Restoration Science and Technology

USGS research and technology tools provide the scientific basis for the adaptive management of aquatic species and aquatic habitats in the United States. Listed below are selected links to USGS projects and programs that help restore altered ecosystems.

Clupeids and Herring

• Modeling Habitat Quality and Impact of Dam Removal on the Restoration of Alosines and Other Diadromous Fishes to the Susquehanna River (Alewife, American eel, American shad, Blueback herring, Striped bass, Alosines and other Diadromous fishes) (LSC) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams, River Science)

• Science Support for Wetland Restoration in the Napa-Sonoma Salt Ponds, San Francisco Bay Estuary: An Assessment of Fish Use (American shad, Chameleon goby, Inland silverside, Longjaw mudsucker, Pacific staghorn sculpin, Striped bass, Striped mullet, Yellowfin goby) (WFRC) (also related to River Science)

Coral

• Science for the Conservation of Coral Reefs in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Coral reefs, Fishes of Isla del Coco, Sea turtles) (FISC)

Habitat Remediation Methods

• Demonstration of a Pulsed Limestone Bed Process for the Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage from Metal Mines (LSC)

• Reducing Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Generation: Development of New Methods (LSC) (Also related to Fish Passage and Dams, River Science)

• Restoration of Hatchery-Impacted Streams by Removal of Phosphorus (LSC)

• Restoration of Water Degraded by Acid Mine Drainage: Refinement and Demonstration of a New Treatment Process (LSC)

Insects

• Potential of 18 SER Parks as Reserves for Conservation of Aquatic Insect Species (Insects) (LSC)

Mussels

• Benthic Community Response to Limestone Tributary Drainage in a Mine-Acid Impaired River System: Implications for Restoration of Fishes (Diadromous fish, Freshwater mussels, Plankton) (LSC)
  

• Evaluation of Fish and Mussel Assemblages in the Apalachicola River (Fish, Mussels) (FISC) (Also related to River Science)
  

• Host Fish Identification and Early Life Thermal Requirements for the Federal Endangered Winged Mapleleaf Mussel (PDF) (Winged mapleleaf mussel) (UMESC)

• Native Clams of the Great Lakes (Unionid mussels) (GLSC)

• New Methods for Control of Zebra Mussels and Asian Clams: Effect of Carbon Dioxide and Gas Supersaturation on Stress and Survivorship (Zebra mussels, Asian clams) (LSC)

• Relocation of Native Freshwater Bivalves: Evaluation of Survival, Movement and Recruitment at Kennerdell, PA (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana, Pleurobema clava) (LSC)

• Restoration and Conservation of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources, and Ecosystems at the Florida Integrated Science Center (Freshwater, anadromous, and estuarine fishes; Freshwater mollusks) (FISC)

• White Abalone Restoration (White abalone) (WERC)

• White Abalone Restoration: Search by Submarine (White abalone) (WERC)

• White Abalone Restoration: Spawning Six Million (White abalone) (WERC)

Paddlefish

• Paddlefish Study Project (Paddlefish) (UMESC) (also related to Imperiled Aquatic Species)

Salmon and Trout

• Assess Current and Potential Salmonid Production in Rattlesnake Creek Associated with Restoration Efforts (Anadromous salmonids, Rainbow trout, Salmon, Steelhead) (WFRC) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams, River Science)

• Detroit River Candidate Sites for Habitat Remediation (Lake sturgeon, Lake whitefish) (GLSC) (also related to River Science)
  

• Evaluating the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Restoration Effort: Genetic Variability, Stocking Success and Habitat Quality (Atlantic salmon) (LSC) (also related to Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Biology; Species Diversity and Life History)

• Evaluation of Alkalinity Enhancement of Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery Water on Atlantic Salmon Production (Atlantic salmon) (LSC)
  
  
• Klamath Basin: A Watershed Approach to Support Habitat Restoration, Species Recovery, and Water Resource Planning. (Pacific salmon) Download the fact sheet about this cross-disciplinary multi-topical research. (PDF) (WFRC)

• Klamath River Historical Analysis/Limiting Factors (Salmonids) (FORT)

• Lake Trout (Lake trout) (GLSC)

• Relative Survival of Hatchery Atlantic Salmon Fry Released at Different Stages of Development and from Different Maternal Origin (Atlantic salmon) (LSC)

• Shortjaw Cisco (Shortjaw cisco) (GLSC)
  

• Wandering Wildlife: Tracking Animal Movements with Radio Telemetry (Sockeye salmon) (ASC) (Also related to Species Diversity and Life History)

Shad

• Modeling Habitat Quality and Impact of Dam Removal on the Restoration of Alosines and Other Diadromous Fishes to the Susquehanna River (Alewife, American eel, American shad, Blueback herring, Striped bass, Alosines and other Diadromous fishes) (LSC) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams, River Science)

• Science Support for Wetland Restoration in the Napa-Sonoma Salt Ponds, San Francisco Bay Estuary: An Assessment of Fish Use (American shad, Chameleon goby, Inland silverside, Longjaw mudsucker, Pacific staghorn sculpin, Striped bass, Striped mullet, Yellowfin goby) (WFRC) (also related to River Science)

Sturgeons

• Detroit River Candidate Sites for Habitat Remediation (Lake sturgeon, Lake whitefish) (GLSC) (also related to River Science)

• Lake Sturgeon, Dinosaur of the Great Lakes (Lake sturgeon) (GLSC)

• Lake Sturgeon Spawning Habitat Creation (Lake sturgeon) (GLSC)

• Restoration of Lake Sturgeon in the Detroit River (Lake sturgeon) (GLSC) (also related to River Science)

• White sturgeon restoration and enhancement in the Columbia and Snake rivers upstream from Bonneville Dam (White sturgeon) (WFRC) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams)

Suckers

• Rescuing the Razorback Sucker (Razorback sucker) (FORT)

Turtles

• Science for the Conservation of Coral Reefs in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Coral reefs, Fishes of Isla del Coco, Sea turtles) (FISC)
  

Restoration Tools and Technology

• Aquatic Systems and Technology Applications Branch of the Fort Collins Science Center (FORT)

• Restoration Ecology Program at the Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC)
  

• Restoration Technologies Branch of the Leetown Science Center (LSC)

• Science for the Conservation of Coral Reefs in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Coral reefs, Fishes of Isla del Coco, Sea turtles) (FISC)
  
  
• Analysis of Flow and Habitat for Instream Aquatic Communities (integrated science capabilities of USGS)

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