Bulliner, E., and Hubbart, J.A., 2013, An improved hemispherical photography model for stream surface shortwave radiation estimations in a central U.S. hardwood forest: Hydrological Processes, v. 27, no. 26, p. 3885-3895
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Date published: July 27, 2022
Status: Active Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2018
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.
Attribution: Columbia Environmental Research Center
Date published: April 14, 2020
Status: Active Using Jupyter Notebooks to tell data stories and create reproducible workflows
Increasingly, USGS scientists seek to share and collaborate while working on data and code. Furthermore, these scientists often require advanced computing resources. Jupyter Notebooks are one such tool for creating these workflows. The files are interactive, code “notebooks” which allow users to combine code and text in one document, enabling scientists to share the stories held within their...
Attribution: Community for Data Integration (CDI)
Date published: January 6, 2020
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2020
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.
Attribution: Columbia Environmental Research Center
Date published: March 29, 2019
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2019
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.
Attribution: Columbia Environmental Research Center
Date published: August 30, 2018
Status: Active River-Corridor Habitat Dynamics
River-Corridor Habitat Dynamics research seeks to improve the scientific basis for ecological restoration of large rivers. Emphasis is placed on understanding how hydrologic and geomorphic characteristics combine to create dynamic habitats for native and exotic fauna and flora.
Attribution: Columbia Environmental Research Center
Date published: August 24, 2018
Status: Active Geomorphic Trends and Dynamics, Missouri National Recreational River
The two mainstem Missouri River segments of the Missouri National Recreational River (MNRR) represent some of the least altered channel form and most complex physical habitat on the Missouri River. The 39-mile segment is located in an inter-reservoir reach between Fort Randall Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake and the 59-mile segment is located below Gavins Point Dam, the downstream-most water...
Contacts: Caroline Elliott, Robert Jacobson, Ph.D.
Attribution: Columbia Environmental Research Center
Date published: August 17, 2018
Status: Active Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2016
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.
Attribution: Columbia Environmental Research Center
Date published: August 1, 2018
Status: Active Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project (CSRP)
The Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project (CSRP) is a multidisciplinary project conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Recovery Program–Integrated Science Program. CERC scientists are working with river scientists and managers to develop methods, baseline information, and research approaches that are critical contributions to recovery success of the...
Date published: August 1, 2018
Status: Active Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2017
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.
Attribution: Columbia Environmental Research Center
Date published: June 5, 2018
Status: Active Floodplain Processes and Habitats
Tools to quantify and predict benefits of floodplain connectivity are lacking, diminishing the ability of managers and stakeholders to assess present and future ecological benefits. In particular, tools are needed to evaluate the duration, seasonality, extent, and magnitude of inundation on floodplains under present conditions. Furthermore, tools are needed to allow for translating inundation...
Contacts: Robert Jacobson, Ph.D.
Attribution: Columbia Environmental Research Center
Date published: May 24, 2018
Status: Active Pallid Sturgeon Habitat Dynamics
CERC scientists apply advanced measurement and modeling approaches to quantifying habitats in large rivers. Our research has been applied to improving the understanding of the reproductive ecology of the endangered pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in the Missouri River.
Attribution: Columbia Environmental Research Center
Year Published: 2021
Paths to computational fluency for natural resource educators, researchers, and managers
Natural resource management and supporting research teams need computational fluency in the data and model-rich 21st century. Computational fluency describes the ability of practitioners and scientists to conduct research and represent natural systems within the computer's environment. Advancement in information synthesis for natural resource...
Erickson, Richard A.; Burnett, Jessica Leigh; Wiltermuth, Mark; Bulliner, Edward A.; Hsu, LeslieAttribution: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Ecosystems
Year Published: 2020
An experimental evaluation of the feasibility of inferring concentrations of a visible tracer dye from remotely sensed data in turbid rivers
The movement of contaminants and biota within river channels is influenced by the flow field via various processes of dispersion. Understanding and modeling of these processes thus can facilitate applications ranging from the prediction of travel times for spills of toxic materials to the simulation of larval drift for endangered species of fish...
Legleiter, Carl J.; Paul Manley; Erwin, Susannah O.; Bulliner, Edward A.
Year Published: 2018
Interior Least Tern sandbar nesting habitat measurements from Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery
Sandbars of large sand-bedded rivers of the central United States serve important ecological functions to many species, including the endangered Interior Least Tern (Sternula antillarum, ILT). The ILT is a colonial bird that feeds on fish and nests primarily on riverine sandbars during its annual breeding season of around May through July,...
