Ellen O. Aikens, PhD (Former Employee)
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Confluences function as ecological hotspots: Geomorphic and regional drivers can help identify patterns of fish distribution within a seascape Confluences function as ecological hotspots: Geomorphic and regional drivers can help identify patterns of fish distribution within a seascape
Quantifying heterogeneity in animal distributions through space and time is a precursor to addressing many important research and management issues. Obtaining these distributional data is especially difficult for mobile organisms that use broader geographic extents. Here, we asked if the merger between 2 research directions—(1) quantifying spatial linkages between fish and geomorphic...
Authors
Ryland Taylor, Martha E. Mather, Joseph Smith, Kayla Gerber
Understanding the central Great Plains as a coupled climatic-hydrological-human system: Lessons learned in operationalizing interdisciplinary collaboration Understanding the central Great Plains as a coupled climatic-hydrological-human system: Lessons learned in operationalizing interdisciplinary collaboration
This chapter discusses an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary project to understand the interactions of agriculture, climate, and water resources in the Central Great Plains as a coupled natural-human system. We focus on the Smoky Hills Watershed in Kansas, where we gathered socioeconomic, hydrological, and climatic data, along with ecological data on fish species. The project...
Authors
Marcellus M. Caldas, Martha E. Mather, Jason S. Bergtold, Melinda Daniels, Gabriel Granco, Joseph Aistrup, David A. Haukos, Aleksey Y. Sheshukov, Matthew R. Sanderson, Jessica L. Heier Stamm
U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2017 annual report U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2017 annual report
The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) was established in 2008 to address the scientific and conservation questions associated with land use changes because of energy development and other factors in southwest Wyoming. Over the past decade, partners from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), State and Federal land management agencies, universities, and the public have collaborated...
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Linda Zeigenfuss, Ellen Aikens, Cameron L. Aldridge, Patrick J. Anderson, Timothy J. Assal, Zachary H. Bowen, Anna D. Chalfoun, Geneva W. Chong, Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Stephen S. Germaine, Tabitha A. Graves, Collin G. Homer, Christopher Huber, Aaron N. Johnston, Matthew J. Kauffman, Daniel J. Manier, Ryan R. McShane, Kirk A. Miller, Adrian P. Monroe, Anna Ortega, Annika W. Walters, Teal B. Wyckoff
Evaluating environmental change and behavioral decision-making for sustainability policy using an agent-based model: A case study for the Smoky Hill River Watershed, Kansas Evaluating environmental change and behavioral decision-making for sustainability policy using an agent-based model: A case study for the Smoky Hill River Watershed, Kansas
Sustainability has been at the forefront of the environmental research agenda of the integrated anthroposphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere since the last century and will continue to be critically important for future environmental science. However, linking humans and the environment through effective policy remains a major challenge for sustainability research and practice. Here we...
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Gabriel Granco, Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Jason S. Bergtold, Melinda D. Daniels, Matthew R. Sanderson, Aleksey Y. Sheshukov, Martha E. Mather, Marcellus M. Caldas, Steven M. Ramsey, Richard Lehrter, David A. Haukos, Jungang Gao, Sarmistha Chatterjee, James C. Nifong, Joseph Aistrup
Evaluation of a field protocol for internally-tagging fish predators using difficult-to-tag ictalurid catfish as examples Evaluation of a field protocol for internally-tagging fish predators using difficult-to-tag ictalurid catfish as examples
Tagging protocols that result in high tag retention will benefit fisheries professionals who use telemetry data. Ictalurid catfish historically have had very poor telemetry tag retention. Here, we use these difficult-to-tag taxa to address two research objectives. First, we evaluated our field-based internal tagging methodology by quantifying six tag retention metrics using data from 48
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Kayla M. Gerber, Martha E. Mather, Joseph M. Smith, Zachary J. Peterson
Multiple metrics provide context for the distribution of a highly mobile fish predator, the blue catfish Multiple metrics provide context for the distribution of a highly mobile fish predator, the blue catfish
Data sets with increased spatial and temporal resolution can help researchers and resource managers quantify representative distributional patterns of mobile sportfish. In this research, first, we illustrate patterns of sportfish distribution using individual (percent of population, residence time, number of movements) and combined distributional metrics. Second, we apply these metrics...
