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A field study was conducted in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota to examine potential effects of localized subsurface drainage systems on wetland hydrology. As part of discrete studies utilizing the study sites (wetland catchments) from this study, samples of wetland surface water and subsurface drainage system effluent were collected from 2013–2016 and analyzed for standard water-quality variables (ions, elements, nutrients), agricultural chemicals (herbicides, pesticides), and metals. This data release presents water-quality data associated with these samples. Surface-water samples were collected from five wetlands and effluent was collected from the two drainage-system outlets from wetland Beck 6 and...
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This data release presents data that were collected as part of a larger effort to assess factors that regulate metabolism in global lakes, via an international collaboration with the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON). From May to August 2019, dissolved oxygen and light penetration were measured throughout the water-depth profile of two small inland wetlands at Cottonwood Lake Study Area in North Dakota, USA. Water temperature and wind data also were collected, and recent water column chemistry (carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen) data from the summer of 2016 were compiled. Data from this collaborative study will be used to calculate gross primary production, and investigate how lake metabolism varies...
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This data release presents data that were collected as part of a larger effort to assess factors that regulate ecosystem metabolism in small ponds. This work was part of an international collaborative effort with the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON). From May to October 2019, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and light were measured throughout the water-depth profile of two natural wetlands and four artificial ponds located near Jamestown, North Dakota. Meteorological and bathymetric data also were collected. The natural wetlands are representative of semipermanent wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Region of North America. The artificial ponds, while smaller than the natural ponds, were managed to represent...
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The midcontinent population of sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) has historically been classified into three putative subspecies, but genetic analyses have identified only two genetically distinct subspecies. Previous studies have successfully used morphometrics in combination with an individual’s sex to differentiate subspecies of sandhill cranes that had been inferred based on breeding area, but no study has used a sample of genetically determined subspecies to discriminate and develop predictive models. These data were used to support an effort to develop a field-ready tool using common morphometric measurements without determination of an individual’s sex and linear discriminant analysis to classify genetically...
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The whooping crane (Grus americana) is a listed endangered species in North America, protected under federal legislation in the United States and Canada. The only self-sustaining and wild population of Whooping Cranes nests at and near Wood Buffalo National Park near the provincial border of Northwest Territories and Alberta, Canada. Birds from this population migrate through the Great Plains of North America and winter along the Gulf Coast of Texas at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and surrounding lands. These data represent migration corridors and precision estimates for this population that can be used for conservation planning activities, including targeting conservation, mitigation, and recovery actions and...
These data were developed to support an effort to understand how whooping cranes select stopover habitat in the presence of wind-energy infrastructure. Location and associated data came from whooping cranes from the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population, 2010–2016. We marked a sample of 57 whooping cranes with leg-mounted transmitters that acquired locations via the global positioning system (GPS) network and transmitted those data through the Argos satellite system. Cranes were captured either at their natal areas in and adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada or at their winter terminus along the Texas Gulf Coast. Data herein include 9,347 ground locations used by whooping cranes during migration coupled with...
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Plant cover data were collected in experimental plots at two sites, one at Badlands National Park, South Dakota, and one at Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. At each site, 40 50 x 50 m plots were assigned randomly to one of the following treatments: control (no action), burn-only (prescribed fire in fall 2016), burn+herbicide (prescribed fire followed by imazapic application in fall 2016), and burn+seed (prescribed fire followed by drilling native grass seed in fall 2016). Pre-treatment data were collected in 2015, and post-treatment data were collected in 2017 and 2018. The dataset includes four tables: (1) plant cover and species richness metrics analyzed in the larger work; (2) plant canopy cover data...
This dataset contains gray wolf (Canis lupus) survival and cause-specific mortality data from radiocollared wolves (n=756 collared-wolf tenures) from 1968-2018 in the USGS Wolf Project study area (2,060 km2) of the Superior National Forest, USA, an area that also includes the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Also, included are the annual resident winter wolf counts for the study area.
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Field crews from Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center from 1991-1993 in Stutsman County, North Dakota and Pope and Stevens Counties, Minnesota, gathered nest success and fledgling data from nests found within Conservation Reserve Program fields and Waterfowl Production Areas. This dataset includes nesting observations of bird species found within these two field types. The dataset includes genus and species, vegetation height, distance to edge and perch, host nesting and fledgling variables, and parasitic nesting and fledgling variables.
