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Annual California Sea Otter Census - 2017 Spring Census Summary The spring 2017 mainland sea otter count began on April 30, and although the shore-based counts were completed by May 12, 2017, the aerial counts were not completed until July 12, 2017. Overall viewing conditions this year were good, although not as good as conditions experienced during the 2016 spring census (View Score 2.4 versus 3.1, where 0=poor, 1=fair, 2=good, 3=very good, and 4=excellent). The surface canopies of kelp (Macrocystis sp.) were considered by most participants to be considerably below normal for this time of year in most areas of the mainland range. Sea otters along the mainland coast were surveyed from Pillar Point in San Mateo County in the north to Rincon Point in the south at the Santa Barbara/Ventura... Types: Citation; Tags: California, Central California Coastal, Coast, Southern California Coastal, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... aerial counts, biota, distribution, environment, ocean, range, sea otter census, sea otters, sea otters, shore counts, Fewer tags Distribution and mapping of the snail Cerithideopsis (Cerithidea) californica at Carpinteria Salt Marsh, California USA, June to August 2012 We collected detailed spatial data on the density and size distribution of intertidal snails as part of a broader effort to understand food webs in California estuaries. The survey area was Carpinteria Salt Marsh, California USA, which comprises 9 Ha tidal channels, 2 Ha salt flats, 17 Ha upland habitat, 6 Ha tidal pans, 52 Ha vegetated marsh, 2 Ha tidal flats. Using nearly 4,000 transects in potential snail habitat, we mapped snails throughout the estuary. Specifically, we systematically placed transects at intervals stratified within targeted habitat types: channels, pans, or marsh (or planar habitat that was mixed marsh and pan). At a quarter of the quadrats, we also estimated snail size-frequency distributions.... Categories: Data; Tags: California, Carpinteria, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Santa Barbara County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... distribution, estuary, habitat, mapping, salt marsh, snail, trematodes, Fewer tags Annual California Sea Otter Census - 1985-2014 Spring Census Summary This dataset represents an archived record of annual California sea otter surveys from 1985-2014. Survey procedures involve counting animals during the "spring survey" -- generally beginning in late April or early May and usually ending in late May early June but may extend into early July, depending on weather conditions. Annual surveys are organized by survey year and within each year, three shapefiles are included: census summary of southern sea otter, extra limit counts of southern sea otter, and range extent of southern sea otter. The surveys, conducted cooperatively by scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Monterey Bay Aquarium... Categories: Data; Tags: California, Central California Coastal, Coast, Southern California Coastal, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... aerial counts, biota, distribution, environment, ocean, range, sea otter census, sea otters, sea otters, shore counts, Fewer tags Cumulative spring discharge and survey effort influence threatened Suwannee moccasinshell, Medionidus walkeri, occupancy and detection Freshwater mussels (Unionidae) are among the most imperiled groups of organisms in the world. Unionids are plagued with a lack of basic information regarding species distributions, life history characteristics, and ecological and biological requirements. We assessed the influence of hydrologic factors on the occurrence of the Suwannee Moccasinshell, Medionidus walkeri, a federally threatened freshwater mussel species endemic to the Suwannee River basin in Georgia and Florida. We also assessed the influence of survey effort on detection of M. walkeri during field surveys. All current (2013-2016) mussel survey records in the Suwannee River Basin were compiled, and cumulative discharge contributed by upstream springs... Categories: Data; Tags: Conservation, Distribution, Hydrology, Ichetucknee River, Imperiled species, All tags... Little River, Mill Creek, Modeling, Monitoring, Santa Fe River, Suwannee River, Tidal influence, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Unionidae, Unmarked, Withlacoochee River, Fewer tags Mercury Contamination of Red-legged Kittiwakes in the Western Subarctic Pacific Ocean This dataset contains mercury concentrations and locations of wintering red-legged kittiwakes in the western subartic Pacific Ocean. These data support the following publication: Fleishman, AB, RA Orben, N Kokubun, A Will, R Paredes, JT Ackerman, A Takahashi, AS Kitaysky, and SA Shaffer. 