Scientific research by the US Geological Survey staff, published in outside (i.e., non-USGS) publications or scholarly journals.

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2012

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Agricultural Drought Monitoring in Kenya Using Evapotranspiration Derived from Remote Sensing and Reanalysis Data, Michael T. Marshall, Christopher Funk, and Joel Michaelsen

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Airborne electromagnetic imaging of discontinuous permafrost, Burke J. Minsley, Jared D. Abraham, Bruce D. Smith, James C. Cannia, Clifford I. Voss, M. Torre Jorgenson, Michelle A. Walvoord, Bruce K. Wylie, Lesleigh Anderson, Lyndsay B. Ball, Maryla Deszcz-Pan, Tristan P. Wellman, and Thomas A. Ager

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Remote sensing of sagebrush canopy nitrogen, Jessica J. Mitchell, Nancy F. Glenn, Temuulen T. Sankey, DeWayne R. Derryberry, and Matthew J. Germino

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The geologic records of dust in the Quaternary, Daniel R. Muhs

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Soil Genesis on the Island of Bermuda in the Quaternary: The Importance of African Dust Transport and Deposition, Daniel R. Muhs, James R. Budahn, Joseph M. Prospero, Gary Skipp, and Stanley R. Herwitz

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Gonadal abnormalities in frogs (Lithobates spp.) collected from managed wetlands in an agricultural region of Nebraska, USA, Diana M. Papoulias, Matt S. Schwarz, and Lourdes Mena

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Strontium isotope systematics of mixing groundwater and oil-field brine at Goose Lake in northeastern Montana, USA, Zell E. Peterman, Joanna N. Thamke, Kiyoto Futa, and Todd M. Preston

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Climate Change and Infectious Disease Dynamics, Raina K. Plowright, Paul C. Cross, Gary M. Tabor, Emily Almberg, Leslie Bienen, and Peter J. Hudson

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Long-term impacts of invasive species on a native top predator in a large lake system, Scott A. Rush, Gordon Paterson, Tim B. Johnson, Ken G. Drouillard, Gordon D. Haffner, Craig E. Hebert, Michael T. Arts, Daryl J. Mcgoldric, Sean M. Backus, Brian F. Lantry, Jana R. Lantry, Ted Schaner, and Aaron T. Fisk

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Groundwater depletion and sustainability of irrigation in the US High Plains and Central Valley, Bridget R. Scanlon, Claudia C. Faunt, Laurent Longuevergne, Robert C. Reedy, William M. Alley, Virginia L. McGuire, and Peter B. McMahon

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Heterogeneous detection probabilities for imperiled Missouri River fishes: implications for large-river monitoring programs, Joshua T. Schloesser, Craig P. Paukert, Wyatt J. Doyle, Tracy D. Hill, Kirk D. Steffensen, and Vince H. Travnichek

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Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration for Operational Drought Monitoring Using Principles of Water and Energy Balance, Gabriel B. Senay, Stefanie Bohms, and James P. Verdin

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Lake sturgeon population attributes and reproductive structure in the Namakan Reservoir, Minnesota and Ontario, S. L. Shaw, S. R. Chipps, Steve K. Windels, M. A. H. Webb, Darryl T. McLeod, and D. W. Willis

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Strategies for Wildlife Disease Surveillance, Jonathan M. Sleeman, Christopher J. Brand, and Scott D. Wright

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History and evaluation of national-scale geochemical data sets for the United States, David B. Smith, Steven M. Smith, and John D. Horton

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Hybridization among Arctic white-headed gulls (Larus spp.) obscures the genetic legacy of the Pleistocene, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, R. Terry Chesser, Douglas A. Bell, and Carla J. Dove

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Habitat and prey availability attributes associated with juvenile and early adult pallid sturgeon occurrence in the Missouri River, USA, Bryan D. Spindler, Steven R. Chipps, Robert A. Klumb, Brian D. S. Graeb, and Michael C. Wimberly

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Catching Air - Those Magnificent Jumping Suwannee Sturgeons, Ken Sulak

