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Data collected in 2008-2014 to assess nearshore subtidal community responses to increased sediment load during removal of the Elwha River dams, Washington State, USA Data are time series of substrate grain size, remotely sensed water column turbidity, and measures of abundance (e.g., density, percent cover) of the nearshore subtidal (3-17 m depth) benthic community (vegetation, invertebrates, and fish) collected before (2008-2011) and during dam removal (2012-2014). Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Benthos, Botany, Clallam County, Ecology, All tags... Elwha River, Geomorphology, Habitat alteration, Land Use Change, Marine Geology, Marine nearshore subtidal, Remote Sensing, Species diversity, Strait of Juan de Fuca, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Fewer tags 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 Topo-bathymetric survey at Gandys Beach, New Jersey, 2018 This Data Release contains field topo-bathymetric survey data in a selected saltmarsh shoreline along Gandys Beach, New Jersey, where constructed oyster reefs (CORs, aka oyster castles) were installed to protect the shoreline and enhance habitat for oyster and other species. Oyster castles were constructed as a part of a living shoreline project along Gandys Beach in 2016 in response to the damage by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Wave, current and sediment data were collected, and field topographic and bathymetric surveys were conducted from January 2018 to April 2018. Fine resolution topographic and bathymetric data is needed to assess shoreline structure effectiveness in terms of wave and current energy reduction,... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Climatology, Climatology, Ecology, Ecology, All tags... Environmental Health, Environmental Health, Gandys Beach, Hydrology, Hydrology, New Jersey, Sedimentology, Sedimentology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, coastal ecosystems, 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 Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program – 2008 habitat map, East Chenier Region (ver. 1.1, May 2020) 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 Release - Revised; Tags: Cameron Parish, East Chenier Region, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vermilion Parish, barrier islands, barrier vegetation, beach, coastal wetlands, dune, farming, geoscientificInformation, habitat map, mangrove, marsh, planningCadastre, remote sensing, scrub/shrub, Fewer tags Establishing a standard ploidy assessment method using grass carp from Ohio, 2015-2016 In 2015-2016, the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s undercover law enforcement purchased 1,200 grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Fish heads and eyeballs were sent overnight to U.S. Geological Survey Wetland and Aquatic Research Center for ploidy analysis. Field and laboratory standard operating procedures were established and followed. Fish lengths, fish weights, and eyeball weights were obtained from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s feral carp ploidy program for grass carp and black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) and the Ohio grass carp. Internal 2µm or 4µm bead standards were used in establishing nuclear sizes from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), known diploid (n=20) and triploid (n=20) carp blood, as well... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Asian carp, DNA, Ohio, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... biosecurity, biota, environment, flow cytometry, nucleus, ploidy, Fewer tags Vegetation survey of southwest Florida for use in assessment of the Picayune Strand Restoration Project effects This release consists of vegetation data collected across an environmental gradient at Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge (TTI NWR) near Naples, Florida, USA. The refuge is within the impact area of the Picayune Strand Restoration Project (PSRP), a large-scale hydrologic restoration project in southwest Florida that was authorized by the U.S. Congress in 2007. Vegetation transects were located in the following wetland types on the refuge: brackish marsh, salt marsh, and transition marsh. Data from vegetation transects established in nearby areas outside of the PSRP impact area, in Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (FSPSP) and Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY), are also included. The study spanned... Categories: Data; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, Botany, Brackish Marsh, Copeland, Ecology, All tags... Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida, Low and Intermediate Salt Marsh, Naples, Ochopee, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, biota, estuarine ecosystems, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program – 2015 habitat map, West Chenier Region (ver. 1.1, May 2020) 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 Release - Revised; Tags: Cameron Parish, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... West Chenier Region, barrier islands, barrier vegetation, beach, coastal wetlands, dune, environment, farming, habitat map, mangrove, marsh, planningCadastre, remote sensing, scrub/shrub, Fewer tags Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program – 2008-2016 habitat change, Modern Delta Region 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... Tags: Early Lafourche Delta Region, Geography, Geomorphology, Gulf of Mexico, Land Use Change, All tags... Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, Remote Sensing, St. Mary Parish, Terrebonne Parish, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), barrier islands, barrier vegetation, beach, coastal wetlands, dune, environment, geoscientificInformation, habitat change, habitat map, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, mangrove, marsh, remote sensing, scrub/shrub, Fewer tags Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout and Brown Trout diet data from Duck Creek, MT in summer and fall 2015 We collected diets on Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) above (Yellowstone cutthroat trout allopatry) and below (Yellowstone cutthroat trout sympatry with brown trout) a natural barrier in Duck Creek, Montana. We used gastric lavage methods to collect diets, and samples were placed in storage containers and taken back to our lab and frozen until sorting. All samples were sorted by Rhithron, Inc. (Missoula, MT) with individuals identified down to the order. Categories: Data; Tags: Big Timber, Montana, Upper Yellowstone, biota, fisheries, All tags... freshwater ecosystems, Fewer tags Simulated Nisqually River Watershed 30-m resolution 2017 ecosystem carbon variables from the LUCAS model This simulated ecosystem carbon dataset is used to report terrestrial carbon balance of the Nisqually River basin in the Ecological Modelling paper "Modeling watershed carbon dynamics as affected by land cover change and soil erosion" The data is derived from simulations of the LUCAS model. Annual carbon variables of 2017 at 30m spatial resolution with 2426 rows and 2459 columns. Carbon stock and flux units are in kgC/m2 and kgC/m2/yr, respectively. Data are in tif format and Albers equal area projection. Overall data creation steps: 1. The pIBIS model was used to generate annual carbon parameters of typical ecosystems. 