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Publications by Science Center

The USGS Biological Resources Discipline (BRD) publishes scientific and technical articles and reports resulting from the research performed by our scientists and partners. These articles appear in professional journals around the world. 

BRD Centers serve the citations and/or full text of their published information. The research focus varies among Centers, with each Center having its own areas of expertise and specialization. The links below will take you to the publications pages of the Centers.

Alaska Biological Science Center Publications
Research focus: The Alaska Biological Science Center is responsible for research on DOI trust lands and waters (including those of the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Minerals Management Service) and DOI trust species (including migratory birds, marine mammals, and anadromous fish) in Alaska, providing scientific information essential for resource management decisions.

Columbia Environmental Research Center Publications
Research focus: The Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC), located in Columbia, Missouri, has a national mission of expertise in environmental toxicology and chemistry, and a regional mission of ecosystem science for large rivers and other ecosystems in the Central Region of the USGS.

Center for Aquatic Resources Studies
Research focus: To improve our understanding and managment of ecological problems unique to aquatic ecosystems, including freshwater, coastal estuarine, and coral reef systems. Also, houses Nonidigenous Aquatic Species publications.

Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center Publications
Research focus: To provide the scientific understanding and technology needed to support the sound management and conservation of our Nation's natural resources, with an emphasis on Western ecosystems.

Great Lakes Science Center Publications
Research focus: To meet the Nation's need for scientific information for restoring, enhancing, managing, and protecting living resources and their habitats in the Great Lakes Basin ecosystem.

Leetown Science Center Publications
Research focus: To provide the information and technologies needed to restore, enhance, maintain, and protect the Nation's aquatic resources and their supporting ecosystems.

Fort Collins Science Center
Research focus: To conduct research, develop technologies, and devise inventory and monitoring programs to improve the understanding and management of biological systems (species, populations, communities, landscapes, and ecosystems) of the interior western United States.

National Wetlands Research Center Publications
Research focus: To provide national leadership in biological research and development in the areas of wetland, forest, and animal ecology; spatial analysis; and information and technology transfer.

National Wildlife Health Center Publications
Research focus: To provide information, technical assistance, and research on national and international wildlife health issues, and to monitor and assess the impacts of disease on wildlife populations.

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Publications
Research focus: To develop research information on the quantitative ecological requirements for sustainable wildlife populations, and to study the number and distribution of flora and fauna, identifying change resulting from habitat loss and modification.

Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center Publications
Research focus: To conduct and foster integrated scientific research in the montane ecosystems of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Research focuses on needs of the land management bureaus of the Department of the Interior. Emphasis is on conducting multidisciplinary science approaches to provide information for resource management decision making.  Note:  The Web site for this new science center is currently under construction.

Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center Publications
Research focus:  To work with Federal, State, local and private organizations to provide objective research, baseline information, and technical assistance relating to conservation and restoration of indigenous biological resources occurring within the cultural, sociological and political context of the States and Islands Territories of Hawaii, Guam, Truk, the Marianas Islands, American Samoa and others under U.S. jurisdiction in the Pacific Basin.

Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Publications
Research focus: To apply ecological principles to predict the consequences of management options regarding the sustainability, restoration, and maintenance of ecological systems.

Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Publications
Research focus: To manage and conduct biological and physical data collection, ecological monitoring and analysis, and spatial data analysis associated with the largest river-related research and inventory program in the United States.

Western Ecological Research Center Products
Research focus: To provide clients and partners with the research, scientific understanding, and technology needed to support sound management of Pacific Southwestern ecosystems.

Western Fisheries Research Center Publications
Research focus: To carry out research and provide technical assistance to support the best possible stewardship of the Nation's natural resources, emphasizing fish populations and aquatic ecosystems of the West.


National Status and Trends Reports

BRD regularly reports on the status and trends of biological resources across the country. The Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources is a two-volume, peer-reviewed report written in non-technical language, representing a broad-based partnering effort-with contributions from nearly 200 authors representing the federal government, academic, and non-governmental communities. Released in the summer of 1999, the report synthesizes current information on the status and trends of our biological resources with a historical perspective of ecosystems across the country to assess how the Nation's resources are changing. An Executive Summary is also available separately.

A hard copy of the report can be obtained through the U.S. Government Superintendent of Documents by phone (202) 512-1800 or fax (202) 512-2250 (stock # 024-001-03603-7, cost $98.00).

An earlier effort, Our Living Resources, was published in 1995 by the National Biological Service, the forerunner to BRD. This report contains almost 200 articles describing inventory and monitoring efforts that measure the distribution, abundance, and health of the Nation's plants, animals, and ecosystems. Get Acrobat Reader


BRD Author Guidelines (USGS Personnel only)

Reports are published in two report series: Biological Science Reports and Information and Technology Reports.

Biological Science Reports: This series records the significant findings resulting from sponsored and co-sponsored research programs. They may include extensive data or theoretical analyses. Papers in this series are are held to the same peer-review and high quality standards as their journal counterparts.

Information and Technology Reports: These reports are intended for publication of book-length monographs; synthesis documents; compilations of conference and workshop papers; important planning and reference materials such as strategic plans, standard operating procedures, protocols, handbooks, and manuals; and data compilations such as tables and bibliographies. Papers in this series are held to the same peer-review and high quality standards as their journal counterparts.

Guidelines for authors and production staff are available here.


USGS Report Numbering System

USGS Personnel Only

Click here to use this utility to generate a series report number when a report is ready to be sent to GPO.


USGS Fact Sheet Guidance

USGS Personnel Only

For guidance on writing, designing, and disseminating USGS fact sheets, visit these sites:

http://www.usgs.gov/visual-id/manual/factsheets.html
http://water.usgs.gov/wid/indexlist.html

To number USGS Fact Sheets, just access the automated Report Numbering System.


Bibliographic Metadata Entry Tool

MetaWebber, the web based bibliographic metadata entry tool is available online.


Intellectual Property and Copyright FAQ

This link is to an in-depth FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) document published by CENDI, the interagency cooperative group for STI managers. Consisting of 63 questions, the document addresses aspects of copyright and contract law that affect federal government information dissemination practices.


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