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RestoreNet: seedling treatment and site environmental characteristics data at restoration treatment plots in northern Arizona, USA This dataset is from a restoration field study conducted at seven sites distributed across the southern Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona as part of the RestoreNet dryland restoration field trial network. The data consist of post-experimental restoration treatment (2018-2019) plant density and height measurements along with site precipitation, temperature, and soils data. Plant data were collected through plot monitoring visits distributed throughout the first year following restoration treatments and seeding. Tags: Arizona, Botany, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Flagstaff, All tags... Forestry, Geography, Information Sciences, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), air temperature, biogeography, biota, drylands, ecosystem restoration, environmental variation, field experiments, field inventory and monitoring, field methods, geoscientificInformation, measurement, northern Arizona, plant density, plant growth, plant recruitment, post-experimental, post-restoration, precipitation (atmospheric), restoration treatments, seed mixes, seed treatments, seeding, seedling emergence, seedling establishment, seedling recruitment, seedling survival, site environmental characteristics, site environmental data, soil resources, southwestern United States, Fewer tags Elevation Survey Across Southwest Florida Coastal Wetlands, 2021 Accurate elevation data in coastal wetlands is crucial for planning for sea-level rise. Elevation surveys were conducted across southwest Florida wetlands to provide ground validation of LiDAR as well as target long-term monitoring stations (surface elevation tables). Surveys were conducted in June 2021 across Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Clam Bay, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge. A combination of post-processed kinematic GPS and differential levelling survey techniques were employed, depending on the canopy cover. Categories: Data; Tags: Clam Bay, Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, GPS measurement, RTK GPS, All tags... Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Structural Geology, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), differential leveling, elevation, elevation surveys, field methods, land surveying, Fewer tags Vegetation and soil cover from 134 reclaimed oil and gas well pads and 583 AIM reference plots in the Southwestern United States These data were compiled to assess the recovery of vegetation on reclaimed oil and gas sites. Objective(s) of our study were to assess patterns in reclamation outcomes relative to 1) soil attributes, climate, and time since 39 reclamation and 2) plant and soil reference benchmarks. These data represent observations of vegetation and soil cover from 134 reclaimed oil and gas well pads and 583 AIM reference plots. These data were collected on lands impacted by oil and gas development on the Colorado Plateau as well as Arizona and New Mexico Plateau of New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Data was collected from July- September of 2020 and May-September of 2021. These data were collected by Assessment Inventory and Monitoring... Categories: Data; Tags: AIM reference plots, Arizona and New Mexico Plateau, Assessment Inventory and Monitoring (AIM), Botany, Colorado, All tags... Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Four Corners Region, Geography, Information Sciences, New Mexico, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, atmospheric and climatic processes, biogeography, biota, climate, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, data release, environment, field inventory and monitoring, field methods, field observations, field sampling, geoscientificInformation, land use and land cover, line point intercept measurement, percent cover, plant community recovery, plants (organisms), plot sampling, reclaimed oil and gas well sites, remediation, soil cover, soil resources, species cover, time periods, vegetation, Fewer tags Round goby eDNA survey, evaluation, and laboratory data in Lakes Michigan and Huron 2016-2017 Data included are from a series of field sample collections from Lakes Michigan and Huron, and laboratory mesocosms targeting the round goby fish (Neogobius melanostomus). The round goby is a benthic fish that has heavily invaded four of the five Laurentian Great Lakes. Because it inhabits a variety of substrates, including coastal breakwaters, traditional methods (e.g., trawling, trapping) are inadequate to quantify overall population size. Environmental DNA (eDNA) may be a viable option for improving detection and quantification of the species. Field data include number of round goby caught and associated ambient conditions of the aquatic matrix (temperature, pH, turbidity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen). Mesocosm... Categories: Data; Tags: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... environment, environmental DNA, field methods, freshwater ecosystems, invasive species, Fewer tags