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The Effects of Flow Extremes on Native and Non-Native Stream Fishes in Puerto Rico Freshwater fish are among the most vulnerable taxa to climate change globally but are generally understudied in tropical island ecosystems. Climate change is predicted to alter the intensity, frequency, and variability of extreme flow events on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. These changes may impact Caribbean native and non-native stream ecosystems and biota complex ways. We compiled an extensive dataset of native and non-native fish assemblages collected at 119 sites across Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2015. We coupled these data with stream flow indices and dam height to understand how flow dynamics drive fish assemblage structure. Sixteen percent of sites contained exclusively non-native species, 34% contained... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Caribbean, Caribbean ecosystems, Hydrology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Water Quality, biota, extreme events, fish, fish, flow extremes, native assemblages, non-native species, non-native species, streams, Fewer tags Environmental DNA survey results for Oncorhynchus mykiss and Cottus aleuticus in coastal streams of Big Sur, California, 2021-2022 The data support a study that surveyed the spatial distribution of Oncorhynchus mykiss and Cottus aleuticus eDNA in coastal streams of Big Sur, California, 2021-2022 following post-fire debris flows. The metadata represent qPCR quantification cycle (Cq) values for O. mykiss and C. aleuticus assays performed on water samples collected during June and July of 2021 and 2022 from the following streams: Big Creek, Mill Creek, Prewitt Creek, and Willow Creek. The metadata also includes the distance (meters) of each eDNA sample site from the stream mouth, volume of water (Liters) collected for eDNA analysis at each site, and the Y-intercept, slope, and R-squared value for each assay run. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Big Sur, Central California Coastal, Debris flow, Ecology, All tags... Genetics, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, environment, environmental DNA, field sampling, fire damage, fish, Fewer tags Data in Support of "The Incredible HALK Borrowing Data for Age Assignment" to Create Hierarchical Age Length Keys for Several Fish Species in the Midwest Region Fisheries monitoring data detailing the lengths and or ages of fish caught during state agency fisheries surveys. These data were collected and shared with our team from: Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Data include length and age data for seven sport fish species: black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus), bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), northern pike (Esox lucius), smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu), walleye (Sander vitreus),... Categories: Data; Tags: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Midwest, All tags... Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, biota, field inventory and monitoring, field sampling, fish, fishery management, inland fishery resources, long-term ecological monitoring, recreational fishery resources, Fewer tags The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat): A Database and Interactive Tool for Inland Fisheries Management and Research The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat) contains data compiled from 14,729 creel and angler surveys conducted by state natural resource management agencies (including Washington DC and Puerto Rico) in inland waters across the United States. Data are contained in eight .csv files which contain information about survey characteristics (Survey_Data.csv), angler effort (AngEffort_Data.csv), catch and harvest (FishDataCompiled.csv), angler demographics (Demographic_Data.csv), angler preferences (AngPrefDataCompiled.csv), taxonomic classifications (Taxa_Data.csv), issues with catch and harvest (Fish_Attribution_Issues.csv), and issues with angler preference (AngPref_Attribution_Issues.csv), as well... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, biota, All tags... fish, fisheries management, fisheries resources, inland fisheries resources, recreation, recreational fisheries resources, Fewer tags The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat): A Database and Interactive Tool for Inland Fisheries Management and Research Note: this data release has been deprecated. Please see new data release here: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DSOPHD. The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat) contains data compiled from 14,766 creel and angler surveys conducted by state natural resource management agencies (including Washington DC and Puerto Rico) in inland waters across the United States. Data is are contained in eight .csv files which contain information about survey characteristics (Survey_Data.csv), angler effort (AngEffort_Data.csv), catch and harvest (FishDataCompiled.csv), angler demographics (Demographic_Data.csv), angler preferences (AngPrefDataCompiled.csv), taxonomic classifications (Taxa_Data.csv), issues with catch and... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, United States, biota, fish, fisheries resources, All tags... fishery management, inland fishery resources, recreation, recreational fishery resources, Fewer tags Otolith microchemistry for determining natal origins of prey fishes in the Upper Mississippi River System This dataset includes otolith and water chemistry used for determining natal origins of individuals from six species. The dataset contains Sr:Ca and Ba:Ca of water samples for the Mississippi River and tributaries as well as otolith Sr, Ba, Mg values from fishes collected in navigation pools 4, 8, 13, and 26 of the Upper Mississippi River, as well as the Open River Reach of the Middle Mississippi River and the La Grange Pool of the Illinois River. Fishes included Bullhead Minnow, Emerald Shiner, Gizzard Shad, Bluegill, Orangespotted Sunfish, and Yellow Perch. Laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry to quantify natal origins of these prey fish. Upwards of 50-75% of individuals at a given river reach... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Mississippi, Water Resources, Wisconsin, biota, fish, river systems, Fewer tags Aquifer Appraisal at the Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science, Cortland, New York Problem - The Ithaca Subdistrict Office of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is providing technical assistance to the USGS, Biological Resources Division (BRD), at the Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science (TLAS) in an investigation of the availability of fresh ground water. An expansion in the water supply at the laboratory is needed for a proposed spawning facility for salmon strains that are viable for natural fisheries in the Great Lakes region. The hydrogeology of the area is a complex of moraine and outwash deposits west of Cortland, N.Y. Data from existing wells at the laboratory indicate that well screens may readily clog from precipitated minerals. A review of the hydrogeology of the area, including... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Borehole Geophysics, Completed, Cortland County, Fisheries, GW or SW, All tags... GW or SW, GW or SW, Geophysics, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, NY, New York, Tunison Lab, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, aquifer, aquifer, borehole geophysics, borehole-geophysical logging, fish, fish, groundwater, moraine, water quality, water quality, wells, Fewer tags Roundtail Chub and Flannelmouth Sucker movement data within the Blacks Fork subbasin, Wyoming 2019-2021 The dataset includes Roundtail Chub and Flannelmouth Sucker detections at passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag antenna systems. We installed nine instream Biomark PIT-tag antenna systems (five 24-meter and four 9-meter antennas) in a pass-over orientation throughout the Blacks Fork subbasin. In addition to the fixed antennas, we used a Biomark inflatable antenna and two Biomark submersible PIT-tag antenna systems to increase detections. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wyoming, biota, All tags... environment, fish, movement, Fewer tags Array detections and physical captures for three native fishes in the Little Colorado River in Grand Canyon, AZ These data were compiled to monitor native fishes (particularly humpback chub Gila cypha) in the Little Colorado River, in the Grand Canyon, AZ. Objective(s) of our study were to evaluate the timing of native fish migration and the abundance of migratory and resident fishes between the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers in the Grand Canyon. These data represent encounter histories for fishes - including array detections and physical captures. These data were collected in the lower 13.56 river kilometers of the Little Colorado River in April and May of 2021 and 2022. These data were collected by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (physical captures) and U.S. Geological Survey (array detections). These data can be used... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Arizona, Arizona, Colorado River, Ecology, All tags... Geography, Grand Canyon, Information Sciences, Little Colorado River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, array detections, biota, bluehead sucker, data release, encounter histories, field inventory and monitoring, field sampling, fish, flannelmouth sucker, humpback chub, inlandWaters, marking status, migration (organisms), migration timing, native species, partial migration, physical captures, size categories, spawning migration, tributaries, Fewer tags An Integrated Assessment of the Recovery of Surface Waters from Reduced Levels of Acid Precipitation in the Catskill and Adirondack Regions, New York Problem - Acidic precipitation has affected forested and aquatic ecosystems in New York, particularly in the Adirondack and Catskill