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Investigating Detection and Roadside Bias in Surveys of Grassland Birds in the Northern Great Plains, ND 2015, MT 2017-2018 A biologist and field crew from Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center visited sites nine times throughout the breeding season (late May to mid-July) to record counts of grassland birds. Surveyors applied North American Breeding Bird Survey methodology to obtain counts at On-, Near-, and Off-road Stops, but unlike the North American Breeding Bird Survey, which features a single survey at each site, three replicate surveys were conducted on back-to-back-to-back days during each survey period to facilitate estimation of detection and occupancy probabilities. Assignment of surveyors to individual sites followed a design protocol that allows observer effects to also be estimated. The biologist visited each site once... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Ecology, Land ownership, Montana, North American Breeding Bird Survey, North Dakota, All tags... Phillips County, Relative abundance, Songbirds, Stutsman County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Valley County, biota, birds, detection probability, migratory species, native species, observer effect, occupancy probability, roadside bias, Fewer tags Nuclear inclusion X testing of Pacific Razor clams from select locations in Washington and Alaska A quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay was developed to detect nuclear inclusion X (NIX) in Pacific razor clams, and assay specificity was confirmed by chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH). Both tests were applied to evaluate NIX infections in wild Pacific razor clams collected during spring 2019. Consistent with results from earlier histopathological assessments, qPCR and CISH indicated 100% prevalence in razor clams from two Washington beaches and 0% prevalence from two Alaskan beaches. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alaska Coastal, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Washington Coastal, bacteria, biota, All tags... health, oceans, Fewer tags Data to Support Efficacy Studies of Injectable Tulathromycin for Reduction of Vertical Transmission of Renibacterium salmoninarum in Spring Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Bacterial kidney disease (BKD) caused by Renibacterium salmoninarum (Rs) occurs nearly worldwide where wild or cultured salmonid fishes are present. Control of BKD is confounded by its two modes of transmission, horizontal (fish-to-fish) and vertical (from female parent to progeny via the eggs). A highly successful BKD control strategy employed in Pacific Northwest hatcheries culturing spring Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) includes: (1) injecting pre-spawning adults with a macrolide antibiotic to improve survival and reduce Rs infection levels, (2) broodstock culling of highly infected females and (3) improved fish husbandry. However, the future availability of the injectable macrolide antibiotic (erythromycin)... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery, National Fish Hatchery, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Western Fisheries Research Center, Wildlife disease, All tags... antibiotic, aquatic biology, bacterium, hatchery, Fewer tags Nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended-sediment loads and trends measured at the Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring stations: Water years 1985-2017 Nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended-sediment loads, and changes in loads, in major rivers across the Chesapeake Bay watershed have been calculated using monitoring data from the Chesapeake Bay River Input Monitoring (RIM) stations for the period 1985 through 2017. Nutrient and suspended-sediment loads and changes in loads were determined by applying a weighted regression approach called WRTDS (Weighted Regression on Time, Discharge, and Season). The load results represent the total mass of nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment that was exported from each of the RIM watersheds. To determine the trend in loads, the annual load results are flow normalized to integrate out the year-to-year variability in river... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Virginia, WRTDS, Washington DC, West Virginia, load analysis, nitrogen, nutrients, phosphorus, rivers, suspended sediment, trends, water quality, weighted regression, Fewer tags River Channel Survey Data, Redwood Creek, California, 1953-2013 Dr. Richard Janda of the USGS began a channel monitoring program in Redwood Creek in northern coastal California in 1973. The USGS continued this work through 2013, when the Research Geologist, Dr. Mary Madej retired. This effort produced 40 years of channel change data in rivers that were disrupted by severe erosion following timber harvest of old-growth redwood forests, a portion of the program's data (plus 1953 data) has been preserved in this data release. Original field surveys documented bank erosion, aggradation, and degradation at 60 cross-sectional transects at annual or biannual timesteps. Three river reaches also have long-term longitudinal channel bed surveys which document the distribution and development... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: 44 Creek, Bond Creek, California, Dolason Creek, Elam Creek, All tags... Emerald Creek, Forty-four Creek, Fortyfour Creek, Harry Wier Creek, Hayes Creek, Humboldt, Redwood Creek, Redwood National Park, United States, cross section survey, fluvial geomorphology, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, longitudinal survey, river channel surveys, watershed management, watershed restoration, Fewer tags Concentrations of environmental DNA (eDNA) during sockeye salmon spawning in 2016, Hansen Creek, Alaska, USA This dataset contains environmental DNA (eDNA) concentrations and spawning adult abundances for sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Hansen Creek, a small tributary in the Wood River watershed, southeast Alaska, USA. We took temporally- and spatially-replicated eDNA samples during the spawning period (mid-July through August), along with fish counts (live, naturally dead, and killed), dissolved oxygen (DO), discharge, and temperature data at each time of sampling. Samples were collected at each site before adults entered the stream, and then continued to be collected daily or every other day for the next three weeks. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alaska, Aleknagik Lake, CO3, DNeasy, Hansen Creek, All tags... TaqMan MGB, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wood River watershed, biota, cellulose nitrate, conservation genetics, filtration, freshwater ecosystems, genetics, inlandWaters, qPCR, water sampling, Fewer tags Modeled Streamflow Metrics on Small, Ungaged Stream Reaches in the Upper Colorado River Basin: Data Modeling streamflow is an important approach for understanding landscape-scale drivers of flow and estimating flows where there are no streamgage records. In this study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Colorado State University, the objectives were to model streamflow metrics on small, ungaged streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin and identify streams that are potentially threatened with becoming intermittent under drier climate conditions. The Upper Colorado River Basin is a region that is critical for water resources and also projected to experience large future climate shifts toward a drying climate. A random forest modeling approach was used to model the relationship between streamflow... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Ecosystems, Fisheries, Streamflow, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Colorado River Basin, All tags... Upper Colorado River Basin, random forests, random forests, streamflow, streamflow modeling, streamflow modeling, ungaged streams, ungaged streams, Fewer tags Water Chemistry of Great Lakes Tributaries, 2017-2018 Chemical composition of fish bones can be used to trace fish migrations and other movements (e.g., use of tributaries for spawning). Chemical composition of water is required to be able to trace fish migrations or movements to particular rivers or streams. Because water chemistry can change over time due to changes in land use, tectonic movements that alter groundwater pathways, pollution, industrial activity, and potentially other sources, periodic re-assessment of water chemistry is required. Here we present data on concentrations of common elements for several tributary streams to Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario collected in 2017 and 2018. These data will be useful to anyone desiring to track fish... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Geochemistry, Great Lakes, Hydrology, Lake Erie, All tags... Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, environment, inlandWaters, water chemistry, Fewer tags Body size estimates for slider turtles in the United States, 1944-2010—Data These data are compiled from published studies of various subspecies of the slider turtle (Trachemys scripta) from throughout the native range of the species in the United States. Data include sample sizes of adult male and female turtles as well as various estimates of their body size as noted in the Comments column. Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Body size, Central USA, Demography, Georgia, Illinois, All tags... Mean size, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Plastron length, Reproductive females, Sexual size dimorphism, Size of maturity, Size of reproductive females, Size of sexual maturity, South Carolina, Texas, Turtle, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags Pacific Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment (PaCSEA) GIS Resource Database Recent interest has increased related to developing alternative sources of renewable energy to reduce dependence on oil. Some of those sources will include power generation infrastructure and support activities located within continental shelf waters, and potentially within deeper waters off the U.S. Pacific coast and beyond state waters (i.e., outside three nautical miles). Currently, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is considering renewable energy proposals off the coast of Oregon. The 2011-2012 Pacific Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment (PaCSEA) project is intended to provide new information on species composition, distribution, abundance, seasonal variation, and habitat utilization among... Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: California (CA), Oregon (OR), Pacific Northwest, Seabirds, Aerial Survey, Flight Track, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Washington (WA), aerial survey, biota, environment, oceans, seabirds, Fewer tags Comparisons of Gambel's quail survey methods conducted in 2016 within the Mohave Desert of California with results and summaries Data includes results collected in the Mohave Desert during 2016 using three survey methods (acoustic recording units, camera traps, and call-count surveys) to detect gamebirds, primarily Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) but also including records of mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), Eurasian collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto), and chukar (Alectoris chukar). ARU data includes the Selections (portions of the recording identified as potentially containing a Gambel's quail call) and Detections (quail calls confirmed following audible and visual verification of the recording and spectrogram). ARU data provided is summarized into hourly segments where selections occurred among five study sites. Camera trap data... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Mohave National Preserve, Riverside East Solar Energy Zone (SEZ), USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, All tags... transect sampling, video monitoring, vocalization methods, wildlife biology, Fewer tags Image and biometric data for fish from Great Lakes tributaries collected during spring 2019 Image and biometric data were collected for 22 species of fish from Great Lakes Tributaries in Michigan and Ohio, and the Illinois River for the purpose of developing a fish identification classifier. Data consists of a comma delimited spreadsheet that identifies image file names and associated fish identification number, common name, species code, family name, genus, and species, date collected, river from which each fish was collected, location of sampling, fish fork length in millimeters, girth in millimeters, weight in kilograms, and personnel involved with image collection. Biometric data are saved as .csv comma delimited format and image files are saved as .png file type. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Black Mallard River, Great Lakes, Illinois River, Little Manistee River, All tags... Menominee River, Muskegon River, Sandusky River, Tittabawassee River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, fish, fishery management, migratory behavior, species identification, Fewer tags Large River Monitoring Forum Fish Assemblage Database 2016 The Large River Monitoring Forum compiled fish assemblage data for five large rivers in the U.S. as a part of a coordinated effort to compare and contract river monitoring efforts in large river systems. Fish community data from five monitoring programs were integrated to create the standardized dataset. Authors: Timothy D. Counihan1, Ian R. Waite2, Andy Casper3, David Ward4, Jennifer Sauer5, Elise Irwin6, Colin Chapman7, Brian Ickes5, Craig Paukert8, John Kosovich9, and Jennifer M. Bayer10 1- United States Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory, 5501A Cook-Underwood Road, Cook, WA 98605; email:tcounihan@usgs.gov; Phone:509-538-2299; Fax:509-538-2843 2- United States... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Colorado River, Columbia River, Fish, Fish Assemblages, Fish Community Analysis, All tags... Illinois River, Invasive Species, Large River, Mississippi River, Monitoring, Native Species, Species Richness, Tallapoosa River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Effects of local shoreline and subestuary watershed condition on waterbird use influences of geography scale and season in the Chesapeake Bay This dataset is comprised of six files related to waterbird surveys and resulting Index of Waterbird Community Integrity (IWCI) scores in 21 subestuaries of the Chesapeake Bay from 2010-2014. Two .csv files (1 data file: Prosser et al 2017_IWCI Results MS_Bird Survey Raw Data.csv, 1 definitions file: Prosser et al 2017_IWCI Results MS_Bird Survey Raw Data_Definitions.csv) contain data related to raw waterbird survey data from two seasons (summer and fall). Two .csv files (1 data file: Prosser et al 2017_IWCI Results MS_Species List.csv, 1 definitions file: Prosser et al 2017_IWCI Results MS_Species List_Definitions.csv) contain data related to 60+ Chesapeake waterbird species observed in surveys and their species... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Anthropogenic Disturbance, Biological Indicators, Chesapeake Bay, Ecological Integrity, Estuaries, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waterbirds, Wildlife Disease, Fewer tags Preliminary evaluation of behavioral response of nesting waterbirds to small unmanned aircraft flight This dataset is comprised of 3 .csv files related to the use of unmanned aerial systems over waterbird colonies. Specifically, data detail the disturbance observed in birds during flights, the time required for traditional ground surveys to be conducted, and the distance at which birds flush during traditional ground surveys. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Human Impacts, Poplar Island, Species Biology, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, waterbirds, Fewer tags DNA fingerprinting of Southern Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus fuliginatus) to determine movement across California State Route 67 The goal of this project was to primarily assess east-west connectivity across Route 67 and secondarily, north-south connectivity across Scripps Poway Parkway and Poway Road, two highly trafficked roads to the west of Route 67. We collected deer scat piles from both sides of these crossings in spring between March and June of 2015, and again in fall throughout October 2015. Collected pellets were extracted and amplified using protocols and loci developed by Bohonak and Mitelberg (2014). DNA fingerprinting results were used to investigate mule deer movement in the region directly by identifying individuals which had been captured multiple times throughout the study period. We also assessed movement indirectly through... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Mule deer, San Diego, Southern Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus fuliginatus), USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), microsatellite genotyping, All tags... scat, Fewer tags Ephemeral channel heads and digital elevation models used to extract stream networks in Clarksburg, MD (ver. 2.0, October 2021) This dataset describes the location of channel heads survyed in two headwater watersheds in Clarksburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, and the digital elevation models derived from light detection and ranging (lidar) covering the two watersheds. The digital elevation models were used to derive topographic attributes used to delineate drainage networks that were then assessed for accuracy using the field-surveyed channel heads. First posted - January 21, 2021 (available from author) Revised - October 15, 2021 (version 2.0) Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Maryland, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), drainage basins, land surveying, river systems, All tags... streams, Fewer tags Mineral content, bulk density, and beryllium-7 activity of wetland soils of the Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion Outfall Area, Louisiana, in 2015 These data provide information regarding beryllium-7 radioisotope activity, bulk density, and percent organic matter for wetland soils in the immediate outfall region of an operational Mississippi River diversion. From them, information relating to short-term mineral sediment mass accumulation rates and sediment retention rates in the receiving basin can be inferred. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Geochemistry, Louisiana, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), sediment deposition North Lake Mechant Landbridge Restoration (TE-44): 2021 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 North Lake Mechant Landbridge Restoration (TE-44) project for 2021. 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: CWPPRA, Ecology, Geography, Gulf of Mexico, Land Use Change, All tags... Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, Remote Sensing, TE-44, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, aerial photography, conservation, digital elevation models, ecosystem monitoring, environment, geographic information systems, image collections, image mosaics, remote sensing, wetland ecosystems, wetland restoration, Fewer tags Cole's Bayou Marsh Restoration (TV-63): 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 Cole's Bayou Marsh Restoration (TV-63) 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 their... 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, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, TV-63, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, aerial photography, conservation, digital elevation models, ecosystem monitoring, environment, geographic information systems, image collections, image mosaics, remote sensing, wetland ecosystems, wetland restoration, Fewer tags « 1 ... 15 16 17 18 19 20 »