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Advancing marine biological observations and data requirements of the complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) Frameworks Advancing marine biological observations and data requirements of the complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) Frameworks
Measurements of the status and trends of key indicators for the ocean and marine life are required to inform policy and management in the context of growing human uses of marine resources, coastal development, and climate change. Two synergistic efforts identify specific priority variables for monitoring: Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) through the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)...
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Frank Muller-Karger, Patricia Miloslavich, Nicholas Bax, Samantha Simmons, Mark Costello, Isabel Sousa Pinto, Gabrielle Canonico, Woody Turner, Michael Gill, Enrique Montes, Benjamin Best, Jay Pearlman, Patrick Halpin, Daniel Dunn, Abigail Benson, Corinne Martin, Lauren Weatherdon, Ward Appeltans, Pieter Provoost, Eduardo Klein, Christopher Kelble, Robert Miller, Francisco Chavez, Katrin Iken, Sanae Chiba, David Obura, Laetitia Navarro, Henrique Pereira, Valerie Allain, Sonia Batten, Lisandro Benedetti-Checchi, J. Duffy, Raphael Kudela, Lisa-Maria Rebelo, Yunne Shin, Gary Geller
Patterns of species richness hotspots and estimates of their protection are sensitive to spatial resolution Patterns of species richness hotspots and estimates of their protection are sensitive to spatial resolution
Aim Species richness is a measure of biodiversity often used in spatial conservation assessments and mapped by summing species distribution maps. Commission errors inherent those maps influence richness patterns and conservation assessments. We sought to further the understanding of the sensitivity of hotspot delineation methods and conservation assessments to commission errors, and...
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Alexa McKerrow, Nathan Tarr, Matthew Rubino, Steven Williams
Enhancement of a parsimonious water balance model to simulate surface hydrology in a glacierized watershed Enhancement of a parsimonious water balance model to simulate surface hydrology in a glacierized watershed
The U.S. Geological Survey monthly water balance model (MWBM) was enhanced with the capability to simulate glaciers in order to make it more suitable for simulating cold region hydrology. The new model, MWBMglacier, is demonstrated in the heavily glacierized and ecologically important Copper River watershed in Southcentral Alaska. Simulated water budget components compared well to...
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Melissa Valentin, Roland Viger, Ashley Van Beusekom, Lauren Hay, Terri Hogue, Nathan Foks
U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2016 annual report U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2016 annual report
This is the ninth annual report highlighting U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) science and decision-support activities conducted for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI). The activities address specific management needs identified by WLCI partner agencies. In fiscal year (FY) 2016, there were 26 active USGS WLCI science-based projects. Of these 26 projects, one project was...
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Zachary Bowen, Ellen Aikens, Cameron Aldridge, Patrick Anderson, Timothy Assal, Anna Chalfoun, Geneva Chong, Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Steven Garman, Steve Germaine, Collin Homer, Aaron Johnston, Matthew J. Kauffman, Daniel Manier, Cynthia Melcher, Kirk Miller, Annika Walters, Jerrod Wheeler, Daniel Wieferich, Anna Wilson, Teal Wyckoff, Linda Zeigenfuss
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area, Science Synthesis, Analysis, and Research Program, Land Management Research Program, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) Program, Species Management Research Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Fort Collins Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center
Can data from disparate long-term fish monitoring programs be used to increase our understanding of regional and continental trends in large river assemblages? Can data from disparate long-term fish monitoring programs be used to increase our understanding of regional and continental trends in large river assemblages?
Understanding trends in the diverse resources provided by large rivers will help balance tradeoffs among stakeholders and inform strategies to mitigate the effects of landscape scale stressors such as climate change and invasive species. Absent a cohesive coordinated effort to assess trends in important large river resources, a logical starting point is to assess our ability to draw...
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Timothy Counihan, Ian Waite, Andrew Casper, David Ward, Jennifer Sauer, Elise Irwin, Colin Chapman, Brian Ickes, Craig Paukert, John Kosovich, Jennifer Bayer
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area, Science Synthesis, Analysis, and Research Program, Cooperative Research Units, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) Program, Species Management Research Program, Oregon Water Science Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory (CRRL)
Development and release of phenological data products—A case study in compliance with federal open data policy Development and release of phenological data products—A case study in compliance with federal open data policy
In Autumn 2015, USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) staff implemented new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data-management policies intended to ensure that the results of Federally funded research are made available to the public. The effort aimed both to improve USA-NPN data releases and to provide a model for similar programs within the USGS. This report provides an overview of the...
