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The nature of active magma reservoirs and storage underneath Cascade volcanoes The nature of active magma reservoirs and storage underneath Cascade volcanoes
Volcanic activity is dictated by crustal pathways and reservoirs through which magma ascends and collects. The Cascades are a natural laboratory to study the variable influence of the crust on erupted magmas and subterranean reservoirs. The interaction of ascending magmas with the variable subduction geometry and tectonics of the overriding North American plate have given rise to a...
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Josef Dufek, Kathy Cashman, Emily Hooft, Paul A. Bedrosian
Recommendations regarding water level management to achieve ecological goals in the Upper Mississippi River System Recommendations regarding water level management to achieve ecological goals in the Upper Mississippi River System
The Water Level Management Regional Coordinating Committee tasked an ad hoc group to employ structured decision making (SDM) practices to reach partnership agreement around a set of basic recommendations as to when, where, and why WLM should be used as an ecosystem restoration tool in the UMRS. Between April 2021 and August 2021, the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA; www...
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Patricia J. Heglund, Lauren Salvato, Danelle M. Larson, Aaron McFarlane
Ground water quality sub-indicator report Ground water quality sub-indicator report
The overall status of groundwater quality in the Great Lakes Basin is assessed as “Good” (Figure 1). For the assessed fraction of the basin (84% of the total area), the groundwater quality is “Good” in 58% of the area, “Fair” in 41% of the area, and “Poor” in 1% of the area, resulting in an overall assessment of “Good”. The portions of the basin that have insufficient data (16% percent...
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Helen Zhang, Melinda L. Erickson, Dale VanStempvoort, George Zhang, John Spoelstra
Mapping structural control through analysis of land-surface deformation for the Rialto-Colton groundwater subbasin, San Bernardino County, California, 1992–2010 Mapping structural control through analysis of land-surface deformation for the Rialto-Colton groundwater subbasin, San Bernardino County, California, 1992–2010
The locations of many faults in and near the Rialto-Colton groundwater subbasin are not precisely known because the spatial density of existing lithologic and hydrologic data used to infer the locations of faults can be sparse. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, analyzed structural control of groundwater flow in and near...
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Justin T. Brandt
Volcanic electrification: Recent advances and future perspectives Volcanic electrification: Recent advances and future perspectives
The electrification of volcanic plumes has been described intermittently since at least the time of Pliny the Younger and the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius. Although sometimes disregarded in the past as secondary effects, recent work suggests that the electrical properties of volcanic plumes reveal intrinsic and otherwise inaccessible parameters of explosive eruptions. An increasing number...
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Corrado Cimarelli, Sonja A Behnke, Kimberly Genareau, Joshua Méndez Harper, Alexa R. Van Eaton
Subindicator: Native Prey Fish Diversity Subindicator: Native Prey Fish Diversity
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Brian Weidel, Mark R. Vinson, Darryl W. Hondorp, Ralph W. Tingley, Joseph Schmitt
Seismic monitoring solutions for buildings Seismic monitoring solutions for buildings
This chapter introduces seismic monitoring of structural systems for buildings and begins with a historical background of this topic in the United States. After providing the historical context, the chapter reviews common seismic instrumentation issues such as utilization of data, code versus extensive instrumentation, free-field instrumentation, record synchronization requirements and...
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Mehmet Celebi, Yavuz Kaya
Sub-indicator: Cladophora Sub-indicator: Cladophora
Every three years the Great Lakes Executive Committee reports on the status of the Great Lakes' ecosystem based on 9 indicators and several sub-indicators. This sub-indicator technical report supports assessment of the Nutrients and Algae Indicator by evaluating the status of Cladophora and other benthic algae that can grow to nuisance levels. Based on established criteria, the overall...
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David Depew, Harvey A. Bootsma, Todd Howell, Megan McCusker, Mary Anne Evans
Key observations of flexed-leg urination in the free-ranging Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Key observations of flexed-leg urination in the free-ranging Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Flexed-leg urination (FLU) in female Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) has been little studied in the wild. Captive females in packs do not exhibit FLU unless they are both mature and dominant to an associate female, but these characteristics have not been confirmed in free-ranging wolves. We present observations of wolves in Yellowstone National Park that accord with those of wolves in...
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L. David Mech, Rick McIntyre
Spatiotemporal changes in influenza A virus prevalence among wild waterfowl inhabiting the continental United States throughout the annual cycle Spatiotemporal changes in influenza A virus prevalence among wild waterfowl inhabiting the continental United States throughout the annual cycle
Avian influenza viruses can pose serious risks to agricultural production, human health, and wildlife. An understanding of viruses in wild reservoir species across time and space is important to informing surveillance programs, risk models, and potential population impacts for vulnerable species. Although it is recognized that influenza A virus prevalence peaks in reservoir waterfowl in...
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Cody M. Kent, Andrew M. Ramey, Joshua T. Ackerman, Justin Bahl, Sarah N. Bevins, Andrew S. Bowman, Walter Boyce, Carol Cardona, Michael L. Casazza, Troy D. Cline, Susan E.W. De La Cruz, Jeffrey S. Hall, Nichola J. Hill, Hon S. Ip, Scott Krauss, Jennifer M. Mullinax, Jacqueline M. Nolting, Magdalena Plancarte, Rebecca L. Poulson, Jonathan A. Runstadler, Richard D. Slemons, David E. Stallknecht, Jeffery D. Sullivan, John Y. Takekawa, Richard J. Webby, Robert G. Webster, Diann J. Prosser
Interspecific and local variation in Tern chick diets across nesting colonies in the Gulf of Maine Interspecific and local variation in Tern chick diets across nesting colonies in the Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine, USA is home to four colonial co-nesting tern species: Least Tern (Sternula antillarum), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea), and the federally endangered Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii). Over three decades of visual observations of chick provisioning were compiled for a comparative dietary study in the region, including the first detailed...
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Keenan Yakola, Adrian Jordaan, Stephen Kress, Paula Shannon, Michelle Staudinger
Nutrient restoration of a large, impounded, ultra-oligotrophic western river to recover declining native fishes Nutrient restoration of a large, impounded, ultra-oligotrophic western river to recover declining native fishes
Declines in many fish populations in large, western rivers have been primarily attributed to the anthropogenic reduction of nutrient inputs and subsequent impacts to the food web. The largest known river fertilization program was implemented starting in 2005 on the Kootenai River in northern Idaho to restore resident fisheries. Annual electrofishing surveys were conducted at multiple...
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Ryan S. Hardy, Tyler J. Ross, Kevin McDonnell, Michael C. Quist, Charlie Holderman, Bryan S. Stevens