Macroinvertebrates from Rivers in Northwest Alaska, 2015-2019

This dataset contains taxonomic information, counts, and lengths of macroinvertebrates collected from rivers in northwest Alaska using drift and kick nets during summer and fall 2015-2019. Version History: First release: February 2024 Revised: August 2024 (ver. 1.1)

Categories: Data; Tags: Actinopterygii, Age composition, Alaska, Animals/Invertebrates, Animals/Invertebrates, All tags... Aquatic Biology, Aquatic Invertebrates, Aquatic ecosystems, Arachnida, Arctic, Arthropods, Arthropods, Biota, Bivalvia, Clitellata, Ecology, Entognatha, Environment, Freshwater ecosystems, Gastropoda, InlandWaters, Insecta, Macroinvertebrates, Nemata, Turbellaria, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Fewer tags

Genetic Data from Cooper's Hawks (Accipiter cooperii), North America

This data set describes nuclear microsatellite genotypes derived from six autosomal loci (AgCA222, Age7.1JT, BV13, BV20, NVH206, NVH195-2) in Cooper's Hawks. Samples originated from blood samples collected from live trapped birds. Version History: First release: December 2020 Revised: February 2022 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data; Tags: Accipiter cooperii, AgCA222, Age7.1JT, Alleles, Animals/Vertebrates, All tags... BV13, BV20, Biota, Birds, Birds of prey, British Columbia, Cooper's Hawk, DNA, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Environment, Gene Flow, Genetic Markers, Genetics, Genetics, Genotype, Microsatellite Repeats, NVH195-2, NVH206, North Dakota, Polymerase chain reaction, Population Genetics, Raptors, Site Fidelity, Terrestrial ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wisconsin, Fewer tags

Data from Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) Overwintering in Three Lagoons Along the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

This data package includes 2 child items with data from Pacific Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) during winter and migration periods. Child Item 1: "Body mass, Morphological Measurements, Flock Counts, and Age-Ratios from Black Brant Overwintering in Three Lagoons Along the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico". The data include: (1) body mass and morphological measurements from sport hunter harvested brant, and (2) census counts of brant in Bahia de San Quintin, (3) counts for flock age ratio determination, and (4) behavior. Child Item 2: "Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) Radio Detection and Migration Timing Alaska to Mexico". Data from brant tagged with VHF radio transmitters in July 1999 on the Yukon...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal populations, Animals/Vertebrates, Bahia San Quintín, Baja California, All tags... Baja California Sur, Biota, Birds, Black Brant, Branta bernicla nigricans, Brent Goose, Coastal ecosystems, Ecological dynamics, Environment, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico, Migratory birds, Population dynamics, Species life history, Species/population interactions, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waterfowl, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Yukon Delta, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, Fewer tags

Point Sampling Data for Eelgrass (Zostera marina) and Widgeongrass (Ruppia marina) Abundance in Embayments of the North Pacific Coast of Baja California, Mexico

These data are in seven tables relating to surveys of eelgrass (Zostera marina) and widgeongrass (Ruppia maritima) beds in embayments of the north Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico. The tables provide environmental conditions, eelgrass and widgeongrass abundance, and measurements used to estimate their aboveground biomass. These tables also provide information on percent cover, location, and tide height of eelgrass, widgeongrass and seaweeds, and water conditions during the survey. Version History: First release: March 2022 Revised: April 2023 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data; Tags: Algae, Algae, Angiosperms (flowering plants), Animal and plant census, Aquatic Biology, All tags... Aquatic ecosystems, Aquatic plants, Bahia San Quintin, Baja California, Benthic habitat, Biological productivity, Biomass, Biota, Coastal ecosystems, Ecology, Eelgrass, Environment, Estuarine ecosystems, Field inventory and monitoring, Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Laguna San Ignacio, Macroalgae (seaweeds), Marine ecosystems, Mexico, Monocots, Plot sampling, Relative abundance analysis, Ruppia maritima, Seagrass, Seagrass beds, Seaweeds, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vascular plants, Widgeongrass, Zostera marina, Fewer tags

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Microsatellite DNA Data, Pacific Coast of North America, 2000-2009

This data set contains genetic information collected from eelgrass (Zostera marina) populations along the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to Baha California. A total of 447 samples were collected comprising 401 unique individuals (genets) and 46 clones (ramets) from which 10 microsatellite DNA loci were obtained.