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Feeding habitats of the Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, in the Suwannee and Yellow rivers, Florida, as identified by multiple stable isotope analyses, Kenneth J. Sulak, J. J. Berg, and M. Randall

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East versus West: Organic contaminant differences in brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) eggs from South Carolina, USA and the Gulf of California, Mexico, Stacy S. Vander Pol, Daniel W. Anderson, Patrick G.R. Jodice, and Joyce E. Stuckey

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Monitoring gradual ecosystem change using Landsat time series analyses: Case studies in selected forest and rangeland ecosystems, James E. Vogelmann, George Xian, Collin Homer, and Brian Tolk

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Critique on the Use of the Standardized Avian Acute Oral Toxicity Test for First Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides, Nimish B. Vyas and Barnett A. Rattner

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Do bioclimate variables improve performance of climate envelope models?, James I. Watling, Stephanie S. Romanach, David N. Bucklin, Carolina Speroterra, Laura A. Brandt, Leonard G. Pearlstine, and Frank J. Mazzotti

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Sorta Situ: The New Reality of Management Conditions for Wildlife Populations in the Absence of "Wild" Spaces, Barbara A. Wolfe, Roberto F. Aguilar, A. Alonso Aguirre, Glenn H. Olsen, and Evan S. Blumer

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Taxonomic status and relationships of Sorex obscurus parvidens Jackson, 1921, from California, Neal Woodman

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Predicting impacts of increased CO2 and climate change on the water cycle and water quality in the semiarid James River Basin of the Midwestern USA, Yiping Wu, Shuguang Liu, and Alisa L. Gallant

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Identifying potential areas for biofuel production and evaluating the environmental effects: a case study of the James River Basin in the Midwestern United States, Yiping Wu, Shuguang Liu, and Zhengpeng Li

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Fitting statistical distributions to sea duck count data: Implications for survey design and abundance estimation, Elise F. Zipkin, Jeffery B. Leirness, Brian P. Kinlan, Allan F. O’Connell, and Emily D. Silverman

2011

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Airborne Electromagnetic Surveys For 3d Geological Mapping, Jared D. Abraham and James C. Cannia

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Erratum to: Factors Controlling Pre-Columbian and Early Historic Maize Productivity in the American Southwest, Part 2: The Chaco Halo, Mesa Verde, Pajarito Plateau/Bandelier, and Zuni Archaeological Regions, Larry Benson

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Factors Controlling Pre-Columbian and Early Historic Maize Productivity in the American Southwest, Part 2: The Chaco Halo, Mesa Verde, Pajarito Plateau/ Bandelier, and Zuni Archaeological Regions, Larry Benson

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Factors Controlling Pre-Columbian and Early Historic Maize Productivity in the American Southwest, Part 1: The Southern Colorado Plateau and Rio Grande Regions, Larry V. Benson

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The rise and fall of Lake Bonneville between 45 and 10.5 ka, L.V. Benson, S.P. Lund, J.P. Smoot, D.E. Rhode, R.J. Spencer, K.L. Verosub, L.A. Louderback, C.A. Johnson, R.O. Rye, and R.M. Negrini

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Introduction to “Environmental Contaminants in Biota, 2nd edition”, W. Nelson Beyer and James P. Meador

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Secretive Marsh Bird Species Co-Occurrences and Habitat Associations Across the Midwest, USA, Jason R. Bolenbaugh, Sarah E. Lehnen, and David G. Krementz

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Mercury trends in fish from rivers and lakes in the United States, 1969–2005, Ann Chalmers, Denise M. Argue, David A. Gay, Mark E. Brigham, Christopher J. Schmitt, and David Lorenz

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Land change variability and human–environment dynamics in the United States Great Plains, Mark A. Drummond, Roger F. Auch, Krista A. Karstensen, Kristi L. Sayler, Janis L. Taylor, and Thomas Loveland

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Spatial Patch Occupancy Patterns of the Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit, Mitchell J. Eaton, Phillip T. Hughes, James D. Nichols, Anne Morkill, and Chad Anderson

