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A Synthesis of Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Rankings for Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the Northeast US from 2010-2023 This dataset details individual species and natural habitat vulnerability rankings, including contextual study-specific information. This data was collected from original publications found through a literature search. Information is cumulative to include climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) results summarized in Staudinger et al. (2015) and published as of December 2023. Categories: Data; Tags: CCVA, Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, Climatology, Connecticut, Delaware, All tags... Eastern United States, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Northeast United States, Pennsylvania, RSGCN, Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need, Rhode Island, SGCN, SWAP, Species of Greatest Conservation Need, State Wildlife Action Plans, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, biota, habitat vulnerability rankings, Fewer tags Model Inputs: Midwest Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service This data release contains the climate change model inputs and Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model outputs from 360 HUC-8 watersheds in the Midwest United States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin), that were generated using the HAWQS (Hydrologic and Water Quality System) platform (https://hawqs.tamu.edu). The summarized data for a watershed-based climate change vulnerability assessment for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is also provided, along with the R code used to summarize the raw outputs. Watershed-based Midwest Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Tool: https://rconnect.usgs.gov/CC_Vulnerabi Tags: Aquatic Biology, Climatology, Information Sciences, Land Use Change, Limnology, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags Fin ray microchemistry of native fishes to evaluate upstream fish passage at Brandon Roads Lock and Dam in Illinois: 2017-2018 This dataset contains Sr:Ca of water and fin ray samples of native fish to evaluate upstream fish passage through a navigation lock in the Des Plaines River (Brandon Roads Lock and Dam). Fin ray samples from several native fish taxa (catostomids, ictalurids, centrarchids, and lepisosteids) were collected in two river reaches downstream of Brandon Roads Lock and Dam, and in a river reach upstream of Brandon Roads Lock and Dam. Fin ray Sr:Ca derived from microchemistry analyses of fin ray materials from a laser ablation transect is included as both edge values and entire transect (including edge). Edge values of Sr:Ca were used to characterize chemical signatures of residency for each of the rivers and make comparisons... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Asian carp, Brandon Roads Lock and Dam, Brandon Roads Lock and Dam, Catostomidae, All tags... Centrarchidae, Chicago Area Waterway System, Des Plaines River, Des Plaines River, Ecology, Fish passage, Ictaluridae, Illinois River, Kankakee River, Lepisosteidae, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, fin ray, invasive fishes, microchemistry, native species, otolith, Fewer tags The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat): A Database and Interactive Tool for Inland Fisheries Management and Research The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat) contains data compiled from 14,729 creel and angler surveys conducted by state natural resource management agencies (including Washington DC and Puerto Rico) in inland waters across the United States. Data are contained in eight .csv files which contain information about survey characteristics (Survey_Data.csv), angler effort (AngEffort_Data.csv), catch and harvest (FishDataCompiled.csv), angler demographics (Demographic_Data.csv), angler preferences (AngPrefDataCompiled.csv), taxonomic classifications (Taxa_Data.csv), issues with catch and harvest (Fish_Attribution_Issues.csv), and issues with angler preference (AngPref_Attribution_Issues.csv), as well... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, biota, All tags... fish, fisheries management, fisheries resources, inland fisheries resources, recreation, recreational fisheries resources, Fewer tags The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat): A Database and Interactive Tool for Inland Fisheries Management and Research Note: this data release has been deprecated. Please see new data release here: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DSOPHD. The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat) contains data compiled from 14,766 creel and angler surveys conducted by state natural resource management agencies (including Washington DC and Puerto Rico) in inland waters across the United States. Data is are contained in eight .csv files which contain information about survey characteristics (Survey_Data.csv), angler effort (AngEffort_Data.csv), catch and harvest (FishDataCompiled.csv), angler demographics (Demographic_Data.csv), angler preferences (AngPrefDataCompiled.csv), taxonomic classifications (Taxa_Data.csv), issues with catch and... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, United States, biota, fish, fisheries resources, All tags... fishery management, inland fishery resources, recreation, recreational fishery resources, Fewer tags Otolith microchemistry for determining natal origins of prey fishes in the Upper Mississippi River System This dataset includes otolith and water chemistry used for determining natal origins of individuals from six species. The dataset contains Sr:Ca and Ba:Ca of water samples for the Mississippi River and tributaries as well as otolith Sr, Ba, Mg values from fishes collected in navigation pools 4, 8, 13, and 26 of the Upper Mississippi River, as well as the Open River Reach of the Middle Mississippi River and the La Grange Pool of the Illinois River. Fishes included Bullhead Minnow, Emerald Shiner, Gizzard Shad, Bluegill, Orangespotted Sunfish, and Yellow Perch. Laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry to quantify natal origins of these prey fish. Upwards of 50-75% of individuals at a given river reach... