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Simulation of groundwater flow in Wake County, North Carolina, 2000 through 2070 Simulation of groundwater flow in Wake County, North Carolina, 2000 through 2070
In 2019, the U.S. Geological Survey and Wake County Environmental Services began a collaborative study to evaluate groundwater resources and long-term groundwater availability in the county’s fractured-rock groundwater system. Wake County, in central North Carolina, is experiencing rapid population growth, associated land development, and changing water use. Hydrogeologic data including...
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Dominick Antolino, Gerard Gonthier, Georgina Sanchez
Assessment of undiscovered conventional and continuous gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado, 2025 Assessment of undiscovered conventional and continuous gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado, 2025
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean conventional and continuous resources of 4.7 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.
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Jenny Lagesse, Christopher Schenk, Jane Hearon, Sarah Gelman, Thomas Finn, Benjamin Johnson, Tracey J. Mercier, Phuong A. Le, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Andrea Cicero, Ronald Drake II
Assessment of Odonata occupancy and habitat suitability at -12 Mile Slough, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona Assessment of Odonata occupancy and habitat suitability at -12 Mile Slough, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona
Management practices that enhance habitat complexity in dam tailwaters can increase biodiversity and improve ecosystem health, particularly in the face of climate change and warming water temperatures. In some instances, however, management practices may be intended to simplify habitat features to impede establishment of invasive species. In Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, a...
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Anya Metcalfe, Morgan Ford, Lawrence Stevens, Theodore Kennedy
Report of the River Master of the Delaware River for the period December 1, 2017–November 30, 2018 Report of the River Master of the Delaware River for the period December 1, 2017–November 30, 2018
Executive Summary A Decree of the Supreme Court of the United States entered June 7, 1954 (New Jersey v. New York, 347 U.S. 995), established the position of Delaware River Master within the U.S. Geological Survey. In addition, the Decree authorizes the diversion of water from the Delaware River Basin and requires that compensating releases from certain reservoirs owned by New York City...
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Kendra Russell, William Andrews, Amy R. McHugh
STREAMS guidelines: Standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies STREAMS guidelines: Standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies
The interdisciplinary nature of microbiome research, coupled with the generation of complex multi-omics data, makes knowledge sharing challenging. The Strengthening the Organization and Reporting of Microbiome Studies (STORMS) guidelines provide a checklist for the reporting of study information, experimental design and analytical methods within a scientific manuscript on human...
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Julia Kelliher, Chloe Mirzayi, Sarah Bordenstein, Aaron Oliver, Christina Kellogg, Eneida Hatcher, Maureen Berg, Petr Baldrian, Mashael Aljumaah, Cassandra Miller, Christopher Mungall, Vlastimil Novak, Alexis Palucki, Ethan Smith, Nazifa Tabassum, Gregory Bonito, J. Brister, Patrick Chain, Jose Dundore-Arias, Joanne Emerson, Vanessa Fernandes, Roberto Flores, Antonio Gonzalez, Zoe Hansen, Scott Jackson, Ahmed Moustafa, Trent Northen, Nonia Pariente, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Sydne Record, Linta Reji, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Virginia Rich, Lorna Richardson, Simon Roux, Lynn Schriml, Reed Shabman, Maria Sierra, Matthew Sullivan, Punithavathi Sundaramurthy, Katherine Thibault, Luke Thompson, Scott Tighe, Ethell Vereen, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh
Quality of groundwater used for domestic supply in the Gilroy-Hollister basin and surrounding areas, California, 2022 Quality of groundwater used for domestic supply in the Gilroy-Hollister basin and surrounding areas, California, 2022
More than 2 million Californians rely on groundwater from domestic wells for drinking-water supply. This report summarizes a 2022 California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP) water-quality survey of 33 domestic and small-system drinking-water supply wells in the Gilroy-Hollister Valley groundwater basin and the surrounding areas, where more...