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Spatial Patch Occupancy Patterns of the Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit, Mitchell J. Eaton, Phillip T. Hughes, James D. Nichols, Anne Morkill, and Chad Anderson

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Estimating age from recapture data: integrating incremental growth measures with ancillary data to infer age-at-length, Mitchell J. Eaton and William A. Link

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Estimating age from recapture data: integrating incremental growth measures with ancillary data to infer age-at-length, Mitchell J. Eaton and William A. Link

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Tracking solutes and water from subsurface drip irrigation application of coalbed methane–produced waters, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, Mark A. Engle, Carleton R. Bern, Richard W. Healy, James I. Sams, John W. Zupancic, and Karl T. Schroeder

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Comment on ‘‘An unconfined groundwater model of the Death Valley Regional Flow System and a comparison to its confined predecessor’’ by R.W.H. Carroll, G.M. Pohll and R.L. Hershey [Journal of Hydrology 373/3–4, pp. 316–328], Claudia C. Faunt, Alden M. Provost, Mary C. Hill, and Wayne R. Belcher

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Lead in Birds, J. Christian Franson and Deborah J. Pain

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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Leaf Phenology and Cold Hardiness of Native and Introduced Riparian Trees, Jonathan M. Friedman, James E. Roelle, and Brian S. Cade

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STRESS ORIENTATION DETERMINED FROM FAULT SLIP DATA IN HAMPEL WASH AREA, NEVADA, AND ITS RELATION TO CONTEMPORARY REGIONAL STRESS FIELD, Virgil A. Frizzell Jr. and Mark D. Zoback

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What Do We Know About Metal Recycling Rates?, T. E. Graedel, Julian Allwood, Jean-Pierre Birat, Matthias Buchert, Christian Hagelűken, Barbara K. Reck, Scott F. Sibley, and Guido Sonnemann

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Patterns of maternal yolk hormones in eastern screech owl eggs (Megascops asio), D. Caldwell Hahn

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Genetic Applications in Avian Conservation, Susan M. Haig, Whitcomb M. Bronaugh, Rachel S. Crowhurst, Jesse D'Elia, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Clinton W. Epps, Brian Knaus, Mark P. Miller, Michael L. Moses, Sara Oyler-McCance, W. Douglas Robinson, and Brian Sidlauskas

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A Geospatial Approach to Identify Water Quality Issues for National Wildlife Refuges in Oregon and Washington, Jo Ellen Hinck, Kimberly Chojnacki, Susan Finger, Greg Linder, and Kevin Kilbride

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Integration of Palmer Drought Severity Index and remote sensing data to simulate wetland water surface from 1910 to 2009 in Cottonwood Lake area, North Dakota, Shengli Huang, Devendra Dahal, Claudia Young, Gyanesh Chander, and Shuguang Liu

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Challenges of Predicting the Potential Distribution of a Slow-spreading Invader: A Habitat Suitability Map for an Invasive Riparian Tree, Catherine S. Jarnevich and Lindsay V. Reynolds

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Soil carbon distribution in Alaska in relation to soil-forming factors, Kristofer D. Johnson, Jennifer Harden, A. David McGuire, Norman B. Bliss, James G. Bockheim, Mark Clark, Teresa Nettleton-Hollingsworth, M. Torre Jorgenson, Evan S. Kane, Michelle Mack, Jonathan O'Donnell, Chien-Lu Ping, Edward A.G. Schuur, Merritt R. Turetsky, and David W. Valentine

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Rapid wetland expansion during European settlement and its implication for marsh survival under modern sediment delivery rates, Matthew L. Kirwan, A. Brad Murray, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, and D. Reide Corbett

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Rapid wetland expansion during European settlement and its implication for marsh survival under modern sediment delivery rates, Matthew L. Kirwan, A. Brad Murray, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, and D. Reide Corbett

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Spring Migration of Mallards from Arkansas as Determined by Satellite Telemetry, David George Krementz, Kwasi Asante, and Luke W. Naylor

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Incorporating parametric uncertainty into population viability analysis models, Conor P. McGowan, Michael C. Runge, and Michael A. Larson

