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SPV field trials bait uptake data These data were collected as part of a field trial to test the effectiveness of a sylvatic plague vaccine (see Rocke et al., 2017 for details). Vaccine and control plots were selected randomly from the available pairs at each location. Baits containing Rhodamine B, a biomarker, were distributed at each plot. At least 1 week and no more than 2 months post-baiting each year, local collaborators captured, marked, and sampled prairie dogs. Hair and whisker samples were collected from up to 50 unique prairie dogs from each plot each year. Sex, age, weight, and the identity of all current-year and prior-year recaptures were recorded for each captured animal. In the laboratory, hair/whiskers were assessed for the presence... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Arizona, Awapa Plateau, Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, Cedar City, Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, All tags... Colorado, Coyote Basin, Espee Ranch, Gunnison, Larimer, Lower Brule, Montana, Pitchfork Ranch, Rita Blanca National Grasslands, South Dakota, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Wind Cave National Park, biota, health, prairie dogs, sylvatic plague vaccine, Fewer tags MIROCESM Historical Prescribed Burn Windows for the Southeast United States 1950-1999 Prescribed burning is a critical tool for managing wildfire risks and meeting ecological objectives, but its safe and effective application requires that specific meteorological criteria are met. This dataset contains results from a study examining the potential impacts of projected climatic change on prescribed burning in the southeastern United States. A set of burn window criteria (suitable weather conditions within which burning may occur based on maximum daily temperature, daily average relative humidity, and daily average wind speed), were applied to projections from an ensemble of Global Climate Models (GCM) under two greenhouse gas emission scenarios, as well as past observations for comparison. Data are... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, All tags... Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Southeast United states, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, farming, fires, geoscientificInformation, managed fire regimes, statistical downscaling, wildfires, Fewer tags BNU Historical Prescribed Burn Windows for the Southeast United States 1950-1999 Prescribed burning is a critical tool for managing wildfire risks and meeting ecological objectives, but its safe and effective application requires that specific meteorological criteria are met. This dataset contains results from a study examining the potential impacts of projected climatic change on prescribed burning in the southeastern United States. A set of burn window criteria (suitable weather conditions within which burning may occur based on maximum daily temperature, daily average relative humidity, and daily average wind speed), were applied to projections from an ensemble of Global Climate Models (GCM) under two greenhouse gas emission scenarios, as well as past observations for comparison. Data are... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, All tags... Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Southeast United states, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, farming, fires, geoscientificInformation, managed fire regimes, statistical downscaling, wildfires, Fewer tags Stream Temperature in the Lahontan Basin of Nevada and California, 2017-2019 This dataset includes hourly stream temperature data for 139 temperature logger sites throughout the Lahontan Basin Region of Northern Nevada and Eastern California. Data loggers were part a study beginning in 2017, with data available through 2019 for most locations. The spatial data layer contains site locations, geographic information, data summaries, mean August stream temperatures, and modeled NorWeST stream temperatures. The Wet-Dry delineation file contains daily flow status estimates derived from stream temperature data for each site. The Site Visit file contains the date and time of the site visit along with associated information on site flow conditions, water depths, logger conditions, and stream logger... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic Biology, California, Ecology, Hydrology, Intermittent, All tags... Nevada, Perennial, Stream / River, Stream Temperature, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Watershed, environment, inlandWaters, streamflow, surface water (non-marine), water temperature, Fewer tags Rat mark-recapture data in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park from 2015-2017 In Hawai‘i and other oceanic islands with few native land mammals, black rats (Rattus rattus) are among the most damaging invasive vertebrate species to native forest bird populations and habitats, due to their arboreal behavior and generalist foraging habitats and habitat use. This is a selected data set used to assess the impacts of rodenticide treatment on black rat (Rattus rattus) abundance within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (HAVO). The key objective was to identify rat abundance before and after rodenticide treatment, using paired non-treatment and treatment plots at high elevation (1700-1830m) and low elevation (1220-1340 m). This dataset includes the results of a mark recapture study that took place within... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BACI, Hawaii, Hawaii County 2, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, All tags... invasive rat, invasive species, natural resource management, nest success, predator control, Fewer tags Freshwater Introduction South of Highway 82 (ME-16): 2018 land-water classification The Louisiana State Legislature created the 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 pursuant 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 Freshwater Introduction South of Highway 82 (ME-16) project for 2018. This data is used as a basemap land-water classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: CWPPRA, Ecology, Geography, Geography, Gulf of Mexico, All tags... Land Use Change, Land Use Change, Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, ME-16, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial photography, conservation, digital elevation models, ecosystem monitoring, geographic information systems, image collections, image mosaics, remote sensing, wetland ecosystems, wetland restoration, Fewer tags Oyster Bayou Marsh Creation and Terracing (CS-59): 2018 land-water classification The Louisiana State Legislature created the 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 pursuant 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 Oyster Bayou Marsh Creation and Terracing (CS-59) project for 2018. This data is used as a basemap land-water 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, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: CS-59, CWPPRA, Geography, Gulf of Mexico, Land Use Change, All tags... Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial photography, conservation, digital elevation models, ecosystem monitoring, geographic information systems, image collections, image mosaics, remote sensing, wetland ecosystems, wetland restoration, Fewer tags East Sabine Lake Hydrologic Restoration (CS-32): 2015 land-water 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 pursuant 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 East Sabine Lake Hydrologic Restoration (CS-32) project for 2015. This data is used as a basemap land-water 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, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: CS-32, CWPPRA, Geography, Gulf of Mexico, Land Use Change, All tags... Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial photography, conservation, digital elevation models, ecosystem monitoring, geographic information systems, image collections, image mosaics, remote sensing, wetland ecosystems, wetland restoration, Fewer tags Bayou Dupont Marsh and Ridge Creation (BA-48): 2016 land-water classification The Louisiana State Legislature created the 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 pursuant 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 Bayou Dupont Marsh and Ridge Creation (BA-48) project for 2016. This data is used as a basemap land-water 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, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: BA-48, CWPPRA, Ecology, Geography, Gulf of Mexico, All tags... Land Use Change, Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial photography, conservation, digital elevation models, ecosystem monitoring, geographic information systems, image collections, image mosaics, remote sensing, wetland ecosystems, wetland restoration, Fewer tags L5_1995_GOM_Fractional_Land_FAV_SAV_Water These data were used to quantify land area change in a wetlands possible zone of coastal wetlands during a 1985-2020 observation period. The datasets presented in this data release represent annual median estimates of the fractional amount of land, floating aquatic vegetation, submerged aquatic vegetation, and water per Landsat pixel. These data are intended for coarse-scale analysis of wetland change area. The datasets are summarized by 10-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC10), and land area change through time is fit using a penalized regression smooth spline. The trends are therefore generalized in time and are intended to present coarse scale observations of trends in wetland area change. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Alabama, Conterminous United States, Florida, Gulf of Mexico Coast, Louisiana, All tags... Mississippi, Texas, coastal wetlands, wetland area, wetland change, wetland gain, wetland loss, wetlands, wetlands, wetlands, Fewer tags L5_2000_GOM_Fractional_Land_FAV_SAV_Water These data were used to quantify land area change in a wetlands possible zone of coastal wetlands during a 1985-2020 observation period. The datasets presented in this data release represent annual median estimates of the fractional amount of land, floating aquatic vegetation, submerged aquatic vegetation, and water per Landsat pixel. These data are intended for coarse-scale analysis of wetland change area. The datasets are summarized by 10-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC10), and land area change through time is fit using a penalized regression smooth spline. The trends are therefore generalized in time and are intended to present coarse scale observations of trends in wetland area change. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Alabama, Conterminous United States, Florida, Gulf of Mexico Coast, Louisiana, All tags... Mississippi, Texas, coastal wetlands, wetland area, wetland change, wetland gain, wetland loss, wetlands, wetlands, wetlands, Fewer tags L8_2016_GOM_Fractional_Land_FAV_SAV_Water These data were used to quantify land area change in a wetlands possible zone of coastal wetlands during a 1985-2020 observation period. The datasets presented in this data release represent annual median estimates of the fractional amount of land, floating aquatic vegetation, submerged aquatic vegetation, and water per Landsat pixel. These data are intended for coarse-scale analysis of wetland change area. The datasets are summarized by 10-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC10), and land area change through time is fit using a penalized regression smooth spline. The trends are therefore generalized in time and are intended to present coarse scale observations of trends in wetland area change. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Alabama, Conterminous United States, Florida, Gulf of Mexico Coast, Louisiana, All tags... Mississippi, Texas, coastal wetlands, wetland area, wetland change, wetland gain, wetland loss, wetlands, wetlands, wetlands, Fewer tags Effects of Flood Inundation and Invasion by Phalaris arundinacea on Nitrogen Cycling in an Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Forest data This data set consists of monthly averages of soil and litter properties. Rows are grouped in the following order: year, month, vegetation type, plot ID. Within a single month five plots were sampled within each of the 2 vegetation types (10 plots total). Columns F+ represent individual measurements. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Mississippi River, Nitrogen cycling, Pool 8, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Mississippi River, All tags... Wisconsin, disturbance, flood pulse, floodplain restoration, floodplains, nitrogen, Fewer tags Species Distribution Model (SDM) for Ambrosia dumosa in the Mojave Desert Preserving native species diversity is fundamental to ecosystem conservation. Selecting appropriate native species for use in restoration is a critical component of project design and may emphasize species attributes such as life history, functional type, pollinator services, and nutritional value for wildlife. Determining which species are likely to establish and persist in a particular environment is a key consideration. Species distribution models (SDMs) characterize relationships between species occurrences and the physical environment (e.g., climate, soil, topographic relief) and provide a mechanism for assessing which species may successfully propagate at a restoration site. In conjunction with information... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, California, Mojave, Nevada, Utah, All tags... biogeography, biota, habitats, maps and atlases, native plant materials development, native species, species distribution model, Fewer tags Species Distribution Model (SDM) for Muhlenbergia porteri in the Mojave Desert Preserving native species diversity is fundamental to ecosystem conservation. Selecting appropriate native species for use in restoration is a critical component of project design and may emphasize species attributes such as life history, functional type, pollinator services, and nutritional value for wildlife. Determining which species are likely to establish and persist in a particular environment is a key consideration. Species distribution models (SDMs) characterize relationships between species occurrences and the physical environment (e.g., climate, soil, topographic relief) and provide a mechanism for assessing which species may successfully propagate at a restoration site. In conjunction with information... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, California, Mojave, Nevada, Utah, All tags... biogeography, biota, habitats, maps and atlases, native plant materials development, native species, species distribution model, Fewer tags Species Distribution Model (SDM) for Oenothera deltoides in the Mojave Desert Preserving native species diversity is fundamental to ecosystem conservation. Selecting appropriate native species for use in restoration is a critical component of project design and may emphasize species attributes such as life history, functional type, pollinator services, and nutritional value for wildlife. Determining which species are likely to establish and persist in a particular environment is a key consideration. Species distribution models (SDMs) characterize relationships between species occurrences and the physical environment (e.g., climate, soil, topographic relief) and provide a mechanism for assessing which species may successfully propagate at a restoration site. In conjunction with information... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, California, Mojave, Nevada, Utah, All tags... biogeography, biota, habitats, maps and atlases, native plant materials development, native species, species distribution model, Fewer tags Condition of Surgical Acoustic Tag Incisions in Recaptured Lake Erie Walleye (2011-2016) Intracoelomic implantation of electronic tags has become a common method in fishery research, but rarely are fish examined by scientists after release to understand the extent that surgical incisions have healed. Walleye (Sander vitreus) are a valuable, highly-exploited fishery resource in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Here, fishery capture of walleye with internal acoustic transmitters combined with a high reward program provided multiple opportunities to examine photographs and quantify the status of surgical incisions. Walleye (n=926) from reef and river spawning populations in Lake Erie and Lake Huron were implanted with acoustic transmitters during spring spawning events from 2011 to 2016. Incisions were closed... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Detroit, Lake Huron, Lower Maumee, Plant and animal tagging, Sandusky, All tags... Tittabawassee, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Western Lake Erie, biota, capturing (animals), fish, Fewer tags Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Seboeis Unit Vegetation Mapping Project: Vegetation Points (Accuracy Assessment Sites and Vegetation Plots) During summer 2019, botanists with the Maine Natural Areas Program collected data from 94 vegetation plots for plant community characterization. The sampling data were entered into the National Park Service PLOTS version 4.0 (National Park Service 2018) for analyses to characterize vegetation associations in the U.S. National Vegetation Classification. An accuracy assessment was performed on the draft version of the vegetation map layer. During the summer of 2020, field crews collected data from 107 stratified and randomly selected sites for evaluating the accuracy of the vegetation map layer for those map classes representing U.S. National Vegetation Classification associations. The accuracy assessment field data... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accuracy Assessment, Data Collection, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine, Map, All tags... NVCS, National Park Service, National Vegetation Classification Standard, Natural Resources Preservation Program, Observation, U.S. National Vegetation Classification, USNVC, United States, Vegetation Plot, biota, environment, Fewer tags Lake Erie, Western Basin Aquatic Vegetation data Observations and subtle shifts of vegetation communities in western Lake Erie have USGS researchers concerned about the potential for Grass Carp to alter these vegetation communities. Broad-scale surveys of vegetation using remote sensing and GIS mapping, coupled with on-the-ground samples in key locations will permit assessment of the effect Grass Carp may have already had on aquatic vegetation communities and establish baseline conditions for assessing future effects. Existing aerial imagery was used with object-based image analysis to detect and map aquatic vegetation in the western basin of Lake Erie. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Asian Carp, Emergent Vegetation, Erie County, Grass Carp, Great Lakes, All tags... Lake Erie, Lake Erie Western Basin, Lucas County, Michigan, Monroe County, Ohio, Ottawa County, Sandusky Bay, Sandusky County, Submersed Aquatic Vegetation, aerial photography, aquatic vegetation, habitats, image collections, invasive species, object-based image analysis, remote sensing, vegetation mapping, Fewer tags Data supporting Landsat time series assessment of invasive annual grasses following energy development To determine if invasive annual grasses increased around energy developments after the construction phase, we calculated an invasives index using Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery for a 34-year time period (1985-2018) and assessed trends for 1,755 wind turbines (from the U.S. Wind Turbine Database) installed between 1988 and 2013 in the southern California desert. The index uses the maximum normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for early season greenness (January-June), and mean NDVI (July-October) for the later dry season. We estimated the relative cover of invasive annuals each year at turbine locations and control sites and tested for changes before and after each turbine was installed. These data were used... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: California, California South, Google Earth Engine, Landsat, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), desert ecosystems, ecology, energy development, energy resources, grassland ecosystems, grasslands, invasive species, nonindigenous species, time series, vegetation, wind energy, Fewer tags 1 2 3 4 5 ... 17 »