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Kirsten Faulkner, Bryant C. Jurgens
Range-wide population trend analysis for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)—Updated 1960–2024 Range-wide population trend analysis for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)—Updated 1960–2024
Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter sage-grouse) are at the center of State and national land-use policies largely because of their unique life-history traits as an ecological indicator for the health of sagebrush ecosystems. This updated population trend analysis provides State and Federal land and wildlife managers with the best available science to help guide...
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Brian Prochazka, Peter Coates, Cameron Aldridge, Michael O’Donnell, David Edmunds, Adrian P. Monroe, Steve Hanser, Lief Wiechman, Michael Chenaille
The effects of carnivory and herbivory on the energy balance of Arctic grizzly bears The effects of carnivory and herbivory on the energy balance of Arctic grizzly bears
Omnivores often face tradeoffs between selecting for spatially dispersed energy-dense vertebrate prey versus densely distributed herbivorous resources that have limited energetic value per unit intake. Arctic grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) are large omnivores within a resource-limited ecosystem that are known to exhibit smaller body masses and occur at lower densities than grizzly bears in...
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Anthony Pagano, Karyn Rode, Kerry Nicholson, William Leacock, Craig Stricker, Charles Robbins
Comparisons of shoreline positions from satellite-derived and traditional field- and remote-sensing techniques Comparisons of shoreline positions from satellite-derived and traditional field- and remote-sensing techniques
Satellite-derived shorelines (SDS) have the potential to help researchers answer critical coastal science questions and support work to predict coastal change by filling in the spatial and temporal gaps present in current field-based and remote-sensing data collection methods. The U.S. Geological Survey conducted comparison analyses of traditionally sourced shorelines and SDS in diverse...
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Andrea C. O'Neill, Sharon Batiste, Daniel Buscombe, Joseph Burgess, Kara S. Doran, Ann Gibbs, Rachel Henderson, Julia Heslin, Catherine Janda, Mark Lundine, Joseph Terrano, Jonathan Warrick, Kathryn Weber
The acoustic-Doppler current profiler (ADCP): A comprehensive tool for river-reach hydromorphodynamics The acoustic-Doppler current profiler (ADCP): A comprehensive tool for river-reach hydromorphodynamics
This paper introduces the use of acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) measurements as input for the Acoustic Mapping Velocimetry (AMV) method, a technique for characterizing the dynamics of riverine bedforms. The performance of this new approach, ADCP-AMV, is compared with input from a multibeam echosounder through a field study conducted on the Mississippi River (USA). A virtual...
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Gábor Fleit, Marian Muste, Sándor Baranya, Dongsu Kim, Amanda Whaling, Tate McAlpin, Hojun You
Potential thiamine deficiency of phytoplankton across a productivity gradient and seasons in Ohio lakes Potential thiamine deficiency of phytoplankton across a productivity gradient and seasons in Ohio lakes
Although nitrogen and phosphorus deficiency of algal blooms have been the focus of substantial attention, organic nutrients can limit algal growth in aquatic systems. Growing evidence indicates thiamine (vitamin B1) can influence the community of primary producers in marine systems, but comparatively little is known about the effect of thiamine on freshwater algal productivity.We...
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Freya Rowland, Michael Vanni, Nicole Hayes, Clifford Kraft
Depth of magma crystallization and fluid exsolution beneath the porphyry-skarn Cu deposits at Santa Rita and Hanover-Fierro, New Mexico, USA Depth of magma crystallization and fluid exsolution beneath the porphyry-skarn Cu deposits at Santa Rita and Hanover-Fierro, New Mexico, USA
The depth level at which porphyry Cu–forming magmas fractionated and exsolved mineralizing fluids is actively debated. In the classic model, extensive magma fractionation occurs in large, upper crustal magma chambers, and concomitant fluid exsolution leads to forceful expulsion of residual magmas in the form of porphyry dikes, stocks, and breccia pipes, which subsequently serve as...
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Andreas Audétat, Jia Chang, Sean Gaynor