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Illinois River basin silver carp and bighead carp eDNA gradient study from 2015 This data was collected by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to see if environmental DNA (eDNA) varied across pools and within pools in the Illinois River basin. The data was collected in 2015 from three different habitat types: shoreline, main channel, and bays. The resulting data were then analyzed using an occupancy model. Categories: Data; Tags: Illinois, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, environment, environmental DNA, All tags... fish, invasive species, statistical modeling, Fewer tags Grass Carp Movement and Capture Data from the Sandusky River, Lake Erie, Ohio, USA from 2020 to 2022 Data includes grass carp position and sampling data from 2020 to 2022. We used grass carp that were implanted with acoustic transmitters. The position data was generated in Fathom Position from receivers that composed several VEMCO Positioning Systems (VPS). We also queried the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation Network (GLATOS) to obtain non-VPS position detections from receivers made from multiple projects across Lake Erie and associated tributaries. Sampling data was downloaded from the grass carp capture database hosted on ArcGIS Online These data contain information such as location of event, time gears were deployed and retrieved, and number of grass carp caught. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Catchability, Lake Erie, Sandusky River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... acoustic telemetry, animal tracking, biological sampling, biota, invasive species, telemetry, Fewer tags Digitized mangrove-marsh ecotone boundaries for Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve (Florida, USA) in 2013 and 2019 This dataset consists of a file geodatabase containing the digitized ecotone boundaries between mangroves and freshwater marsh in 2013 and 2019 at 14 systematically selected segments in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park (southwest Florida, USA). Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, Ecology, Everglades National Park, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... United States, biogeography, coastal ecosystems, ecosystem monitoring, geospatial datasets, remote sensing, southern Florida, spatial analysis, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Field data and models of the Missouri River at Sheepnose Bend, near Lexington, Missouri, 2019-2021 This project includes field data and data supporting models of the Missouri River at Sheepnose (SN) bend, near Lexington, Missouri. Field datasets include a topobathymetric digital elevation model (DEM) for a 10-km reach of the Missouri River, repeat surveys of channel bathymetry from 2019-2021, water surface elevation profiles, velocity data collected with acoustic Dopper current profiler (ADCP). Channel topography was generated from data collected by USGS staff from the Columbia Environmental Research Center during multibeam sonar surveys of the channel bed using a multibeam echosounder and high-resolution Global Navigation Satellite Systems for positioning. Field data was used to generate and validate both 2-dimensional... Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Missouri, All tags... Missouri River, Missouri River Basin, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, hydrology, Fewer tags Dataset: Sero-surveillance for avian influenza exposure in wild birds in Iceland, 2012-2017 From 2010-2018 we investigated the occurrence of avian influenza antibody in wild birds in Iceland. A total of 2453 serum samples were collected from wild birds. We tested all samples by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for evidence of previous exposure to avian influenza virus with 1302 testing positive. Categories: Data; Tags: Iceland, Migratory bird, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Disease, avian influenza, All tags... avian influenza virus antibody, biota, east Atlantic flyway, Fewer tags Water Chemistry and Smallmouth Bass Biological Data from Pine Creek and West Branch Mahantango Creek, Pennsylvania, 2015-2019 (In Press) Monitoring wild fish health and associated exposure effects in regions where agriculture and development have impacted rivers and streams has become a valuable research tool. Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) are a sensitive, indicator species that exhibit symptoms of immunosupression and endocrine disruption in response to water quality changes and contaminant exposure. In the Susquehanna River drainage, smallmouth bass have been used in biomonitoring assessments to help understand changes in the population due to poor young-of-the-year recruitment and health effects. To help determine effects of agriculture and development on smallmouth bass health, two sites (a developed/agriculture site and a forested site)... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Chesapeake Bay Drainage, Ecology, Pennsylvania, Pine Creek, All tags... Susquehanna River Drainage, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), West Branch Mahantango Creek, biota, condition factor, contaminants, health assessment index, hepatic gene transcripts, hepatosomatic index, land use, macrophage aggregates, parasites, wild fish health, Fewer tags Everglades mangrove vegetation data from 23 long-term plots (1992-2011) Twenty-three long-term mangrove vegetation plots were established between 1992-1997 within the southwest coastal region of Everglades National Park (Florida, USA) to quantify tree damage and recovery following hurricanes and to understand the effects of global climate change. Many of the mangrove vegetation plots were associated with hydrology, soil porewater, and soil surface elevation monitoring stations. Within each plot, trees were tagged, mapped, and identified to species. The diameter at breast height (DBH) and status of each tree were measured at one to two year intervals through 2011. This dataset includes 51,730 tree measurements. Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Everglades National Park, Forestry, Southern Florida, Tidal Mangrove Forest, All tags... Tidal Mangrove Shrubland, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, aquatic vegetation, climate change, coastal ecosystems, ecosystem monitoring, field inventory and monitoring, long-term ecological monitoring, plot sampling, population and community ecology, population dynamics, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Data for Infectivity of Wild-Bird Origin Influenza A Viruses in Minnesota Wetlands Across Seasons This data set represents an ecological and laboratory-based experiment to understand influenza virus viability in surface water. Data tables included in this release consist of 1) daily mean water temperature, 2) viability of viruses maintained in water, 3) influenza detection in duck samples, 4) viral titers of experimentally inoculated water samples, and 5) water chemistry. Categories: Data; Tags: Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, Animal disease, Animal diseases/disorders/pests, Animals/vertebrates, Aquatic Biology, All tags... Avian influenza, Biota, Birds, Disease reservoirs, Disease/epidemic, Ducks/geese/swans, Environment, Environmental Health, Freshwater ecosystems, Genetics, Health, Health and disease, Influenza A virus, Lakes/reservoirs, Migratory birds, Minnesota, Persistence, Roseau River Wildlife Management Area, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Virus Diseases, Viruses, Waterfowl, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, Wildlife disease, Fewer tags Simulations of larval fish transport and environmental conditions in Lake Michigan Data files contain the simulated mean daily environmental conditions experienced by particles (which can be assumed to be planktonic larval alewife or yellow perch) in Lake Michigan during March 15 - July 31 of past and future years. Simulations were generated by integrating a series of climatic, hydrodynamic, biogeochemical, and Lagrangian particle dispersion (LPD) models. For each year, 42,765 particles (i.e., each representing a theoretical larval fish) were released from coastal and nearshore locations and tracked sub-hourly for 50-days following their release. Each year's dataset summarizes individual particle experiences (e.g., light, zooplankton prey, temperature) into daily averages. Categories: Data, Data Release - In Progress; Tags: Environmental Health, Lake Michigan, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biological and physical processes, early life history, All tags... ecosystem model, environment, match-mismatch, physical processes, recruitment, Fewer tags Data for examining thermal equilibration rates of brook trout implanted with temperature recording tags and subjected to rapid and slow temperature changes This dataset contains records from implanted and not implanted temperature logging tags, body sizes of fish implanted with temperature logging tags, times the fish/tags were transferred from one temperature to another, and the time the temperature recorded by the tag equilibrated with ambient water conditions. Data were collected to compare thermal equilibration rate of temperature recording tags implanted in the coelomic cavity of lab reared brook trout to temperature recording tags not implanted in fish. Tagged fish and not implanted tags were moved rapidly between 8 C and 16 C and also subjected to slow (2 C per hour) thermal ramp. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, fish, All tags... plant and animal tagging, water temperature, Fewer tags Total mercury and methylmercury in biota from Cottage Grove Reservoir, Coast Fork Willamette River, and additional reservoirs in Oregon (ver. 2.0, February 2024) Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing data related to total and methyl mercury concentrations in biota from the Willamette Basin in Oregon; specifically, Cottage Grove Reservoir, waters upstream of the reservoir, and additional reservoirs within the Willamette Basin. Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Big River, Oregon, Coast Fork Willamette River, Oregon, Cottage Grove Reservoir, Oregon, Dexter Reservoir, Oregon, Dorena Reservoir, Oregon, All tags... Fall Creek Reservoir, Oregon, Fern Ridge Reservoir, Oregon, Foster Reservoir, Oregon, Garoutte Creek, Oregon, Green Peter Reservoir, Oregon, Hills Creek Lake, Oregon, Little River, Oregon, Lookout Point Reservoir, Oregon, Oregon, Williams Creek, Oregon, biota, chemical analysis, contamination and pollution, environment, inlandWaters, mercury, Fewer tags Vascular plant data collected at the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND, USA in 1997 This data release contains three data sets. The data were collected in 1997 at the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND, USA. The main data set comprises the list of plant species observed and includes the transect, plot number, plot size, and vegetation type where each species was found. A second data set has the locations of the transects, along with their IDs which can be linked to the species list. The final data set is a list of nomenclature updates and species that had duplicates in ITIS, along with the currently accepted scientific names of these species. Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, Ecology, North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... biota, community ecology, flowering plants, grassland ecosystems, vascular plants, Fewer tags US non-native plant occurrence and abundance data and distribution maps for Eastern US species with current and future climate This is a dataset containing aggregated non-native plant occurrence and abundance data for the contiguous United States. We used these data to develop habitat suitability models for species found in the Eastern United States using locations with 5% cover or greater. We adapted the INHABIT modeling workflow (Young et al. 2020), using a consistent set of climatic predictors that were important in the INHABIT models. We developed models using five algorithms with VisTrails: Software for Assisted Habitat Modeling [SAHM 2.2.2]. We accounted for sampling bias by using the target background approach, and constructed model ensembles using the five models for each species for three different thresholds (conservative to targeted;1st... Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, Contiguous United States, Ecology, SAHM, Species Distribution Modeling, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, VisTrails, biogeography, biogeography, biota, habitat suitability, invasive species, invasive species, modeling, modeling, Fewer tags Development of High Surface Area Organosilicate Nanoparticulate Thin Films for Use in Sampling Hydrophobic Compounds in Sediment-Data The data set describes the characterization of organosilica nanoparticle thin films used to adsorb PCBs from laboratory water and a sediment collected near Anniston Alabama. Data not shown here for the porewater and sediment PCB concentrations can be found in Appendix 1 of Ingersoll et al. 2014 (http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20135125) Bulk sediment chemistry was obtained from Table A1-3a.Porewater estimated from solid phase microextraction fibers was obtained from Table A1-3c. The concentration of PCB in Lumbriculus variegatus was obtained from Table A1-3e. Tags: Alabama, Anniston, Columbia, Ecology, Missouri, All tags... Sedimentology, State of Mississippi, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vicksburg, bioaccumulation, biota, concentration of pollutants in the food chain, industrial pollution, nanosilica, passive sampler, polychlorinated biphenyl, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags Corrected Fire Perimeters of Alaska's National Wildlife Refuges This data package includes 481 geospatial vector polygons of historic fire perimeters associated with National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. These polygons, originally held within the Alaska Large Fire Database (ALFD), were reviewed and found to have geospatial inaccuracies with respect to the fire they represent. They were corrected and updated based on a variety of remote sensing resources; the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) database (https://www.mtbs.gov/viewer/index.html), geospatial rasters of historic fire activity derived from Landsat 1-9 imagery in the Google Earth Engine(https://earthengine.google.com) environment, and historical air photos acquired through EarthExplorer (https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/).... Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Becharof National Wildlife Refuge, Disturbance, All tags... Environment, Fires, Forestry, Habitat alteration and disturbance, Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, Izembeck National Wildlife Refuge, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge, Land Use / Land Cover, Land Use Change, Landsat, Landscape, Landscape Processes, Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge, Remote Sensing, Remote sensing, Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildland fire, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Fewer tags Alaska Landbird Monitoring Survey Dataset Boreal Partners in Flight developed the Alaska Landbird Monitoring Survey (ALMS) primarily to monitor breeding populations of landbirds in the vast off-road areas of Alaska in conjunction with data collected from the roadside North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). ALMS is a collaborative program in which agencies and other entities conduct standardized surveys of breeding birds and their habitats on the lands they manage and then provide the data to the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center for analysis and archiving. The ALMS monitoring program comprises a set of survey blocks that have been selected in a stratified-random design primarily across state and Federal natural resource lands in Alaska with... Categories: Data; Tags: Admiralty Island, Alaska, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, All tags... Andreafsky Wilderness, Animal and plant census, Animals/vertebrates, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Biota, Bird behavior, Birds, Chugach National Forest, Chugach State Park, Copper River Census Area, Copper River Delta Fish and Wildlife Management Area, Cranes and allies, Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali State Park, Detection distance, Ducks/geese/swans, Eagle/falcons/hawks and allies, East Fork Skagway River, Ecology, Ecology, Environment, Environmental conditions, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Field inventory and monitoring, Fort Greely, Grebes, Habitats, Herons/egrets and allies, Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, James Dalton Mountain, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Kenai Wilderness, Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge, Koyukuk River, Loons, Migratory birds, Mitkof Island, Mount Fairplay, National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, Natlaratlen River, North Slope Borough, Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge, Ornithology, Perching Birds, Resident birds, Sandpipers, Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, South Baranof Wilderness, Spatial distribution, Taku Glacier, Terrestrial ecosystems, Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Tongass National Forest, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waders/gulls/auks and allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags Loggerhead Iridium Locations in Northwest Florida 2019-2021 This dataset is comprised of times, locations, and water temperatures collected from iridium satellite tags attached to 11 loggerhead sea turtles between 2019 and 2021. Categories: Data; Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, All tags... iridium, remote sensing, sea turtles, Fewer tags Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) mouth gape and size preference of a bivalve prey These data represent the measurements of length and mouth gape from large juvenile and adult wild-caught and small juvenile hatchery origin black carp, and the results of laboratory size preference trials with bivalve prey, specifically Corbicula clams. Wild-caught black carp ranged from 429-1580 mm total length, a larger range than measured in previous studies. Corbicula feeding trial data consist of the shell dimensions of each clam, survival, and the frequency which clams were engulfed by black carp. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Boone County, Missouri, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Missouri River, Prey selection, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, fish, invasive species, mollusks, mouth gape, pharyngeal teeth, Fewer tags Methylmercury Effects on Birds: Bibliography and Dataset for the Development of Toxicity Reference Values for Injury Assessment This data release contains three files. The first (Table S1 Bibliography Dataset) contains the entire bibliography for the 435 publications examined for potential inclusion into at least one of the meta-analyses for the effects of environmental mercury (Hg) on birds. For those 168 publications that were included in at least one meta-analysis, the worksheet titled Bibliography contains data describing each sub-dataset, including the type of study, data extraction methods, biological endpoints measured, age class, tissue-residue Hg concentrations, dosing Hg concentrations, the measured effect of Hg, bird taxonomy, life history, and the study’s citation. The worksheet titled Header Explanation describes each column... Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Environmental Health, MeHg, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... birds, dietary-dose, ecotoxicology, mercury, mercury contamination, meta-analysis, methylmercury, wildlife toxicology, Fewer tags