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Alleles, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Aquatic Biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Bahia Magdelena, All tags... Bahia San Quintin, Biota, Botany, Coastal habitat, DNA, Environment, Estero Punta Banda, Gene flow, Genetic diversity, Genetic markers, Genetic structure, Genetic variance, Genetics, Genetics, Genotype, Izembek Lagoon, Kinzarof Lagoon, Kuskokwim Shoals, Microsatellite repeats, Monocots, Montague Island, Monterey Bay, Nakwasina Bay, Plants, Polymerase chain reaction, Population genetics, Safety Sound, Saint Catherine Cove, Seagrass, Shallow Bay, Simeonof Island, Togiak Bay, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Unga Island, Wide Bay, Yaquina Bay, Fewer tags

Enteroctopus Sampling Effects on Genetic Data, Prince William Sound, Alaska, 2012-2015

These are genetic data collected from replicated samples of 21 Enteroctopus (E. dofleini or a cryptic lineage) in Prince William Sound Alaska to evaluate tissue type, DNA extraction method, and time until analyses are completed on data reliability. Data collected from all samples include two microsatellites identified as possible lineage indicators, and nine microsatellite loci previously identified as polymorphic in both lineages. DNA sequence data from 528 bp of the octopine dehydrogenase (OCDE) gene were also collected.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Amino Acid Oxidoreductases, Animals/Invertebrates, Biodiversity, Biodiversity, All tags... Biota, Cephalopods, DNA, DNA sequencing, Electrophoresis, Enteroctopus, Environment, Genetic Markers, Genetic diversity, Genetics, Genetics, Marine ecosystems, Microsatellite Repeats, Mollusks, Octopus, Polymerase chain reaction, Population genetics, Prince William Sound, Species diversity, Systematics and taxonomy, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Detection of Seagrass Pathogens Using Environmental DNA (eDNA), North Pacific, 2016-present

This data set is comprised of one table with sampling information and NCBI BioProject accession numbers for sequence information of this amplicon-based study targeting Labyrinthula, Phytophthora, and Halophytophthora of known pathogenic and non-pathogenic [to eelgrass (Zostera marina)] strains from eDNA samples. eDNA samples included water, sediment, and eelgrass from Notsuke Wan (Cove) Japan, Safety Sound, Izembek Lagoon, Port Moller, Chignik Lagoon, and Frederick Sound, Alaska and cloacal swabs from waterfowl hunted near Cold Bay Alaska. Replicate samples and multiple sampling dates of the same location were included. Highly conserved primers which could differentiate species of interest were developed for four...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Biological informatics, All tags... Biota, Birds, DNA Primers, DNA, Mitochondrial, Databases, Nucleic acid, Decline (Plant disease), Disease detection, Disease spread, Disease vectors, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Ecological processes, Ecosystem, Ecosystem diversity, Environment, Environmental DNA, Environmental DNA, Feasibility studies, Field sampling, Genetics, Halophytophthora, Hokkaido, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Japan, Labyrinthula sp., Labyrinthula zosterae, Marine biology, Marine environment monitoring, Mitochondrial DNA, Ocean circulation, Oceans and Seas, Phytophthora gemini, Plants, Species/Population Interactions, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Zostera marina, eDNA, Fewer tags

Specimen and Genetic Information for Phylogeny of Blue-winged Ducks (Anas spp.), 2001-2011

Data set containing specimen information and GenBank accession numbers for five nuclear DNA introns and mitochondrial DNA control region sequence information for the blue-winged duck complex of species sampled in Africa, Asia, Australia, and North and South America.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Argentina, Australia, Azzerbaijan, All tags... Biological Classification, Biota, Birds, Bolivia, California, Canada, Colorado, Columbia, Ducks/Geese/Swan, Earth Science, Environment, Evolution, Genetic Diversity, Genetics, Genetics, Population, Guyana, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Dakota, Oregon, Peru, Phylogeny, Phylogeography, Russia, South Africa, South Dakota, Taxonomy, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Wildlife Biology, Zimbabwe, Fewer tags

Avian Habitat Data, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 2012

This data package contains two tables with habitat measurements from each sampling point used in avian point-transect surveys on the Seward Peninsula in 2012 and the locations of those sites. Measurements include percent cover and canopy height of alder (Alnus spp.), dwarf birch (Betula spp.), ericaceous shrubs (e.g., Empetrum, Vaccinium spp.), herbaceous, lichen (e.g., Cladonia spp.), and willow (Salix spp.). Version History: First release: January 2015 Revised: February 2023 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Alpine/Tundra, Animals/Vertebrates, Avian abundance, Biogeography, All tags... Biological productivity, Biota, Birds, Botany, Community structure, Distribution, Ecology, Environment, Habitat preferences, Habitats, Migratory birds, Perching birds, Seasonal distribution, Seward Peninsula, Shrubland/Shrubs, Species richness, Terrestrial ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vegetation survey, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Bluff Analysis for Potential Peregrine Falcon Nesting Locations within the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A), 2002-2012

This data set refines potential peregrine falcon nest habitat within the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPR-A), aids in the interpretation of nest site selection and potential habitat based on the surface geology and geomorphology of the region, determines the key characteristics for the selection of nest sites in known nesting locations relatively to optimal sites in areas without known nesting occurrence, and helps in developing strategies for detecting potential shifts in the distribution of potential nesting habitat. Components of the data development included conducting geospatial analysis using digital elevation models, high-resolution remotely sensed imagery, and geomorphology. This GIS dataset consists...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alaska, Biota, Birds, Breeding sites, Eagle/Falcons/Hawks and allies, All tags... Ecology, Environment, Fluvial landforms, Geology, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Geomorphology, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Hydrology, Ikpikpuk River, Lakes, North Slope, Rivers/Streams, Surface Water, Terrestrial ecosystems, Terrestrial hydrosphere, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vegetation, Vegetation changes, Vegetation cover, Water Resources, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Greater White-Fronted Goose Genetic Data, Circumpolar, 1988-2009

This data set describes nuclear microsatellite genotypes derived from eight autosomal loci (BCA6, BCA9, BCA11, BCA5, CRG, OXY13, TSP1.20.09 and TSP1.20.46) and a 366 base pair portion of the mitochondrial control region. A total of 665 Greater White-fronted Geese were examined by genotyping and 518 by sequencing with samples coming from its circumpolar range representing multiple flyways (Midcontinent, Pacific, Greenland, Palearctic). The sex of most samples was determined in the field by morphology or cloacal examination. Version History: First release: June 2018 Revised: July 2018 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alleles, Anadyr, Anderson River, Animals/vertebrates, All tags... Anser albifrons, Biota, Birds, Bristol Bay, Brooks Range, Colville River, Cook Inlet, DNA, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Environment, Gene Flow, Genetic Markers, Genetic Variance, Genetics, Genetics, Genotype, Greater White-Fronted Goose, Greenland, Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, Ireland, Kanuti National Wildife Refuge, Kava, Kent Peninsula, Kolyma, Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge, Kuparuk River, Kuskokwim River, Lena, MacKenzie River, Microsatellite Repeats, Molecular biology, North Slope, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Old Crow Flats, Point Lay, Polymerase chain reaction, Population differentiation, Population genetics, Queen Maud Gulf, Rasmussen Basin, Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Speciation (biological), Taimyr, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Terrestrial ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vaygach, Victoria Island, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Yana, Yukon, Yukon River, Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, Fewer tags

Avian Point Transect Survey, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 2012

This data package contains three tables: 1) avian point-transect survey data collected on the Seward Peninsula in 2012, 2) locations of all survey sites, and 3) an avian taxonomy table for reference. Version History: First release: January 2015 Revised: February 2023 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Alpine/Tundra, Animals/Vertebrates, Avian abundance, Biogeography, All tags... Biological productivity, Biota, Birds, Community ecology, Community structure, Distribution, Ecology, Environment, Habitat preferences, Habitats, Migratory birds, Perching birds, Seasonal distribution, Seward Peninsula, Species richness, Terrestrial ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Gulf Watch Alaska - Pelagic Ecosystems Forage Fish Component - Data from Prince William Sound: Distribution, Abundance, and Morphology of Fish, Zooplankton, and Predators and Oceanographic Conditions

This data package includes 10 child items with data about the distribution, abundance, and morphology of forage fish, zooplankton, and predators, and oceanographic conditions during summer surveys in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Version History: First release: April 2017 Revised: February 2021 (ver. 2.0) Revised: March 2023 (ver. 3.0) Revised: September 2024 (ver. 4.0)