Effects of pulse duration on common hydroacoustic measures in Lake Erie in 2011-2012 and Ohio Reservoirs in 2017 Hydroacoustics is a common sampling tool in freshwater and marine ecosystems, yet the full potential of this tool remains restricted, owing to an incomplete understanding of the influence of many data collection settings. In particular, investigation into the effects of the pulse duration setting on common hydroacoustic measures remains limited. Hydroacoustic theory suggests that pulse duration can affect how many single targets (e.g., individual fish or invertebrates) are detected, the mean target strength (TS) of sample cells, and estimates of target density, especially in ecosystems with an abundance of potential targets. To quantify the influence of the pulse duration setting on these important and commonly... Categories: Data; Tags: Acton Lake, Alum Creek Lake, Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Great Lakes, All tags... Hoover Reservoir, Lake Erie, Limnology, Ohio, Remote Sensing, Techniques and Methods, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, acoustic methods, biota, environment, field methods, fisheries biology, fisheries management, hydroacoustics, inlandWaters, management methods, sonar methods, Fewer tags Invasive Plant Cover in the Mojave Desert, 2009 - 2013 (ver. 2.0, April 2021) We assessed the impacts of co-occurring invasive plant species on fire regimes and postfire native communities in the Mojave Desert, western USA by analyzing the distribution and co-occurrence patterns of three invasive annual grasses known to alter fuel conditions and community structure: Red Brome (Bromus rubens), Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), and Mediterranean grass (Schismus spp.: Schismus arabicus and Schismus barbatus), and an invasive forb, red stemmed filaree (Erodium cicutarium) which can dominate postfire sites. We developed species distribution models (SDMs) for each of the four taxa and analyzed field plot data to assess the relationship between invasives and fire frequency, years postfire, and the impacts... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Mojave desert, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, co-occurance invasives, desert ecosystems, All tags... ecosystems, field methods, fire disturbance, fire frequency, fires, geographic information systems, habitat alteration, invasive species, plants (organisms), remote sensing, vegetation, Fewer tags Database of Marine Mammal and Seabird Research Activity in the Pacific (US) This database is a compilation of marine mammal and seabird information collected along the Pacific coast of the United States and U.S. territories in the Pacific from surveys that were solicited among regional research communities and persons. Information from standardized surveys was gathered from 2015 to 2018 and includes programs and researchers who collected information regarding seabirds since 1960. These data support the following publication: Adams, J., Lafferty, K.D., Kelsey, E.C., and Johnston, C.A. 2019. Synopsis of Research Programs that can Provide Baseline and Monitoring Information for Offshore Energy Activities in the Pacific Region: Seabird and Marine Mammal Surveys in the Pacific Region. U.S.... Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, California, Ecology, Hawaii, Oregon, All tags... Pacific Islands, Research, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Washington, Wildlife Biology, biodiversity, biological informatics, biota, birds, costal zones, field methods, geographical information systems (GIS), inlandWaters, laboratory methods, location, mammals, marine ecosystem, marine mammals, oceans, seabirds, Fewer tags Microsatellite genotypes for Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) Eggs and Larvae from Constructed Reefs in the St. Clair-Detroit River System (2015-2016) This dataset contains the physical collection information (e.g., sample location, date, gear type) and microsatellite DNA genotype of egg and larval Lake Sturgeon collected in the St. Clair and Detroit rivers in 2015 and 2016. Individuals were genotyped for 18 microsatellite loci (13 disomic and 5 polysomic). Alleles (base pair sizes) were recorded as presence absence scores (1:present, 2:absent, 0:missing data) for all previously observed alleles. Thus individual genotypes were recorded as pseudo diploid dominant phenotypes resulting in individual vectors of length n=205 for each genotyped egg or larval individual. Categories: Data; Tags: Acipenser, Acipenser fulvescens, Acipenseridae, Anthropogenic, Anthropogenic Rock, All tags... Anthropogenic Rock Reef Substrate, Anthropogenic Rock Rubble, Anthropogenic Substrate, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic Setting, Artificial reef, Assessments, Biological Occurrence, Data Content Subjects, Data Content Types, Detroit, Detroit River, Dredge Deposit, Dredge Disturbance, Dredged/Excavated Channel, Fishes, Fishing from Shore, Fishing with Benthic Mobile Gear, Genetics, Grassy Island, Great Lakes, Habitat, Harvesting Living Resources, Huron, Lacustrine, Lake Saint Clair, Lake St. Clair, Living Resources, Macomb, Michigan, Middle Channel Saint Clair River, Motorized