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Mississippi, Water Resources, Wisconsin, biota, fish, river systems, Fewer tags Fish Community and habitat assessment in the Sandusky River, OH, April 2021 through October 2021 Data includes fish abundance and habitat data collected at ten sites in the Sandusky River, OH. Fish were collected using two 3.67 m long hoop nets with an initial hoop diameter of 0.91 m. Nets were set perpendicular to the current, opening toward the shoreline. Nets were set for approximately 24 hours and catch rates for each set were defined as the number of fish caught in the two hoop nets per 24-hour sampling period. Fish were identified to species, measured for total length (mm), and released. Water quality was taken daily at each site at approximately the same time of day with a YSI Exo2 multiparameter sonde. Physical habitat data was recorded at the start of each trial. Vegetation coverage was characterized... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Great Lakes, Sandusky River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... dam removal, habitats, invasive species, population and community ecology, Fewer tags Spatially Explicit Estimates of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Survival, Recruitment, and Rate of Population Change in Nevada, 2013-2021 These data are the results of a spatially interpolated integrated population model (SIIPM) fit to count and demographic data collected from populations of Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage-grouse) located in Nevada, U.S.A. during 2013-2021. We used a novel framework, using integrated population models (IPMs), to express demographic relatedness among sampled and unsampled populations using geographic principles of spatial autocorrelation (Shepard, 1968; Tobler, 1970). Specifically, the framework pairs relatively inexpensive population count data with spatially interpolated demographic estimates. When conducted within a Bayesian framework, spatially interpolated demographic parameters... Tags: Ecology, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, All tags... long-term ecological monitoring, native species, wildlife, Fewer tags Otolith microchemistry and microstructure of age-0 silver carp for determining early-life environments and spawning periodicity in the Upper Mississippi River in 2016 In 2016, for the first time, an abundance of age-0 silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) were captured at several sites upstream of Lock and Dam 19 on the Upper Mississippi River near Keokuk, Iowa. These data were collected in an attempt to determine the early life environments and frequency and timing of the reproductive events that led to a large year class of age-0 silver carp. This information is important for informing decisions about control measures. We sampled these fish to determine age (days) and early life environments using their otoliths. Sampled age-0 silver carp were collected from navigation Pools 18 and 19 from July–October 2016 using a variety of sampling gears. We aged these fish by counting... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Asian carp, Ecology, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Navigation pool 18, All tags... Navigation pool 19, Silver carp, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Mississippi River, biota, invasive carp, otolith microchemistry, otolith stable isotope, recruitment, Fewer tags The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat): A Database and Interactive Tool for Inland Fisheries Management and Research Note: this data release has been deprecated. Please see new data release here: https://doi.org/10.5066/P1WOQBRN. The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat) contains data compiled from 14,729 creel and angler surveys conducted by state natural resource management agencies (including Washington DC and Puerto Rico) in inland waters across the United States. Data is are contained in eight .csv files which contain information about survey characteristics (Survey_Data.csv), angler effort (AngEffort_Data.csv), catch and harvest (FishDataCompiled.csv), angler demographics (Demographic_Data.csv), angler preferences (AngPrefDataCompiled.csv), taxonomic classifications (Taxa_Data.csv), issues with catch and... Categories: Data Release - Revised; Tags: Aquatic Biology, United States, biota, fish, fisheries management, All tags... fisheries resources, inland fisheries resources, recreation, recreational fisheries resources, Fewer tags Data and code release: Acute toxicity of TFM to multiple life stages of Obovaria subrotunda, its host (Percina maculata), and a surrogate species (O. olivaria) The risk of lampricide applications (such as 4-Nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol, TFM) to non-target fauna continues to be a concern within the Great Lakes Fishery Commission sea lamprey control program, especially among imperiled aquatic species—such as native freshwater mussels. The Grand River (Ohio) is routinely treated for larval sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) and this river contains populations of the Round Hickorynut mussel (Obovaria subrotunda) which was Federally listed in 2023. Given the spatial overlap between areas treated with TFM and extant populations of O. subrotunda, information on its sensitivity to TFM is needed. This dataset was used to evaluate the acute toxicity of TFM to O. olivaria and O.... Tags: Aquatic Biology, Great Lakes, Round Hickorynut; Hickorynut; Lampricides; TFM; Toxicity; Life stage, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, All tags... Wildlife Biology, biota, Fewer tags Effects of water chemistry on carbon dioxide toxicity to zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) Data were collected during experiments to determine the effects of water chemistry on carbon dioxide toxicity to zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Water chemistry parameters were collected for the water used in the study. Data were collected to model the relationship of carbon dioxide and pH in various water chemistries. Measurements were made to describe the animals used in the study. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, All tags... biota, invasive species, Fewer tags Home Range and Movement Metric Data of Resident and Translocated Giant Gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas) in Sacramento, CA, USA, in 2018 to 2021 The dataset consists of two csv files one for home range and net displacement analysis for adult snakes with at least 20 locations collected during the study period and one for the analysis of movement metrics for all adult snakes in the study. The home range data contains the calculated 100 percent and 95 percent minimum convex polygons (MCP) and 95 percent adaptive local convex hull (a-LoCoH) home range estimates, 3 measures of net displacement from the release location of the snake as well as other pertinent information about individual snakes (year included in study, id, treatment group, site, snout to vent length (SVL)). The movement data contains calculations of the following movement metrics: sinuosity, start-to-end... Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, farming Northwestern Pond Turtle Survey Data in Northern California Forest Streams (2021) An updated version has been published: Halstead, B.J., Kleeman, P.M., and Rose, J.P., 2024, Northwestern pond turtle survey data in northern California forest streams, 2021-2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96GAPCC. These data are from joint visual encounter and environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys conducted for northwestern pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) in streams on privately-owned timberlands in northern California. Categories: Data; Tags: California, Humboldt County, Lassen County, Plumas County, Shasta County, All tags... Tehama County, Trinity County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, del Norte County, distribution, reptiles, Fewer tags Northwestern Pond Turtle Survey Data in Northern California Forest Streams, 2021-2022 These data are from joint visual encounter and environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys conducted for northwestern pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) in streams on privately-owned timberlands in northern California. Categories: Data; Tags: California, Ecology, Humboldt County, Lassen County, Plumas County, All tags... Shasta County, Tehama County, Trinity County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, amphibians, del Norte County, reptiles, Fewer tags Trial data for Field Effectiveness of florfenicol and oxytetracycline dihydrate in Controlling Mortality in Walleye (Sander vitreus) due to Motile Aeromonad Infections This is the mortality and water quality data for 2 efficacy trials of medicated feed for controlling mortality in Walleye (Sander vitreus) due to motile aeromonad infections. Top-coated feed with florfenicol or oxytetracycline or control feed were administered in both trials to fingerling walleye. Daily mortality counts and water quality measurements for dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature are included as csv files. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, MAS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, coolwater finfish, All tags... florfenicol, oxytetracycline, walleye, Fewer tags US non-native plant occurrence and abundance data and distribution maps for Eastern US species with current and future climate This is a dataset containing aggregated non-native plant occurrence and abundance data for the contiguous United States. We used these data to develop habitat suitability models for species found in the Eastern United States using locations with 5% cover or greater. We adapted the INHABIT modeling workflow (Young et al. 2020), using a consistent set of climatic predictors that were important in the INHABIT models. We developed models using five algorithms with VisTrails: Software for Assisted Habitat Modeling [SAHM 2.2.2]. We accounted for sampling bias by using the target background approach, and constructed model ensembles using the five models for each species for three different thresholds (conservative to targeted;1st... Categories: Data, Data Release - In Progress; Tags: Botany, Contiguous United States, Ecology, SAHM, Species Distribution Modeling, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, VisTrails, biogeography, biogeography, biota, habitat suitability, invasive species, invasive species, modeling, modeling, Fewer tags Information supporting a cumulative effects assessment of restoration in barrier island and shoreline systems of the north central Gulf of Mexico Information was gathered to support a cumulative effects assessment of restoration in barrier island and shoreline systems of the north central Gulf of Mexico. Information includes: 1) results from two literature searches to help guide the development of a conceptual model of a barrier island and shoreline system and identify drivers and stressors important to that system, and 2) an accounting of restoration projects and descriptive information to document the distribution of Deepwater Horizon-funded restoration projects within the study area and guide the identification of potential effects on focal resources. Categories: Data; Tags: Barrier Island, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), cumulative effects, dune restoration, All tags... ecosystem resilience, ecosystem restoration, environment, erosion control and restoration, natural resource management, oceans, shore, wetland restoration, Fewer tags