Filters: Tags: {"scheme":"Common geographic areas"} (X) > partyWithName: Wetland and Aquatic Research Center (X)

Filters Date Range Past year (60) Past month (6) Past week (2) Past day (1) Custom range... To   Search Extensions Raster (62) Shapefile (12) ArcGIS Service Definition (2) NetCDF OPeNDAP Service (2) Types Downloadable (76) Map Service (76) GeoTIFF (62) Raster (62) OGC WFS Layer (12) More... Contacts U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase Ecosystems Nicholas M Enwright U.S. Geological Survey Brady Couvillion More... Categories Data (185) Data Release - Revised (17) Data Release - In Progress (2) Tag Types Place (1053) Tags (with Scheme=Common geographic areas) louisiana (143) gulf of mexico (111) florida (87) louisiana coastal (80) united states (51) texas (50) alabama (46) More... View Results as: JSON ATOM CSV

Freshwater Introduction South of Highway 82 (ME-16): 2018 land-water classification The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the Freshwater Introduction South of Highway 82 (ME-16) project for 2018. This data is used as a basemap land-water classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: CWPPRA, Ecology, Geography, Geography, Gulf of Mexico, All tags... Land Use Change, Land Use Change, Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, ME-16, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial photography, conservation, digital elevation models, ecosystem monitoring, geographic information systems, image collections, image mosaics, remote sensing, wetland ecosystems, wetland restoration, Fewer tags Oyster Bayou Marsh Creation and Terracing (CS-59): 2018 land-water classification The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the Oyster Bayou Marsh Creation and Terracing (CS-59) project for 2018. This data is used as a basemap land-water classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: CS-59, CWPPRA, Geography, Gulf of Mexico, Land Use Change, All tags... Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial photography, conservation, digital elevation models, ecosystem monitoring, geographic information systems, image collections, image mosaics, remote sensing, wetland ecosystems, wetland restoration, Fewer tags Topographic and bathymetry survey (2019) along the Chincoteague Living Shoreline, Virginia This dataset contains field topographic and bathymetric data measured during February to April 2019 across oyster castles and mud flats along the Chincoteague Living Shoreline, Virginia, where constructed oyster reefs (CORs, aka oyster castles) were installed to protect the shoreline and enhance habitat for oyster and other species. Categories: Data; Tags: Chincoteague, Geomorphology, Shoreline, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, All tags... Virginia, elevation, oceans, Fewer tags Ecological modeling output for the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual iterations 1 and 2 (of 3), 2021 Ecological models facilitate the evaluation and assessment of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) provides ecological models tailored to address specific management issues. The multi-agency REstoration, COordination and VERification (RECOVER) science team uses ecological models (i.e., ecological planning tools) to evaluate the potential effects of projects in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) on natural resources. The planning agencies and bureaus involved in CERP desire to also use these ecological planning tools for the evaluation of alternative water control plans to be performed by the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM)... Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Ecology, Everglades, Florida, All tags... Hydrology, Hydrology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, Water Resources, Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Biology, ecological modeling, environment, Fewer tags Ecological modeling output for the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual iteration 3 (of 3), 2022 Ecological models facilitate the evaluation and assessment of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) provides ecological models tailored to address specific management issues. The multi-agency REstoration, COordination and VERification (RECOVER) science team uses ecological models (i.e., ecological planning tools) to evaluate the potential effects of projects in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) on natural resources. The planning agencies and bureaus involved in CERP desire to also use these ecological planning tools for the evaluation of alternative water control plans to be performed by the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM)... Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Ecology, Everglades, Florida, All tags... Hydrology, Hydrology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, Water Resources, Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Biology, ecological modeling, environment, Fewer tags Soil property and geochronology (137Cs and 210Pb) data (2014) in salt marsh soils of Jamaica Bay Estuary, New York City This dataset contains soil property and geochronology (Cesium-137 and lead-210 dating) data from soil cores collected in August 2014 in salt marshes of Jamaica Bay Estuary, New York City. Categories: Data; Tags: Jamaica Bay, New York City, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, All tags... oceans, salt marsh, Fewer tags A subset of 2017 Louisiana Coastal Master Plan model output to estimate climate change mitigation potential of Louisiana’s coastal area A subset of the Louisiana's 2017 Coastal Master Plan model output was used to estimate the potential climate mitigation role of Louisiana’s coastal area. Model output of surface water salinity, land/water classification, and area of eight habitats for elapsed years of 6, 11, 16, 26, and 36 were post-processed to estimate habitat areas at years of 2020, 2025, 2030, 2040, and 2050, that align with the Governor of Louisiana’s greenhouse gas reduction targets. In addition, the Louisiana coastal boundary and a static mask of upland and developed area were used to define the coastal area. The modeled habitat areas with literature review of net ecosystem carbon balance fluxes per habitat were used in an analytical framework... Tags: Aquatic Biology, Botany, Climatology, Ecology, Gulf of Mexico, All tags... Land Use Change, Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, carbon sequestration, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, coastal submergence, environment, estuary, habitats, inlandWaters, wetlands, Fewer tags Louisiana Outer Coast Restoration Project – 2022 habitat map, Whiskey Island This data release includes 2022 data for the Louisiana Outer Coast Restoration Project for Whiskey Island. Specifically, this data release includes a detailed habitat map, general habitat map, and georeferenced imagery. These habitat maps are developed using the methods and classification scheme from Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s (CPRA) Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program. For more details on BICM habitat classes, see the Entity and Attribute Information section of the metadata. Please consult the accompanying readME.txt file for information and recommendations on the contents of this dataset (that is, dataset and recommended symbology). For more information about BICM... Tags: Ecology, Gulf of Mexico, Land Use Change, Louisiana, Remote Sensing, All tags... Terrebonne, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environment, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags Sediment macrofaunal composition, sediment grain size, and taxa functional traits of multiple deep-sea coral habitats in the Gulf of Mexico, 2009-2014 Deep-sea corals can create a highly complex, three-dimensional structure that facilitates sediment accumulation and influences adjacent sediment environments through altered hydrodynamic regimes. Infaunal communities adjacent to different coral types, including reef-building scleractinian corals and individual colonies of octocorals, are known to differ from background non-coral soft-sediment communities, often exhibiting higher macrofaunal densities and distinct community structure. However, the coral types have different morphologies, which may modify the adjacent sediment communities in discrete ways. Here we address two main questions: 1) how infaunal communities adjacent to deep-sea corals and their associated... Categories: Data; Tags: Benthos, Ecology, Gulf of Mexico, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... coral, deep-sea, macrofauna, 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 Salinity tolerance among three freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Gulf Coastal Plain drainages An important physiological constraint influencing distributions of coastal freshwater organisms is their tolerance for saline conditions. We experimentally evaluated salinity tolerance for three freshwater mussel species (Utterbackia imbecillis, Elliptio jayensis, and Glebula rotundata). Mussels were transferred abruptly from well water to one of five treatments (0 [control], 6, 12, 18 or 24 parts per thousand [ppt]) with no acclimation. Utterbackia imbecillis survived on average about 2 days at treatments ≥ 6 ppt, while Elliptio jayensis survived slightly longer (about 4 days). Glebula rotundata was most tolerant to salinity, surviving as well at 6 and 12 ppt as it did in the control. Additionally, G. rotundata... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Environmental Health, Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... osmoregulation, sea-level change, Fewer tags Review of low-temperature tolerance data for 17 species of non-native fishes that have been observed in Everglades National Park. Temperature is an important factor in understanding biogeography and species composition. In south Florida, non-native fishes’ tolerance to low temperatures is a critical factor in delineating their geographic spread. We provide a literature review summarizing the current state of knowledge of low-temperature tolerances for all seventeen non-native fishes that have been found in Everglades National Park. Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Everglades, Everglades, Fishes, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... biota, Fewer tags Sediment macrofaunal composition and sediment geochemistry of deep-sea coral habitats after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, 2010-2016 Deep-sea corals create complex habitats that support distinct sediment communities. Several deep-sea coral habitats were impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, and recovery of associated sediment communities may take several years. While spill-associated organic enrichment may lead to increased abundances of tolerant taxa, toxic effects of the spill may lead to declines in sensitive groups. However, temporal variability in coral-associated sediment macrofauna is unknown and represents an important consideration for post-spill community assessments. Here we examine how the macrofaunal communities change over time at impacted and reference sites. From 2010 to 2016, we examined macrofaunal communities at multiple... Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Gulf of Mexico, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), benthos, biota Highway 384 Hydrologic Restoration (CS-21): 2015 land-water classification The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the Highway 384 Hydrologic Restoration (CS-21) project for 2015. This data is used as a basemap land-water classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: CS-21, CWPPRA, Ecology, Geography, Gulf of Mexico, All tags... Land Use Change, Louisiana, Louisiana Coastal, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial photography, conservation, digital elevation models, ecosystem monitoring, geographic information systems, image collections, image mosaics, remote sensing, wetland ecosystems, wetland restoration, Fewer tags Snakehead fishes in the United States of America This dataset contains information on all snakehead fishes found in the United States. It is a subset of a larger database, the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database (NAS). This information resource is an established central repository for spatially referenced biogeographic accounts of introduced aquatic species. The NAS website provides scientific reports, online/real-time queries, spatial data sets, distribution maps, fact sheets, and general information. Categories: Data; Tags: AIS, ANS, Aquatic Biology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, All tags... animals, biota, environment, fish, geographic information systems, inlandWaters, introduced species, invasive species, non-indigenous, non-native, nonindigenous species, nonnative species, vertebrates, Fewer tags Data Release: Buttonland Swamp, SET data This study examined long-term changes in ground height using Surface Elevation Tables (SETs). Measurements were taken in the floodplains of the Cache River at Buttonland Swamp in southern Illinois. The sites where data was collected included Crawford Tract and Eagle Pond from 2020-2022 and Deer Pond and Snake Hole from 2005-2022. Categories: Data; Tags: Buttonland Swamp, Cache River, Ecology, Forested Wetland, Illinois, All tags... Land Use Change, Southern Illinois, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, channel downcutting, climate change, elevation, freshwater ecosystems, freshwater swamp, global warming, precipitation (atmospheric), precipitation measurements, sediment deposition, sedimentation, swamp, wetlands, 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 Modeling barrier island habitats using landscape position information for Dauphin Island, Alabama Barrier islands provide important ecosystem services, including storm protection and erosion control to the mainland, habitat for fish and wildlife, and tourism (Barbier and others, 2011; Feagin and others, 2010). These islands tend to be dynamic due to their location along the estuarine-marine interface. Besides gradual changes caused by constant forces, such as currents and tides, barrier islands face numerous threats including hurricanes, accelerated sea-level rise, oil spills, and anthropogenic impacts (Pilkey and Cooper, 2014). These threats are likely to influence the future of barrier islands in the latter part of the 21st century, especially as climate-related threats to coastal areas are expected to increase... Tags: Ecology, Geography, Geomorphology, Gulf of Mexico, Lower Alabama, All tags... Mobile, Monte Carlo, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), barrier island, dune, elevation, environment, geoscientificInformation, lidar, vertical uncertainty, Fewer tags Bullseye snakehead environmental DNA data, and associated attributes, collected from southeast Florida, from 2015-2018 Bullseye snakehead, Channa marulius, was first detected in 2000 in the southern Florida town of Tamarac and has been expanding its geographic range. Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is a newly-developed technique used to non-invasively detect cryptic or low-density species, or those that are logistically difficult to study. Genetic material shed into the environment through tissue and body fluids is concentrated from water samples and analyzed for the presence of target species eDNA. To help delineate bullseye snakehead’s geographic range, we developed and validated a species-specific eDNA assay for both quantitative and droplet digital PCR (ddPCR). We then used ddPCR to assess 16 locations in southeast Florida... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Everglades, Genetics, Southern Florida, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, environment, environmental DNA, invasive species, non-invasive monitoring, occupancy estimate, range delimitation, Fewer tags 1 2 3 4 5 ... 16 »