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eBird Data Highlight Shifts in Wetland Resources Structuring Waterfowl and Shorebird Abundance. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Wetland losses in the American West, driven by accelerated drying, overlapped multiple shorebird and waterfowl life histories. Trends were indicators of declining availability and increased uncertainty in waterbird habitat networks. Losses were pervasive in semi‐permanent wetlands, with 19%–48% reductions over the past two decades.
Donnelly JP, Moore JN, Kimball JS, Coons S, Collins DP, Petri MJ, Naugle DE.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Contributions of Great Salt Lake Playa- and Industrially Sourced Priority Pollutant Metals in Dust Contribute to Possible Health Hazards in the Communities of Northern Utah. [PDF]

Geohealth
Abstract Communities and ecosystems of northern Utah, USA receive particulate pollution from anthropogenic activity and dust emissions from sources including the Great Salt Lake (“the Lake”) playa. In addition to affecting communities, anthropogenic pollution is delivered to the Lake's playa sediments, which are eroded during dust events.
Putman AL, Blakowski M, DiViesti D, Fernandez D, McDonnell M, Longley P, Jones DK.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Maximizing the potential benefits of beaver restoration for fire resilience and water storage. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Abstract Restoring populations of native keystone species can increase landscape resilience to global change when those species create or modify ecosystems. The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is an ecosystem engineer that increases river water storage and residence time, increasing fire resilience at the landscape level.
Moravek JA, Brashares J, Girotto M, Spivak R, Kerr A, Molod A, Feirer S, Johnson R, Getirana A, Fairfax E, Ruhí A.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Fish assemblage at a newly restored tidal wetland reflects surrounding waterways in the Sacramento‐San Joaquin Delta

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction We studied the response of fish assemblages, water quality, and plankton following the completion of 700 acres of a 1184‐acre tidal restoration project (Dutch Slough Tidal Restoration; DSTR) in a system degraded by water diversions, channelization, non‐native species, and wetland loss.
Lynette Williams Duman, Meghan Holst, Elsie Platzer, Kyle Phillips, John Durand   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Silverside gold mine? Restored tidal habitats host abundant invasive fishes in a novel California marsh (U.S.A.)

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Novel ecosystems, where environmental conditions have been fundamentally altered from a historic norm, require nontraditional approaches to restoration. Suisun Marsh, located within California's San Francisco Estuary (SFE), is a novel, brackish water wetland complex, where managers have begun restoring tidal connectivity to ...
Elsie Platzer, Kyle Phillips, Teejay O'Rear, John Durand   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing our understanding of soil particulate organic matter dynamics

Soil Science Society of America Journal, Volume 90, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
Abstract This study aimed to characterize the diversity and complexity of soil particulate organic matter (POM) across California agricultural fields. By identifying the chemical signature of this small but significant organic matter fraction, researchers can build a deeper understanding of how it contributes to nutrient and carbon cycling in ...
Suzette N. T. Santiago, Francisco Calderón, Sanjai Parikh, Daniel J. Geisseler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling Future Groundwater Depletion to Evaluate Sustainability Goals Set Under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in the Critically Overdrafted Basins of the Central Valley, California, USA (2020–2070)

Water Resources Research, Volume 62, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract In 2014, California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) mandated local agencies to devise and implement groundwater sustainability plans to address critically overdrafted conditions throughout the state's aquifers. However, the feasibility of these agencies' sustainability goals has not previously been assessed through a regional ...
Logan C. Platt, Matthew Weingarten, Claudia C. Faunt, Jonathan A. Traum, Scott E. Boyce   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eccentricity Controls the Magnitude and Periodicity of Pleistocene Glacial Cycles

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Volume 41, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract During the Mid‐Pleistocene Transition (∼1,250–750 ka) glacial cycle amplitude and duration increased, from smaller, ∼40 ka‐period middle Pleistocene ice sheets to larger, ∼100 ka‐period late Pleistocene ice sheets. This transition in glacial period and size has been attributed to some combination of long‐term, monotonic, carbon and climate ...
Samuel T. Kodama, Terrence Blackburn
wiley   +1 more source

Unexpected pathway for intercontinental movement into the Nearctic revealed by phylogenetic analyses

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 54, Issue 4, Page 562-574, July 2025.
Abstract Much of North America's freshwater biodiversity is derived from Palearctic lineages. Isopods of the Holarctic family Asellidae are among the most widespread and diverse freshwater crustaceans, but Nearctic species are poorly studied. We examined the evolutionary history of the family, utilizing Sanger sequencing of mitochondrial and nuclear ...
Kye Tomoyasu, Andrew G. Cannizzaro, David J. Berg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Vegetation Bias in InSAR Time Series for Agricultural Areas Within the San Joaquin Valley, CA

Earth and Space Science, Volume 12, Issue 6, June 2025.
Abstract Agricultural regions present a particularly difficult set of challenges during interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) displacement time series analyses due to the existence of abrupt transitions in land use over short spatial scales and rapid temporal changes associated with different stages of the agricultural cycle.
Kelly R. Devlin, Rowena B. Lohman
wiley   +1 more source