Bulliner, Edward A.; Elliott, Caroline M.; Jacobson, Robert B.; Lott, CaseyView Citation
Bulliner, E.A., Elliott, C.M., Jacobson, R.B., and Lott, C., 2018, Interior Least Tern sandbar nesting habitat measurements from Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1098, 32 p., https://doi. org/10.3133/ds1098.
Year Published: 2018
Evaluating flow management as a strategy to recover an endangered sturgeon species in the Upper Missouri River, USA
In the Upper Missouri River, Fort Peck and Garrison Dams limit the length of free‐flowing river available to the endangered pallid sturgeon. These barriers restrict the upstream migration of adults and downstream larval dispersal. A one‐dimensional (1D) modelling framework is currently in use to evaluate reservoir operation alternatives and to...
Erwin, Susannah O.; Bulliner, Edward A.; Fischenich, Craig J; Jacobson, Robert B.; Braaten, Patrick; Delonay, Aaron J.
Year Published: 2018
Bend-scale geomorphic classification and assessment of the Lower Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa, to the Mississippi River for application to pallid sturgeon management
Management actions intended to increase growth and survival of pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) age-0 larvae on the Lower Missouri River require a comprehensive understanding of the geomorphic habitat template of the river. The study described here had two objectives relating to where channel-reconfiguration projects should be located to...
Jacobson, Robert B.; Colvin, Michael E.; Bulliner, Edward A.; Pickard, Darcy; Elliott, Caroline M.View Citation
Jacobson, R.B., Colvin, M., Bulliner, E.A., Pickard, D., and Elliott, C.M., 2018, Bend-scale geomorphic classification and assessment of the Lower Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa, to the Mississippi River for application to pallid sturgeon management: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5069, 35 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185069.
Year Published: 2017
Acoustic Doppler current profiler raw measurements on the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, 2000-2016, Columbia Environmental Research Center
Between the years 2000 and 2016, scientists and technicians from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) have collected over 400 field-days worth of acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) measurements on the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, primarily for the purposes of assessing physical aquatic habitat...
Bulliner, Edward A.; Elliott, Caroline M.; Jacobson, Robert B.Attribution: Columbia Environmental Research Center
View Citation
Bulliner, E.A., Elliott, C.M., and Jacobson, R.B., 2017, Acoustic Doppler current profiler raw measurements on the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, 2000-2016, Columbia Environmental Research Center: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7X34VND
Year Published: 2016
Identifying sturgeon spawning locations through back-calculations of drift
Unfavorable spawning habitat conditions have been identified as a potential limiting factor for recovery of the endangered pallid sturgeon on the Missouri River and its tributaries. After successful spawning, incubation, and hatching, sturgeon free embryos passively drift downstream and are sometimes captured by sampling crews. While spawning...
Bulliner, Edward A.; Erwin, Susannah O.; Jacobson, Robert B.; Chojnacki, Kimberly A.; George, Amy E.; Delonay, Aaron J.
Year Published: 2016
Ecological requirements for pallid sturgeon reproduction and recruitment in the Missouri River—A synthesis of science, 2005 to 2012
This report is intended to synthesize the state of the scientific understanding of pallid sturgeon ecological requirements to provide recommendations for future science directions and context for Missouri River restoration and management decisions. Recruitment of pallid sturgeon has been low to non-existent throughout its range. Emerging...
Delonay, Aaron J.; Chojnacki, Kimberly A.; Jacobson, Robert B.; Albers, Janice L.; Braaten, Patrick J.; Bulliner, Edward A.; Elliott, Caroline M.; Erwin, Susannah O.; Fuller, David B; Haas, Justin D.; Ladd, Hallie L.A.; Mestl, Gerald E.; Papoulias, Diana M.; Wildhaber, Mark L.View Citation
DeLonay, A.J., Chojnacki, K.A., Jacobson, R.B., Albers, J.L., Braaten, P.J., Bulliner, E.A., Elliott, C.M., Erwin, S.O., Fuller, D.B., Haas, J.D., Ladd, H.L.A., Mestl, G.E., Papoulias, D.M., and Wildhaber, M.L., 2016, Ecological requirements for pallid sturgeon reproduction and recruitment in the Missouri River—A synthesis of science, 2005 to 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5145, 224 p. with appendixes, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155145.