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

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2022

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Using active source seismology to image the Palos Verdes Fault damage zone as a function of distance, depth, and geology, Travis Alongi, Emily E. Brodsky, Jared Kluesner, and Daniel Brothers

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Within‑marsh and Landscape Features Structure Ribbed Mussel Distribution in Georgia, USA, Marshes, William K. Annis, Elizabeth A. Hunter, and John M. Carroll

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Fluids and Melts at the Magmatic-Hydrothermal Transition, Recorded by Unidirectional Solidification Textures at Saginaw Hill, Arizona, USA, Wyatt M. Bain, Pilar Lecumberri-Sanchez, Erin E. Marsh, and Matthew Steele-MacInnis

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Speciation with gene flow in a narrow endemic West Virginia cave salamander (Gyrinophilus subterraneus), Evan H. Campbell Grant, Kevin P. Mulder, Adrianne B. Brand, Douglas B. Chambers, Addison H. Wynn, Grace Capshaw, Matthew L. Niemiller, John G. Phillips, Jeremy F. Jacobs, Shawn R. Kuchta, and Rayna C. Bell

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Coastal paleogeography of the Pacific Northwest, USA, for the last 12,000 years accounting for three-dimensional earth structure, Jorie Clark, Jay R. Alder, Marisa Borreggine, Jerry X. Mitrovica, and Konstantin Latychev

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Limited rigor in studies of raptor mortality and mitigation at wind power facilities, Tara J. Conkling, Christopher J.W. McClure, Sandra Cuadros, Scott R. Loss, and Todd E. Katzner

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Foraging habitat selection of shrubland bird community in tropical dry forest, Anant Deshwal, Steven L. Stephenson, Pooja Panwar, Brett A. DeGregorio, Ragupathy Kannan, and John D. Willson

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Ignoring species availability biases occupancy estimates in single-scale occupancy models, Graziella V. DiRenzo, David A. W. Miller, and Evan H. C. Grant

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One Health in action: flea control and interpretative education at Badlands National Park, David Eads, Lindsey Buehler, Anne Esbenshade, Jason Fly, Evan Miller, Holly Redmond, Emily Ritter, National Park Service, Sasha Wittmann, Paul Roghair, and Eddie Childers

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Spatial stream modeling of Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) foraging substrate and aquatic prey in a watershed undergoing shale gas development, Mack W. Frantz, Petra B. Wood, and Steven C. Latta

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Limits to coseismic landslides triggered by Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes, Alex R.R. Grant, William T. Struble, and Sean R. LaHusen

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Level and pattern of overstory retention shape the abundance and long-term dynamics of natural and created snags, Charles B. Halpern, Allison K. Rossman, and Joan C. Hagar

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Nutrient Restoration of a Large, Impounded, Ultra-Oligotrophic Western River to Recover Declining Native Fishes, Ryan S. Hardy, Tyler J. Ross, Kevin N. McDonnell, Michael C. Quist, Charlie Holderman, and Bryan S. Stevens

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Population genetics reveals bidirectional fish movement across the Continental Divide via an interbasin water transfer, Audrey C. Harris, Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Jennifer A. Fike, Matthew P. Fairchild, Christopher M. Kennedy, Harry J. Crockett, Dana L. Winkelman, and Yoichiro Kanno

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Hydrogen isotope behavior during rhyolite glass hydration under hydrothermal conditions, Michael R. Hudak, Ilya N. Bindeman, James M. Watkins, and Jacob B. Lowenstern

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Comparative behavioral ecotoxicology of Inland Silverside larvae exposed to pyrethroids across a salinity gradient, Sara J. Hutton, Samreen Siddiqui, Emily I. Pedersen, Christopher Y. Markgraf, Amelie Segarra, Michelle L. Hladik, Richard E. Connon, and Susanne M. Brander