Boating, North Channel Saint Clair River, Pelagic Fishing, Port Huron, Recreational Nonextractive /Cultural Use, Sailing, Saint Clair, Saint Clair River, Shipping, Shore Use, St. Clair, St. Clair-Detroit, Substrate, Transportation, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wayne, Western Lake Erie, animals, anthropogenic agents of coastal change, aquatic ecosystems, biological features, biological laboratory methods, biological observations, biological resources, biology, biota, biota, canal, capturing (animals), channels, chordates, conservation, construction, cultural resources, data processing, datasets, discipline, dredge spoils disposal, dredging operations, ecological change, ecosystem monitoring, ecosystem restoration, ecosystems, endemic species, environment, environmental assessment, eukaryotes, feature type, field inventory and monitoring, field methods, field observation, field sampling, fish, fish eggs, fish larvae, fisheries, fishery resources, food resources, freshwater ecosystems, genetic diversity, genetics, genotype, habitats, hot topics, hydrographic features, ichthyology, ichthyoplankton, inland fishery resources, inlandWaters, laboratory methods, landform, life sciences, management methods, methods, native species, natural resources, nekton and plankton, organism groupings (non-taxonomic), organisms, physiographic features, population and community ecology, population dynamics, product types, ray-finned fish ["bony fish"], recreational fishery resources, reef, reefs, regions, research method, resource management, resources, river, river basin development, river systems, rivers, sciences, shipping channels, species conservation, streams, sturgeon, topics, transportation resources, trapping, vertebrates, water resources, wetland destruction, zoology, Fewer tags Temperature and Relative Conductivity at Sampling Locations in the Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada, 2019-2021 These data provide temperatures and relative conductivity to determine the presence or absence of water at specific locations in Dixie Meadows, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada, 2019-2021. Categories: Data; Tags: Dixie Valley, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, air temperature, All tags... amphibians, biota, field methods, hot spring, relative conductivity, toad, water temperature, Fewer tags Round goby detection by environmental DNA, trawl, and angling in Lakes Huron and Michigan This data set is associated with an examination of environmental DNA (eDNA) from the invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in parallel with traditional fish surveys in the Great Lakes. Data resulting from bottom trawling surveys and angler hook and line methods include round goby fish count and biomass at different depths and seasons at multiple sites of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan (trawls), and breakwall locations of Lake Michigan at Portage Lakefront, Portage, Indiana and Washington Park, Michigan City, Indiana (angling). Data from eDNA water samples targeting round goby were analyzed by two molecular methods: droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) and quantitative PCR (qPCR); eDNA copy numbers are presented for... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Limnology, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), animal tracking, biota, environment, environmental DNA, field methods, field sampling, fish, freshwater ecosystems, inland fishery resources, inlandWaters, invasive species, polymerase chain reaction, Fewer tags Fire Regimes in the Mojave Desert (1972-2010) This U.S. Geological Survey data release consists of 3 raster datasets representing estimates of probability of ignition (ProbIgnitPredict.tif), fire frequency (FrequencyPredictRF.tif), and burn severity (dNBRPredictRF.tif) in the Mojave Desert from 1984 to 2010. The data include: (1) A shapefile of the Mojave Desert that was used as our study area boundary (MojaveEcoregion_TNS_UTM83.shp). The original shapefile was obtained from NatureServe in 2009; (2) Three Tagged-Interchange Format (TIF) raster datasets representing probability of ignition, fire frequency, and burn severity. Resolution equals 30 meters, projection equals UTM Zone 11N. These data support the following publication: Klinger, R., Underwood, E.C.,... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Ecology, Environmental Health, Mojave Desert, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... biota, burn severity, co-occurence invasives, desert ecosystems, ecosystems, environmental gradients, field methods, fire disturbance, fire frequency, fires, geographic gradients, geographic information systems, grass-fire cycle, habitat alteration, ignition, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, invasive plant species, invasive species, machine learning, maximum entropy, plants (organisms), random forests, remote sensing, spatial dynamics, vegetation, Fewer tags Annual Marbled Murrelet Abundance and Productivity Surveys Off Central California (Zone 6), 1999-2021 (ver. 4.0, May 2022) Since 2017, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center (USGS WERC) partnered with California