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Small cumulative survival costs of enzootic disease could suppress long-term population size
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Fungal pathogens can cause epizootics that result in widespread mortality and rapid population declines in some species. However, even in the absence of high disease-induced mortality, enzootic mycoses could have large-scale impacts on host population dynamics. Here, we examined the effects of ophidiomycosis, an enzootic fungal disease, on a Louisiana snake community over a 3-year period...
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Brad Glorioso, Graziella V. DiRenzo, Jeffrey M. Lorch, Brittany A. Mosher, David A.W. Miller, Evan H. Campbell Grant, Hardin Waddle
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National Wildlife Health Center
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Eastern Ecological Science Center
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Mangrove ecosystems: Importance, threats and opportunities for restoration
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Mangroves are crucial for biodiversity conservation, coastal protection, and supporting local livelihoods. Mangroves may also protect coasts from storms and rising sea levels and can play a major role in climate mitigation. Threats to their health include activities such as infrastructural development, urban encroachment, aquaculture and crop farming, and oil and gas exploration. We...
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Hyperspectral retrieval of phytoplankton absorption and community composition from NASA’s PACE-OCI in estuarine–coastal waters using a hybrid framework combining mixture-of-experts and Variational Autoencoder
Hyperspectral retrieval of phytoplankton absorption and community composition from NASA’s PACE-OCI in estuarine–coastal waters using a hybrid framework combining mixture-of-experts and Variational Autoencoder
Retrieving the phytoplankton absorption coefficient (aphy; m−1), one of the most spectrally rich inherent optical properties, remains challenging in optically complex coastal waters worldwide. Leveraging NASA's new hyperspectral mission, PACE, we introduce Hyper-MoE-VAE, a deep-learning architecture that integrates a Mixture-of-Experts with a Variational Autoencoder to retrieve high...
Authors
Xingyu Bai, Bingqing Liu, Jiang Li, Yuanheng Xiong, Eurico J. D'Sa, Melissa Millman Baustian, Xiaodong Zhang, Brice K. Grunert, Chisom O. Emeghiebo, Cassie Glasspie, Xu Yuan
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USGS WARC Leads Offshore Expedition off Aleutian Islands
This effort will enhance our understanding of the Aleutian Islands' natural hazards, potential seabed minerals, and deep corals
Dive in
USGS WARC Science in the Gulf of America
Our ecosystems science center provides unbiased, actionable, and timely scientific information, expertise, and tools to support the management and restoration of natural resources on, in, and around the Gulf of America.
Read more
USGS scientists find new relationships between elevation change and wetland loss in Mississippi River Delta
Study shows elevation gain can be a sign of wetland loss
Read more
Citizen Scientist Helps USGS Confirm Unique Population of Threatened Turtle
Read more
Amphibians have one more thing to worry about - mercury - large USGS study shows
WARC scientists co-author recent publication assessing the presence of methylmercury in adult amphibians in the U.S.
Read more
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Home
Science
Data
Maps
Multimedia
Publications
Software
News
Connect
Partners
About
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
WARC conducts relevant and objective research, develops new approaches and technologies, and disseminates scientific information needed to understand, manage, conserve, and restore wetlands and other aquatic and coastal ecosystems and their associated plant and animal communities throughout the nation and the world.
Wade into USGS WARC's wetland and aquatic science!
Learn More
USGS WARC Science for Detection, Containment, and Control of Invasive Species
Learn more
WARC Quick Links
Contact One of WARC's Scientists
WARC in the News
Image Gallery
Follow WARC Wetland Science on Twitter
Follow WARC Aquatic Science on Twitter
WARC Science
Amphibian Week with USGS: Science for Healthy Habitats
April 17, 2026
Amphibian Week with USGS: Science for Healthy Habitats
Earth Science Matters - Vol. 21 | Issue 1
January 20, 2026
Earth Science Matters - Vol. 21 | Issue 1
AquaDePTH: Merging Aquatic Disease Surveillance Data into One Useful Tool
December 2, 2025
AquaDePTH: Merging Aquatic Disease Surveillance Data into One Useful Tool
View All
April 1, 2026
Small cumulative survival costs of enzootic disease could suppress long-term population size
Small cumulative survival costs of enzootic disease could suppress long-term population size
Fungal pathogens can cause epizootics that result in widespread mortality and rapid population declines in some species. However, even in the absence of high disease-induced mortality, enzootic mycoses could have large-scale impacts on host population dynamics. Here, we examined the effects of ophidiomycosis, an enzootic fungal disease, on a Louisiana snake community over a 3-year period...
Authors
Brad Glorioso, Graziella V. DiRenzo, Jeffrey M. Lorch, Brittany A. Mosher, David A.W. Miller, Evan H. Campbell Grant, Hardin Waddle
By
Ecosystems Mission Area
,
National Wildlife Health Center
,
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
,
Eastern Ecological Science Center
March 25, 2026
Mangrove ecosystems: Importance, threats and opportunities for restoration
Mangrove ecosystems: Importance, threats and opportunities for restoration
Mangroves are crucial for biodiversity conservation, coastal protection, and supporting local livelihoods. Mangroves may also protect coasts from storms and rising sea levels and can play a major role in climate mitigation. Threats to their health include activities such as infrastructural development, urban encroachment, aquaculture and crop farming, and oil and gas exploration. We...
Authors
Elijah I. Ohimain, Robert Eugene Turner, Beth A. Middleton
By
Ecosystems Mission Area
,
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
February 28, 2026
Hyperspectral retrieval of phytoplankton absorption and community composition from NASA’s PACE-OCI in estuarine–coastal waters using a hybrid framework combining mixture-of-experts and Variational Autoencoder
Hyperspectral retrieval of phytoplankton absorption and community composition from NASA’s PACE-OCI in estuarine–coastal waters using a hybrid framework combining mixture-of-experts and Variational Autoencoder
Retrieving the phytoplankton absorption coefficient (aphy; m−1), one of the most spectrally rich inherent optical properties, remains challenging in optically complex coastal waters worldwide. Leveraging NASA's new hyperspectral mission, PACE, we introduce Hyper-MoE-VAE, a deep-learning architecture that integrates a Mixture-of-Experts with a Variational Autoencoder to retrieve high...
Authors
Xingyu Bai, Bingqing Liu, Jiang Li, Yuanheng Xiong, Eurico J. D'Sa, Melissa Millman Baustian, Xiaodong Zhang, Brice K. Grunert, Chisom O. Emeghiebo, Cassie Glasspie, Xu Yuan
By
Ecosystems Mission Area
,
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
View All
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