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Seasonality of precipitation in the southwestern United States during the late Pleistocene inferred from stable isotopes in herbivore tooth enamel, Matthew J. Kohn, Kathleen B. Springer, Jeffrey S. Pigati, Linda M. Reynard, Amanda E. Drewicz, Justin Crevier, and Eric Scott

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Science of the Total Environment, Benjamin Linhoff

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Evidence for the ~ 1.4 Ga Picuris orogeny in the central Colorado Front Range, Asha A. Mahatma, Yvette D. Kuiper, and christopher S. Holm-Denoma

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Neural net detection of seismic features related to gas hydrates and free gas accumulations on the northern U.S. Atlantic margin, Urmi Majumdar, Nathaniel C. Miller, and Carolyn D. Ruppel

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Sinistral shear during Middle Jurassic emplacement of the Matancilla Plutonic Complex in northern Chile (25.4◦ S) as evidence of oblique plate convergence during the early Andean orogeny, S.P. Mavor, J.S. Singleton, G. Heuser, R Gomila, N.M. Seymour, S. Williams, and G. Arancibia

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CoastalImageLib: An open- source Python package for creating common coastal image products, Maile P. McCann, Dylan L. Anderson, Christopher R. Sherwood, Brittany Bruder, A. Spicer Bak, and Katherine L. Brodie

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Spatial and Temporal Distribution and Habitat Selection of Native Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout and Nonnative Utah Chub, Darcy K. McCarrick, Jeffrey C. Dillon, Brett High, and Michael C. Quist

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Informing Management of Henrys Lake, Idaho, using an Integrated Catch-at-Age Model, Joshua L. McCormick, Jennifer Vincent, Brett High, Darcy K. McCarrick, and Michael C. Quist

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Transcriptome signatures of wastewater effluent exposure in larval zebrafish vary with seasonal mixture composition in an effluent-dominated stream, Emma B. Meade, Luke R. Iwanowicz, Nicklaus Neureuther, Gregory H. LeFevre, Dana W. Kolpin, Hui Zhi, Shannon M. Meppelink, Rachael F. Lane, Angela Schmoldt, Aurash Mohaimani, Olaf Mueller, and Rebecca D. Klaper

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Climate change alters aging patterns of reservoir aquatic habitats, Leandro E. Miranda and Nicky M. Faucheux

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the direct effects of nutrients on corals, Eileen M. Nalley, Lillian J. Tuttle, Emily E. Conklin, Alexandria L. Barkman, Devynn M. Wulstein, Madeline C. Schmidbauer, and Megan J. Donahue

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A 14,100 cal B. P. Rocky Mountain locust cache from Winnemucca Lake, Pershing County, Nevada, Evan J. Pellegrini, Eugene M. Hattori, Larry Benson, John Southon, Hojun Song, and Derek A. Woller

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Paradigm versus paradox on the prairie: testing competing stream fish movement frameworks using an imperiled Great Plains minnow, Zachary D. Steffensmeier, Maeghen Wedgeworth, Lauren Yancy, Noah Santee, Shannon K. Brewer, and Joshuah S. Perkin

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Air, land, and water variables associated with the first appearance and current spatial distribution of toxic Prymnesium parvum blooms in reservoirs of the Southern Great Plains, USA, Shisbeth Tábora-Sarmiento, Reynaldo Patiño, Carlos Portillo-Quintero, and Cade Coldren

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The effects of estradiol-17β on the sex reversal, survival, and growth of green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus, Chad N. Teal, Daniel J. Schill, Susan B. Fogelson, Colby M. Roberts, Kevin Fitzsimmons, Javan M. Bauder, William T. Stewart, and Scott A. Bonar

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Multi-omics responses in tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestlings from the Maumee Area of Concern, Maumee River, Ohio, Chi Yen Tseng, Christine M. Custer, Thomas W. Custer, Paul M. Dummer, Natalie Karouna-Renier, and Cole W. Matson

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Discovering hidden geothermal signatures using non-negative matrix factorization with customized k-means clustering, V.V. Vesselinov, B. Ahmmed, M.K. Mudunuru, J.D. Pepin, E.R. Burns, D.L. Siler, S. Karra, and R.S. Middleton

