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Final Report: Effects of Biocontrol and Restoration on Wildlife in Southwestern Riparian Habitats Introduction: Tamarisk (Tamarix spp., also saltcedar) is a non-native tree introduced to the United States during the 19th century as an ornamental species and solution to erosion in the American West (Robinson 1965). Tamarisk can form dense monotypic stands, which have been linked to a decline in richness and diversity of native plants (Engel-Wilson & Ohmart 1978; Lovich et al. 1994) and wildlife (Anderson et al. 1977; Durst et al. 2008) in riparian areas. As a result, natural resource managers have invested millions of dollars to control tamarisk (Shafroth & Briggs 2008). Few studies have conducted community-level analyses to document the impact of one of these methods, the introduction of a native enemy or predator,... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, All tags... AZ-05, AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, Academics & scientific researchers, Arizona, Arizona, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, CA-08, CA-36, CA-51, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, Conservation NGOs, Data.gov Desert LCC, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, Federal resource managers, INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lower Colorado River Basin, NM-02, NM-03, NV-04, Nevada, Nevada, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Publication, Report, UT-02, United States, Utah, Utah, Virgin River, Vulnerability Assessment, amphibians, amphibians, biocontrol, biocontrol, biota, birds, birds, completed, invasive species, invasive species, product, reptiles, reptiles, riparian, riparian, tamarisk, tamarisk, tamarisk beetle, tamarisk beetle, Fewer tags Cladophora biomass and supporting data collected in the Great Lakes, 2019 (ver. 2.0, December 2023) This dataset records Cladophora and associated submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) biomass collected approximately monthly during the growing season of 2019 at stations located along the U.S. shoreline of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. It also records a variety of supporting data collected at Cladophora measurement stations. These supporting data include: - seasonal time series of light, currents, wave action, temperature, specific conductivity, turbidity, pH, phycocyanin, chlorophyll, and dissolved oxygen from moored sensors at a subset of stations; - measurements of Secchi disk depth and water chemistry; - water column profiles of temperature, specific conductivity, turbidity, pH, phycocyanin, chlorophyll,... Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: CTD measurement, Great Lakes Region, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, All tags... Lake Ontario, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), acoustic Doppler current profiling, algae, algal blooms, aquatic biology, aquatic vegetation, benthos, biota, environment, eutrophication, freshwater ecosystems, habitat alteration and disturbance, inlandWaters, invasive species, mollusks, nuisance species, nutrient content (water), optical methods, oxygen content (water), phosphorus, submerged aquatic vegetation, surface water quality, suspended material (water), turbidity, water pH, water sampling, water temperature, 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 Salinity tolerance of non-native suckermouth armoured catfish (Loricariidae: Pterygoplichthys sp.) from Kerala, India Loricariid catfish of the genus Pterygoplichthys have been introduced in many localities around the world. They are freshwater fishes, but may also use low-salinity habitats such as estuaries for feeding or dispersal. Here we report results of a field survey and salinity-tolerance trials for a population of Pterygoplichthys sp. collected in Kerala, India. In both chronic and acute salinity-tolerance trials, fish were able to withstand salinities up to 12 ppt with no mortality; however, fish transferred to salinities > 12 ppt did not survive. The experimental results provide evidence that non-native Pterygoplichthys sp. are able to tolerate mesohaline conditions for extended periods, and can easily invade the brackish... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Kerala, India, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), estuarine, invasive species, All tags... salinity, Fewer tags Fish community assessment using environmental DNA metabarcoding data after an invasive species eradication and native restocking effort in Pinecrest Gardens, FL in 2017-18 Reported here are the metabarcoding read numbers and biomass data assessed from a fish community in a southern Florida pond in Pinecrest Gardens after invasive species eradication and native restocking in 2017 and 2018 in linear regression models. This dataframe contains the number of fish of each species identified, their measured lengths estimated population surface area, and the number of metabarcoding reads (with SD and COV) for each species observed from the sampling date. Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Genetics, Genetics, Southern Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Biology, biological population management, boundaries, environmental DNA, fish, genetic diversity, invasive species, Fewer tags Data from Burmese pythons swabbed for the presence of SFD-causing Ophidiomyces in southwest Florida The size and sex of each of the Burmese pythons swabbed in this study for the SFD-causing (snake fungal disease) Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola pathogen is given along with the real time PCR swab result. Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Florida, Genetics, Southern Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Disease, biota, disease vectors, environment, invasive species, reptiles, wildlife disease, Fewer tags Greater Everglades Burmese python stable isotope data, 2003-2012, and standard ellipse area literature review, 2018 Burmese pythons are an invasive species in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem. Burmese pythons captured in the ecosystem are euthanized, and in an effort to learn about this invasive species, all euthanized pythons are necropsied, during which time samples are collected. We analyzed the stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in muscle samples from 423 Burmese pythons euthanized and necropsied between 2003-05-01 and 2012-09-02, and after processing and QA/QC, we were left with isotope ratios for 410 samples, which we reported here. We used these data to estimate the size of the isotopic niche of the Burmese python, commonly measured using standard ellipse areas, or SEAs. To put these SEAs in context, we conducted... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Ecology, Everglades, Florida, Florida Bay-Florida Keys, Southern Florida, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, invasive species, light stable isotope analysis, 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 Brandon Road Lock and Dam Hydrophone Data The data collection for the concrete-walled channel downstream from the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Illinois occurred in May 2014 Five pounds per square inch (lb/in2) was used as a threshold water pressure value for this study as this value incorporates fish behavior and structural integrity considerations. The Brandon Road study evaluated the performance of two different water gun configurations within the concrete-walled channel downstream from the lock with depths ranging from 12-15 feet. Data from a single 80 cubic inch (in³) water gun produced a roughly cylindrical 5 lb/in2 pressure field 20 feet in radius, oriented vertically, with the radius decreasing to less than 15 feet at the surface. A combination... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Asian Carp, Brandon Road Lock and Dam, Illinois, Illinois River, Invasive Species, All tags... Joliet, Seismic, Water Gun, Will County, Fewer tags Conserving an Intact and Connected GNLCC Landscape In May 2014, the GNLCC Steering Committee approved two pilot projects explore approaches to landscape-scale coordination to enhance science-based management across the GNLCC. The two ‘Shared Landscape Outcomes’ pilots were designed to assess and focus on specific pairs of a GNLCC Goal and a priority landscape stressor (as defined in the Strategic Conservation Framework) and focus the approach at the entire GNLCC scale. The two pilot projects focused on (1) the Connectivity goal and Land Use Change stressor (described here) and (2) the Aquatic Integrity goal and Invasives stressor and (see: https://www.fws.gov/science/catalog )Connectivity Pilot:Wildlife species are becoming increasingly isolated in patches of habitat,... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alberta, Aquatic Connectivity, British Columbia, Bull Trout, Cascadia, All tags... Climate Change, Colorado, Columbia Basin, Connectivity, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Goal 1: Maintain large, intact landscapes, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Grizzly Bear, Idaho, Informing Conservation Delivery, Invasive Species, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, Montana, Oregon, Project, Pronghorn, Regional & county planners, Report, Riparian Areas, Rocky Mountain, Sage Shrub/Grassland, Sage-Steppe, State agencies, Utah, Washington, Watershed Uplands, Wolverine, Woodland, Wyoming, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Applying Vulnerability Assessment Tools to Plan for Climate Adaptation: Case Studies in the Great Northern LCC This project will apply the results of an on-going climate change vulnerability assessment to the management of two complex landscapes. The vulnerability assessment project team will work with mangers, land-owners, and conservation practitioners to explore 1) how downscaled climate datasets, modeled vegetation changes, and information on estimated species sensitivities can be used to develop climate change adaptation strategies, and 2) how model results and datasets can be made more useful for informing the management of species and landscapes. To accomplish these two goals, we will prepare datasets and model outputs for two landscapespotentially, the Pioneer Mountains-Craters of the Moon region in Idaho and the... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Climate Change, Columbia Basin, Columbia Plateau, Connectivity, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, All tags... Federal resource managers, Goal 1: Maintain large, intact landscapes, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 4: Promote landscape-scale disturbances, Greater Sage-Grouse, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Idaho, Invasive Species, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, Mule deer, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Pioneer Mountains-Craters of the Moon, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Pronghorn, Report, Riparian Areas, Rocky Mountain, Sage Shrub/Grassland, Sage-Steppe, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, completed, environment, Fewer tags Limnology data from Lake Powell, desert southwest USA (ver. 2.0, Sept. 2023) These data were compiled as part of a long-term (1964 - 2022) water quality monitoring program at Lake Powell. Objectives of our study were to release a consistent record of long-term water quality data. The 58-year limnology dataset captures some water quality parameters (temperature, salinity, major ions, total suspended solids) from reservoir filling to present day. It also contains a 38-year record of secchi depth, and a ~30-year record of nutrients, phytoplankton, and zooplankton assemblages. The data were collected from various sites within the Lake Powell reservoir and the Glen Canyon dam. Regular monthly sampling occurred at three sites near the dam and reservoir-wide sampling was generally conducted quarterly,... Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Arizona, Aztec Creek, Bridge Creek, Cathedral Canyon, Clear Creek, All tags... Colorado River, Dark Canyon, Davis Gulch, Dreissena bugensis, Escalante River, Face Canyon, Glen Canyon, Glen Canyon Dam, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Gunsight Canyon, Labyrinth Canyon, Lake Powell, Last Chance Canyon, Lees Ferry, Navajo Canyon, Rainbow Bridge, Red Canyon, Rock Creek Canyon, San Juan River, Sheep Canyon, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Colorado River Basin, Utah, Wahweap Bay, Warm Creek Bay, Warm Creek Bay Alternate, West Canyon, arid reservoir, chlorophyll a, data release, discrete sample, dissolved oxygen, field inventory and monitoring, field monitoring stations, inlandWaters, invasive bivalve, invasive species, laboratory methods, limnology, long-term ecological monitoring, long-term trends, major ions, nutrients, oxygen content (water), phytoplankton, plankton, profiles, reservoir, salinity, secchi depth, site visit, station location, total suspended solids, turbidity, water chemistry, water quality, water sampling, water temperature, zooplankton, Fewer tags Effects of white sweetclover invasion on the pollination and berry production of Vaccinium vitis-idaea in Alaska To assess the vulnerability of a region to invasive plants, documentation of the presence or absence of invasive plants is necessary. This project expands on work initiated by the EPA to identify invasive plants in rural communities in the Bristol Bay region. Eighteen additional Bristol Bay communities were inventoried for invasive plants in 2012-2014. This work provides a baseline for understanding the potential impact from these plants and the opportunity to treat the existing populations before they invade new areas. Categories: Data; Tags: Conservation NGOs, EXOTIC SPECIES, EXOTIC SPECIES, EXOTIC VEGETATION, EXOTIC VEGETATION, All tags... INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, LCC Network Science Catalog, Regional & county planners, Tribes, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, VEGETATION SPECIES, VEGETATION SPECIES, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, presentation, Fewer tags A Landscape Approach for Fisheries Database Compilation and Predictive Modeling (Not listed in the LCC Science Catalog due to Desert LCC co-funding and catalog administering) The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) recognizes the need for a strong data foundation to inform science-based decisions for fisheries management at a watershed level. In preparation for a shift towards comprehensive watershed-scale planning, AGFD is developing a fisheries data management system with an initial focus on compiling and formatting several hundred thousand fish survey and stocking records. Fish data will be integrated within a Geographic Information System (GIS) by georeferencing observations to an existing national spatial framework (National Hydrography Dataset), which will allow for broader transferability to watersheds shared with neighboring states, creating a seamless layer not limited by... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Raster; Tags: AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, AZ-05, All tags... AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, Arizona, Arizona, Conservation Planning, Data Management and Integration, Federal resource managers, GIS, GIS, LCC, Native Fish, Project, SRLCC, State agencies, Tribes, aquatic, aquatic, climate change, climate change, completed, fish, fish, invasive species, invasive species, riparian, riparian, water management, water management, water use, water use, Fewer tags Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) egg capture data from Great Lakes tributaries, 2021-2022 (ver. 1.1, November 2023) The data includes dates, places, and times of sampling events for eggs of invasive Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in tributaries to the Great Lakes in 2021 and 2022. Reference data on locations and dates sampled, gears used, and effort are included. Developmental stages for a subset of undamaged, fertilized eggs are provided. Tables include common fields to allow for integration into a relational database to aid data extraction and associating data among tables. First posted: September 2023 Revised: November 2023 (version 1.1) Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Cuyahoga