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Post-glacial stratigraphy and late Holocene record of great Cascadia earthquakes in Ozette Lake, Washington, USA Post-glacial stratigraphy and late Holocene record of great Cascadia earthquakes in Ozette Lake, Washington, USA

Ozette Lake is an ~100-m-deep coastal lake located along the outer coast of the Olympic Peninsula (Washington, USA); it is situated above the locked portion of the northern Cascadia megathrust but also relatively isolated from active crustal faults and intraslab earthquakes. Here we present a suite of geophysical and geological evidence for earthquake-triggered mass transport deposits...
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Daniel Brothers, Brian L. Sherrod, Drake Moore Singleton, Jason Scott Padgett, Jenna C. Hill, Andrew C. Ritchie, Jared W. Kluesner, Peter Dartnell
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Forest cover lessens hurricane impacts on peak streamflow Forest cover lessens hurricane impacts on peak streamflow

Cyclonic storms (i.e., hurricanes) are powerful disturbance events that often cause widespread forest damage. Storm-related canopy damage reduces rainfall interception and evapotranspiration, but impacts on streamflow regimes are poorly understood. We quantify streamflow changes in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in September 2017, and evaluate whether forest cover and storm...
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Jazlynn S. Hall, Martha A. Scholl, James B. Shanley, Serena Matt, Maria Uriarte
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Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Land Change Science Program, New England Water Science Center

Hyperspectral imaging predicts differences in carbon and nitrogen status among representative biocrust functional groups of the Colorado Plateau Hyperspectral imaging predicts differences in carbon and nitrogen status among representative biocrust functional groups of the Colorado Plateau

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are widespread soil photosynthetic communities covering about 12% of Earth's land surface and play crucial roles in terrestrial carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles, yet scalable quantifications of biocrusts and their biogeochemical contributions are notably lacking. While remote sensing has enormous potential to assess, scale, and contextualize biocrusts...
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Dong Yan, Sasha C. Reed, William A. Rutherford, Mostafa Javadian, Robin H. Reibold, Miguel L. Villarreal, Benjamin Poulter, Shujun Song, William K. Smith
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Southwest Biological Science Center, Western Geographic Science Center

Acute toxicity of lampricides to non-target species of concern in the Lake Champlain watershed Acute toxicity of lampricides to non-target species of concern in the Lake Champlain watershed

Previous research evaluated the toxicity of the lampricide 4-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol (TFM) and the combination of TFM with 1 % niclosamide (TFM:1%Nic) to multiple non-target species in the Laurentian Great Lakes. However, few toxicity studies have been conducted for species of concern in Lake Champlain (NY and VT). We conducted 12-hour flow-through toxicity tests with 4 species...
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Gary N. Neuderfer, Lance E. Durfey, Michael T. Calloway, Stephen J. Smith, Justin R. Schueller
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Documentation of a probable spawning run of cisco Coregonus artedi in the Spanish River, Ontario, Canada Documentation of a probable spawning run of cisco Coregonus artedi in the Spanish River, Ontario, Canada

Coregonines were historically diverse and abundant in the Laurentian Great Lakes but declined throughout the 19th and 20th centuries due to multiple factors, including overfishing, habitat degradation, and interactions with invasive species. Great Lakes fishery managers are now working to restore coregonines across the basin. An important aspect of restoration efforts is the...
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Andrew Edgar Honsey, Ralph W. Tingley, Katie Victoria Anweiler, Cory Brant, Marc Chalupnicki, Chris Davis, Steven A. Farha, Paul William Fedorowicz, Todd Hayden, Philippa Kohn, Benjamin Scott Leonhardt, Brian O’Malley
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Ecological function maintained despite mesomammal declines Ecological function maintained despite mesomammal declines

Mid-sized mammals (i.e., mesomammals) fulfill important ecological roles, serving as essential scavengers, predators, pollinators, and seed dispersers in the ecosystems they inhabit. Consequently, declines in mesomammal populations have the potential to alter ecological processes and fundamentally change ecosystems. However, ecosystems characterized by high functional redundancy, where...
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Rebecca K. McKee, Paul J. Taillie, Kristen Hart, Christopher L. Lopez, Adam Sanjar, Robert A. McCleery
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
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