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Stream macroinvertebrate responses vary with region, land use and management practice type Stream macroinvertebrate responses vary with region, land use and management practice type

Intensive land use alters hydrology and water quality, threatening freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates. Over 200,000 management practices (MPs) have been implemented across the Chesapeake Bay watershed since the 1980s, yet biological responses remain inconsistent. We synthesized 29 studies from 4 physiographic provinces covering 8 MP categories and evaluated macroinvertebrate responses...
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Sergio A. Sabat-Bonilla, Abigail C. Belvin, Gregory E. Noe, Kelly O. Maloney, Emmanuel A. Frimpong, Paul L. Angermeier, Entrekin. Sally E.
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Cooperative Research Units, Chesapeake Bay Activities, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center

Working group on American Eel (WGAMEEL; outputs from 2024 meeting) Working group on American Eel (WGAMEEL; outputs from 2024 meeting)

The Working Group on American Eel (WGAMEEL) met virtually three times in 2022-2024 to address the five Terms of Reference (ToRs) of its three-year term. The first two ToRs tasked WGAMEEL with listing and evaluating data on American eel landings, abundance indices, and spatial and habitat data and also to describe assessment methods used in Canada and the US. Canada-wide American eel...
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Julien April, Kristen A. Anstead, Philippe Brodeur, David K. Cairns, Martin Castonguay, Matthew Cieri, Brian Jessop, Amelie D'Astous, Shelly Denny, Jean-Francois Dumont, Sheila Eyler, Marten A. Koops, Laura Lee, Louis Landry-Massicote, Robby Maxwell, Thomas Pratt, Scott M. Reid, Scott Roloson, Scott L. Schlueter, Shawn Snyder, John A. Young
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Eastern Ecological Science Center

Top-down targeted network analysis of critical mineral commodities applied to international geochemistry database Top-down targeted network analysis of critical mineral commodities applied to international geochemistry database

The global demand for critical mineral commodities is rapidly increasing, making domestic production an important factor in supporting the economy and national security. Large scale, publicly available geochemical databases allow for the application of data informatics methods to interrogate critical mineral commodities data for correlations in deposit formation and distribution...
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Elisha Kelly Moore, Joshua Mark Rosera, Graham W. Lederer
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Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Mineral Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

A framework for integrating spatiotemporal deep learning methods with landsat for annual land cover and impervious surface mapping A framework for integrating spatiotemporal deep learning methods with landsat for annual land cover and impervious surface mapping

Land cover information is essential for understanding Earth’s surface dynamics and how vegetation, water, soil, climate, and terrain interact. The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) has been the authoritative source for consistent U.S. land cover mapping. To extend NLCD’s temporal resolution and reduce production latency, we developed the Land Cover Artificial Mapping System (LCAMS)—a...
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Rylie Fleckenstein, Danika Fay Wellington, Suming Jin, Heather J. Tollerud, Jesslyn F. Brown, Jon Dewitz, Neal J. Pastick, Christopher P. Barber, Austin O'Brien, Mark Spanier
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Landsat 8–9 geometric and radiometric calibration and characterization Landsat 8–9 geometric and radiometric calibration and characterization

The U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Cal/Val (Calibration and Validation) Center of Excellence is a global leader in improving the accuracy, precision, and quality of remote-sensing data. Calibration is the process of quantitatively defining a system’s response to known and controlled signal inputs. Validation is the process of assessing, by independent...
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Cody Anderson, Michael J. Choate, Esad Micijevic, Jerad L. Shaw
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National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Landsat Missions

Monitoring nesting waterbirds for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project—2024 breeding season Monitoring nesting waterbirds for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project—2024 breeding season

The San Francisco Bay supports thousands of breeding waterbirds annually and hosts large populations of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana), black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus), and Forster’s terns (Sterna forsteri). These three species have relied largely on former commercial salt ponds in south San Francisco Bay, which provide wetland foraging habitat and island nesting...
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Joshua T. Ackerman, C. Alex Hartman, Mark P. Herzog
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
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