River, Grand River (Ohio, USA), Grass Carp, Great Lakes, Huron River (Ohio, USA), All tags... Invasive carp, Maumee River, Portage River, Sandusky River, St. Joseph River, Tittabawassee River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, fish, fish spawning and larval aggregation, invasive species, mathematical modeling, streamflow, Fewer tags Target Lists for Lanai Island Spatial Prioritization of Native Plant Habitat and Hunting Areas, 2021 Broadly, recovery of threatened and endangered species requires specific management actions by natural resource managers at a fine scale. We used a systematic conservation planning framework to outline conservation goals across multiple land-uses, including native habitat protection and identifying endangered species-specific recovery areas while minimizing intrusion on existing hunting areas on the island of Lanai. We used spatial prioritization tools to generate multiple scenarios where both conservation and hunting areas (deemed zones for analysis purposes) were delineated to meet land-use goals. These delineated areas will help land managers to minimize conflicts between uses for populations of non-native game... Categories: Data; Tags: Hawaii, Lanai, analytical modeling, biota, endangered species, All tags... invasive species, native species, spatial analysis, Fewer tags Maui Island Modeling Scenarios for the Management of Axis Deer 1959-2014 Our objectives were to examine the population history of axis deer on Maui, estimate observed population growth, and then use species-specific demographic parameters in a VORTEX population viability analysis to examine removal scenarios that would most effectively reduce the population. Only nine deer were introduced in 1959, but recent estimates of >10,000 deer suggest population growth rates (r) ranging between 0.147 and 0.160 although at least 11,200 have been removed by hunters and resource managers. In the VORTEX simulations, we evaluated an initial population size of 6,000 females and 4,000 males, reflecting the probable 3F:2M sex ratio on Maui because of male biased hunting. Scenarios were modeled over a... Categories: Data; Tags: Axis deer ( Axis axis), Ecology, Hawaii, Invasive species, Maui Island, All tags... Population viability analysis, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Ungulate management, Wildlife Biology, biota, Fewer tags Monitoring Hawaiian Biodiversity: Pilot study to assess changes to Hawaii Island forest birds and their habitat - 2015 bird dataset The Hawaii Forest Bird Survey (HFBS) systematically characterized plant and bird communities across transects spanning all major Hawaiian Islands except O‘ahu. This extensive dataset has now been organized into a database and associated geographic information system (GIS) layers. This baseline provides an opportunity to assess how forest ecosystems and their constituent bird and plant populations have changed over time. As part of the HaBiTATS (Hawaiian Biodiversity Trends Across Time and Space) project, a select area on Hawai‘i Island was surveyed in 2015 with the objective of demonstrating the potential of using the HFBS methodology to reassess the status of bird and plant communities across multiple geographic... Categories: Data; Tags: Biodiversity, Birds, Climate change, Ecological drivers, Hamakua, All tags... Hawaii Island, Invasive species, Land use, Pacific Ocean, Species composition, State of Hawaii, biota, Fewer tags Monitoring Hawaiian Biodiversity: Pilot study to assess changes to Hawaii Island forest birds and their habitat - 1977 vegetation species dataset The Hawaii Forest Bird Survey (HFBS) systematically characterized plant and bird communities across transects spanning all major Hawaiian Islands except O‘ahu. This extensive dataset has now been organized into a database and associated geographic information system (GIS) layers. This baseline provides an opportunity to assess how forest ecosystems and their constituent bird and plant populations have changed over time. As part of the HaBiTATS (Hawaiian Biodiversity Trends Across Time and Space) project, a select area on Hawai‘i Island was surveyed in 2015 with the objective of demonstrating the potential of using the HFBS methodology to reassess the status of bird and plant communities across multiple geographic... Categories: Data; Tags: Biodiversity, Climate change, Ecological drivers, Hamakua, Hawaii Island, All tags... Invasive species, Land use, Pacific Ocean, Species composition, State of Hawaii, Vegetation species, biota, Fewer tags Cheatgrass cover and covariate data in Great Basin USA, for model estimation and validation Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) cover data were derived from the Bureau of Land Management’s Assessment Inventory, and Monitoring data and paired with geospatial data representing climate, weather, and disturbances. We derived covariates to capture both the climatic averages (1981-2010) that underlie long-term suitability, hereafter referred to as climate, and conditions during the year of observation, hereafter referred to as weather, that can drive annual variation in invasive grass cover (e.g., fall germination conditions were matched to cheatgrass cover sampled the following spring). Custom variables reflected cheatgrass natural history. Covariates describing geological context (e.g., aspect, elevation, soils),... Categories: Data; Tags: Great Basin, biota, invasive species « 1 2 3 4 5 ... 18 »