regions. Acidification of surface waters and deleterious effects on fish and other biota have been well documented in both these regions. Despite reduced levels of acidity in atmospheric deposition over the past 20 years across New York and the northeastern United States, the most acid-sensitive streams and lakes have not yet begun to recover, and many show continued declines in acid-neutralizing capacity, an indicator acid-base status. Many studies have documented the effects of acid precipitation in New York, but thus far, there has been no comprehensive effort to synthesize and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Adirondack Mountains, Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, BiogeochemicalandHydrologicAssessment, Catskill Mountains, Completed, All tags... Cooperative Water Program, Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, Ecosystem Health, New York, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water quality, acid rain, biota, fish, forest health, surface water, Fewer tags Massachusetts River Herring Daily Counts and Environmental data The timing of biological events in plants and animals, such as migration and reproduction, is shifting due to climate change. Anadromous fishes are particularly susceptible to these shifts, as they are subject to strong seasonal cycles when transitioning between marine and freshwater habitats to spawn. We used linear models to determine the extent of phenological shifts in adult alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) as they migrated from ocean to freshwater environments during spring to spawn at 12 sites along the northeast U.S. We also evaluated broad-scale oceanic and atmospheric drivers that trigger their movements from offshore to inland habitats including sea surface temperature (SST), North Atlantic Oscillation index,... Categories: Data, Data Release - In Progress; Tags: Phenology, climate change, fish, migration, migration Assessing Spatiotemporal Patterns in Fish Assemblages from Acid-Sensitive Streams in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains Background With few exceptions, the contemporary and past effects of acidification on fish populations and communities in streams across acid-sensitive regions of NY have not been documented. The pervasive lack of information only permits anecdotal insight into the spatial effects of acidification on stream-fish assemblages and essentially precludes any broad effort to quantify temporal trends and potential recovery of fish assemblages in less acidic or less toxic streams. Though the effects of acidification on fish assemblages have been qualified in several streams of the eastern Adirondacks during 1979, the 1980s, and early 2000s, (Schofield and Driscoll 1987; Simonin et al. 2005) quantitative impacts were... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Adirondack Mountains, Aquatic Community Health, Aquatic Community Health, Aquatic Community Health, Catskill Mountains, All tags... Cooperative Water Program, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, NY, New York, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, acid rain, fish, streams, Fewer tags Captures and habitat classification of benthic fishes along the Missouri and Lower Yellowstone Rivers, 1996-1998 In 1995, the Missouri River Benthic Fishes Study was initiated to provide improved information on Missouri River fish populations and how alterations might affect them. Missouri River Benthic Fishes Study (MRBFS) documented annual patterns, habitat, and water quality associations of 21 Missouri River benthic fish species based on relative abundance, including sicklefin and sturgeon chub from 1996 to 1998. Data sets include capture data and habitat characterization. The objective was to evaluate population structure and habitat use of benthic fishes along the entire mainstem Missouri River, exclusive of reservoirs. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Bayesian theory, Hydrology, Missouri River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Yellowstone River, benthic ecosystems, biogeography, biota, catch-per-unit area modelling, field sampling, fish, habitats, modeling, zero-inflated Poisson, Fewer tags Reach-scale stream and riparian habitat from Nevada, 2022 (ver. 2.0, April 2024) This dataset was created to assess the status of Lahontan cutthroat trout (*Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi*) habitat. Surveys were conducted within occupied Lahontan cutthroat trout habitat, as designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Data represent reach-based surveys conducted in accordance with the Lahontan cutthroat trout habitat status assessment (LCTHSA) protocol (USGS). LCTHSA uses a probabalistic sampling design (i.e., Generalized Random Tessellation Stratified), standardized collection of habitat attributes, electronic data capture and management, and integration with remote sensing and geospatially-derived data products. Data were collected and managed by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish... Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: EARTH SCIENCE, Great Basin, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environment, fish, All tags... habitats, wildlife, Fewer tags Stream temperature and fish community data upstream and downstream of an impoundment in Big Hunting Creek, Maryland This Data Release provides stream temperature data (13 sites) and fish community data (3 sites) in Big Hunting Creek, Maryland. Data were collected during summer baseflow conditions in 2023. This product supports brook trout conservation and restoration research needs identified by Maryland Department of Natural Resources. We collected temperature data with Onset ProV2 water temperature gages in slotted PVC housings mounted to the stream substrates with rebar. Gages recorded temperature every 15 minutes from July 11, 2023 (midnight) until July 15, 2023 (midnight) (337 observations per site). We collected fish community data following Maryland Department of Natural Resources protocols (Maryland Biological Stream... Categories: Data; Tags: Big Hunting Creek, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources, All tags... Wildlife Biology, biota, environment, fish, stream, temperature, Fewer tags Data from Assessing the added value of antecedent streamflow alteration in modelling stream condition The dataset contains long-term and short-term summaries of streamflow alteration and measures of biological condition (fish multi-metric index). Streamflow alteration metrics include the magnitude, duration, frequency, and seasonality of high and low flow streamflow. Biological condition was estimated from the National Rivers and Streams Assessment and National Water Quality Assessment fish sampling programs. Using fish samples, a fish multi-metric index was calculated and categorized into altered versus non-altered fish communities. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Hydrology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, All tags... biota, fish, hydrology, river systems, Fewer tags Fish Morphology Data from Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska This dataset consists of two tables: 1) forage fish catch and size data from hydroacoustic trawl transects, and 2) taxonomic details of fish species collected around two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Cook Inlet, Environment, All tags... Fish, Fisheries, Food fishes, Forage fish, Gulf of Alaska, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Marine fishery resources, Mid-water trawl, Pelagic habitat, Population and community ecology, Trawling, Zooplankton, Fewer tags Environmental DNA (eDNA) and fish capture data from Round Goby screening surveys on the Eastern Erie Canal, New York The dataset is composed of two tables containing data collected during screening surveys for invasive Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) on the Eastern Erie Canal in New York. Environmental DNA using water samples and traditional fish surveys using benthic trawling, seining, and trapping were conducted twice annually at 12 sites on the Eastern Erie Canal between Oneida Lake and the Hudson River from 2016-2019. Study sites were selected to be approximately equidistant apart (~ 20 km) while also taking advantage of suitable access points. Within a study site, the exact areas that were sampled were often staggered by 500 m or occasionally more in order to find appropriate habitat for each gear type (i.e., wadable... Categories: Data; Tags: Ambient Monitoring, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic Community Health, Eastern Erie Canal, Ecosystem Health, All tags... Hudson River, Mohawk River, New York, New York State Canal System, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environmental DNA, fish, freshwater ecosystems, inland fishery resources, invasive species, population and community ecology, Fewer tags Fish communities in PA and MD Piedmont mixed agricultural streams, 2023 From 2-27 June, 2023, a Virginia Tech team of 5 sampled the fish community in 30 Piedmont streams (lower Susquehanna River and upper Chesapeake Bay tributaries, Pennsylvania and Maryland, USA) spanning a gradient of agricultural intensity as part of a larger stream-health study including other teams who surveyed geomorphology, water quality, flow, temperature, and macroinvertebrates at the same 30 streams. Upstream drainage area of these 30 streams ranged from approximately 10 to 50 sq. km, and width from 2 to 10 m. At each stream, we sampled fish from two reaches using two-pass backpack electrofishing and seining. Reach A was the main reach surveyed by all the interdisciplinary teams; Reach B was surveyed for fish... Categories: Data; Tags: Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Chester County, PA, Ecology, Harford County, MD, All tags... Lancaster County, PA, Lower Susquehanna, Maryland, Pennsylvania, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Upper Chesapeake, York County, PA, biota, community ecology, farming, field sampling, fish, freshwater ecosystems, river systems, Fewer tags