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Coastal wetland area change for two freshwater diversions in the Mississippi River Delta, John R. White, Brady Couvillion, and John W. Day

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Establishment of invasive Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) in the Mississippi River basin: identifying sources and year classes contributing to recruitment, Gregory W. Whitledge, Patrick T. Kroboth, Duane C. Chapman, Quinton E. Phelps, Wes Sleeper, Jennifer Bailey, and Jill A. Jenkins

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Sediment source fingerprinting as an aid to large-scale landscape conservation and restoration: A review for the Mississippi River Basin, Zhen Xu, Patrick Belmont, Janice Brahney, and Allen C. Gellis

2021

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A Reimagining of the Chacoan World, Larry Benson and Richard W. Loose

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Elemental and radionuclide exposures and uptakes by small rodents, invertebrates, and vegetation at active and post-production uranium mines in the Grand Canyon watershed, Danielle Cleveland, Jo Ellen Hinck, and Julia S. Lankton

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Terrestrial ecological risk analysis via dietary exposure at uranium mine sites in the Grand Canyon watershed (Arizona, USA), Jo Ellen Hinck, Danielle Cleveland, and Bradley E. Sample

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Metabarcoding assays for the detection of freshwater mussels (Unionida) with environmental DNA, Katy E. Klymus, Catherine A. Richter, Nathan Thompson, Jo Ellen Hinck, and Jess W. Jones

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Managing for RADical ecosystem change: applying the Resist-Accept- Direct (RAD) framework, Abigail J. Lynch, Laura M. Thompson, Erik A. Beever, David N. Cole, Augustin C. Engman, Cat Hawkins Hoffman, Stephen T. Jackson, Trevor J. Krabbenhoft, David J. Lawrence, Douglas Limpinsel, Robert T. Magill, Tracy A. Melvin, John M. Morton, Robert A. Newman, Jay O. Peterson, Mark T. Porath, Frank J. Rahel, Gregor W. Schuurman, Suresh A. Sethi, and Jennifer L. Wilkening

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Quantifying model structural uncertainty using airborne electromagnetic data, Burke J. Minsley, Nathan Leon Foks, and Paul A. Bedrosian

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Distribution and Trends of Endemic Hawaiian Waterbirds, Eben H. Paxton, Kevin Brinck, Adonia Henry, Afsheen Siddiqi, Rachel Rounds, and Jennifer Chutz

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Interspecific and Local Variation in Tern Chick Diets Across Nesting Colonies in the Gulf of Maine, Keenan Yakola, Adrian Jordaan, Stephen Kress, Paula Shannon, and Michelle D. Staudinger

2020

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Estimating Abiotic Thresholds for Sagebrush Condition Class in the Western United States, Stephen Boyte, Bruce K. Wylie, Yingxin Gu, and Donald J. Major

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Characterization of Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) Spawning Habitat in the Lower Missouri River, Caroline M. Elliott, Aaron J. DeLonay, Kimberly Chojnacki, and Robert B. Jacobson

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Uptake, Metabolism, and Elimination of Fungicides from Coated Wheat Seeds in Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica), Michael S. Gross, Thomas G. Bean, Michelle L. Hladik, Barnett A. Rattner, and Kathryn M. Kuivila

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Uptake, Metabolism, and Elimination of Fungicides from Coated Wheat Seeds in Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica), Michael S. Gross, Thomas G. Bean, Michelle L. Hladik, Barnett A. Rattner, and Kathryn M. Kuivila

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Evaluating Airsoft Electric Guns for Control of Invasive Brown Treesnakes, Adam J. Knox, Björn Lardner, Amy Yackel Adams, and Robert N. Reed

