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February 2020 National Wetlands Inventory, Mississippi Barrier Islands Habitat Classification: (Cat Island, Ship Island, Petit Bois Island and Horn Island) This data set consists of digital data describing wetlands and uplands habitats for the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP) area, consisting of Cat, Ship, Horn and Petit Bois Islands for the year 2020. Wetlands were classified using the Cowardin, et al., wetlands classification scheme to the level of freshwater and tidal, salinity modifiers. Uplands were classified using a customized classification scheme which can be cross-referenced to Anderson, et. al. For this dataset, upland dunes were delineated as areas at or above 1.524 meters (5 feet) as determined in the Lidar data that was referenced without modification for this classification. With this elevation criteria some delineated upland dune features... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Cat Island, Geography, Habitats, Horn Island, Land Use Change, All tags... Land Use Change, Mississippi Barrier Islands, Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MSCIP), National Wetlands Inventory, National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), Petit Bois Island, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, Ship Island, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wetland ecosystems, avian resources, biota, coastal ecosystems, environment, habitat analysis, habitat monitoring, marine, terrestrial, turtle resources, wetland restoration, Fewer tags December 2018 National Wetlands Inventory Mississippi Barrier Islands habitat classification: (Cat Island, Ship Island, Petit Bois Island and Horn Island) The Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP) has developed a Comprehensive Barrier Island Restoration Plan containing options to ensure the integrity of the Mississippi barrier islands through restoration efforts. Any restoration activities implemented must have minimal adverse impacts to critical habitat for various marine, terrestrial and avian resources. Documenting the success of restoration activities in meeting this requirement requires habitat monitoring. In recent communications with MsCIP personnel, the MsCIP lacks a remotely sensed component to its habitat monitoring plan. Additionally, MsCIP personnel have expressed a need for data pertaining to critical habitat utilized by species of interest... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Cat Island, Climatology, Ecology, Geography, Horn Island, All tags... Mississippi Barrier Islands, Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MSCIP), National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), Petit Bois Island, Sedimentology, Ship Island, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags Greater Everglades Burmese python stable isotope data, 2003-2012, and standard ellipse area literature review, 2018 Burmese pythons are an invasive species in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem. Burmese pythons captured in the ecosystem are euthanized, and in an effort to learn about this invasive species, all euthanized pythons are necropsied, during which time samples are collected. We analyzed the stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in muscle samples from 423 Burmese pythons euthanized and necropsied between 2003-05-01 and 2012-09-02, and after processing and QA/QC, we were left with isotope ratios for 410 samples, which we reported here. We used these data to estimate the size of the isotopic niche of the Burmese python, commonly measured using standard ellipse areas, or SEAs. To put these SEAs in context, we conducted... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Ecology, Everglades, Florida, Florida Bay-Florida Keys, Southern Florida, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, invasive species, light stable isotope analysis, Fewer tags Riverine Sand Mining/Scofield Island Restoration (BA-40): 2014 habitat classification (ver. 1.1, August 2021) The Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program was developed by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and is implemented as a component of the System Wide Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP). The program uses both historical data and contemporary data collections to assess and monitor changes in the aerial and subaqueous extent of islands, habitat types, sediment texture and geotechnical properties, environmental processes, and vegetation composition. Examples of BICM datasets include still and video aerial photography for documenting shoreline changes, shoreline positions, habitat mapping, land change analyses, light detection and ranging (lidar) surveys for topographic... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Chandeleur Islands Region, Gulf of Mexico, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), barrier islands, barrier vegetation, beach, coastal wetlands, dune, environment, geoscientificInformation, habitat map, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, mangrove, marsh, remote sensing, scrub/shrub, Fewer tags Pass Chaland to Grand Bayou Pass Barrier Shoreline Restoration (BA-35): 2016 habitat classification The Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program was developed by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and is implemented as a component of the System Wide Assessment and Monitoring (SWAMP) program. The program uses both historical data and contemporary data collections to assess and monitor changes in the aerial and subaqueous extent of islands, habitat types, sediment texture and geotechnical properties, environmental processes, and vegetation composition. Examples of BICM datasets include still and video aerial photography for documenting shoreline changes, shoreline positions, habitat mapping, land change analyses, light detection and ranging (lidar) surveys for topographic... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Ecology, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, Modern Delta Region, All tags... Plaquemines Parish, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, barrier islands, barrier vegetation, beach, coastal wetlands, dune, environment, geoscientificInformation, habitat map, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, mangrove, marsh, remote sensing, scrub/shrub, Fewer tags Climatic controls on the global distribution, abundance, and species richness of mangrove forests MethodsStudy area: Our initial study area included the entire globe. We began with a seamless grid of cells with a resolution of 0.5 degrees (i.e., ~50 km at the equator). Next, we created polylines representing coastlines using SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission) v4.1 global digital elevation model data at a resolution of 250 m (Reuter et al. 2007). We used these coastline polylines to identify and retain cells that intersected the coast. We excluded 192,227 cells that did not intersect the coast. To avoid cells with minimal potential coastal wetland habitat, we used the coastline data to remove an additional 1,056 coastal cells that contained less than or equal to 5% coverage of land. We also removed 176... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Climate change, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), abundance, climate gradients, climatic drivers, All tags... climatic thresholds, distribution, ecological thresholds, mangrove forests, rainfall, range limit, species richness, temperature, Fewer tags Atchafalaya sediment delivery (AT-02): 2016 habitat classification The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the Atchafalaya Sediment Delivery (AT-02) project for 2016. This data set is used as a basemap for habitat classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: AT-02, CWPPRA, Coastal Louisiana, DEM, DOQQ, All tags... Ecology, GIS, Geography, Gulf of Mexico, Land Use Change, Louisiana, Louisiana, Remote Sensing, South Louisiana, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial photography, coastal conservation, coastal enhancement, coastal restoration, image, monitoring, mosaic, rectification, satelite imagery, scan, wetlands, Fewer tags Brady Canal hydrologic restoration (TE-28): 2016 habitat classification The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the Brady Canal Hydrologic Restoration (TE-28) project for 2016. This data set is used as a basemap for habitat classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: CWPPRA, Coastal Louisiana, DOQQ, GIS, Gulf of Mexico, All tags... Louisiana, Louisiana, South Louisiana, TE-28, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial photography, coastal conservation, coastal enhancement, coastal restoration, habitat, image, monitoring, mosaic, rectification, satelite imagery, scan, wetlands, Fewer tags Western Gulf Coastal Plain Louisiana Land Use and Land Cover ground truth observations from 2016 to 2017 Collaborative landscape conservation planning is largely limited by the quality of spatial data which can be applied to decision support tools to inform conservation decisions. Conservation entities across the Western Gulf Coastal Plain are taking a collaborative, strategic, landscape scale approach to conservation planning. This effort encourages communication and implementation of restoration and habitat enhancement actions within water sheds. Land cover datasets available within this geography hinder the efficiency of such efforts due to low resolution quality and limited details associated with land use categories. In collaboration with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Land Use Change, Louisiana Chenier Plain, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, ground truth, All tags... land cover, land use, survey points, Fewer tags Forest community biomass and growth in Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia and North Carolina, USA Forest surveys were conducted in nine 20 m x 25 m study plots, split into 3 representatives each for three forest types in Great Dismal Swamp, VA and NC, USA, December 2015 - February 2018. Trees, saplings, and shrubs were identified to species and measured for estimates of standing stocks. Standing stock data include: tree diameter at breast height (dbh), height, and condition; sapling dbh; shrub diameter at root collar, and height. In each plot, roughly 10 co-dominant trees were equipped with dendrometer bands and measured annually for growth estimates. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Ecology, Forestry, Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... carbon cycling, forest ecosystems, forest sequestration, peatland, Fewer tags Riverine Sand Mining/Scofield Island Restoration (BA-40): 2014 habitat classification This data release is currently being revised, and is currently unavailable. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the Riverine Sand Mining/Scofield Island Restoration (BA-40) project for 2014. This data is used as a basemap habitat classification. If repeated, it can also serve as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their project boundary. To better evaluate the effectiveness of restoration efforts, a habitat classification was performed on specific projects to help assess landscape changes. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: BA-40, Coastal Louisiana, Ecology, Geography, Geomorphology, All tags... Gulf of Mexico, Land Use Change, Louisiana, Remote Sensing, South Louisiana, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial photography, digital elevation models, ecosystem monitoring, geographic information systems, habitats, image collections, image mosaics, natural resource management, rectification, remote sensing, scan, wetland restoration, wetlands, Fewer tags Mangrove distribution in the southeastern United States in 2021 Global climate change is leading to large-scale shifts in species’ range limits. For example, rising winter temperatures are shifting the abundance and distributions of tropical, cold sensitive plant species towards higher latitudes. Coastal wetlands provide a prime example of such shifts, with tropical mangrove forests expanding into temperate salt marshes as winter warming alleviates past geographic limits set by cold intolerance. These rapid changes are dynamic and challenging to monitor, and uncertainty remains regarding the extent of mangrove expansion near poleward range limits. Here, we synthesized existing datasets and expert knowledge to assess the current (i.e., 2021) distribution of mangroves near dynamic... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alabama, Botany, Ecology, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, All tags... Land Use Change, Louisiana, Mississippi, North America, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, ecology, ecosystem monitoring, effects of climate change, mangrove forests, range limits, Fewer tags Soil properties, soil radioisotope activity, and end-of-season belowground biomass across Barataria basin wetlands (2016) The sustainability of coastal wetlands largely hinges on their ability to accrue elevation capital at a rate that equals or exceeds relative sea-level rise. A better understanding of these processes is needed to accurately assess the sustainability of these landscapes, and to predict their response to restoration measures such as sediment delivery through river diversions. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Barataria basin, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), [u'Ecology', All tags... belowground biomass, carbon burial, cesium-137, coastal wetland, lead-210, radioisotope, sedimentation, soil bulk density, soil organic matter, u'Geomorphology'], vertical accretion, Fewer tags Boat ramp locations in the United States of America The dataset provides point locations of many boat ramp locations in the United States accessible to the public. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Geography, Hydrology, Information Sciences, Marina/Boat Ramp, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, United States of America, Alaska, Hawaii, Water Resources, biota, boat ramp, boat launch, hydrographic structures, recreation, Fewer tags GPS Telemetry and other data sets of Florida manatees from Crystal River, FL 2006-2018 These data represent 1) Telemetry from Florida manatee from Crystal River, FL 2006-2018 2) Observations of manatees, swimmers and paddlecraft from Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, FL 2014-2017 3) GIS polygons of aquatic landscape features from Crystal River, FL. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, All tags... animal tracking, farming, manatees ["sea cows"], thermal features, Fewer tags Cape Lookout, North Carolina 2012 National Wetlands Inventory Habitat Classification In the face of sea level rise and as climate change conditions increase the frequency and intensity of tropical storms along the north-Atlantic Coast, coastal areas will become increasingly vulnerable to storm damage, and the decline of already-threatened species could be exacerbated. Predictions about response of coastal birds to effects of hurricanes will be essential for anticipating and countering environmental impacts. This project will assess coastal bird populations, behavior, and nesting in Hurricane Sandy-impacted North Carolina barrier islands. The project comprises three components: 1) ground-based and airborne lidar analyses to examine site specific selection criteria of coastal birds; 2) NWI classification... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: Cape Lookout, Hurricane Sandy, North Carolina, Outer Banks, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wetlands, Fewer tags Shell Island East Barrier Island Restoration (BA-0110): 2016 habitat classification The Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program was developed by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and is implemented as a component of the System Wide Assessment and Monitoring (SWAMP) program. The program uses both historical data and contemporary data collections to assess and monitor changes in the aerial and subaqueous extent of islands, habitat types, sediment texture and geotechnical properties, environmental processes, and vegetation composition. Examples of BICM datasets include still and video aerial photography for documenting shoreline changes, shoreline positions, habitat mapping, land change analyses, light detection and ranging (lidar) surveys for topographic... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Geography, Gulf of Mexico, Land Use Change, Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, All tags... Modern Delta Region, Plaquemines Parish, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), barrier islands, barrier vegetation, beach, coastal wetlands, dune, environment, geoscientificInformation, habitat map, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, mangrove, marsh, remote sensing, scrub/shrub, Fewer tags Seagrass map, Cat Island and Ship Island, Mississippi, 2011 This product depicts the spatial coverage of seagrass beds from 0.5-m color-infrared orthoimagery for Cat Island and Ship Island, Mississippi from early fall of 2011. Specifically, the map includes presence and absence of seagrass beds within a potential seagrass extent that was based on topobathymetric data. A minimum mapping unit of 4 square meters was used for this mapping effort. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Habitat alteration and disturbance, Mississippi, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, All tags... aquatic vascular vegetation, aquatic vegetation, environment, geoscientificInformation, habitat map, mapping, none, seagrass bed, Fewer tags Seagrass map, Cat Island and Ship Island, Mississippi, 2014 This product depicts the spatial coverage of seagrass beds from 0.5-m color-infrared orthoimagery for Cat Island and Ship Island, Mississippi from early fall of 2014. Specifically, the map includes presence and absence of seagrass beds within a potential seagrass extent that was based on topobathymetric data. A minimum mapping unit of 4 square meters was used for this mapping effort. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Habitat alteration and disturbance, Mississippi, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, All tags... aquatic vascular vegetation, aquatic vegetation, environment, geoscientificInformation, habitat map, mapping, none, seagrass bed, Fewer tags Hydrologic restoration of the Amite River Diversion Canal (PO-0142): 2017 habitat classification The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority works to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes satellite imagery for the Hydrologic Restoration of the Amite River Diversion Canal (PO-0142) project for 2017. This data set is used as a basemap for habitat classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their project boundary. To better evaluate the effectiveness... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Eastern Louisiana Coastal, Ecology, Geography, Gulf of Mexico, Land Use Change, All tags... Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial and satellite photography, conservation, ecosystem monitoring, geographic information systems, habitats, image mosaics, wetland, wetland ecosystems, wetland restoration, Fewer tags 1 2 »