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Aerial Imagery, Benthic Macroinvertebrate, Topographic Survey, and Soil Survey datasets collected for a study of Effects of Culverts on the Natural Conditions of Streams in the East Gulf Coastal Plain of Alabama, 2010-2019 The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) studied several sites in the northern East Gulf Coastal Plain of Alabama to investigate effects of newly installed box culverts on the natural conditions of the streams they are traversing (Pugh and Gill, 2021). Data collection for the study spanned approximately 10 years and included before-, during-, and after-construction phases of box culvert installations at selected stream sites. The objectives of the project were to (1) assess the degree and extent of changes in geomorphic conditions, suspended-sediment concentrations, turbidity, and benthic macroinvertebrate populations at selected small streams following box culvert installation... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, East Gulf Coastal Plain, Geomorphology, Soil maps, State of Alabama, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources, aquatic macroinvertebrate, culvert, land-cover, stream channel geometry, Fewer tags High-resolution spatial water-quality and discrete phytoplankton data, Owasco Lake, Seneca Lake, and Skaneateles Lake, Finger Lakes Region, New York, 2018-2019 From August 2018 to October 2019, the U.S. Geological Survey collected spatially high-resolution water quality data as part of five shoreline synoptic surveys around the perimeters of Owasco, Seneca, and Skaneateles Lakes within the Finger Lakes Region of New York. Water-quality data were collected just below water surface utilizing YSI EXO2 multiparameter sondes and portable nitrate sensors paired with real-time GPS data as part of a HABs monitoring program in the Finger Lakes. In October 2019, water-quality data collection was paired with discrete phytoplankton grab samples on Owasco Lake and Seneca Lake. Phytoplankton grab samples were collected just below water surface with a peristaltic pump at twelve locations... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Contaminants, HABS, Finger Lakes, Limnology, New York, All tags... Owasco Lake, Seneca Lake, Skaneateles Lake, Surface-Water Quality Monitoring, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Resources, algae, algal blooms, chlorophyll, class, continuously-measured, cyanobacteria, dissolved oxygen, division, family, fluorescent dissolved organic matter (fDOM), freshwater (surface), genus, hazards, lake ecosystems, limnology, nitrate, nutrient content (water), order, oxygen content (water), phycocyanin, phycology, phytoplankton, spatial, species, specific conductance, surface water quality, synoptic, taxa, taxonomy, turbidity, water pH, water temperature, Fewer tags Methylmercury and associated data in macroinvertebrates from tributaries of Honnedaga Lake and from the Middle Branch Black River in New York. Macroinvertebrate samples were collected from streams tributary to Honnedaga Lake and from the Middle Branch of the Black River during 2012-2016 and analyzed for methylmercury concentrations and for stable isotope ratios of nitrogen and carbon. Macroinvertebrates were identified in the field, and the level of taxonomic resolution varied from order to species; most taxa were identified to the family level. Specimens were field-processed into composite samples, field-frozen, and submitted to the mercury laboratory for freeze-drying and analysis. Subsamples were then submitted to the stable isotope laboratory for analysis of nitrogen and carbon isotope ratios. This database contains the resulting data and associated... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Ambient Monitoring, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic Community Health, Ecosystem Health, Environmental Health, All tags... Herkimer County, Honnedaga Lake, Middle Branch Black River, New York, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, ecotoxicology, macroinvertebrates, methylmercury, streams, Fewer tags Evaluating Coho Salmon in Streams Across an Urbanization Gradient—Part 1, Growth Potential Based on Environmental Factors and Bioenergetics Physical and chemical changes affect the biota within urban streams at varying scales ranging from individual organisms to populations and communities creating complex interactions that present challenges for characterizing and monitoring the impact on species utilizing these freshwater habitats. Salmonids, specifically cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), extensively utilize small stream habitats influenced by a changing urban landscape. This study used a comprehensive fish health assessment concurrent with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Pacific Northwest Stream Quality Assessment in 2015 to quantifiy impacts from disease in juvenile coho and cutthroat salmon, impacts to... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Bioenergtics, Church Creek, Coulter Creek, East Fork Dairy Cree, All tags... Ecology, Environmental Health, Growth, Harris Creek, Issaquah Creek, Jenkins Creek, Longfellow Creek, May Creek, Otolith, Salmon, Swamp, Temperature, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Urbanization, Water Quality, Woodland Creek, Fewer tags Hyperspectral image data and multibeam echosounder surveys used for bathymetric mapping of the Kootenai River in northern Idaho, September 26-27, 2017 To support research on remote sensing of rivers, hyperspectral image data and supporting field measurements of water depth obtained with a multibeam echosounder were acquired from a segment of the Kootenai River in northern Idaho, September 26 and 27, 2017. These data sets also facilitate efforts to characterize in-stream habitat for sturgeon, understand and model dispersion processes, and monitor geomorphic change along the Kootenai River. This parent data release includes links to child pages for the following data sets: 1) airborne hyperspectral image data acquired from a conventional, manned, fixed-wing aircraft; 2) ground-based depth measurements obtained during a multibeam echosounder survey; and 3) in... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Bathymetry, Geomorphology, Idaho, Kootenai River, All tags... Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, depth, hyperspectral, multibeam echo sounder, optical properties, remote sensing, river, Fewer tags Data Release for: A Web-Based Tool for Assessing the Condition of Benthic Diatom Assemblages in Streams and Rivers of the Conterminous United States Benthic diatom assemblages are known to be indicative of water quality but have yet to be widely adopted in biological assessments in the United States due to several limitations. Our goal was to address some of these limitations by developing regional multi-metric indices (MMIs) that are robust to inter-laboratory taxonomic inconsistency, adjusted for natural covariates, and sensitive to a wide range of anthropogenic stressors. We aggregated bioassessment data from two national-scale federal programs and used a data-driven analysis in which all-possible combinations of 2-7 metrics were compared for three measures of performance. The datasets in this release support the Carlisle, et al. 2022 report cited herein.... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, algae, All tags... biota, conterminous United States, diatom, health, river, stream, Fewer tags Temperature data collected from the Lower Yakima River from October 2018 to October 2020 A total of 27 temperature sensors were deployed along the lower 90 miles of the Yakima River at 7 locations where cold water had been previously observed. These 7 cold-water areas had 3 to 6 temperature sensors installed to document the extent and duration of these cold-water areas and their impacts on mainstem temperatures of the Lower Yakima River. Cold-water areas included the mouths of tributaries, alongside channels, and within alcoves. Sensor deployments ranged from 1 to 2 years beginning in October 2018. All temperature data are included in the Yakima.temperatures.zip folder. Details of each monitoring location are provided in the site.locs.csv file. In addition to the raw data and site location information,... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Benton County, Ecology, Hydrology, Richland, WA, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Washington State, Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, Yakima River, cold-water areas, inlandWaters, water temperature, Fewer tags Benthic Algae and Phytoplankton Community and Toxin Data for Selected Stations in the Mississippi Sound, 2019 The Bonnet Carré Spillway (BCS), located about 28 miles northwest of New Orleans, was constructed by the US Army Corp of Engineers in the early 1930s as part of an integrated flood-control system for the lower Mississippi River (MR). The BCS control structure consists of 350 individual bays that can be opened to divert water from the river to Lake Pontchartrain to relieve pressure on downstream levees. Lake Pontchartrain (LP) is hydrologically connected to the Mississippi Sound (MS Sound) and the Gulf of Mexico and is more accurately characterized as an estuarine embayment. BCS openings have occurred twelve times prior to 2019 because of high Mississippi River stages, typically in late spring. In 2019, the spillway... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources Benthic Community Dynamics in Coyote Creek and Artesian Slough, Southern San Francisco Bay, California, May 2016 to March 2018 Benthic invertebrate communities are monitored because the composition of those communities can affect and be affected by the water quality of an aquatic system. Benthic communities use and sometimes regulate the cycling of essential elements (for example, carbon). Benthic invertebrate taxa may also indicate acute and chronic stressors in an environment because they accumulate contaminants and can respond – sometimes dramatically - to oligotrophic and eutrophic conditions. Benthic communities affect water quality by grazing pelagic food resources and increasing the rate of nutrient regeneration through feeding and bioturbating sediments. South San Francisco Bay is a system dependent on phytoplankton as the base... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alviso Slough, Annelids, Aquatic Biology, Benthic Ecosystems, Benthos, All tags... Bivalves, California, Community Ecology, Coyote Creek, Crustaceans, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Ecology, San Francisco Bay, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), slough, Fewer tags RiverMET: Workflow and scripts for river metabolism estimation including Illinois River Basin application, 2005 - 2020 Ecosystem metabolism is a measure of energy flow in terrestrial and aquatic environments that quantifies a balance between the rate of biomass production by photosynthesizing plants and the rate of biomass oxidation by respiring plants and animals to maintain and build living biomass. It is therefore a fundamental measure of ecosystem function that quantifies the balance between the rate of production, maintenance, and decay of organic matter. It also provides an understanding of energy flow to higher trophic levels that supports food webs with secondary and tertiary productivity. Furthermore, metabolism helps explain when aquatic ecosystems undergo out-of-balance behaviors such as hypoxia. Recent advances in sensor... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Environmental Health, Hydrology, Illinois, Indiana, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources, Wisconsin, aquatic biology, aquatic ecosystems, barometric pressure, biological productivity, dissolved oxygen, ecology, gage height, hydraulic geometry coefficients, organic decomposition, oxygen content (water), photosynthesis, river ecosystems, salinity, specific conductance, stream discharge, stream metabolism, water quality, water resources, water temperature, Fewer tags Multispectral images and field measurements of water depth from the Sacramento River near Glenn, California, acquired September 14-16, 2021 This data release includes multispectral images and field measurements of water depth from the Sacramento River near Glenn, California, used to evaluate the potential for efficient reach-scale mapping of river bathymetry using Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS). The images were acquired by a MicaSense RedEdge-MX Dual Camera deployed from a Trinity F90 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAS. The 4 km long study area along the Sacramento River was subdivided into three distinct but adjacent areas of interest (AOIs) and image data were collected from one AOI each day between September 14 and 16, 2021. The image data were ortho-rectified using Quantum-Systems QBase 3D and Agisoft Metashape software and saved as GeoTIFF... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, California, Geomorphology, Glenn, Hydrology, All tags... Remote Sensing, Remote sensing, River, Sacramento River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), Water Resources, bathymetry, depth, echo sounder, multispectral, sonar, Fewer tags Ratios of strontium to calcium measured in pectoral fin rays of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) captured in the lakes and rivers of Namakan Reservoir, Minnesota, United States and Ontario, Canada, 2007-15 The U.S. Geological Survey, Voyageurs National Park, South Dakota State University, and Missouri Department of Conservation conducted a cooperative study to measure ratios of strontium to calcium (Sr:Ca) in cross sections of pectoral fin rays obtained from lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) captured in lakes and rivers of Namakan Reservoir in Minnesota and Ontario. We measured Sr:Ca ratios in cross sections of 37 pectoral fin rays collected from 10 locations (5 rivers and 5 lakes) in Namakan Reservoir as part of a larger study to investigate whether relations between Sr:Ca in water and pectoral fin rays were significant and useful for determining migratory histories of lake sturgeon in Namakan Reservoir. Pectoral... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Crane Lake, Echo River, Ecology, Hydrology, All tags... Kabetogama Lake, Little Vermilion Lake, Loon River, Namakan Lake, Namakan River, Redhorse River, Sand Point Lake, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vermilion River, Voyageurs National park, Water Resources, aquatic biology, interagency programs, mass spectroscopy, strontium, Fewer tags Longitudinal profile and off-channel habitats of the lower Cedar River, Washington Field survey of the longitudinal profile and off-channel habitats (side channels and alcoves) of the lower Cedar River from Landsburg to Renton, WA were conducted in 2010 and 2013 respectively. The longitudinal profile is provided as an ASCII text file with fields delimited by commas. Digital maps with the locations of off-channel habitats are provided as ArcGIS shapefiles. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Cedar River, King County, Washington, Geomorphology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, All tags... aquatic habitats, fluvial geomorphology, Fewer tags Remotely sensed data acquired from an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) and field measurements of flow depth and velocity from the North Santiam River, Oregon, collected in July 2022 A reach of the North Santiam River, Oregon, was used as a case study in an ongoing effort to develop and test uncrewed aircraft system (UAS)-based salmon habitat mapping techniques using: (1) particle image velocimetry (PIV) for estimating surface flow velocities from remotely sensed data; and (2) two-dimensional (2D) flow modeling based on remotely sensed topography and bathymetry (topo-bathymetry). Direct measurements of flow velocity were obtained using an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) and used to assess the accuracy of the image-derived velocity estimates and modeled flow fields. Water depth was measured using a single beam echosounder and was used to calibrate and validate image-derived depth estimates... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Image velocimetry, All tags... Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), North Santiam River, Oregon, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), Water Resources, acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), depth, flow velocity, multispectral imagery, video, Fewer tags Habitat and biological assemblage data of streams within Tribal lands of the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, 2017-18 This data release contains habitat survey data (quantitative and qualitative) and biological assemblage data (periphyton, macroinvertebrate, and fish) collected among 8 stream sites within the Tribal lands of the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI). The MBCI is a Federally recognized Native American Tribe and the Pearl River Community, located near Philadelphia, Mississippi, is responsible for protecting the quality of surface waters from point and non-point sources of pollution and restoring waters considered impaired of their designated use. The MBCI cooperated with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct a baseline study at selected stream sites within and contiguous to... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources Phytoplankton data for samples collected at twelve large river sites throughout the United States, June through October 2019 This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release provides phytoplankton data for samples collected from twelve large river sites throughout the United States, from June through October 2019. All data are reported as raw calculated values and are not rounded to USGS significant figures. The dataset includes all routine and quality assurance/quality control samples collected as part of a National Water Quality Assessment Project pilot study to describe cyanobacteria and cyanotoxin occurrence in the Nation's large rivers. Phytoplankton were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level with both abundance (reported as both natural units and cells) and biovolume reported. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Algae, Aquatic Biology, California, Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, GA, Connecticut, All tags... Connecticut River at Thompsonville, CT, Contaminants, Cyanobacteria, Delaware River at Trenton, NJ, Division, Freshwater, Genus, Georgia, Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), Harmful algal bloom, Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, NY, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas River at De Soto, KS, Limnology, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi River at Hastings, MN, Missouri, Missouri River at Hermann, MO, New Jersey, New York, Ohio River at Cannelton Dam at Cannelton, IN, Oregon, Phytoplankton, River, Sacramento River at Freeport, CA, Species, Susquehanna River at Conowingo, MD, Taxa, Taxonomy, Texas, Trinity River below Dallas, TX, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS Station ID 01184000, USGS Station ID 01372043, USGS Station ID 01463500, USGS Station ID 01578310, USGS Station ID 02338000, USGS Station ID 03303280, USGS Station ID 05331580, USGS Station ID 06892350, USGS Station ID 06934500, USGS Station ID 08057410, USGS Station ID 11447650, USGS Station ID 14211720, United States, Water Quality, Water Quality, Willamette River at Portland, OR, water, Fewer tags Remotely sensed data and field measurements of water depth and percent cover of benthic algae from two reaches of the Buffalo National River in Arkansas acquired in August and September 2021 This data release includes field measurements and remotely sensed data from two reaches of the Buffalo National River in northern Arkansas acquired in August and September of 2021 to support research on remote sensing of benthic algae from aerial photographs and satellite images. This landing page has links to child items where each type of data can be accessed: Field measurements of water depth and percent cover of benthic algae acquired August 24-25, 2021. This ground-based data set was used to calibrate spectrally based models for inferring water depths from passive optical image data, assess the accuracy of image-derived depth estimates, and train classifications of benthic algal coverage. Digital aerial photographs... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Algae, Aquatic Biology, Arkansas, Bathymetry, Benthic, All tags... Buffalo National River, Buffalo River, Depth, Geomorphology, Gilbert, Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), Hydrology, Maumee, Remote Sensing, Remote sensing, River, Submerged Aquatic Vegetation, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources, Fewer tags Water-Quality, Bed-Sediment, and Biological Data (October 2016 through September 2017) and Statistical Summaries of Data for Streams in the Clark Fork Basin, Montana Water, bed sediment, and biota were sampled in selected streams from Butte to near Missoula, Montana, as part of a monitoring program in the upper Clark Fork Basin of western Montana. The sampling program was led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Clark Fork Basin, Hydrology, Montana, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Water Quality, Water Resources, bed sediment, biota, trace elements, water-quality, Fewer tags Data for Assessing the Status of Macroinvertebrate Communities and Sediment Toxicity in the Buffalo River Area of Concern, New York This dataset has been archived; it has been superceded by version 2.0 (September 2021) which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RUUR4L Data from 10-day sediment toxicity tests of bed sediments from the Buffalo River Area of Concern (AOC) and reference reaches on the Buffalo River upstream of the AOC, Erie County, New York, respectively. Specifically, the data was used to compare the survival and growth of two macroinvertebrate species in sediments from study sites and laboratory controls. Results are from 10-day sediment exposures of two test species, Chironomus dilutus and Hyalella azteca. Sediment samples were collected from 8 sites within the AOC and from 6 reference sites upstream of the AOC. Bed-sediments... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Buffalo River, Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, All tags... Environmental Health, Erie County, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, New York, Sediment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), benthic ecosystems, contamination and pollution, Fewer tags Remotely sensed data and field measurements used for bathymetric mapping of the upper Sacramento River in northern California To support research on remote sensing of rivers, several types of remotely sensed data and various field measurements were acquired from a reach of the upper Sacramento River in northern California, September 11 - October 18, 2017. These data sets also facilitate efforts to characterize in-stream habitat for salmon and monitor geomorphic change along the Sacramento River. This parent data release includes links to child pages for the following data sets: 1) airborne hyperspectral image data acquired from a conventional, manned, fixed-wing aircraft; 2) hyperspectral image data acquired from an umanned aerial system (UAS); 3) multispectral image data acquired from a satellite; 4) bathymetric LiDAR acquired from... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, California, Geomorphology, Remote Sensing, Sacramento River, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, bathymetric LiDAR, bathymetry, depth, field spectra, hyperspectral, multispectral, reflectance, remote sensing, river, unmanned aerial system, Fewer tags 1 2 3 »