Julien Martin

Parcel cost benefit and portfolio selection data for reserve design optimization using modern portfolio analysis

1) Raw parcel-level habitat data for the South Carolina Lowcountry surrounding Cape Romain NWR and Francis Marion NF, from current current conditions and for three projected sea-level rise futures based on SLAMM model outputs, NLCD land cover and the projected distribution of sea levels for 2050. 2) a table of parcel identification numbers (without georeference) with parcel size (Ha) and sub-group identity. 3) Optimization-model derived reserve design portfolios that define the Pareto-optimal frontier for each sub-group and for four budget scenarios along axes of reserve design benefits and risk.

Categories: Data; Tags: Data Visualization & Tools, Science Tools For Managers, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Southeast CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, All tags... decision support methods, ecosystem services valuation, mathematical modeling, risk assessment, spatial analysis, Fewer tags

Data from: Decision science as a framework for combining geomorphological and ecological modeling for the management of coastal systems

Coastal management decisions are complex and include challenging tradeoffs. Decision science offers a useful framework to address such complex problems. We illustrate the process with several coastal restoration studies. Our capstone example is based on a recent barrier island restoration assessment project at Dauphin Island, Alabama, which included the development of geomorphological and ecological models that forecast environmental changes over a 10 year time period from 2015 to 2025. The proposed framework aims to serve as a tool to assist coastal managers with the process of restoration. Specifically, we discuss the importance of considering concepts and techniques from ecology, coastal geology, geomorphology,...

Categories: Data; Tags: Adaptive Management, Aquatic Biology, Barrier Island, Climatology, Dauphin Island, Alabama, All tags... Ecology, Environmental Health, Geography, Geomorphology, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Interdisciplinary Science, Land Use Change, Marine Geology, Restoration, Structured Decision Making, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, Fewer tags

Data for analysis of open removal models with temporary emigration and population dynamics to inform invasive animal management

This data release includes the data and computer code that we produced to fit two open-robust design removal models developed to simultaneously model population dynamics, temporary emigration, and imperfect detection: a random walk linear trend model (estimable without ancillary information), and a 2-age class integrated population model (IPM) that used prior information for age-structured vital rates and relative juvenile availability. To evaluate the effectiveness of management programs, we applied both models to a multi-year, removal trapping time-series data set of a large invasive lizard (Argentine black and white tegu, Salvator merianae) in three management areas of South Florida collected from 2016-1018....

Categories: Data; Tags: Everglades, Southern Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wildlife Biology, All tags... biota, invasive species, modeling, wildlife population management, Fewer tags

Data from: "Evaluating the effect of expert elicitation techniques on population status assessment in the face of large uncertainty"

The dataset contains estimates (low, estimate, high) of 12 population parameters for the wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) from the literature and experts.

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, New York, North America, Pennsylvania, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Biology, environment, population dynamics, Fewer tags

Expert assessments of hypotheses concerning the etiological agent(s) of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease collected during a rapid prototyping project

This dataset is from expert elicitation of a panel of 15 experts with knowledge of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) and its impacts on coral reefs. We gathered this group of 15 participants with diverse expertise who had previously studied SCTLD including at universities and various government agencies as microbiologists, pathologists, disease ecologists, population ecologists, and coral experts. Participants represented marine disease experts in Florida, Hawaii, South Carolina, and the US Virgin Islands. We then used a rapid prototyping approach (Runge and Converse, 2017) to elicit, structure, and evaluate existing knowledge regarding the etiology of SCTLD. Our approach began with eliciting hypotheses about...

Categories: Data; Tags: Caribbean, Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wildlife Disease, All tags... biota, coral reefs, disease ecology, etiology, expert elicitation, hypothesis testing, stony coral tissue loss disease, wildlife disease, Fewer tags