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

2008 - Present Ecosystem History of South Florida's Estuaries Database (ver. 2.0, June 2022)

The 2008 - Present Ecosystem History of South Florida's Estuaries Database contains listings of all sites (modern and core) and modern monitoring site survey information (water chemistry, floral and faunal data, etc.). Three general types of data are contained within this database: 1) Modern Field Data (2008-present), 2) Master list of location information on all modern sites, and 3) Core data - location information. Data are available for modern sites (from 2008 to present) and cores in the general areas of Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and the southwest (Florida) coastal mangrove estuaries. Specific sites in the Florida Bay area include Taylor Creek, Bob Allen Key, Russell Bank, Pass Key, Whipray Basin, Rankin Bight,...

Categories: Data Release - Revised; Tags: 002, 004, 007, 008, 012, All tags... 014, Alinas Reef, Alligator Bay, Arsenicker Bank, Arsenicker Key, Arsenicker Shoal, Barnes Key, Big Cypress National Preserve, Big Lostmans Bay, Biscayne Bay, Black Creek Canal, Black Point, Black Point Creek Canal, Bob Allen Key, Bottle Key, Broad River, Broad River Bay, Broward County, Buchanan Bank, Butternut Key, Buttonwood Keys, C-111 Canal, Caesars Cut, Cape Sable, Card Bank, Central Everglades, Chicken Key, Chokoloskee Bay, Clive Key, Collier County, Convoy Point, Crab Keys, Crocodile Point, Dead Terrapin Basin, Dragover Bank, Duck Key, Everglades National Park, FL, Featherbed Bank, Florida, Florida Bay, Florida City Canal, Florida Keys, Gopher Pass, Goulds Canal, Gun Rock Point, Harney River, Huston River, Ironwood Channel, Jim Foot Key, Johnson Key, Lake Key, Lignumvitae Basin, Little Blackwater Sound, Little Madeira Bay, Long Sound, Lostmans River, Manatee Bay, McCormick Creek, Miami-Dade County, Middle Key Basin, Military Canal, Monroe County, Monroe Lake, Mowry Canal, Nest Key, North Canal, North Prong Otter Creek, North River, Old Dan Bank, Old Sweat Bank, Otter Creek, Oyster Bay, Park Key, Pass Key, Pavillion Key, Pelican Bank, Peterson Keys, Ponce de Leon Bay, Porjoe Key, Princeton Canal, Prong Creek, Rabbit Key, Rabbit Key Basin, Rankin Basin, Rankin Lake, Roberts River, Rodgers River Bay, Russell Key, SW Big Cypress, Samphire Keys, Schooner Bank, Shark River, Shell Creek, Sid Key, South East Coast, Sprigger Bank, Spy Key, Storter Bay, Tarpon Bay, Taylor Creek, Trout Creek, US, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Whipray Basin, White Water Bay, biology, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, conservation paleobiology, diatoms, ecology, ecology, ecosystem history, environment, estuary, foraminifera, gastropods, geography, geologic core, geology, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, molluscs, mollusks, oceans, ostracodes, paleoecology, paleontology, pelecypods, pollen, salinity, sedimentology, vegetation, Fewer tags

Total mercury concentrations in dragonfly larvae from U.S. national parks (ver. 9.0, November 2023)

Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to mercury concentrations in dragonfly samples from U.S. National Parks collected as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project (DMP). This data release supersedes Eagles-Smith, C.A., Nelson, S.J., Flanagan-Pritz, C.M., Willacker Jr., J.J., and Klemmer, A.J., 2018, Total mercury concentrations in dragonfly larvae from U.S. national parks (ver. 8.0, December 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TK6NPT. Please contact fresc_outreach@usgs.gov for access.

