Jessica C Stanton

Data Release for Multimodal Invasive Carp Deterrent Study at Barkley Lock and Dam: Status Update through 2022

The BioAcoustic Fish Fence (BAFF; Fish Guidance Systems Ltd.) is a multi-modal deterrent that utilizes a combination of lights, sound, and bubbles to guide fish away from a location. An experimental deployment of a BAFF is currently ongoing at Barkley Lock and Dam on the Cumberland River near Grand Rivers, KY. This dataset includes information derived from two telemetry arrays (i.e., VEMCO and HTI) deployed in the vicinity of Barkley Lock and Dam to evaluate fish movement and response to the BAFF. Silver carp, grass carp, and native fish species were detected with this system. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Barkley Lock, BioAcoustic Fish Fence, Cumberland River, Deterrent, All tags... Invasive Carp, Telemetry, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, biota, Fewer tags

Demographic and potential biological removal models identify raptor species sensitive to current and future wind energy

A central challenge in applied ecology is understanding the effect of anthropogenic fatalities on wildlife populations and predicting which populations may be particularly vulnerable and in greatest need of management attention. We used 3 approaches to investigate potential effects of fatalities from collisions with wind turbines on 14 raptor species for both current (106 GW) and anticipated future (241 GW) levels of installed wind energy capacity in the United States. Our goals were to identify species at relatively high vs low risk of experiencing population declines from turbine collisions and to also compare results generated from these approaches. Two of the approaches used a calculated turbine-caused mortality...

Tags: Cumulative effects, Demography, Matrix models, Population ecology, Potential Biological Removal, All tags... Raptors, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, none, wind turbines, Fewer tags

R Code: Population Objectives Regional Planning Tool for Grassland Birds

Description This software application was created to allow resource managers to coordinate grassland bird management at the regional scale to meet range-wide conservation targets. The application provides a user-interface for generating scenarios of future regional population trends. This application is based on a previously developed Microsoft Excel spreadsheet-based tool for Bobolink conservation planning developed by Herkert and Renfrew. This iteration builds a new R-based (shiny) interface, adds additional species, scenarios, and interactive plots. Shiny App - Eastern Meadowlark and Bobolink Technical Working Group population objectives This data exploration tool is intended to allow resource managers to coordinate...

Data Release for Lock 19 Underwater Acoustic Deterrent System (UADS) Study: Interim Project Update

The Underwater Acoustic Deterrent System is an experimental deterrent that utilizes underwater sounds to deter invasive carps. An experimental deployment and evaluation of a UADS is currently being conducted at Lock 19 on the Mississippi River, near Keokuk, Iowa. This dataset includes information derived from two telemetry arrays (i.e., 307 kHz HTI and 69 kHz VEMCO) deployed at and around Lock 19 to evaluate fish movement and response to the UADS in 2021 and 2022. Silver Carp, Bighead Carp, Grass Carp, and a variety of native fish species were tagged and monitored with the telemetry arrays. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Deterrent, Invasive Carp, Lock 19, Mississippi River, All tags... Telemetry, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Underwater Acoustic Deterrent, Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, biota, Fewer tags

R Code: North American Landbird Population Size Estimation with Uncertainty

The code to generate Population Size estimates from BBS data according to the approach described in the manuscript is provided in two separate R script files: 1_AssembleBBSdatabySpecies.R - Downloads (if option selected) and formats BBS datafiles used as input in the second file. The BBS Raw data is available at ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/BBS/DataFiles/ 2_CalculatePIF_PSest_withCI.R - Calculates and outputs population size estimates with confidence intervals