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Kayla M. Gerber, Martha E. Mather, Joseph M. Smith, Zachary J. Peterson
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 45
Confluences function as ecological hotspots: Geomorphic and regional drivers can help identify patterns of fish distribution within a seascape Confluences function as ecological hotspots: Geomorphic and regional drivers can help identify patterns of fish distribution within a seascape
Quantifying heterogeneity in animal distributions through space and time is a precursor to addressing many important research and management issues. Obtaining these distributional data is especially difficult for mobile organisms that use broader geographic extents. Here, we asked if the merger between 2 research directions—(1) quantifying spatial linkages between fish and geomorphic...
Authors
Ryland Taylor, Martha E. Mather, Joseph Smith, Kayla Gerber
Understanding the central Great Plains as a coupled climatic-hydrological-human system: Lessons learned in operationalizing interdisciplinary collaboration Understanding the central Great Plains as a coupled climatic-hydrological-human system: Lessons learned in operationalizing interdisciplinary collaboration
This chapter discusses an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary project to understand the interactions of agriculture, climate, and water resources in the Central Great Plains as a coupled natural-human system. We focus on the Smoky Hills Watershed in Kansas, where we gathered socioeconomic, hydrological, and climatic data, along with ecological data on fish species. The project...
Authors
Marcellus M. Caldas, Martha E. Mather, Jason S. Bergtold, Melinda Daniels, Gabriel Granco, Joseph Aistrup, David A. Haukos, Aleksey Y. Sheshukov, Matthew R. Sanderson, Jessica L. Heier Stamm
U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2017 annual report U.S. Geological Survey science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2017 annual report
The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) was established in 2008 to address the scientific and conservation questions associated with land use changes because of energy development and other factors in southwest Wyoming. Over the past decade, partners from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), State and Federal land management agencies, universities, and the public have collaborated...
Authors
Linda Zeigenfuss, Ellen Aikens, Cameron L. Aldridge, Patrick J. Anderson, Timothy J. Assal, Zachary H. Bowen, Anna D. Chalfoun, Geneva W. Chong, Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Stephen S. Germaine, Tabitha A. Graves, Collin G. Homer, Christopher Huber, Aaron N. Johnston, Matthew J. Kauffman, Daniel J. Manier, Ryan R. McShane, Kirk A. Miller, Adrian P. Monroe, Anna Ortega, Annika W. Walters, Teal B. Wyckoff
Evaluating environmental change and behavioral decision-making for sustainability policy using an agent-based model: A case study for the Smoky Hill River Watershed, Kansas Evaluating environmental change and behavioral decision-making for sustainability policy using an agent-based model: A case study for the Smoky Hill River Watershed, Kansas
Sustainability has been at the forefront of the environmental research agenda of the integrated anthroposphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere since the last century and will continue to be critically important for future environmental science. However, linking humans and the environment through effective policy remains a major challenge for sustainability research and practice. Here we...
Authors
Gabriel Granco, Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Jason S. Bergtold, Melinda D. Daniels, Matthew R. Sanderson, Aleksey Y. Sheshukov, Martha E. Mather, Marcellus M. Caldas, Steven M. Ramsey, Richard Lehrter, David A. Haukos, Jungang Gao, Sarmistha Chatterjee, James C. Nifong, Joseph Aistrup
Evaluation of a field protocol for internally-tagging fish predators using difficult-to-tag ictalurid catfish as examples Evaluation of a field protocol for internally-tagging fish predators using difficult-to-tag ictalurid catfish as examples
Tagging protocols that result in high tag retention will benefit fisheries professionals who use telemetry data. Ictalurid catfish historically have had very poor telemetry tag retention. Here, we use these difficult-to-tag taxa to address two research objectives. First, we evaluated our field-based internal tagging methodology by quantifying six tag retention metrics using data from 48
Authors
Kayla M. Gerber, Martha E. Mather, Joseph M. Smith, Zachary J. Peterson
Multiple metrics provide context for the distribution of a highly mobile fish predator, the blue catfish Multiple metrics provide context for the distribution of a highly mobile fish predator, the blue catfish
Data sets with increased spatial and temporal resolution can help researchers and resource managers quantify representative distributional patterns of mobile sportfish. In this research, first, we illustrate patterns of sportfish distribution using individual (percent of population, residence time, number of movements) and combined distributional metrics. Second, we apply these metrics...
Authors
Kayla M. Gerber, Martha E. Mather, Joseph M. Smith, Zachary J. Peterson