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The role of demographic compensation theory in incidental take assessments for endangered species, Conor P. McGowan, Mark R. Ryan, Michael C. Runge, Joshua J. Millspaugh, and Jean Fitts Cochrane

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A trans-dimensional Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for model assessment using frequency-domain electromagnetic data, Burke J. Minsley

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Hydrogeophysical Investigations at Hidden Dam, Raymond, California, Burke J. Minsley, Bethany L. Burton, Scott Ikard, and Michael H. Powers

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Plant Community Recovery Following Restoration in Semiarid Grasslands, Seth M. Munson and William K. Lauenroth

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Selenium in Birds, Harry M. Ohlendorf and Gary H. Heinz

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History of Wildlife Toxicology and the Interpretation of Contaminant Concentrations in Tissues, Barnett A. Rattner, Anton M. Scheuhammer, and John E. Ellott

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An Exploratory Investigation of Polar Organic Compounds in Waters from a Lead–Zinc Mine and Mill Complex, Colleen E. Rostad, Christopher J. Schmitt, John G. Schumacher, and Thomas J. Leiker

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Mercury bioaccumulation and biomagnification in Ozark stream ecosystems, Christopher J. Schmitt, Craig A. Stricker, and William G. Brumbaugh

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Surface complexation modeling for predicting solid phase arsenic concentrations in the sediments of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, Arkansas, USA, Md. Salah U. Sharif, Ralph K. Davis, Kenneth F. Steele, Burmshik Kim, Phillip D. Hays, Tim M. Kresse, and John A. Fazio

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Effects of rodent species, seed species, and predator cues on seed fate, Kelly J. Sivy, Steven M. Ostoja, Eugene W. Schupp, and Susan Durham

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Evaluation Of Single And Two-Stage Adaptive Sampling Designs For Estimation Of Density And Abundance Of Freshwater Mussels In A Large River, D. R. Smith, J. T. Rogala, B. R. Gray, Steven J. Zigler, and Teresa J. Newton

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Evaluating the Effect of Predators on White-Tailed Deer: Movement and Diet of Coyotes, Melissa M. Turner, Aimee P. Rockhill, Christopher S. Deperno, Jonathan A. Jenks, Robert W. Klaver, Angela R. Jarding, Troy W. Grovenburg, and Kenneth H. Pollock

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Agricultural Herbicide Transport In A First‐Order Intermittent Stream, Nebraska, USA, Jason Vogel and Joshua Linard

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Evaluating spawning migration patterns and predicting spawning success of shovelnose sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River, M. L. Wildhaber, S. H. Holan, G. M. Davis, D. W. Gladish, A. J. DeLonay, Diana M. Papoulias, and D. K. Sommerhauser

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Adaptive resource management and the value of information, Byron K. Williams, Mitchell J. Eaton, and David R. Breininger

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Adaptive resource management and the value of information, Byron K. Williams, Mitchell J. Eaton, and David R. Breininger

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Nomenclatural notes and identification of small-eared shrews (Mammalia: genus Cryptotis) from Cobán, Guatemala, in The Natural History Museum, London, Neal Woodman

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Patterns of morphological variation amongst semifossorial shrews in the highlands of Guatemala, with the description of a new species (Mammalia, Soricomorpha, Soricidae), Neal Woodman

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Upscaling Carbon Fluxes Over the Great Plains Grasslands: Sinks and Sources, Li Zhang, Bruce K. Wylie, Lei Ji, Tagir G. Gilmanov, Larry L. Tieszen, and Daniel M. Howard

2010

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Enhanced Late Holocene ENSO/PDO expression along the margins of the eastern North Pacific, John A. Barron and Lesleigh Anderson

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Locations and magnitudes of historical earthquakes in the Sierra of Ecuador (1587–1996), Céline Beauval, Hugo Yepes, William H. Bakun, José Egred, Alexandra Alvarado, and Juan-Carlos Singaucho

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Who provided maize to Chaco Canyon after the mid-12th-century drought?, Larry V. Benson

