastal geomorphology, and soils of eastern Santa Cruz Island (Limuw), Channel Islands National Park, California, USA Geology, coastal geomorphology, and soils of eastern Santa Cruz Island (Limuw), Channel Islands National Park, California, USA

This one-day field trip explores northeastern Santa Cruz Island (Limuw, in native Chumash), a part of Channel Islands National Park, USA. The geomorphology of eastern Santa Cruz Island has been controlled largely by active tectonics and sea-level fluctuations. The bedrock is Miocene volcanic rock overlain by Miocene shale and siltstone. The island has experienced Quaternary uplift...
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Daniel R. Muhs, R. Randall Schumann, Scott A. Minor, Lindsey T. Groves

Efficacy of non-lead ammunition distribution programs to offset fatalities of golden eagles in southeast Wyoming Efficacy of non-lead ammunition distribution programs to offset fatalities of golden eagles in southeast Wyoming

Golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) face many anthropogenic risks including illegal shooting, electrocution, collision with wind turbines and vehicles, and lead poisoning. Minimizing or offsetting eagle deaths resulting from human-caused sources is often viewed as an important management objective. Despite understanding the leading anthropogenic sources of eagle fatalities, existing...
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Vincent S. Slabe, Ross H. Crandall, Todd E. Katzner, Adam E. Duerr, Tricia A. Miller

Volcanism and tectonics of young basaltic fields in the eastern California shear zone, California, USA Volcanism and tectonics of young basaltic fields in the eastern California shear zone, California, USA

Circa 12 Ma, there was a fundamental reorganization of magmatism and tectonics in the Mojave Desert, California, USA, from basaltic to rhyolitic fields associated with extensional tectonics to dispersed basaltic monogenetic fields associated with the northwest- or east-striking strike-slip faults. The broad zone of strike-slip faults associated with the San Andreas transform margin...
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David C. Buesch, David M. Miller

Range-wide population genomic structure of the Karner blue butterfly, Plebejus (Lycaeides) samuelis Range-wide population genomic structure of the Karner blue butterfly, Plebejus (Lycaeides) samuelis

The Karner blue butterfly, Plebejus (Lycaeides) samuelis, is an endangered North American climate change-vulnerable species that has undergone substantial historical habitat loss and population decline. To better understand the species' genetic status and support Karner blue conservation, we sampled 116 individuals from 22 localities across the species' geographical range in Wisconsin...
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Jing Zhang, Aaron W. Aunins, Timothy L. King, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Gregor W. Schuurman, Randy Knutson, Ralph Grundel, Jessica Hellmann, Nick V. Grishin

A novel tool to selectively deliver a control agent to filter-feeding silver and bighead carp A novel tool to selectively deliver a control agent to filter-feeding silver and bighead carp

Invasive carp pose substantial economic and ecological damage when populations are widespread in freshwater systems within the United States. Resource managers in the United States have few chemical control tools to selectively remove nuisance fish. This study examined whether Antimycin–A (antimycin) wax encapsulated microparticles could cause selective lethality in invasive carps. The...
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Blake W. Sauey, Gavin N. Saari, Joel G. Putnam, Justine E. Nelson, James J. Wamboldt, J. Nolan Steiner, Robin D. Calfee
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