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Data on annual total nitrogen loads and watershed characteristics used to develop a method to estimate the total nitrogen loads in small streams This USGS Data Release represents the data used to develop multiple linear regression models for estimating the loads of total nitrogen in small streams. Recursive partitioning and random forest regression were used to assess 85 geospatial, environmental, and watershed variables across 636 small (less than 585 square kilometers) watersheds to determine which variables are fundamentally important to the estimation of annual loads of total nitrogen. These data support the following publication: Kronholm, S.C., Capel, P.D., and Terziotti, Silvia, 2016, Statistically extracted fundamental watershed variables for estimating the loads of total nitrogen in small streams: Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 10 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10666-016-9525-3. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United states, Water Quality, fundamental variables, national model, All tags... nitrogen, random forest regression, recursive partitioning, Fewer tags Kemp's ridley sea turtle forage location centroids in the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Following an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20, 2010, MC252 an estimated 3.19 million barrels of oil leaked into the Northern Gulf of Mexico over 87 days. The endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii [Lk]) has a long established record of using the area near the well as primary foraging grounds. Resulting short- and long-term negative impacts of the oil spill on sea turtles could induce changes in the health and fitness of the Lk population. MC252 oil is known to have entered the foraging areas. Consequently, stable carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures from MC252 oil should be reflected in the food web and in the tissues of organisms such as sea turtles. We measured carbon... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Alabama, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, All tags... Texas, United States of America, petroleum, reptile, Fewer tags Boiling River at Mammoth (YBOI) Boiling River at Mammoth (YBOI), Yellowstone National Park Sample Collection: Samples were collected near the USGS stream gage 06190540 (Latitude 44°59'05.83", Longitude 110°41'18.20" NAD83). At the time of collection, all waters samples were filtered through a syringe filter (0.45-micrometer). Two splits of the filtered water were retained for chemical analyses, including an unacidified (FU) sample for determination of anion concentrations and a nitric acid preserved (FA; 1% volume-to-volume concentrated trace-metal grade nitric acid) sample for cation and trace metal analyses. During sample collection, the water temperature, specific conductance, and pH were often measured. Sample Analyses: Concentrations... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Boiling River, Geothermal, Yellowstone National Park, chloride flux Falls River near Squirrel, ID (YFAL) Falls River near Squirrel, Idaho (YFAL) Sample Collection: Samples were collected near the USGS stream gage 13046995 (Latitude 44°03'43", Longitude 111°09'07" NAD83). At the time of collection, all waters samples were filtered through a syringe filter (0.45-micrometer). Two splits of the filtered water were retained for chemical analyses, including an unacidified (FU) sample for determination of anion concentrations and a nitric acid preserved (FA; 1% volume-to-volume concentrated trace-metal grade nitric acid) sample for cation and trace metal analyses. During sample collection, the water temperature, specific conductance, and pH were often measured. Sample Analyses: Concentrations of chloride, fluoride,... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Geothermal, Yellowstone National Park, chloride flux Biogeochemical analyses of water samples collected in the mudstone aquifer underlying the Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, NJ (2008-2013) These data sets present results from the analyses of groundwater samples collected from monitoring wells and monitoring intervals in bedrock wells in the mudstone aquifer underlying the former Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), West Trenton, NJ. The water samples were collected between 2008 and 2013 and were analyzed for field parameters, inorganic and organic constituents, and the abundances of selected microbes of importance to the evaluation of biological degradation of organic contaminants in groundwater. The collection and analyses of the groundwater samples coincides with conducting a bioaugmentation experiment in a targeted region of the mudstone aquifer. The purpose of the bioaugmentation was to introduce... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), West Trenton, NJ, contamination and pollution, degradation products (chemical), groundwater quality, All tags... industrial pollution, microbes, sedimentary rocks, water sampling, Fewer tags 1 WellYield_AncillaryData_NashobaTerrane This data set contains information on well yield and ancillary information at 7,287 wells in the bedrock aquifer in the Nashoba terrane in central and eastern Massachusetts. Well yield was compiled from records in databases and files of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Geological Survey. Ancillary data include well depth; bedrock geology, surficial geology, topographic setting, and wetlands at the well location; distance of the well to hydrologic and geologic features; and distance of the well to lineaments. The data in this data release were interpreted in U.S. Geological Survey Scientific-Investigations Report 2012-5155. Categories: Data; Tags: Massachusetts, bedrock geologic units, hydrogeology, lineation Yellowstone River at Corwin Springs, MT (YYCR) Yellowstone River at Corwin Springs, MT (YYCR) Sample Collection: Samples were collected near the USGS stream gage 06191500 (Latitude 45°06'43.63", Longitude 110°47'37.20" NAD83). At the time of collection, all waters samples were filtered through a syringe filter (0.45-micrometer). Two splits of the filtered water were retained for chemical analyses, including an unacidified (FU) sample for determination of anion concentrations and a nitric acid preserved (FA; 1% volume-to-volume concentrated trace-metal grade nitric acid) sample for cation and trace metal analyses. During sample collection, the water temperature, specific conductance, and pH were often measured. Sample Analyses: Concentrations of chloride,... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Boiling River, Geothermal, Yellowstone National Park, chloride flux Concentration of total and dissolved forms of phosphorus and nitrogen from the control and test catchment during the calibration and treatment phase in Madison, WI (2013 - 2015) This dataset describes the storm event mean concentrations and loads of total and dissolved forms of phosphorus and nitrogen from paired samples collected in the control and test catchment during the calibration and treatment phase of a leaf removal study in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Samples were collected in spring 2013 through fall 2015 and are parsed by season where spring represents April – May, summer represents June – September and fall represents October – November. Measured weather parameters for each sampled storm event are also described. These data are interpreted in a journal article published in Science of the Total Environment. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Madison, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Wisconsin, nonpoint-source pollution, All tags... runoff, water-quality data, Fewer tags Supplementary Data for Method for Quantifying Cloud Immersion in a Tropical Mountain Forest Using Time-Lapse Photography These data are supplementary to the journal article Bassiouni, M., Scholl, M.A., Torres-Sanchez, A.J., Murphy, S.F., 2017, A Method for Quantifying Cloud Immersion in a Tropical Mountain Forest Using Time-Lapse Photography, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.04.010. The data set includes cloud immersion frequency, mean temperature, relative humidity and dew point depression values for five sites, representing Figures 7a and 7b in the article, and values used to calculate the averages shown in Table 2. The results cover the time period from March 2014 to May 2016. A list of validation image filenames with their classifications and the set of 7360 validation images for... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Climatology, Ecology, El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, All tags... cloud observations, forest ecosystems, image analysis, water resources, Fewer tags Spatio-temporally decoupled land use influences honey bee health and pollination service delivery dataset Land use was quantified within a 4-km radius around 36 apiaries in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota over two years, 2015-16 and 2016-17. The area (hectares) of Ag (corn, soy, small grains), Grass (pasture, grassland, fallow land, wildflowers, shrub land, and hay land), Wetlands (herbaceous and woody), and Bee crops (alfalfa, canola, sunflower) were quantified around each apiary in each year. Within each apiary, the average change in frames of adult bees among all colonies from June to September was calculated. Additionally, the average September Varroa mite infestation rate, the average adult population size during almond pollination, the count of colonies exhibiting queen events in September, and the count... Categories: Data; Tags: California, Central Valley, Great Plains, Great Plains region, Midwest, All tags... Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, agriculture, almonds, beekeeping, bees, biofuel crops, disease, ecosystem services, grasslands, habitats, honey bees, land use, land use and land cover, pollination, pollinators, pollinators, Fewer tags Mississippi barrier island land area change 1984-2016 The analyses of landscape change presented in this dataset use Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM), Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) and Operational Land Imager (OLI) to assess changes in land area through time. All cloud-free dates of imagery from 1984 through early 2016 were used in this analysis. This amounted to a total of 174 dates of imagery which were analyzed. No water level restrictions were used during the image selection process as gages with a period of record sufficient for this analysis are not available nearby. Persistent loss and gain data are presented for 1984-2016. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Cat Island, Horn Island, Mississippi, Petit Bois Island, Ship Island, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), change analysis, hurricane effects, landscape change, shoreline erosion, wetland change, wetland loss, Fewer tags Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment The Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment (GCVA) used an expert opinion approach to qualitatively assess the vulnerability of four ecosystems: mangrove, oyster reef, tidal emergent marsh, and barrier islands, and a suite of wildlife species that depend on them. More than 50 individuals participated in the completion of the GCVA, facilitated via Ecosystem and Species Expert Teams. The GCVA made use of the Standardized Index of Vulnerability and Value Assessment (SIVVA) (Reece and Noss 2014) to provide an objective framework for evaluating vulnerability by guiding assessors through a series of questions related to the changes an ecosystem or species might experience due to climate change and other threats. Assessors... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alabama, BARRIER ISLANDS, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, Barrier Islands, All tags... COASTAL LANDFORMS, Complete, Conservation NGOs, Data, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS > MARSHES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF > OYSTER REEF, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ESTUARY, Federal resource managers, Florida, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, Gulf of Mexico, LAND SURFACE, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana, MANGROVE SWAMP, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARSHES, Mangrove, Mississippi, Oyster Reef, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, Texas, Tidal Emergent Marsh, WETLANDS, american oystercatcher, black skimmer, blue crab, clapper rail, eastern oysters, environment, kemp's ridley sea turtle, mottled duck, red drum, roseate spoonbill, spotted seatrout, wilson's plover, Fewer tags Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Flow-Ecology Regression Summary Statistics for Virginia Data provided from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) including simulated values of 72 hydrologic metrics, or indicators of hydrologic alteration (IHA), 37 fish metrics, and 64 benthic invertebrate metrics were reviewed to assess significant flow-ecology relations that may be developed. Hydrologic alteration was represented by simulation of streamflow record for a pre-water-withdrawal condition (baseline) without dams or developed land, compared to the simulated recent-flow condition (2008) including withdrawals, dams and altered landscape to calculate a percent-alteration of flow. Biological samples used represent a median condition of the biological community from 1972 to 2010. This study reviewed... Categories: Data; Tags: Ecohydrology, Ecology, Hydrologic Alteration, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Virginia, All tags... Water Resources, benthic ecosystems, biota, environment, fishery management, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Projecting community changes in hazard exposure to support long-term risk reduction: a case study of tsunami hazards in the U.S. Pacific Northwest Tsunamis have the potential to cause considerable damage to communities along the U.S. Pacific Northwest coastline. As coastal communities expand over time, the potential societal impact of tsunami inundation changes. To understand how community exposure to tsunami hazards may change in coming decades, we projected future development (i.e. urban, residential, and rural), households, and residents over a 50-year period (2011-2061) along the Washington, Oregon, and northern California coasts. We created a spatially explicit, land use/land cover, state-and-transition simulation model to project future developed land use based on historical development trends. We then compared our development projection results to tsunami-hazard... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Hazards, Land Use Change, Pacific Northwest, Tsunamis, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC) Groundwater-Quality Sample Data for Abandoned Underground Coal Mine Aquifers in West Virginia, 1973 through 2016 This data file represents a compilation of existing water-quality data associated with abandoned underground-coal-mine aquifers in West Virginia. The first two lines of this file should be used for header information. Its intended use is as a reconnaissance tool for the purpose of directing future studies focusing on underground mine-pools. Data incorporated into this spreadsheet were obtained from multiple sources including government and academic institutions. Water-quality samples were collected from July 13, 1973 through September 7, 2016 by independent studies using multiple methods. This project identified spatially extensive data that could be attributed to abandoned underground-coal-mine aquifers throughout... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Appalachian Plateaus, West Virginia, coal mine, mine drainage, water quality Photoelectric erosion pin (PEEP) data from Cumberland Island National Seashore (CUIS), May 2012 - May 2013 This dataset contains daily estimates of erosion for select time windows at four sites along the back barrier margin of Cumberland Island National Seashore (CUIS). The four locations selected for instrumentation are referenced by the name of the general area where they were located and are as follows: Brickhill Bluff (bb), Dungeness Wharf (dw), Plum Orchard (po), and Racoon Key (rk). Additionally, this dataset provides offsets that were used to correct the photo-electric erosion pin (PEEP) erosion values to those measured in the field. Using the offsets and magnitude of erosion between site visits, a running cumulative sum of erosion is also provided. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Camden County, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia, barrier islands, coastal erosion, All tags... cumberland island, erosion pins, peep, Fewer tags Pesticides in Weekly Water Samples from the NAWQA Midwest Stream Quality Assessment (2013) Dissolved pesticides were measured in weekly water samples from 100 wadeable streams across eleven states in the Midwestern U.S. during May-August, 2013, as part of the Midwest Stream Quality Assessment study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project. Of the 100 stream sites, 12 were urban indicator sites and the remaining 88 sites were located along an agricultural gradient of watershed land use. Twelve depth- and width-integrated samples were collected at each site within the 14-week study period. Water samples were filtered (0.7 micrometers) and analyzed for 227 pesticide compounds by direct-injection liquid chromatography with tandem mass-spectrometry,... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Corn Belt, Illinois, Indinana, Iowa, Kansas, All tags... Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, NAWQA, National Water Quality Assessment, National Water Quality Program, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Water Resources, Wisconsin, aquatic insect communities, aquatic toxicity, fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, mixtures, pesticide, pesticide degradate, stream, water quality, Fewer tags Airborne magnetic survey, Boulder Batholith region, Montana, 2022 This data release provides digital flight line data for a high-resolution airborne magnetic survey over parts of Montana in the vicinity of the Boulder Batholith. The airborne survey was jointly funded by the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative and Kennecott Exploration Company. The survey was designed to meet complementary needs related to geologic mapping and characterization of mineral resource potential. A total of 34,041-line km of magnetic and radiometric data were acquired over an irregular-shaped area of 6178 km2. Data were collected from a helicopter flown at a nominal terrain clearance of 100 meters (m) above topography along E-W flight lines spaced at 200 m intervals. Tie lines were flown in an N-S direction... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: AASG, Aeromagnetic survey, Airborne geophysical survey, Association of State Geologists, Boulder Mountains, All tags... Boulder River, Broadwater County, Butte, Crow Creek, Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, EarthMRI, Economic Geology, Economy, Elkhorn Mountains, GGGSC, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Geophysics, GeoscientificInformation, Geospatial datasets, Helena, Jefferson County, Lewis and Clark County, Little Blackfoot River, MRP, Magnetic field (earth), Mineral Resources, Mineral Resources Program, Montana, Montana, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, Powell County, Prickly Pear Creek, Sedimentology, Structural Geology, Twin Bridges, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, United States, United States of America, Whitetail Valley, Fewer tags Resources {abstract} Categories: Data Data for Gene Transcription Patterns in Response to Low Level Petroleum Contaminants in Mytilus trossulus from Field Sites and Harbors in Southcentral Alaska Marine mussels are a ubiquitous and crucial component of the nearshore environment, and new genomic technologies exist to quantify molecular responses of individual mussels to stimuli, including exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We used gene-based assays of exposure and physiological function to assess lingering oil damage from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill using the Pacific blue mussel, Mytilus trossulus. We developed a diagnostic gene transcription panel to investigate exposure to PAHs and other contaminants and their effects on mussel physiology and health. Mussels were collected annually from 2012 through 2015 at five field sites (mussel beds) in western Prince William Sound: Herring Bay,... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Exxon Valdez oil spill, Genetics, Gulf Watch Alaska, Mussels, All tags... Mytilus trossulus, PAH, Prince William Sound, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, gene expression, Fewer tags 1 2 3 »