2019. Wintering in the Western Subarctic Pacific increases mercury contamination of red-legged kittiwakes. Environmental Science and Technology, in press. Categories: Data; Tags: Pacific Ocean, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biogeography, biota, All tags... birds, contaminant exposure, distribution, hierarchical clustering, isotopic analysis, marine isoscape, mercury contamination, mesopelagic predator, migration (organisms), non-breading, seabird, seabird sentinels, stable isotopes, western subartic, Fewer tags Annual California Sea Otter Census: 2019 Extra Limit Observations Shapefile The GIS shapefile Extra limit counts of southern sea otters 2019 is a point layer representing the locations of sea otter sightings that fall outside the officially recognized range of the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) in mainland California. These data were collected during the spring 2019 range-wide census. The USGS range-wide sea otter census has been undertaken each year since 1982, using consistent methodology involving both ground-based and aerial-based counts. The spring census provides the primary basis for gauging population trends by State and Federal management agencies. Sea otter distribution in California (the mainland range) is considered to comprise a band of potential habitat stretching... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: California, Central California Coastal, Southern California Coastal, aerial counts, biogeography, All tags... biota, distribution, environment, mammals, ocean, range, sea otter census, sea otters, sea otters, shore counts, Fewer tags Predicted biomass of fine fuel for Altar Valley, Arizona, 2021 These data were compiled for the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service to identify and quantify the spatial distribution of fine fuels in relation to wildfire management across jurisdictional boundaries. Objective(s) of our study were to map the 2021 annual distribution of the biomass (kg/ha) of fine fuels (grasses, shrubs, and forbs) for the whole of the Altar Valley, AZ, including the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. These data represent estimated biomass of fine fuels (kg/ha) at a 10-m resolution. These data were collected/created in September through October 2021 for the Altar Valley, located in Pima County, AZ, USA. These data were collected/created by the U.S. Geological... Tags: 10-m resolution, Altar Valley, Arizona, Botany, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, All tags... Ecology, Geography, Information Sciences, Pima County, Sentinel-2A MSI data, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), abundance, biomass, biota, data release, distribution, environment, environmental management, field sampling, fine-fuels, fire ecology, fire management, fires, fuel loading, fuel loads, grasslike plants, ground cover, herbaceous vegetation, image collections, in-situ, leaf-off, leaf-on, mixed-modeling, natural resource management, plant biomass, pre-fire conditions, remote sensing, shrublands, south central Arizona, southern Arizona, temporal change, vegetation, wildfire risk, wildfires, Fewer tags Pronghorn distribution in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Map of pronghorn distribution developed from a probability of occurrence map created using multi-scale vegetation, abiotic, and anthropogenic features. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Colorado, Distribution, Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Idaho, All tags... Land Use Change, Land Use Change, Montana, Pronghorn, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Biology, Wyoming, biota, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, modeling, scientific interpretation, shrubland ecosystems, Fewer tags Greater sage-grouse population change (percent change) in a high oil and gas development, low population estimate scenario, and with no effects of climate change (2006-2062) This data set defines boundaries of oil and gas project areas, greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) core areas, and non-core and non-project areas within the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI; southwestern Wyoming). Specifically, the data represents results from the manuscript “Combined influences of future oil and gas development and climate on potential Sage-grouse declines and redistribution” for high oil and gas development, low population size, and no climate component. The oil and gas development scenario were based on an energy footprint model that simulates well, pad, and road patterns for oil and gas recovery options that vary in well types (vertical and directional) and number... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Climate, Cumulative effects, Distribution, Greater sage-grouse, Individual based model, All tags... Landscape change, Multiple stressors, Oil and gas development, United States, WLCI, WY, Wyoming, Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, Fewer tags Monthly Trematode Infections of the Snail Cerithideopsis (Cerithidea) californica at Carpinteria Salt Marsh, California USA, February 2012 to January 2014 Each month (except March 2012), we collected detailed data on the infection status of intertidal snails from ten fixed sites as part of a broader effort to understand food webs in California Estuaries. The study site was Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, California USA, (University of California Natural Reserve System), which comprises 9 Ha tidal channels, 2 Ha salt flats, 17 Ha upland habitat, 6 Ha tidal pans, 52 Ha vegetated marsh, 2 Ha tidal flats. Each site was a fixed location in channel or flat habitat, with a