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Increased drought severity tracks warming in the United States’ largest river basin, Justin T. Martin, Gregory T. Pederson, Connie A. Woodhouse, Edward R. Cook, Gregory J. McCabe, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Erika K. Wise, Patrick J. Erger, Larry Dolan, Marketa McGuire, Subhrendu Gangopadhyay, Katherine J. Chase, Jeremy S. Litell, Stephen T. Gray, Scott St. George, Jonathan M. Friedman, David J. Sauchyn, Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques, and John King

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Impacts of environmental conditions on fleas in black-tailed prairie dog burrows, Julia E. Poje, Tonie Rocke, and Michael D. Samuel

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Acoustic space occupancy: Combining ecoacoustics and lidar to model biodiversity variation and detection bias across heterogeneous landscapes, Danielle I. Rappaport, J. Andrew Royle, and Douglas C. Morton

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Acoustic space occupancy: Combining ecoacoustics and lidar to model biodiversity variation and detection bias across heterogeneous landscapes, Danielle I. Rappaport, J. Andrew Royle, and Douglas C. Morton

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Implementation of an occupancy-based monitoring protocol for a widespread and cryptic species, the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis), Colin P. Shea, Mitchell J. Eaton, and Darryl I. MacKenzie

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Repetitive Sampling and Control Threshold Improve 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing Results From Produced Waters Associated With Hydraulically Fractured Shale, Jenna L. Shelton, Elliott P. Barnhart, Leslie Ruppert, Aaron M. Jubb, Madalyn S. Blondes, and Christina A. DeVera

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Human-associated species dominate passerine communities across the United States, Helen R. Sofaer, Curtis H. Flather, Catherine S. Jarnevich, and Kristin P. Davis

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Human-associated species dominate passerine communities across the United States, Helen R. Sofaer, Curtis H. Flather, Catherine S. Jarnevich, Kristin P. Davis, and Liba Pejchar

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Ecosystem processes, land cover, climate, and human settlement shape dynamic distributions for golden eagle across the western US, J.D. Tack, Barry R. Noon, Zachary Bowen, and Brad C. Fedy

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Adjusting the lens of invasion biology to focus on the impacts of climate-driven range shifts, Piper D. Wallingford, Toni Lyn Morelli, Jenica M. Allen, Evelyn M. Beaury, Dana M. Blumenthal, Bethany A. Bradley, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Regan Early, Emily J. Fusco, Deborah E. Goldberg, Inés Ibáñez, Brittany B. Laginhas, Montserrat Vilà, and Cascade J.B. Sorte

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Adjusting the lens of invasion biology to focus on the impacts of climate-driven range shifts, Piper D. Wallingford, Toni Lyn Morelli, Jenica M. Allen, Evelyn M. Beaury, Dana M. Blumenthal, Bethany A. Bradley, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Regan Early, Emily J. Fusco, Deborah E. Goldberg, Inés Ibáñez, Brittany B. Laginhas, Montserrat Vilà, and Cascade J.B. Sorte

2019

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Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: A Caretaker City and a Pilgrimage Destination, Larry Benson, Deanna N. Grimstead, John R. Stein, David A. Roth, and Terry I. Plowman

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Assessment of Chronic Low-Dose Elemental and Radiological Exposures of Biota at the Kanab North Uranium Mine Site in the Grand Canyon Watershed, Danielle Cleveland, Jo Ellen Hinck, and Julia S. Lankton

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Spatial conservation planning under uncertainty: adapting to climate change risks using modern portfolio theory, Mitchell J. Eaton, Simeon Yurek, Zulqarnain Haider, Julien Martin, Fred A. Johnson, Bradley J. Udell, Hadi Charkhgard, and Changhyun Kwon

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Spatial conservation planning under uncertainty: adapting to climate change risks using modern portfolio theory, Mitchell J. Eaton, Simeon Yurek, Zulqarnain Haider, Julien Martin, Fred Johnson, Bradley J. Udell, Hadi Charkhgard, and Changhyun Kwon

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Growth, Condition, and Trophic Relations of Stocked Trout in Southern Appalachian Mountain Streams, Jesse R. Fischer, Thomas J. Kwak, H. Jared Flowers, W. Gregory Cope, Jacob M. Rash, and Douglas A. Besler

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Seismic evidence for significant melt beneath the Long Valley Caldera, California, USA, Ashton F. Flinders, David R. Shelly, Philip B. Dawson, David P. Hill, Barbara Tripoli, and Yang Shen

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Coastal Wetlands: A Synthesis, Charles S. Hopkinson, Eric Wolanski, Mark M. Brinson, Daonald R. Cahoon, and Gerardo M.E. Perillo

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Coastal Wetlands: A Synthesis, Charles S. Hopkinson, Eric Wolanski, Mark M. Brinson, Donald R. Cahoon, and Gerardo M.E. Perillo

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Flow alteration-ecology relationships in Ozark Highland streams: Consequences for fish, crayfish and macroinvertebrate assemblages, Dustin T. Lynch, Douglas R. easure, and Daniel D. Magoulick

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Flow alteration-ecology relationships in Ozark Highland streams: Consequences for fish, crayfish and macroinvertebrate assemblages, Dustin Thomas Lynch, Douglas R. Leasure, and Daniel D. Magoulick

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Management regime and habitat response influence abundance of regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) in tallgrass prairie, K. McCullough, G. Albanese, D.A. Haukos, A.M. Ricketts, and S. Stratton

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Promoting Change in Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Nest Site Selection to Minimize Construction Related Disturbance., Peter C. McGowan, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Carl R. Callahan, William Schultz, Jennifer L. Wall, and Diann J. Prosser

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Promoting Change in Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Nest Site Selection to Minimize Construction Related Disturbance., Peter C. McGowan, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Carl R. Callahan, William Schultz, Jennifer L. Wall, and Diann J. Prosser

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Newgeochemical evidence for the origin of North America's largest dune field, the Nebraska Sand Hills, central Great Plains, USA, Daniel R. Muhs and James R. Budahn

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Little islands recording global events: late Quaternary sea level history and paleozoogeography of Santa Barbara and Anacapa Islands, Channel Islands National Park, California, Daniel R. Muhs and Lindsey T. Groves

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The antiquity of the Sahara Desert: New evidence from the mineralogy and geochemistry of Pliocene paleosols on the Canary Islands, Spain, Daniel R. Muhs, Joaquín Meco, James R. Budahn, Gary L. Skipp, Juan F. Betancort, and Alejandro Lomoschitz

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Notes and Discussion Piece: Status of the Topeka Shiner in Iowa, Clay L. Pierce, Nicholas T. Simpson, Alexander P. Bybel, Courtney L. Zambory, Michael J. Weber, and Kevin J. Roe

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Implementation of an occupancy-based monitoring protocol for a widespread and cryptic species, the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis), Colin P. Shea, Mitchell J. Eaton, and Darryl I. MacKenzie

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Evidence of Limited Recruitment of Pallid Sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River, Kirk D. Steffensen, Kimberly Chojnacki, Jeffrey A. Kalie, Meredith L. Bartron, Edward J. Heist, Kyle R. Winders, Nathan C. Loecker, Wyatt J. Doyle, and Timothy L. Welker

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Ecosystem processes, land cover, climate, and human settlement shape dynamic distributions for golden eagle across the western US, J.D. Tack, B.R. Noon, Z.H. Bowen, and B.C. Fedy

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Optimizing historic preservation under climate change: Decision support for cultural resource adaptation planning in national parks, Xiao Xiao, Erin Seekamp, Max Post van der Burg, Mitchell Eaton, Sandra Fatorić, and Allie McCreary

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Optimizing historic preservation under climate change: Decision support for cultural resource adaptation planning in national parks, Xiao Xiao, Erin Seekamp, Max Post van der Burg, Mitchell Eaton, Sandra Fatorić, and Allie McCreary

2018

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Nonbreeding Duck Use at Central Flyway National Wildlife Refuges, Kent Andersson, Craig A. Davis, Grant Harris, and David A. Haukos

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Evaluating Restored Tidal Freshwater Wetlands, Andrew H. Baldwin1,; Richard S. Hammerschlag; and Donald R. Cahoon

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Evaluating Restored Tidal Freshwater Wetlands, Andrew H. Baldwin, Richard S. Hammerschlag, and Donald R. Cahoon

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Variation in home range size and patterns in adult female American crocodiles Crocodylus acutus, Jeffrey S. Beauchamp, Kristen M. Hart, Michael S. Cherkiss, and Frank J. Mazzotti

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Estimating dominant runoff modes across the conterminous United States, Brian Buchanan, Daniel A. Auerbach, James Knighton, Darrick Evensen, Daniel R. Fuka, Zachary Easton, Michael Wieczorek, Josephine A. Archibald, Brandon McWilliams, and Todd Walter

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Exotic Invasive Pomacea maculata (Giant Apple Snail) Will Depredate Eggs of Frog and Toad Species of the Southeastern US, Jacoby Carter, Darren Johnson, and Sergio Merino

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Spectrally based bathymetric mapping of a dynamic, sandbedded channel: Niobrara River, Nebraska, USA, E. Dilbone, C.J. Legleiter, J.S. Alexander, and B. McElroy

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The Global Food-Energy-Water Nexus, Paolo D’Odorico, Kyle Frankel Davis, Lorenzo Rosa, Joel A. Carr, Davide Chiarelli, Jampel Dell’Angelo, Jessica Gephart, Graham K. MacDonald, David A. Seekell, Samir Suweis, and Maria Cristina Rulli

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The Global Food-Energy-Water Nexus, Paolo D’Odorico, Kyle Frankel Davis, Lorenzo Rosa, Joel A. Carr, Davide Chiarelli, Jampel Dell’Angelo, Jessica Gephart, Graham K. MacDonald, David A. Seekell, Samir Suweis, and Maria Cristina Rulli

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The flathead catfish invasion of the Great Lakes, Pam L. Fuller and Gary E. Whelan

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Marine Threats Overlap Key Foraging Habitat for Two Imperiled Sea Turtle Species in the Gulf of Mexico, Kristen M. Hart, Autumn R. Iverson, Ikuko Fujisaki, Margaret M. Lamont, David Bucklin, and Donna J. Shaver

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Serum proteins in healthy and diseased Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris), J.W. Harvey, K.E. Harr, D. Murphy, M.T. Walsh, M. de Wit, and R.K. Bonde

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Evaluation of Potential Translocation Sites for an Imperiled Cyprinid, the Hornyhead Chub, Brian T. Hickerson and Annika W. Walters

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Vegetation responses to sagebrush-reduction treatments measured by satellites, Aaron N. Johnston, Erik A. Beever, Jerod A. Merkle, and Geneva Chong

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Irrigated agriculture and future climate change effects on groundwater recharge, northern High Plains aquifer, USA, Zachary H. Lauffenburger, Jason J. Gurdak, Chris Hobza, and Duane Woodward

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Further Evidence for the Invasion and Establishment of Pterois volitans (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) Along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, H. Scott Meister, David M. Wyanski, Joshua K. Loefer, Steve W. Ross, Andrea M. Quattrini, and Kenneth J. Sulak

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Ancient convergent losses of Paraoxonase 1 yield potential risks for modern marine mammals, Wynn K. Meyer, Jerrica Jamison, Rebecca Richter, Stacy E. Woods, Raghavendran Partha, Amanda Kowalczyk, Charles Kronk, Maria Chikina, Robert K. Bonde, Daniel E. Crocker, Joseph Gaspard, Janet M. Lanyon, Judit Marsillach, Clement E. Furlong, and Nathan L. Clark

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Relationships between landscape constraints and a crayfish assemblage with consideration of competitor presence, Joshua B. Mouser, Robert Mollenhauer, and Shannon K. Brewer