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Alyssa Rosemartin, Madison Langseth, Theresa Crimmins, Jake F. Weltzin
Solving a nomenclatural conundrum: Cernosvitovia crainensis (Mršić, 1989) and Aporrectodea macvensis Šapkarev in Mršić, 1991 (Lumbricidae) Solving a nomenclatural conundrum: Cernosvitovia crainensis (Mršić, 1989) and Aporrectodea macvensis Šapkarev in Mršić, 1991 (Lumbricidae)
This contribution deals with the names and authorship of two lumbricid taxa endemic to the Balkans (see Stojanović et al., this volume). Although their validity has never been questioned, it has been unclear up to now which publication has made these two species-group names available according to the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Articles in "the Code," ICZN...
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David Nicolson, Csaba Csuzdi
The evolution, approval and implementation of the U.S. Geological Survey Science Data Lifecycle Model The evolution, approval and implementation of the U.S. Geological Survey Science Data Lifecycle Model
This paper details how the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Community for Data Integration (CDI) Data Management Working Group developed a Science Data Lifecycle Model, and the role the Model plays in shaping agency-wide policies. Starting with an extensive literature review of existing data Lifecycle models, representatives from various backgrounds in USGS attended a two-day...
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John Faundeen, Vivian Hutchison
Landscape context and the biophysical response of rivers to dam removal in the United States Landscape context and the biophysical response of rivers to dam removal in the United States
Dams have been a fundamental part of the U.S. national agenda over the past two hundred years. Recently, however, dam removal has emerged as a strategy for addressing aging, obsolete infrastructure and more than 1,100 dams have been removed since the 1970s. However, only 130 of these removals had any ecological or geomorphic assessments, and fewer than half of those included before- and...
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Melissa Foley, Francis Magilligan, Christian Torgersen, Jon Major, Chauncey Anderson, Patrick J. Connolly, Daniel Wieferich, Patrick Shafroth, James Evans, Dana Infante, Laura Craig
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Water Resources Mission Area, Science Synthesis, Analysis, and Research Program, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) Program, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis, Oregon Water Science Center, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Mapping burned areas using dense time-series of Landsat data Mapping burned areas using dense time-series of Landsat data
Complete and accurate burned area data are needed to document patterns of fires, to quantify relationships between the patterns and drivers of fire occurrence, and to assess the impacts of fires on human and natural systems. Unfortunately, in many areas existing fire occurrence datasets are known to be incomplete. Consequently, the need to systematically collect burned area information...
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Todd Hawbaker, Melanie Vanderhoof, Yen-Ju Beal, Joshua Takacs, Gail Schmidt, Jeff Falgout, Brad Williams, Nicole Brunner, Megan K. Caldwell, Joshua Picotte, Stephen Howard, Susan Stitt, John Dwyer
Seven recommendations to make your invasive alien species data more useful Seven recommendations to make your invasive alien species data more useful
Science-based strategies to tackle biological invasions depend on recent, accurate, well-documented, standardized and openly accessible information on alien species. Currently and historically, biodiversity data are scattered in numerous disconnected data silos that lack interoperability. The situation is no different for alien species data, and this obstructs efficient retrieval...
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Quentin Groom, Tim Adriaens, Peter Desmet, Annie Simpson, Aaike De Wever, Ioannis Bazos, Ana Cardoso, Lucinda Charles, Anastasia Christopoulou, Anna Gazda, Harry Helmisaari, Donald Hobern, Melanie Josefsson, Frances Lucy, Dragana Marisavljevic, Tomasz Oszako, Jan Pergl, Olivera Petrovic-Obradovic, Celine Prevot, Hans Ravn, Gareth Richards, Alain Roques, Helen Roy, Marie-Anne Rozenberg, Riccardo Scalera, Elena Tricarico, Teodora Trichkova, Diemer Vercayie, Argyro Zenetos, Sonia Vanderhoeven
Grand challenges for integrated USGS science — A workshop report Grand challenges for integrated USGS science — A workshop report
Executive Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has a long history of advancing the traditional Earth science disciplines and identifying opportunities to integrate USGS science across disciplines to address complex societal problems. The USGS science strategy for 2007–2017 laid out key challenges in disciplinary and interdisciplinary arenas, culminating in a call for increased focus...
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Karen E. Jenni, Martin Goldhaber, Julio Betancourt, Jill Baron, Sky Bristol, Mary Cantrill, Paul Exter, Michael Focazio, John Haines, Lauren Hay, Leslie Hsu, Victor Labson, Kevin Lafferty, K. Ludwig, Paul Milly, Toni Morelli, Suzette Morman, Nedal T. Nassar, Timothy R. Newman, Andrea Ostroff, Jordan Read, Sasha Reed, Carl Shapiro, Richard Smith, Ward Sanford, Terry Sohl, Edward Stets, Adam Terando, Donald Tillitt, Michael Tischler, Patricia Toccalino, David Wald, Mark Waldrop, Anne Wein, Jake Weltzin, Christian Zimmerman