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Note: this data release has been superseded by version 2.0, available here: https://doi.org/10.5066/P92IJREV This dataset contains macroinvertebrate sampling data (weights) for wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake Study Area, Stutsman County, North Dakota.
This data release presents data that were collected as part of a larger effort to refine knowledge pertaining to the origin, composition, and seasonality of dissolved organic matter in lakes. This work was part of an international collaborative effort with the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON). Water samples were collected monthly during 2021 and shipped to GLEON for determination of dissolved organic matter. In conjunction with each monthly sample event, several water-quality variables and ice thickness were measured. Data from this collaborative study will be used to understand how the origin and composition of dissolved organic matter varies through time.
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Sandhill cranes are a long-lived bird species found in wetland-rich landscapes across North America. This dataset includes locations of 5 cranes during a single autumn migration from their breeding areas in northeastern Asia and south through Alaska, central Canada, and the Great Plains. The migration ends in northern Texas and northern Mexico. These data were used as a case study to highlight the utility of a continuous-time movement model to characterize animal migration and networks.
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The central Platte River Valley represents a key mid-latitude stopover. This dataset supports a contemporary analysis of spring migration phenology at the Platte River during 2001-2007. We recorded timing of sandhill crane arrivals and departures from the Platte River.
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This data release contains four data sets. The data were collected in 1998 at Wind Cave National Park, ND, USA. The main data set comprises the list of plant species observed and includes the transect ID, transect number, plot number, plot size, vegetation type, and terrain type where each species was found. A second data set has the locations of the transects, along with their IDs which can be linked to the species list. A third data set lists the number of plant species recorded on each plot on each transect. This data set also lists plots that had zero species. The final data set is a list of nomenclature updates along with the currently accepted scientific names of these species.
map background search result map search result map Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Water Chemistry - Wells Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Wetland Identifier Points Sandhill crane phenology at the Platte River, Nebraska, 2001-2007 Sandhill crane locations, autumn 2013 migration Water chemistry of cropped wetlands and associated subsurface drainage system discharge in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota, 2013–2015 Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Invertebrate Weights Map of whooping crane migration corridor Pollinators in the Great Plains: the past role, and future outlook, of the Conservation Reserve Program in supporting honey bees datasets Morphological measurements and subspecies of midcontinent sandhill cranes Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Boundary Polygon Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Well Locations Whooping crane migration habitat selection data and distance to wind-energy infrastructure, 2010-2016 Plant community data for annual brome management experimental plots in grasslands of Badlands National Park, South Dakota, and Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska, 2015-2018 Wolf survival and cause-specific mortality from 1968-2018 in the Superior National Forest. In Dissolved oxygen concentrations, light penetration, and temperature along the water-depth profile of wetlands P1 and P8 of the Cottonwood Lake Study area in North Dakota, USA, 2019 Dissolved oxygen, temperature, and light measured along the water-depth profile of wetlands in North Dakota, USA, 2019 Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Invertebrate Counts (ver. 2.0) Water and ice characteristics from Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Barnes County, North Dakota, USA, 2021 Density and Fledging Success Data from Conservation Reserve Program Fields in North Dakota and Minnesota, 1991-1993 Vascular plant data collected at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA, in 1998 Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Well Locations Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Water Chemistry - Wells Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Invertebrate Weights Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Invertebrate Counts (ver. 2.0) Dissolved oxygen concentrations, light penetration, and temperature along the water-depth profile of wetlands P1 and P8 of the Cottonwood Lake Study area in North Dakota, USA, 2019 Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Boundary Polygon Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Wetland Identifier Points Water and ice characteristics from Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Barnes County, North Dakota, USA, 2021 Water chemistry of cropped wetlands and associated subsurface drainage system discharge in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota, 2013–2015 Vascular plant data collected at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA, in 1998 Dissolved oxygen, temperature, and light measured along the water-depth profile of wetlands in North Dakota, USA, 2019 Wolf survival and cause-specific mortality from 1968-2018 in the Superior National Forest. In Plant community data for annual brome management experimental plots in grasslands of Badlands National Park, South Dakota, and Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska, 2015-2018 Density and Fledging Success Data from Conservation Reserve Program Fields in North Dakota and Minnesota, 1991-1993 Pollinators in the Great Plains: the past role, and future outlook, of the Conservation Reserve Program in supporting honey bees datasets Whooping crane migration habitat selection data and distance to wind-energy infrastructure, 2010-2016 Morphological measurements and subspecies of midcontinent sandhill cranes Map of whooping crane migration corridor Sandhill crane locations, autumn 2013 migration