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... In this article we evaluate the hypothesis that multiscale observations of fluvial physical characteristics can reveal systematic patterns that enable more detailed analyses of fluvial process, as well as conceptual models relating local conditions to downstream trends. We map the distribution of coarse sediment within 33 gravel bars along the upper Sandy River and analyze the grain size variabili ...
Oregon, etc ; basins; landscapes; rangelands; spatial data; Show all 5 Subjects
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... •Invasive annual grasses pose a widespread threat to western rangelands, and a strategic and proactive approach is needed to tackle this problem.•Oregon partners used new spatial data to develop a geographic strategy for management of invasive annual grasses at landscape scales across jurisdictional boundaries. The geographic strategy considers annual and perennial herbaceous cover along with site ...
Oregon, etc ; geophysics; hydrodynamics; inland waters; research; wind; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Wind influence on tidal inlet hydrodynamics is examined using 40 days of wind, water level, and current observations collected in Spring 2019 at Oregon Inlet, NC, a large (1 km wide, 1–13 m deep) meso‐tidal inlet with complex delta systems. Wind velocities through the inlet (ranging 0–18 m/s) are modulated at subtidal timescales and are well correlated (R = 0.87) to a subtidal component of the wat ...
Oregon, etc ; coastal zone management; humans; ocean acidification; surveys; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Ecological studies on ocean acidification (OA) are abundant, but there are only a few studies examining the human dimensions (social science) of this threat to marine environments. This article explored public emotions and cognitions (attitudes, norms) toward OA, and how these concepts are related to knowledge and risk perceptions associated with this threat. Data were from a survey of residents i ...
Oregon, etc ; atmospheric precipitation; climate; climate models; dynamics; mountains; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Extreme precipitation events are expected to increase in magnitude in response to global warming, but the magnitude of the forced response may vary considerably across distances of ~ 100 km or less. To examine the spatial variability of extreme precipitation and its sensitivity to global warming with high statistical certainty, we use a large (16,980 years), initial-condition ensemble of dynamical ...
Oregon, etc ; Bacillariophyceae; Maui; new species; research; Columbia River; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Light, scanning electron and focused ion beam microscope observations are presented for four new species of the diatom genus Orthoseira Thwaites. Three species, O. mauiana sp. nov., O. loweana sp. nov. and O. hawaiiensis are described from Maui (Hawaiian Islands), and one species, O. oregoniana sp. nov., is described from Oregon, USA. These four species all possess carinoportulae, the feature that ...
Oregon, etc ; Dactylis glomerata; honeydew; plant pathology; seed yield; tillering; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Choke disease, which is caused by Epichloë typhina, was first reported in orchardgrass seed production fields in the Willamette Valley, Oregon in 1997 and has continued to persist in the system. The disease can cause up to 30% losses in seed yield. Unlike many Epichloë species that are seed transmitted, it is unclear how infection of orchardgrass by E. typhina occurs in the field, or how the disea ...
Oregon, etc ; Curculionidae; Dendroctonus valens; Pinus ponderosa; entomology; sex pheromones; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Lure efficacy for primary attraction of red turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus valens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) observed previously in US Pacific Northwest ponderosa pine forests is (−)‐β‐pinene+ethanol > (+)‐3‐carene+ethanol > (+)‐α‐pinene+ethanol. Influence of (−)‐β‐pinene+ethanol release rates was tested with nine lures representing all combinations of three release levels for each c ...
Oregon, etc ; algorithms; anisotropy; coasts; equations; geophysics; isotropy; research; topography; Show all 9 Subjects
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... We propose a new three‐dimensional anisotropic inversion scheme for magnetotelluric (MT) data. In this method, the earth is discretized into unstructured tetrahedral grids that can fit complex structures well, such as the earth topography and coastline. We use a 3 × 3 tensor to describe the anisotropic conductivity in the governing equation for MT inversions that can be simplified to three princip ...
Oregon, etc ; Anodonta; Margaritifera; freshwater; freshwater mussels; rivers; urbanization; watersheds; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Freshwater mussels in the western US are under-studied compared to their eastern cousins, and no western species receive federal protection. Mussel distribution throughout Oregon's rivers and streams is poorly documented, and there are limited historical records to inform assessments of whether, and by how much, current populations may have declined. We launched a long-term project to characterize ...
Oregon, etc ; ecology; ethnic differences; food security; nutrition; South Carolina; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Shame experienced with food insecurity and participating in food assistance may affect adolescents. We investigated adolescents’ experiences of shame related to food insecurity and situations for these experiences in an ethnically diverse sample of 40 adolescents aged 9–15 years from South Carolina and Oregon. In-depth interviews were recorded, transcribed, coded, and analyzed. Participants descri ...
Oregon, etc ; Brachyramphus marmoratus; coasts; demographic statistics; longevity; seabirds; surveys; California; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a small seabird found on the western coast of North America, listed as federally threatened in the US. It has been in decline for a prolonged period over most of its range. To better understand this population trend, we analyzed relative abundance from at-sea survey transects of Marbled Murrelets throughout the California, Oregon, and Washington r ...
Oregon, etc ; buffer index; crop damage; lime requirement; plant analysis; slurries; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The Sikora buffer pH method is a non-hazardous alternative to the Shoemaker, McLean, and Pratt (SMP) method for lime requirement estimation (LRE) for Oregon soils. Commercial soil testing laboratories may implement method modifications in order to streamline the method for large-scale testing, however the potential effects of these modifications on buffer pH results are currently unknown. Modifica ...
Oregon, etc ; Lamiaceae; coasts; lectotypes; monophyly; trichomes; British Columbia; California; Mexico; Nevada; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Monardella (Lamiaceae) is a taxonomically complex western North American genus ranging from the Pacific coast to the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains and from southern British Columbia in Canada to the Cape region of Baja California Sur in Mexico. We applied a combination of gross vegetative morphology, trichome morphology and abundance/distribution, and molecular data to clarify taxonomic di ...
Oregon, etc ; community forestry; finance; forests; governance; leadership; research; surveys; British Columbia; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Proponents of decentralized forest governance make a compelling case that community forest enterprises (CFEs) can aid in sustainable and equitable utilization of forest resources. The effectiveness of CFEs is thus dependent on their ability to balance social, environmental, and financial performance. In this paper, we examine the relationship between a commonly recommended differentiation strategy ...
Oregon, etc ; Vaccinium corymbosum; canopy; cultivars; flowers; fruits; leaves; mechanical harvesting; wood; Show all 9 Subjects
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... ‘Mini Blues’ highbush blueberry (Vaccinium sp.) was released in 2016 as a high-quality, machine-harvestable alternative to lowbush (V. angustifolium Ait.) or other small-fruited highbush blueberry cultivars for processed markets. A planting was established in Oct. 2015 in western Oregon to evaluate the effects of pruning method on yield, machine-harvest efficiency (MHE), berry weight and total sol ...
Oregon, etc ; case studies; ecosystems; rivers; sanitation; surface water; water quality; Indonesia; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Water quality index (WQI) can express overall water quality status in a single term. As such, the application of daily WQI assessment should help the general public be more aware of the condition of the surface water around them. As the longest and biggest river in the West Java Province, the Citarum River plays an important role in the life of the community and ecosystem around it. Therefore, thi ...
Oregon, etc ; Microcystis aeruginosa; freshwater; genes; lakes; metagenomics; microcystins; nucleotide sequences; streams; summer; Show all 10 Subjects
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... A sample from a 2019 cyanobacterial bloom in a freshwater reservoir in eastern Oregon, USA, was used to produce a metagenome from which the complete, circular 7.3 Mbp genome of Limnoraphis sp. WC205 was assembled. The Limnoraphis sp. WC205 genome contains gas vesicle genes, genes for N₂-fixation and genes for both phycocyanin- and phycoerythrin-containing phycobilisomes. Limnoraphis was present in ...
Oregon, etc ; El Nino; La Nina; coasts; satellite altimetry; summer; wind; winter; Canada; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The shelf-edge and continental slope current off the west coast of Canada has been monitored at a site off West Vancouver Island since 1985. However, observations at this site may not represent the characteristics of the shelf-edge and slope current off the entire west coast of Canada. Here, we use along-track satellite altimetry data over six transects to investigate the characteristics of the su ...
Oregon, etc ; Strix occidentalis; birds of prey; expert opinion; females; males; regression analysis; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) are of management and conservation concern in the US Pacific Northwest where populations have been monitored since the 1990s using mark-resight methods. Passive acoustic monitoring has the potential to support monitoring efforts; however, its use is currently primarily restricted to determining species presence rather than breeding status. Disting ...