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Affinity of the benthic foraminifer Cassidulinoides parkeriana (Brady) for whale-falls: Evidence from off western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

A partial skeleton of a blue or fin whale, estimated to have been 16.5 m in length and thought to have been lying on the seafloor for less than 10 years, was observed at a depth of 1288 m off western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (48.68° N, 126.84° W). Four push cores were taken at the site, three (15-26 cm in length) directly under caudal vertebrae and one 18 cm long, considered a re
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Mary McGann, Charles K. Paull
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Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Geologic map of the Mount Evans quadrangle, Clear Creek and Park Counties, Colorado

The Mount Evans 7.5’ quadrangle lies in Park and Clear Creek counties, Colorado, about 60 km west of Denver. The highest elevation in the quadrangle is 14,265 ft (4,348 m) at the top of Mount Evans. The lowest is at about 9,200 ft (2,804 m) on Guanella Pass Road at the southern edge of the quadrangle. Bedrock directly underlies most of the map area, with surficial deposits primarily in the valleys
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Logan Powell, Asha A. Mahatma, Yvette Kuiper, Chester A. Ruleman
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Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

Conclusion to the special issue on Pollinators of the Great Plains

No abstract available.
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Clint R.V. Otto
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Introduction to the special issue on pollinators of the Great Plains

No abstract available.
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Clint R.V. Otto
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Coral reef restoration for risk reduction (CR4): A guide to project design and proposal development

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) are working through the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force to provide guidance on the development of coral reef restoration proposals for federal hazard mitigation funding.
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Austen Stovall, Michael W. Beck, Curt Storlazzi, Juliette Hayes, Janan Reilly, Jennifer Koss, Doug Bausch
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Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Movements and habitat use of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in the northern Gulf of Mexico

No abstract available.
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Daniel Slone, Susan M. Butler, James P. Reid, Cathy Beck, Robert Bonde
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center , Gulf of Mexico

Behavioral responses of native and invasive fishes of the Upper Mississippi River to 100 hp boat motor acoustic stimulus

Acoustic deterrents are currently being considered for deployment at strategic bottlenecks, such as lock and dams of major rivers, to deter upstream movement of invasive carp. Previous studies have demonstrated that bighead and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and H. molitrix, respectively) display negative phonotaxis to playbacks of broadband sound recordings produced from a 100 hp outboar
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Kelsie A. Murchy, Brooke J Vetter, Marybeth K. Brey, Allen F. Mensinger
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

The Colorado River – The science-policy interface

No abstract available.
Authors
John C. Schmidt, Lindsey Bruckerhoff, Jianghao Wang, Charles Yackulic
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Southwest Biological Science Center

Influence of test method variables on sensitivity of Neocloeon triangulifer to a reference toxicant in short-term, effluent style evaluations

Recent literature has demonstrated the sensitivity of mayflies to environmental contaminants. However, to date, there are no methods approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency for using sensitive insects like mayflies in whole-effluent toxicity or receiving water toxicity tests. The parthenogenetic mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer has been shown to be amenable to continuous culture in the lab
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David J. Soucek, Amy Dickinson, Teresa J. Norberg-King
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Columbia Environmental Research Center

Contaminant studies in Oregon

No abstract available.
Authors
Charles J. Henny
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

Preface to the focus section on deformation models for the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model

No abstract available.
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Fred Pollitz, Alexandra Elise Hatem, Kaj M. Johnson
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Earthquake Science Center, Geologic Hazards Science Center

Assessing the efficacy of using a parentage-based tagging survival model to evaluate two sources of mortality for juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Lookout Point Reservoir, Oregon

We conducted a study to assess the efficacy of using a parentage-based tagging survival model (PBT N-mixture model) to evaluate two sources of mortality for juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Lookout Point Reservoir, Oregon. The model was originally developed to evaluate reservoir mortality because of predation from piscivorous fish. However, recent studies have also found that
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Dalton J. Hance, Tobias J. Kock, Russell W. Perry, Adam C. Pope
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory (CRRL)
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