Categories: Data; Tags: Acoustic backscatter, Age composition, Alaska, Animals/Invertebrates, Animals/Vertebrates, All tags... Aquatic Biology, Aquatic birds, Aquatic mammals, Bioenergetics, Biomass, Biota, Calorimetry, Capelin, Coastal ecosystems, Conductivity, Ecology, Environment, Euphausiids, Fish, Fisheries, Fishery technology, Food fishes, Food web, Forage fish, Gulf of Alaska, Hydroacoustics, Inorganic Nutrients, Macrozooplankton, Marine ecosystems, Marine fishery resources, Marine mammals, Oceans, Pacific Sand Lance, Pelagic habitat, Photosynthetically active radiation, Plankton, Prince William Sound, Salinity, Sandlance, Sea ducks, Seabirds, Temperature, Turbidity, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Zooplankton, Fewer tags

Bird Species Checklists from USGS Alaska Science Center Field Camps

These data are daily summary checklists of all bird species observed at U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center (ASC) field camps. Data include species observation details such as observers, dates, location, and number of individuals seen. Field camps were located in Northern, Western, Interior, Southwest, Southcentral, and Southeast Alaska, Baja California Sur Mexico, and northern Russia. The data are organized in eight child items (one for each region), each with checklists in a tabular format. Version History: First release: May 2021 Revised: February 2022 (ver. 2.0) Revised: February 2023 (ver. 3.0)

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alaska, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Animals/Vertebrates, Bahia San Quintin, Baja California Sur, All tags... Biota, Birds, Coastal ecosystems, Cranes, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Ecology, Environment, Fowl, Game birds, Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Laguna San Ignacio, Loons, Mexico, Migration (organisms), Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Owls, Perching Birds, Raptors, Russia, Sakha Republic, Sandpipers, Santa Rosalia, Seabirds, Seasonal distribution, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Tundra ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Waterfowl, Wetland ecosystems, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Avian Point Count, Habitat, and Covariate Data for Subarctic Bird Abundance, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 2012-2014

This data package contains three tables: avian counts by species, habitat type, a covariate information used for analysis of bird surveys conducted between 2012 and 2014 on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, as part of the USGS Changing Arctic Ecosystems Initiative. We conducted 1,208 point counts on 12 study blocks from 2012–2014 in northwestern Alaska, using repeated surveys to account for imperfect detection of birds. We considered the importance of shrub height, density of low and tall shrubs (i.e. shrubs >0.5 m tall), percent of ground cover attributed to shrubs (including dwarf shrubs <0.5 m tall), and percent of herbaceous plant cover in predicting bird abundance.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alpine/Tundra, Animals/Vertebrates, Avian abundance, Biological productivity, All tags... Biota, Birds, Botany, Community composition, Community ecology, Community structure, Ecology, Environment, Landbirds, Population dynamics, Relative abundance analysis, Seward Peninsula, Shorebirds, Shrubland/Shrubs, Songbirds, Species diversity, Terrestrial ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vegetation changes, Vegetation survey, Waterfowl, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Intertidal Mussel (Mytilus) Data from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program and describe mussel sampling and observations conducted in the northern Gulf of Alaska. This dataset consists of six comma separated files (.csv): 1) mussel sampling site layout information, 2) mussel counts for mussels greater than 20 millimeters in a quadrat, 3) mussel size measurements for mussels greater than 20 millimeters in a quadrat, 4) mussel counts for all mussels collected from core samples, 5) mussel size frequencies for all mussels collected from core samples, and 6) list of Gulf Watch Alaska principal investigators and collaborators. This dataset includes previously released data and supersedes the USGS data release (https://doi.org/10.5066/F7WS8RD4)....

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Invertebrates, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic biology, Aquatic ecosystems, All tags... Aquatic ecosystems, Benthic ecosystems, Benthic habitat, Bioindicator, Biospheric indicators, Biota, Coastal ecosystems, Coastal habitat, Coastal processes, Ecology, Ecology, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Field sampling, Gulf of Alaska, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Macroinvertebrates, Marine ecosystems, Marine environment monitoring, Marine environments, Mollusks, Mollusks, Mussels, Pacific Blue Mussel, Prince William Sound, Size distribution, Spatial distribution, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) Microsatellite and Mitochondrial DNA Data, 2014-2018, Alaska and Russia.

This data set describes nuclear microsatellite genotypes derived from ten autosomal loci (Aph8, Aph16, Cmo7, Cmo9, Hhi5, Sfi10, Smo4, Smo6, Smo8, Smo12) and nucleotide sequence data derived from one mitochondrial DNA locus (control region). A total of 262 Spectacled Eiders were examined for this study. Samples were collected at Indigirka and Chaun River Deltas, Russia, and Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Utqiagvik, Colville River Delta, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Samples used in the study originated from blood or feather samples collected in the field from live trapped birds or from tissue taken from dead birds.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alaska, Alleles, Animals/Vertebrates, Arctic Regions, All tags... Biota, Birds, Birds, Canada, Chaun, Chaun River Delta, Colville River Delta, DNA, DNA sequencing, DNA, Mitochondrial, Ecological Processes, Environment, Evolution, Genetic diversity, Genetic markers, Genetic variance, Genetics, Genetics, Genetics, Population, Indigirka, Indigirka River Delta, Life Sciences, Microsatellite Repeats, North America, Polymerase chain reaction, Population genetic, Prudhoe Bay, Russia, Somateria fischeri, Spectacled eider, Systematics and taxonomy, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utqiagvik, Waterfowl, Wildlife Biology, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Fewer tags

Laysan Teal (Anas laysanensis) Microsatellite DNA Data, Laysan Island 1999-2009, Midway Atoll 2007-2010

The geographically closed, non-migratory populations of endangered Laysan Teal (Anas laysanensis) were sampled in the wild. This species was once widespread across the Hawaiian archipelago, but became isolated on Laysan Island (415 ha) from the mid-1800s until 2004 when a translocation to Midway Atoll (596 ha) was undertaken to reduce extinction risks. We compared genetic diversity and quantified variation at microsatellite loci sampled from 229 individuals from the wild populations at Laysan Island (1999–2009) and Midway Atoll (2007–2010; n = 133 Laysan, n = 96 Midway birds). We identified polymorphic markers by screening nuclear microsatellites (N = 83). Low nuclear variation was detected, consistent with the...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alleles, Animal Species reintroduction, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, All tags... DNA, DNA sequencing, DNA, Mitochondrial, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Environment, Genetic diversity, Genetic markers, Genetics, Genetics, Laysan Island, Laysan duck, Microsatellite Repeats, Midway Atoll, Polymerase chain reaction, Polymorphism, Genetic, Population dynamics, Population genetics, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waterfowl, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, genetic diversity, island endemic, reintroduction biology, Fewer tags

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) Microsatellite DNA Data, Alaska, Canada, Russia, 1994-2002

This data set describes nuclear microsatellite genotypes derived from twelve autosomal loci (6AB, Aph02, Aph08, Aph19, Aph23, Bca10, Bca11, Hhi5, Sfi11, Smo07, Smo09, and CRG), and two Z-linked microsatellite loci (Bca4 and Smo1). A total of 111 Long-tailed Ducks were examined for this genotyping with samples coming from the two primary breeding locales within Alaska (Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska and the Yukon Delta, Western Alaska) and a representative locale in the central Canadian Arctic (Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut, Canada). The sex of most samples was determined in the field by plumage and later confirmed by using the CHD molecular sexing protocol (Griffiths et al., 1998).

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alleles, Animals/vertebrates, Biota, Birds, All tags... Clangula hyemalis, Colville River Delta, DNA, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Environment, Gene Flow, Genetic Markers, Genetics, Genetics, Genotype, Indigirka River, Long-tailed duck, Microsatellite Repeats, Nunavut, Polymerase chain reaction, Population Genetics, Queen Maud Gulf, Russia, Terrestrial ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Yukon Delta, Fewer tags

DNA Microsatellite and Sex Identification Markers for Emperor Goose (Chen canagica) and Cross-Species Amplification of Microsatellites in Select Goose Species, Alaska 2016

This data set contains allele sizes for 30 individuals of 9 previously published and 20 novel microsatellite loci and the molecular sex verification (n = 31) of Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) from various locations across Alaska. The allele sizes for the 20 microsatellite loci developed in this study are included for 10 White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) from Selawik, 11 Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) from Kigigak Island, 10 Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) from Copper River Delta, and 9 Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii) from lower Kashunuk River (Hock Slough) and Tutakoke River. Version History: First release: October 2017 Revised: August 2022 (ver. 1.1)

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alleles, Animals/Vertebrates, Biodiversity, Biota, All tags... Birds, DNA sequencing, DNA, Mitochondrial, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Environment, Genetic diversity, Genetic markers, Genetic variance, Genetics, Genetics, Microsatellite Repeats, Polymerase chain reaction, Polymorphism, Genetic, Population dynamics, Population genetics, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waterfowl, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags