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Enhanced microplastic fragmentation along human built structures in an urban waterway Enhanced microplastic fragmentation along human built structures in an urban waterway

Plastic pollution and microplastic (MP, 1 µm to 5 mm) generation are growing problems affecting the global community and a wide range of natural and disturbed environments. Urban and suburban waterways are directly impacted by plastic pollution due to their proximity to population centers and many different types single use plastic waste sources. In this study, plastic waste accumulation...
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Elisha Kelly Moore, Liam Pittman, Megan Heminghaus, Daniel Heintzelman, Amber Hatter
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Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Temporal analysis of water chemistry and smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) health at two sites with divergent land use in the Susquehanna River watershed, Pennsylvania, USA Temporal analysis of water chemistry and smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) health at two sites with divergent land use in the Susquehanna River watershed, Pennsylvania, USA

Monitoring wild fish health and exposure effects in impacted rivers and streams with differing land use has become a valuable research tool. Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) are a sensitive, indicator species that exhibit signs of immunosuppression and endocrine disruption in response to water quality changes and contaminant exposure. To determine the impact of agriculture and...
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Heather L. Walsh, Geoffrey Smith, Megan Schall, Stephanie E. Gordon, Vicki S. Blazer
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Chesapeake Bay Activities, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Reexamining the Honolulu Volcanics: Hawai‘i's classic case of rejuvenation volcanism Reexamining the Honolulu Volcanics: Hawai‘i's classic case of rejuvenation volcanism

Rejuvenated volcanism is a worldwide phenomenon occurring on many oceanic islands in all of the major ocean basins. This plume-related volcanism follows the main edifice-building stage after a hiatus of variable duration (e.g. 0.6–2 Myrs in Hawai'i). The Honolulu Volcanics (HV), the classic case of rejuvenated volcanism, involved monogenetic eruptions from at least 48 vent areas...
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Michael O. Garcia, Marc D. Norman, Brian Jicha, Kendra J. Lynn, Peng Jiang
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Low-flow statistics computed for streamflow gages and methods for estimating selected low-flow statistics for ungaged stream locations in Ohio, water years 1975–2020 Low-flow statistics computed for streamflow gages and methods for estimating selected low-flow statistics for ungaged stream locations in Ohio, water years 1975–2020

A study was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Ohio Water Development Authority and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, to compute low-flow frequency, flow-duration, and harmonic mean flow statistics for long-term streamflow gages and to develop regression equations to estimate those statistics at unregulated, ungaged stream locations in Ohio. The flow
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Branden L. VonIns, G. F. Koltun
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Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

Parsimonious high-resolution landslide susceptibility modeling at continental scales Parsimonious high-resolution landslide susceptibility modeling at continental scales

Landslide susceptibility maps are fundamental tools for risk reduction, but the coarse resolution of current continental-scale models is insufficient for local application. Complex relations between topographic and environmental attributes characterizing landslide susceptibility at local scales are not transferrable across areas without landslide data. Existing maps with multiple...
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Benjamin B. Mirus, Gina Marie Belair, Nathan J. Wood, Jeanne M. Jones, Sabrina N. Martinez
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Landslide Hazards Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

Migrating whooping crane activity near U.S. Air Force bases and airfields in Oklahoma Migrating whooping crane activity near U.S. Air Force bases and airfields in Oklahoma

The Aransas-Wood Buffalo population of Grus americana (Linnaeus, 1758; whooping cranes) migrates through the U.S. Great Plains, encountering places substantially altered by human activity. Using telemetry data from 2017 to 2022, we investigated whooping crane migration behavior around U.S. Air Force bases in Oklahoma. Our study focused on potential collision risks between whooping cranes...
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David A. Brandt, Aaron T. Pearse
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
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