diameter approximately 50 m in size, centered at the site location marker used in Kuris et al. (2008). At each site/month, we collected, measured, sexed, and dissected ~58 snails (11,643 dissections total,... Categories: Data; Tags: California, Carpinteria, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Santa Barbara County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... distribution, estuary, habitat, mapping, salt marsh, snail, trematodes, Fewer tags Monthly densities of the snail Cerithideopsis (Cerithidea) californica at Carpinteria Salt Marsh, California USA, February 2012 to January 2014 Each month (except March 2012), we collected detailed data on the density, size distribution, and infection status of intertidal snails from ten fixed sites as part of a broader effort to understand food webs in California Estuaries. The study site was Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, California USA, (University of California Natural Reserve System), which comprises 9 Ha tidal channels, 2 Ha salt flats, 17 Ha upland habitat, 6 Ha tidal pans, 52 Ha vegetated marsh, 2 Ha tidal flats. Each site was a fixed location in channel or flat habitat, with a diameter approximately 50m in size, centered at the site location marker used in Kuris et al. (2008). At each site/month, we collected, measured, sexed, and dissected ~58... Categories: Data; Tags: California, Carpinteria, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Santa Barbara County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... density, distribution, estuary, habitat, mapping, salt marsh, snail, trematodes, Fewer tags Climatic controls on the global distribution, abundance, and species richness of mangrove forests MethodsStudy area: Our initial study area included the entire globe. We began with a seamless grid of cells with a resolution of 0.5 degrees (i.e., ~50 km at the equator). Next, we created polylines representing coastlines using SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission) v4.1 global digital elevation model data at a resolution of 250 m (Reuter et al. 2007). We used these coastline polylines to identify and retain cells that intersected the coast. We excluded 192,227 cells that did not intersect the coast. To avoid cells with minimal potential coastal wetland habitat, we used the coastline data to remove an additional 1,056 coastal cells that contained less than or equal to 5% coverage of land. We also removed 176... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Climate change, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), abundance, climate gradients, climatic drivers, All tags... climatic thresholds, distribution, ecological thresholds, mangrove forests, rainfall, range limit, species richness, temperature, Fewer tags Short-horned lizard distribution in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Map of short-horned lizard distribution developed from a probability of occurrence map created using multi-scale vegetation, abiotic, and anthropogenic features. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Colorado, Distribution, Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Idaho, All tags... Land Use Change, Land Use Change, Montana, Short-horned lizard, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Biology, Wyoming, biota, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, modeling, scientific interpretation, shrubland ecosystems, Fewer tags Lark sparrow distribution in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Map of lark sparrow distribution developed from an abundance map created using multi-scale vegetation, abiotic, and anthropogenic features. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Colorado, Distribution, Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Idaho, All tags... Land Use Change, Land Use Change, Lark sparrow, Montana, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Biology, Wyoming, biota, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, modeling, scientific interpretation, shrubland ecosystems, Fewer tags Deer mouse distribution in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Map of deer mouse distribution developed from a probability of occurrence map created using multi-scale vegetation, abiotic, and anthropogenic features. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Colorado, Deer mouse, Distribution, Ecology, Environment and Conservation, All tags... Idaho, Land Use Change, Land Use Change, Montana, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Biology, Wyoming, biota, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, modeling, scientific interpretation, shrubland ecosystems, Fewer tags Greater sage-grouse population change (percent change) over 50-years in a low oil and gas development, low population estimate scenario, and with effects of climate change under an RCP 8.5 scenario (2050) This data set defines boundaries of oil and gas project areas, greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) core areas, and non-core and non-project areas within the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI; southwestern Wyoming). Specifically, the data represents results from the manuscript “Combined influences of future oil and gas development and climate on potential Sage-grouse declines and redistribution” for low oil and gas development, low population size, and with effects of climate change under an RCP 8.5 scenario (2050). The oil and gas development scenario were based on an energy footprint model that simulates well, pad, and road patterns for oil and gas recovery options that vary in well types... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Climate, Cumulative effects, Distribution, Greater sage-grouse, Individual based model, All tags... Landscape change, Multiple stressors, Oil and gas development, United States, WLCI, WY, Wyoming, Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, Fewer tags Annual California Sea Otter Census: 2019 Census Summary Shapefile The GIS shapefile Census_sum_2019 provides a standardized tool for examining spatial patterns in abundance and demographic trends of the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis), based on data collected during the spring 2019 range-wide census. The USGS spring range-wide sea otter census has been undertaken each year since 1982, using consistent methodology involving both ground-based and aerial-based counts. The spring census provides the primary basis for gauging population trends by State and Federal management agencies. This shapefile includes a series of summary statistics derived from the raw census data, including sea otter density (otters per square kilometer of habitat), linear density (otters per kilometer... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: California, Central California Coastal, Coast, Southern California Coastal, aerial counts, All tags... biogeography, biota, distribution, environment, mammals, ocean, range, sea otter census, sea otters, sea otters, shore counts, Fewer tags Annual California Sea Otter Census: 2018 Census Summary Shapefile The GIS shapefile "Census summary of southern sea otter 2018" provides a standardized tool for examining spatial patterns in abundance and demographic trends of the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis), based on data collected during the spring 2018 range-wide census. The USGS spring range-wide sea otter census has been undertaken each year since 1982, using consistent methodology involving both ground-based and aerial-based counts. The spring census provides the primary basis for gauging population trends by State and Federal management agencies. This Shape file includes a series of summary statistics derived from the raw census data, including sea otter density (otters per square km of habitat), linear density... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: California, Central California Coastal, Coast, Southern California Coastal, aerial counts, All tags... biota, distribution, environment, ocean, range, sea otter census, sea otters, sea otters, shore counts, Fewer tags Lake Michigan 2011-13 aerial surveys common loon observations We surveyed fixed-width transects to determine waterbird distribution and estimate relative density. Transects generally paralleled shorelines to maximize efficiency and safety. Fixed-width transects were spaced at 3.2 and 4.8 km intervals and extended up to 32 km offshore so as to include waters with depth up to 80 m. Transects were established using snapPLAN software (TRACK’AIR Aerial Survey Systems, The Netherlands). Surveys were flown at an average ground speed of about 220 km/h at an altitude of about 61-76 m above the water using a US Fish and Wildlife Service fix-winged aircraft (Partenavia P68 Observer 2). Two trained observers, one on each side of the plane, identified and tallied waterbirds within 200... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aerial Survey, Distribution, Lake Michigan, common loon Remotely sensed fine-fuel data for Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR) from 2015 to 2020 Note: this data release has been deprecated. Please see new data release here: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9347I2H. These data were compiled to estimate fine-fuel abundance and distribution across the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona, USA. The objectives of the study were to develop and validate annual estimates of fine fuel (biomass of herbaceous vegetation) for the refuge and to assess changes in fine fuels through time in response to wildfire and prescribed fire. These data represent the amount of herbaceous biomass or fine fuels (kg/ha) present at a 10-m resolution derived from in-situ estimates of ground cover modeled with satellite imagery. These satellite image data were collected over... Categories: Data; Tags: 10-m resolution, Arizona, Botany, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Ecology, All tags... Geography, Information Sciences, Pima County, Remote Sensing, Sentinel-2A MSI data, abundance, biomass, biota, distribution, environment, environmental management, field sampling, fine-fuels, fire management, fires, fuel loading, fuel loads, grasslike plants, ground cover, herbaceous vegetation, image collections, in-situ, leaf-off, leaf-on, mixed-modeling, natural resource management, plant biomass, pre-fire conditions, prescribed fire, remote sensing, southern Arizona, temporal change, vegetation, wildfire risk, wildfires, Fewer tags 1 2 3 »