State Parks to continue long-term, annual at-sea surveys to estimate at-sea abundance and juvenile (i.e. hatch-year) productivity of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Zone 6 (central California: San Francisco Bay to Monterey Bay). Marbled Murrelets have been listed as Endangered by the State of California and Threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 1992. Marbled Murrelets have been surveyed at sea off central California since 1995 (Becker et al. 1997), and standardized surveys to estimate abundance and productivity have been conducted... Categories: Data Release - Revised; Tags: At-Sea Abundance, California, Marbled Murrelet, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, All tags... birds, birds, distance sampling, environment, field methods, field observation, location, mammals, marine ecosystems, marine mammals, oceans, sampling, seabirds, Fewer tags Species distribution model of the invasive annual forb Erodium cicutarium (red-stemmed filaree) in the Mojave Desert Geotiff raster of habitat suitability for the invasive annual forb Erodium cicutarium (red-stemmed filaree) across the Mojave Desert (NatureServe ecoregional boundary). Raster resolution = 30 m, projection = UTM Zone 11N Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Biological invasions, Bromus rubens, Bromus tectorum, Co-occurrence, Erodium cicutarium, All tags... Grass-fire cycle, Invasive species, Mojave Desert, Mojave Desert, Schismus spp, Species distribution models, biota, desert ecosystems, disturbance, ecosystems, field methods, fire, fire frequency, fires, geographic information systems, habitat alteration, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, invasive species, plants (organisms), remote sensing, vegetation, Fewer tags Environmental DNA detection and survival, influence of sediment, and stream transport in a Lake Michigan watershed, 2018 The data released are associated with an examination of eDNA from round goby fish (Neogobius melanostomus) in a series of field sample collections (lake nearshore and stream transport) and in vitro laboratory experiments. The round goby was used as a model for our source of eDNA in the field collections and mesocosm experiments. The field samples for lake nearshore (water and sediment) were collected from two Lake Michigan shoreline locations (Portage Lakefront, Portage, Indiana and Washington Park, Michigan City, Indiana) to examine the detectability of eDNA, the influence of sediment on eDNA estimates, and eDNA spatial and temporal resolution. The field samples for stream transport (water) were collected from... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Brown Ditch, Ecology, Genetics, Indiana Dunes National Park, All tags... Lake Michigan, Portage Lakefront, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Washington Park, biota, environment, environmental DNA, field methods, freshwater ecosystems, inlandWaters, polymerase chain reaction, Fewer tags Soil surface properties and roughness data at two experimental restoration sites within the Southwestern USA This data release presents data used for analyzing spatial and temporal differences in soil surface roughness within selected biocrust communities. These records were collected by ground-based lidar for 121, 1m x 3m soil plots with biological soil crusts (biocrusts). Roughness was estimated from 5 mm resolution data (CloudCompare v. 2.10.2, 2019) for two Great Basin Desert sites (UTTR-1; UTTR-2) in December 2015 and one Chihuahuan Desert site (JER) in February 2016. Data were again collected in June 2018 for UTTR-1 and UTTR-2. Additional field and laboratory data were included within this study to understand differences in soil surface roughness between UTTR and JER as well as between the 2016 and 2018 surveys at... Categories: Data; Tags: 5 mm resolution, Chihuahuan Desert, Ecology, Geography, Geomorphology, All tags... Great Basin, Great Basin Desert, Hill Air Force Base, Information Sciences, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Remote Sensing, Salt Lake City, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, biocrust, biological soil crusts, biological treatment, biota, data release, digital point cloud, ecosystem disturbance, experimental restoration treatments, field data, field experiments, field inventory and monitoring, field methods, geoscientificInformation, ground-based lidar, habitat alteration and disturbance, laboratory data, laboratory experiments, laboratory methods, lidar, plot sampling, remediation, soil morphology, soil plots, soil resources, soil surface roughness, southwestern United States, Fewer tags Vegetation cover, ground cover, plant mortality, and species abundance across an experimental drought treatment on the Colorado Plateau from 2010-2022 These data were compiled to assess the response of vegetation and biological soil crusts to drought in a semi-arid ecosystem on the Colorado Plateau near Moab, Utah. Objective(s) of our study were to explore how vegetation cover, soil conditions, and growing season nitrogen (N) availability are impacted by multifaceted drying climate conditions using data from a long-term precipitation reduction experiment (30% reduction). In 2010, U.S. Geological Survey biologists installed paired experimental plots with a control plot and a plot covered by a shelter that excluded 35% of incoming precipitation. These 40 sites represent shallow vs. deep soils and sandstone vs. shale parent material. These data were collected at... Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Geochemistry, Geography, All tags... Information Sciences, Moab, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), available nitrogen, biogeography, biological soil crusts, biota, control plot, data release, deep soils, droughts, elevation, environment, experimental design, experimental plot, extreme drought, field experiments, field inventory and monitoring, field methods, field sampling, focal species, foliar isotopes, geoscientificInformation, ground cover, nitrogen, plant cover, plant mortality, plant species richness, plants (organisms), plot sampling, plot-level data, precipitation (atmospheric), sandstone, sedimentary rocks, semi-arid ecosystem, shale, shallow soils, shelter plot, sites, soil chemistry, soil resources, soil sciences, soil texture, species diversity, temporal data, terrestrial ecosystems, upper Colorado Plateau, vegetation, Fewer tags Literature Review of Lithophilic-Spawning Fishes Egg Collection Methods Assessment of egg deposition is widely used to provide an index of spawning efforts for lithophilic-spawning fishes. However, little is known about the collection techniques efficacy and bias when collecting fish eggs. We conducted a literature review to assess egg collection methods and evaluate egg retention and capture on egg mats. The literature review provided a summary of different gear types used to collect fish eggs, possible bias from the gears, and egg 'abundance' reporting strategies. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Atlantic Ocean, Devils Hole, Ecology, Great Lakes, All tags... Kootenai River, Lake Champlain, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, Suwannee River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wadden Sea, Yellowstone River, aquatic biology, biological assessment, biota, breeding sites, cartilaginous fish, environment, field methods, fish eggs, fisheries biology, fishery resources, inland waterways, inlandWaters, marine biology, ray-finned fish ["bony fish"], resource management, spawning, specimen collecting, Fewer tags Fledging times of grassland birds in North Dakota and Minnesota The data set provides information on the fledging times of passerine grassland birds. Data were collected from video surveillance of 70 nests of 9 bird species that nested in grasslands of Minnesota and North Dakota, USA. The data include year, unique nest number, species, date and time of fledging by nestling. Categories: Data; Tags: Baird's Sparrow, Bobolink, Brown-headed Cowbird, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Clay-colored Sparrow, All tags... Ecology, Grasshopper Sparrow, Le Conte's Sparrow, Minnesota, North Dakota, Savannah Sparrow, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Vesper Sparrow, Wildlife Biology, animals, biological and physical processes, biota, birds, datasets, field inventory and monitoring, field methods, fledging time, grassland birds, life sciences, methods, nesting ecology, organism growth and development, organisms, ornithology, passerines, physiological processes, product types, sciences, topics, vertebrate zoology, vertebrates, video monitoring, video surveillance, zoology, Fewer tags Species distribution model of the invasive annual grass Schismus spp (Mediterranean split grass) in the Mojave Desert Geotiff raster of habitat suitability for the invasive annual grass Schismus spp (Mediterranean split grass) across the Mojave Desert (NatureServe ecoregional boundary). Raster resolution = 30 m, projection = UTM Zone 11N Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Biological invasions, Bromus rubens, Bromus tectorum, Co-occurrence, Erodium cicutarium, All tags... Grass-fire cycle, Invasive species, Mojave Desert, Mojave Desert, Schismus spp, Species distribution models, biota, desert ecosystems, disturbance, ecosystems, field methods, fire, fire frequency, fires, geographic information systems, habitat alteration, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, invasive species, plants (organisms), remote sensing, vegetation, Fewer tags Species distribution model of the invasive annual grass Bromus rubens (red brome) in the Mojave Desert Geotiff raster of habitat suitability for the invasive annual grass Bromus rubens (red brome) across the Mojave Desert (NatureServe ecoregional boundary). Raster resolution = 30 m, projection = UTM Zone 11N Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Biological invasions, Bromus rubens, Bromus tectorum, Co-occurrence, Erodium cicutarium, All tags... Grass-fire cycle, Invasive species, Mojave Desert, Mojave Desert, Schismus spp, Species distribution models, biota, desert ecosystems, disturbance, ecosystems, field methods, fire, fire frequency, fires, geographic information systems, habitat alteration, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, invasive species, plants (organisms), remote sensing, vegetation, Fewer tags 1 2 »