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Acadia National Park, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Amistad National Recreation Area, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, All tags... Aquatic Biology, Assateague Island National Seashore, Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, Bear Creek Lake Park, Bear Meadows Natural Area, Big Bend National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Big Thicket National Preserve, Buffalo National River, Cape Cod National Seashore, Capitol Reef National Park, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Channel Islands National Park, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, City of Rocks National Reserve, Colorado National Monument, Congaree National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Death Valley National Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Denali National Park and Preserve, Devils Tower National Monument, East Inlet Natural Area-Connecticut Lakes Nature Preserve, Ecology, Ell Pond Preserve, Everglades National Park, Fort Larned National Historic Site, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge National Natural Landmark, Gateway National Recreation Area, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Teton National Park, Great Basin National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Homestead National Monument, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Hot Springs National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Joshua Tree National Park, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Lilley Cornett Woods, Mammoth Cave National Park, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Maurice National Wild and Scenic River, Minute Man National Historical Park, Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, Monocacy National Battlefield, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park, Natchez Trace Parkway and National Scenic Trail, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Niobrara National Scenic River, North Cascades National Park, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Olympic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Padre Island National Seashore, Petersburg National Battlefield, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pinnacles National Park, Pipestone National Monument, Prince William Forest Park, Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Redwood National Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River, Rock Creek Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Saguaro National Park, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Shenandoah National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Sudbury, Assabet & Concord Wild & Scenic Rivers, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Timucuan Ecological Historic Preserve, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tuzigoot National Monument, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Voyageurs National Park, Water Quality, Weir Farm National Historical Park, Wekiva Wild & Scenic River, White Mountain National Forest, Wildlife Biology, Wind Cave National Park, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park, biota, environment, mercury contamination, Fewer tags

Everglades_4Lines_2001

Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) and magnetic survey data along four flight lines were collected in Everglades National Park, Florida as part of a larger survey. Data were collected during October 2001. These lines, totaling 95.2 line-kilometers, repeated the path of four lines from earlier AEM survey collected in December 1994 (released under USGS Open-File Report 02-101 downloadable at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02101). Electromagnetic data were acquired with Dighem VRES frequency-domain system. Magnetic data were collected with a Scintrex CS2 cesium-vapor magnetometer. The nominal elevation of the electromagnetic system was 30 m. This data release includes raw and processed AEM data. This release also...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, City of Homestead, Dade County, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, All tags... Monroe County, South Florida, aeromagnetic surveying, aquifer, coastal aquifer, electromagnetic surveying, environment, freshwater/saltwater interface, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, groundwater, magnetic surveying, monitoring, resistivity, salinity, saltwater intrusion, water quality, Fewer tags

Airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey data in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park, 2001

Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) and magnetic survey data, a total of 3065 line-kilometers, were collected during October 2001 in two survey blocks and four repeated lines from an earlier survey. The largest area, Block 1 totaling 2692.2 line-kilometers was flown over Big Cypress Preserve, smaller Block 2 along 277.1 line-kilometers was flown near the town of Homestead, and four lines totaling 95.2 line-kilometers were flown over Everglades National Park. The lines over Everglades National Park repeated the path of four lines from an earlier AEM survey collected in December 1994 (released under USGS Open-File Report 02-101 downloadable at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02101). Electromagnetic data were acquired...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, City of Homestead, Dade County, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, All tags... Monroe County, South Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aeromagnetic surveying, aquifer, coastal aquifer, electromagnetic surveying, environment, freshwater/saltwater interface, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, groundwater, magnetic surveying, monitoring, resistivity, salinity, saltwater intrusion, water quality, Fewer tags

Photo-documented sequences from 01 Jun 2021-30 Aug 2021 showing novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida, USA, bobcat and Burmese python

Entire photo-documented sequence from 01 June 2021–09 September 2021, including novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida – the native bobcat (Lynx rufus) and the invasive Burmese python (Python bivittatus). A bobcat depredated an unguarded Burmese python nest and subsequently the python exhibited nest defense behavior following the return of both animals to the nest. First, a bobcat discovers an unguarded nest then proceeds to depredate, cache, and uncover the eggs over several days. The bobcat returns to find the female python back on the nest and later proceeds to swipe at the snake. After biologists attempted to the nest but leave the camera, the bobcat returns to scavenge discarded,...

Categories: Data; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, Burmese python, Everglades, Everglades National Park, Greater Everglades Ecosystem, All tags... Lynx rufus, Python bivittatus, South Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, bobcat, intraguild predation, nest predation, reptile-mammal interaction, southern Florida, Fewer tags

Calculated carbon concentrations, loads, and export in Big Cypress National Preserve, South Florida, 2015-2017

This data release provides data for quantifying the aquatic export of total carbon in a cypress swamp within the Big Cypress National Preserve, and is part of a larger carbon budget study. The U.S. Geological Survey operated two continuous streamflow and water-quality monitoring stations within the Big Cypress National Preserve in southern Florida from September 2015 to October 2017. Site-specific regression models were developed using continuously measured specific conductance and concomitant discretely collected total carbon (dissolved organic carbon, dissolved inorganic carbon, and particulate carbon) samples to calculate continuous concentrations of total carbon. Total carbon loads were calculated by multiplying...