2. The USPED model was used to generate annual soil erosion and deposition maps as affected by... Tags: Carbon, Conterminous U.S., Ecology, Land Use Change, Model, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), land cover change, Fewer tags Metal concentrations in sediment and amphibian tissues from wetlands sampled across the United States The data presented include concentrations of 10 metals in sediments and composite larval amphibian tissues from 20 wetlands across the United States. Sixteen of the wetlands were sampled in 2019 and four were sampled in 2015-2016. Where possible both larval anurans (frogs and toads) and salamanders were collected from each wetland. The data also include information on metal concentrations in amphibian tissues after the gut contents were removed to understand metal bioaccumulation potential and the molar ratio of selenium to mercury in each tissue composite sample. This data release supports the following publication: Smalling, K.L., Oja, E.B., Cleveland, D.M., Davenport, J.M., Eagles-Smith, C., Grant, E.H.C., Kleeman,... Tags: Aquatic Biology, California, Ecology, Environmental Health, Maryland, All tags... Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Prairie Pothole Region, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, amphibians, anuran, biota, inlandWaters, metal elements, salamander, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Early growth interactions between a mangrove and an herbaceous salt marsh species are not affected by elevated CO2 or drought, Louisiana saltmarsh, 2015 In recent decades the encroachment of woody mangrove species into herbaceous marshes has been documented along the U.S. northern Gulf of Mexico coast. These species shifts have been attributed primarily to rising sea levels and warming winter temperatures, but the role of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and water availability may become more prominent drivers of species interactions under future climate conditions. In this greenhouse study we examined the effects of CO2 concentration (ambient, elevated) and water regime (drought, saturated, flooded) on early growth of the mangrove species Avicennia germinans and Spartina alterniflora, a herbaceous grass. Categories: Data; Tags: Avicennia germinans, Biota, Botany, Ecology, Lafayette, La, All tags... Louisiana, Spartina alterniflora, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), atmospheric carbon dioxide, drought, greenhouse experiment, greenhouse gases, mangrove encroachment, mangroves, salt marshes, species interactions, vegetation, water availability, Fewer tags Bee populations and habitat survey in southwest Louisiana grasslands The coastal prairie of Louisiana is classified as a Tier 1 Habitat in the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ Wildlife Action Plan, meaning that it is a priority habitat of primary conservation concern. Declines in pollinator populations worldwide have prompted questions about the role of such grasslands as habitat for pollinators. In this study, we surveyed bee populations and the plant communities present in the following three grassland types in southwest Louisiana: prairie remnants, restored prairies, and old fields. Categories: Data; Tags: Cajun Prairie Farms, Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Durald Prairie Restoration, Ecology, Estherwood, All tags... Eunice Prairie Restoration, Grey Ranch, Gum Cove Ridge, Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, grasslands, pollinators, Fewer tags Expert opinions of demographic rates of Argentine black and white tegus in South Florida We illustrate the utility of expert elicitation, explicit recognition of uncertainty, and the value of information for directing management and research efforts for invasive species, using tegu lizards (Salvator merianae) in southern Florida as a case study. We posited a post-birth pulse, matrix model, which was parameterized using a 3-point process to elicit estimates of tegu demographic rates from herpetology experts. We fit statistical distributions for each parameter and for each expert, then drew and pooled a large number of replicate samples from these to form a distribution for each demographic parameter. Using these distributions, we generated a large sample of matrix models to infer how the tegu population... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Miami-Dade County, FL, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, expert elicitation, invasive species, All tags... matrix model, Fewer tags Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program – 2016 habitat map, Late Lafourche Delta Region (ver. 1.1, May 2020) 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 Release - Revised; Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Jefferson Parish, Lafourche Parish, Late Lafourche Delta Region, Louisiana, All tags... Louisiana Coastal, Plaquemines Parish, Terrebonne Parish, 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 Data for aerial dispersal of Lygodium microphyllum spores within Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, 2003 - 2004 Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br.) is an invasive plant species threatening South Florida ecosystems. In 1989 L. microphyllum was observed in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. L. microphyllum has attributes that allow it to thrive in South Florida. It produces a huge number of small spores that are easily suspended by wind and dispersed, have a high germination rate, and gametophytes have a high rate of sporophyte production. Aerial dispersal allows it to spread to suitable germination sites and its ability to self-fertilize at such high rates promotes successful colonization. The intense, abundant spore production also assists in saturating most suitable colonization... Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Everglades, Loxahatchee NWR, Old World climbing fern, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Biology, biota, invasive plant, invasive species, seasonality, spore dispersal, Fewer tags Discerning innate immunity in American kestrels, Falco sparverius, through 21 days post-hatch Data consist of flow cytometry files that were generated in the analysis of white blood cells from kestrel blood. Thus, data are in standard format that allows files created by one type of acquisition hardware and software to be analyzed by any other type. Categories: Data; Tags: Environmental Health, North America, South America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), avian influenza, All tags... contamination and pollution, flow cytometry, health, immunology, 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 1 2 3 4 5 »