Geospatial characterization of salt marshes in Connecticut (ver. 2.0, April 2024

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the state of Connecticut. Metrics for resiliency, including the unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, tidal range, wave power, and exposure potential to environmental health stressors are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing federal, state, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands. For...

Tags: Connecticut, Long Island Sound, United States, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, All tags... environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, none, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Population Plots at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with annual counts from population plots of Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, Black-legged Kittiwakes, All tags... Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Population dynamics, Rissa tridactyla, Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Common Murre Disturbance Data on Gull Island, Kachemak Bay, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with predator disturbance information from the Common Murre breeding season (June-August) from 2016-2020 on Gull Island, Kachemak Bay, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal behavior, Animals/Vertebrates, Bald Eagle, Biota, All tags... Birds, Breeding sites, Breeding success, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murre, Community dynamics, Community ecology, Cook Inlet, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Ecosystem functions, Egg production, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Glaucous-winged Gull, Gulf of Alaska, Gull Island, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Herring Gull, Kachemak Bay, Larus argentatus, Larus glaucescens, Marine ecosystems, Nesting behavior, Reproduction, USGS:ASC586, Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Fewer tags

Data describing hypoxia vulnerability in the salmon watersheds of Southeast Alaska

This .zip file contains five products that will allow users to recreate the analyses and spatial data figures used in Sergeant et al. 2023, Hypoxia Vulnerability in the Salmon Watersheds of Southeast Alaska: 1) Hypoxia vulnerability calculations (.csv file) at water temperature monitoring sites, 2) Hypoxia vulnerability calculations (.csv file) for stream reaches near hatchery release sites, 3) Habitat characteristics (.csv file) at water temperature monitoring sites, 4) R code (.R file) for recreating Figure 3, modeled contours of the estimated number of pink salmon/m2 to create hypoxia in Southeast Alaska streams across all potential combinations of velocity, depth, and water temperature, 5) Esri map package (.mpk...

Tags: Alaska, Aquatic Biology, Coastal ecosystems, Dissolved oxygen, Hatchery, All tags... Pacific salmon, Reaeration, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water temperature, biota, farming, Fewer tags

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Argos GPS Satellite Tracking Data for Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

This data package contains location data collected by the Argos System (CLS America, Inc.) from satellite transmitters attached to 116 Lesser Yellowlegs captured at multiple sites across their breeding and nonbreeding range in North America, 2018-2021. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: 1) flag implausible location and 2) remove locations within Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and Eielson Air Force Base boundaries. Removal of locations in military land boundaries is required due to federal guidelines by Department of Defense (DoD) Public Affairs office and DoD Partners in Flight. Due to data sharing constraints of participating agencies, not all the locations (i.e., latitude and longitude)...

Tags: Alaska, Anchorage, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Annual cycle, All tags... Argos, Biota, Birds, Breeding sites, Canada, Capture-recapture studies, Central America, Churchill, Coastal ecosystems, Eielson AFB, Environment, Ile Nue de Mingan, James Bay, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Non-breeding range, Ornithology, Overwintering, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, South America, Species life history, Tagging devices, The Caribbean, Tracking equipment, United States of America, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Yellowknife, Fewer tags

Aerial Photo Imagery from Fall Waterfowl Surveys, Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, 2017-2019

The imagery and annotations presented here were generated while testing an aerial photographic survey design to improve repeatability, transparency, and estimation of variance for annual population estimates of geese staging at Izembek Lagoon, Alaska. This dataset includes 1) 131,031 .JPG images captured from a small fixed-wing occupied aircraft, usually at an altitude of about 457 m, over Izembek Lagoon; 2) annotations of objects (geese, ducks, and gulls) assigned by an automated algorithm, and 3) manually corrected annotations that were edited by project staff for only those photos automatically identified as containing geese of any species. The photos were captured at predetermined points to systematically sample...

Tags: Aerial photography, Aerial surveys, Alaska, Alaska Peninsula, Animals/Vertebrates, All tags... Anser canagicus, Aquatic ecosystems, Biota, Birds, Branta bernicla, Branta hutchinsii, Coastal ecosystems, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Environment, Estuarine habitat, Image collections, Izembek Lagoon, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Migratory birds, Migratory species, Photography, Population dynamics, Relative abundance analysis, Tundra ecosystems, USGS:ASC449, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Waterfowl, Wetland ecosystems, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Assessing the Status and Trends of Seabirds and Forage Fish in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This data release is composed of seven datasets regarding colonial seabirds and forage fish at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. These data were collected to detect changes in the breeding population of Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres on two nesting colonies in lower Cook Inlet and to compare those counts to baseline counts from 1995-1999. They are part of an ongoing study in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska to assess the recent status of forage fish and seabirds (2000-2020).

Tags: Alaska, Animal behavior, Animals/Vertebrates, Bald Eagle, Biota, All tags... Birds, Breeding sites, Breeding success, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murre, Community dynamics, Community ecology, Cook Inlet, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Ecosystem functions, Egg production, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Glaucous-winged Gull, Gulf of Alaska, Gull Island, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Herring Gull, Kachemak Bay, Larus argentatus, Larus glaucescens, Marine ecosystems, Nesting behavior, Reproduction, Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Fewer tags

Nesting Productivity of Black-Legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with annual nesting productivity estimates for Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, Black-legged Kittiwakes, All tags... Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Population dynamics, Rissa tridactyla, USGS:ASC378, Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Water Temperature, Electrical Conductivity, and Salinity of Lagoons in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska, 2017-2019

This dataset contains a table with temperature (°C), raw electrical conductivity (μS/cm), and salinity (psu) measured in Beaufort Sea, Alaska, Lagoons during summers 2017-2019.