Categories: Data; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, Hydrology, Sweetwater Strand, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, All tags... carbon export, cypress swamp, specific conductance, water quality, Fewer tags

Size distribution and reproductive data of the invasive Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida, USA, 1995-2021

This dataset contains morphometric information from Burmese pythons collected from an invasive population in southern Florida between 1995-2021. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service curated this dataset as a repository for records of Burmese pythons found on or nearby federal lands in southern Florida, including Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Biscayne National Park, and Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge. As such, numerous entities actively or incidentally involved in python research or management activities contributed specimens and/or data to this dataset, including but not limited to the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Fish...

Categories: Data; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, Big Cypress Swamp, Biscayne National Park, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Ecology, All tags... Everglades, Everglades National Park, Southern Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, herpetology, invasive species, life sciences, morphology (biological), organism growth and development, phenology, reptiles, Fewer tags

Sea-level rise and high tide flooding inundation probability and depth statistics at Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida

This dataset includes elevation-based probability and depth statistics for estimating inundation under various sea-level rise and high tide flooding scenarios in and around the National Park Service’s Big Cypress National Preserve. For information on the digital elevation model (DEM) source used to develop these datasets refer to the corresponding spatial metadata file (Danielson and others, 2023). This data release includes results from analyses of two local sea-level rise scenarios for two-time steps — the Intermediate-Low and Intermediate-High for 2050 and 2100 from Sweet and others (2022). Additionally, this data release includes maps of inundation probability under the minor, moderate, and major high tide flooding...

Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, Ecology, Florida, Geography, National Park Service South Atlantic-Gulf Region, All tags... Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, biota, environment, health, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags

1995 - 2007 Ecosystem History of South Florida's Estuaries Database (ver. 1.1, June 2022)

The 1995 - 2007 Ecosystem History of South Florida's Estuaries Database contains listings of all sites (modern and core), modern monitoring site survey information (water chemistry, floral and faunal data, bottom type, etc.), and published core data. Three general types of data are contained within this database: 1) Modern Field Data (1995-2007), 2) Master list of location information on all modern sites, and 3) Core data - faunal assemblages and location information. Data are available for modern sites and cores in the general areas of Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and the southwest (Florida) coastal mangrove estuaries. Specific sites in the Florida Bay area include Taylor Creek, Bob Allen Key, Russell Bank, Pass...

Categories: Data Release - Revised; Tags: 002, 004, 007, 008, 012, All tags... 014, Alinas Reef, Alligator Bay, Arsenicker Bank, Arsenicker Key, Arsenicker Shoal, Barnes Key, Big Cypress National Preserve, Big Lostmans Bay, Biscayne Bay, Black Creek Canal, Black Point, Black Point Creek Canal, Bob Allen Key, Bottle Key, Broad River, Broad River Bay, Broward County, Buchanan Bank, Butternut Key, Buttonwood Keys, C-111 Canal, Caesars Cut, Cape Sable, Card Bank, Central Everglades, Chicken Key, Chokoloskee Bay, Clive Key, Collier County, Convoy Point, Crab Keys, Crocodile Point, Dead Terrapin Basin, Dragover Bank, Duck Key, Everglades National Park, FL, Featherbed Bank, Florida, Florida Bay, Florida City Canal, Florida Keys, Gopher Pass, Goulds Canal, Gun Rock Point, Harney River, Huston River, Ironwood Channel, Jim Foot Key, Johnson Key, Lake Key, Lignumvitae Basin, Little Blackwater Sound, Little Madeira Bay, Long Sound, Lostmans River, Manatee Bay, McCormick Creek, Miami-Dade County, Middle Key Basin, Military Canal, Monroe County, Monroe Lake, Mowry Canal, Nest Key, North Canal, North Prong Otter Creek, North River, Old Dan Bank, Old Sweat Bank, Otter Creek, Oyster Bay, Park Key, Pass Key, Pavillion Key, Pelican Bank, Peterson Keys, Ponce de Leon Bay, Porjoe Key, Princeton Canal, Prong Creek, Rabbit Key, Rabbit Key Basin, Rankin Basin, Rankin Lake, Roberts River, Rodgers River Bay, Russell Key, SW Big Cypress, Samphire Keys, Schooner Bank, Shark River, Shell Creek, Sid Key, South East Coast, Sprigger Bank, Spy Key, Storter Bay, Tarpon Bay, Taylor Creek, Trout Creek, US, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Whipray Basin, White Water Bay, biology, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, conservation paleobiology, diatoms, ecology, ecology, ecosystem history, environment, estuary, foraminifera, gastropods, geography, geologic core, geology, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, mollusks, mollusks, oceans, ostracodes, paleoecology, paleontology, pelecypods, pollen, salinity, sedimentology, vegetation, Fewer tags

Big_Cypress_2001

Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) and magnetic survey data were collected in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida as part of a larger survey. Data were collected during October 2001. The Big Cypress National Preserve part was the largest of three segments, totaling 2692.2 line-kilometers. Electromagnetic data were acquired with Dighem VRES frequency-domain system. Magnetic data were collected with a Scintrex CS2 cesium-vapor magnetometer. The line spacing was 400 m and several tie lines were flown. The nominal elevation of electromagnetic system was 30 m. This data release includes raw and processed AEM data. This release also includes unprocessed and processed magnetic data that have been drift corrected.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, City of Homestead, Dade County, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, All tags... Monroe County, South Florida, aeromagnetic surveying, aquifer, coastal aquifer, electromagnetic surveying, environment, freshwater/saltwater interface, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, groundwater, magnetic surveying, monitoring, resistivity, salinity, saltwater intrusion, water quality, Fewer tags

Homestead_2001

Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) and magnetic survey data were collected near Homestead, Florida as part of a larger survey. Data were collected during October 2001. The Homestead part of the survey consisted of 277.1 line-kilometers. Electromagnetic data were acquired with Dighem VRES frequency-domain system. Magnetic data were collected with a Scintrex CS2 cesium-vapor magnetometer. The line spacing was 400 m and a single tie line was flown in the middle of the survey area. The nominal elevation of the electromagnetic system was 30 m. This data release includes raw and processed AEM data. This release also includes unprocessed and processed magnetic data that have been drift corrected.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, City of Homestead, Dade County, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, All tags... Monroe County, South Florida, aeromagnetic surveying, aquifer, coastal aquifer, electromagnetic surveying, environment, freshwater/saltwater interface, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, groundwater, magnetic surveying, monitoring, resistivity, salinity, saltwater intrusion, water quality, Fewer tags

Data for methane gas ebullition dynamics from different wetland vegetation communities in Big Cypress National Preserve (Florida) evaluated using a multi-method, multi-scale approach

This dataset consists of methane flux data collected with eddy covariance methods; and methane ebullition data collected with gas traps, time-lapse cameras, and capacitance probe measurements. Inferred bubble production and soil volumetric gas content data from capacitance probe measurements also are included. These data were collected from July to November 2016 at two forested wetlands in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida. Gas trap, time-lapse camera, and capacitance probe data were collected at platforms located within the source area of each eddy covariance tower in forested wetlands. Each platform consisted of an array of gas traps, one time-lapse camera, and one capacitance probe. The location (geographic...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Big Cypress National Preserve, Carbon cycling, Climatology, Ebullition, All tags... Ecology, Eddy Covariance, Geophysics, Hydrology, Methane, Soils, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, Wetlands, Fewer tags

Cytonuclear discordance in the Florida Everglades invasive Burmese python (Python bivittatus) population reveals possible hybridization with the Indian python (P. molurus)

Invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) have been reproducing in the Florida Everglades since the 1980s. Introduction of the species was either due to unintentional escapes or intentional releases from snakes obtained through the commercial pet trade. Burmese pythons have caused a precipitous decline in small mammal populations in south Florida. To better understand the invasive population, two mitochondrial loci (mtDNA; 1398 bps) were sequenced on 426 snakes and 22 microsatellites were genotyped on 389 snakes. Concatenated cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase 1 mtDNA sequences produced six haplotypes with a nucleotide and haplotype diversity of π=0.002 and h=0.097, respectively. The dominant haplotype was highly...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, Everglades, Everglades National Park, Florida, Florida Keys, All tags... Genetics, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, invasive species, management methods, mitochondrial marker, nuclear microsatellite marker, phylogenetic population structure, Fewer tags