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REPLY TO COMMENTS OF NOLAN AND COOK, Larry V. Benson, Timothy R. Pauketat, and Edward R. Cook

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The cleaning of burned and contaminated archaeological maize prior to 87Sr/86Sr analysis, L.V. Benson, H. E. Taylor, T. I. Plowman, D. A. Roth, and R. C. Antweiler

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Tree-Ring Dates and Demographic Change in the Southern Colorado Plateau and Rio Grande Regions, Michael S. Berry and Larry Benson

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Mississippi Canyon 252 Incident NRDA Tier 1 for Deepwater Communities, Gregory Boland, Gary Brewer, Erik Cordes, Amanda Demopoulos, Chuek Fisher, Chris German, and Ken Sulak

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Abandoned Mine Drainage in the Swatara Creek Basin, Southern Anthracite Coalfield, Pennsylvania, USA: 2. Performance of Treatment Systems, Charles A. Cravotta III

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Abandoned Mine Drainage in the Swatara Creek Basin, Southern Anthracite Coalfield, Pennsylvania, USA: 1. Stream Water Quality Trends Coinciding with the Return of Fish, Charles A. Cravotta III, Robin A. Brightbill, and Michael J. Langland

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Survival of Feral Cats, Felis catus (Carnivora: Felidae), on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i, Based on Tooth Cementum Lines, Raymond M. Danner, Chris Farmer, Steven C. Hess, Robert M. Stephens, and Paul C. Banko

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Scale‐invariant stress orientations and seismicity rates near the San Andreas Fault, Amy Day-Lewis, Mark D. Zoback, and Stephen Hickman

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Recent Advances in Global Lake Coring Hold Promise for Global Change Research in Paleolimnology, Walter E. Dean

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Mineralogical and Chemical Characteristics of Some Natural Jarosites, George A. Desborough, Kathleen S. Smith, Heather A. Lowers, Gregg A. Swayze, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Sharon F. Diehl, Reinhard W. Leinz, and Rhonda L. Driscoll

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Subspecific Status and Population Genetic Structure of Least Terns (Sternula antillarum) Inferred by Mitochondrial DNA Control-Region Sequences and Microsatellite DNA, Hope M. Draheim, Mark P. Miller, Patricia Baird, and Susan M. Haig

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Barcoding bushmeat: molecular identification of Central African and South American harvested vertebrates, Mitchell J. Eaton, Greta J. Meyers, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Matthew S. Leslie, Andrew P. Martin, and George Amato

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Barcoding bushmeat: molecular identification of Central African and South American harvested vertebrates, Mitchell J. Eaton, Greta L. Meyers, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Matthew S. Leslie, Andrew P. Martin, and George Amato

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Vulnerability of age-0 pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus to fish predation, W. E. French, Brian D. S. Graeb, S. R. Chipps, Katie N. Bertrand, T. M. Selch, and R. A. Klumb

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Evidence for Recent Population Bottlenecks in Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina), W. Chris Funk, Eric D. Forsman, Matthew Johnson, Thomas D. Mullins, and Susan M. Haig

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Avian Subspecies and the U.S. Endangered Species Act, Susan M. Haig and Jesse D'Elia

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Avian Subspecies: Summary and Prospectus, Susan M. Haig and Kevin Winker

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IN-SITU STRESS AND FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION FOR PLANNING OF AN EGS STIMULATION IN THE DESERT PEAK GEOTHERMAL FIELD, NEVADA, Stephen H. Hickman and Nicholas C. Davatzes

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APPARENT SURVIVAL OF BREEDING WESTERN SANDPIPERS ON THE YUKON-KUSKOKWIM RIVER DELTA, ALASKA, Matthew Johnson, Daniel R. Ruthrauff, Brian J. McCaffery, Susan M. Haig, and Jeffrey R. Walters

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Avian Foods, Foraging and Habitat Conservation in World Rice Fields, Richard M. Kaminski, Kenneth J. Reinecke, and Joshua D. Stafford

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The ties that bind: Soil surveyor William Edgar Tharp and oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp, Edward R. Landa