Tags: Alaska, Beaufort Sea, Coastal ecosystems, Environment, Estuarine habitat, All tags... Intertidal environments, Jago Lagoon, Kaktovik Lagoon, Marine ecosystems, Oceans, Salinity, Simpson Lagoon, Stefansson Sound, USGS:ASC612, Water conductivity, Water temperature, Water temperature, Fewer tags

Hydroacoustic Survey Data from Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with Area Backscattering Coefficient (ABC) data from hydroacoustic transect surveys collected around two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Acoustic backscatter, Alaska, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, Biota, Coastal ecosystems, All tags... Cook Inlet, Environment, Fisheries, Fishery technology, Gulf of Alaska, Hydroacoustics, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Marine fisheries, Marine fishery resources, Nautical area scattering coefficient, Oceans, Pelagic habitat, Zooplankton, Fewer tags

Wave power on marsh units in Connecticut salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the state of Connecticut. Metrics for resiliency, including the unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, tidal range, wave power, and exposure potential to environmental health stressors are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing federal, state, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands. For...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Connecticut, Long Island Sound, United States, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, All tags... environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, ocean waves, oceans, salt marsh, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Sea Otter Forage Data, 1993-2019

These data describe observations of sea otter foraging behavior in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Data consist of dive and surface times, success in prey retrieval, prey item, prey quantity, and size. Additionally, location of observations, and age class, sex, and pup status of the focal sea otter were also recorded.

Tags: Alaska, Animals/Invertebrates, Animals/Vertebrates, Benthic ecosystems, Biota, All tags... Coastal ecosystems, Coastal ecosystems, Enhydra lutris, Environment, Foraging behavior, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Gulf of Alaska, Macroinvertebrates, Marine ecology, Marine ecosystems, Marine environment monitoring, Prey, Prey selection, Sea otters, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Predation of Common Murre Eggs at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with egg predation data from Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Bald Eagle, Biota, Birds, All tags... Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Egg production, Environment, Glaucous-winged Gull, Gulf of Alaska, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Herring Gull, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Larus argentatus, Larus glaucescens, Marine ecosystems, Nesting behavior, Nesting success, Population dynamics, Reproductive success, Uria aalge, Use/Feeding habitat, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Mean tidal range of marsh units in Connecticut salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the state of Connecticut. Metrics for resiliency, including the unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, tidal range, wave power, and exposure potential to environmental health stressors are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing federal, state, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands. For...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Connecticut, Long Island Sound, United States, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, All tags... environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, tidal range, tides (oceanic), vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Intertidal Mussel (Mytilus) Data from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program and describe mussel sampling and observations conducted in the northern Gulf of Alaska. This dataset consists of six comma separated files (.csv): 1) mussel sampling site layout information, 2) mussel counts for mussels greater than 20 millimeters in a quadrat, 3) mussel size measurements for mussels greater than 20 millimeters in a quadrat, 4) mussel counts for all mussels collected from core samples, 5) mussel size frequencies for all mussels collected from core samples, and 6) list of Gulf Watch Alaska principal investigators and collaborators.

Tags: Alaska, Animals/Invertebrates, Aquatic biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Aquatic ecosystems, All tags... Benthic ecosystems, Benthic habitat, Bioindicator, Biospheric indicators, Biota, Coastal ecosystems, Coastal habitat, Coastal processes, Ecology, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Field sampling, Gulf of Alaska, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Macroinvertebrates, Marine ecosystems, Marine environment monitoring, Marine environments, Mollusks, Mollusks, Mussels, Pacific Blue Mussel, Prince William Sound, Size distribution, Spatial distribution, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Lifespan of marsh units in New York salt marshes

Lifespan of salt marshes in New York are calculated using conceptual marsh units defined by Defne and Ganju (2018) and Welk and others (2019, 2020a, 2020b, 2020c). The lifespan calculation is based on estimated sediment supply and sea-level rise (SLR) predictions after Ganju and others (2020). Sea level predictions are local estimates which correspond to the 0.3, 0.5, and 1.0 meter increase in Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) scenarios by 2100 from Sweet and others (2022). The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic, Long Island Sound, New York, United States, coastal ecosystems, All tags... coastal processes, elevation, environment, estuarine processes, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, lifespan, marsh health, none, oceans, salt marsh, sea-level change, sediment transport, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Unvegetated to vegetated ratio of marsh units in Connecticut salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the state of Connecticut. Metrics for resiliency, including the unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, tidal range, wave power, and exposure potential to environmental health stressors are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing federal, state, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands. For...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Connecticut, Long Island Sound, UVVR, United States, coastal ecosystems, All tags... coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Conceptual marsh units of Connecticut salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the state of Connecticut. Metrics for resiliency, including the unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, tidal range, wave power, and exposure potential to environmental health stressors are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing federal, state, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands. For...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Connecticut, Long Island Sound, United States, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, All tags... environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Population Counts at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with annual population counts (censuses) for Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, Black-legged Kittiwakes, All tags... Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Population dynamics, Rissa tridactyla, Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Exposure potential of marsh units to environmental health stressors in Connecticut salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the state of Connecticut. Metrics for resiliency, including the unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, tidal range, wave power, and exposure potential to environmental health stressors are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing federal, state, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands. For...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Connecticut, Long Island Sound, SCoRR, United States, coastal ecosystems, All tags... coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, toxicology, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags