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FLOwPER User’s Guide—For Collection of FLOw PERmanence Field Observations

FLOwPER User’s Guide—For Collection of FLOw PERmanence Field Observations

USGS and USFS develop a mobile application field form for rapid collection of flow/no flow observations.

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Modeling Effects of Climate Change on Stream Temperature: Implications for Coldwater Fishes

Modeling Effects of Climate Change on Stream Temperature: Implications for Coldwater Fishes

Resource managers need more accurate information about how cold-water habitats for fish will change in the future. 

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Can Nutrient Additions Facilitate Recovery of Pacific Salmon?

Can Nutrient Additions Facilitate Recovery of Pacific Salmon?

Multiple restoration actions have been implemented in response to declining salmon populations, including adding salmon carcasses or artificial...

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Assessment of Mercury Bioaccumulation in US National Parks Using Citizen Science

Assessment of Mercury Bioaccumulation in US National Parks Using Citizen Science


A team of federal, academic, and NGO researchers conducted a national-scale assessment of mercury bioaccumulation in aquatic ecosystems using...

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Get to Know a Scientist Emeritus—Mike Kochert

Get to Know a Scientist Emeritus—Mike Kochert

This is the fourth in a series of Get to Know posts highlighting and celebrating the contributions of exemplary Scientists Emeriti. Their work...

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Genetic Identification of African Pangolins and Their Origin in Illegal Trade

Genetic Identification of African Pangolins and Their Origin in Illegal Trade

Pangolins are heavily poached, partly due to growing demand in East Asia for their scales and meat. Analysis of DNA from seized animals is an...

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Nitrogen-fixing Trees Increase Regional Soil Fertility

Nitrogen-fixing Trees Increase Regional Soil Fertility

Symbiotic nitrogen-fixing trees enhance forest fertility by increasing nitrogen and organic matter in soil. 

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Extreme Arsenic and Antimony Uptake and Tolerance in Toad Tadpoles

Extreme Arsenic and Antimony Uptake and Tolerance in Toad Tadpoles

The effects of extreme concentrations of toxic metalloids, such as arsenic and antimony, on larval amphibians are not well understood. 

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Biological Soil Crusts in Ecological Restoration: Emerging Research and Perspectives

Biological Soil Crusts in Ecological Restoration: Emerging Research and Perspectives

In this introductory paper for a special issue of the journal Restoration Ecology focused on the restoration of biological soil crusts, authors...

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ARMI Scientist Michael Adams Receives 2020 PARC Honor

ARMI Scientist Michael Adams Receives 2020 PARC Honor

Dr. Michael Adams, Lead for the USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) and Supervisory Research Ecologist at the USGS Forest and...

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Thermal Heterogeneity in a Large Impounded River: Implications for Cold-Water Refuges

Thermal Heterogeneity in a Large Impounded River: Implications for Cold-Water Refuges

Dam operations can influence spatial and temporal thermal heterogeneity in rivers, yet quantity and distribution of cold-water refuges for salmonids...

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Burned Area Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Facilitated by Land Treatment Exploration Tool

Burned Area Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Facilitated by Land Treatment Exploration Tool

The Bureau of Land Management is partnering with U.S. Geological to provide improved decision support to Burned Area Emergency Stabilization and...

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