Breeding bird species in peatland habitats, Seney NWR, 2007-2009

The avian community of peatland habitats were surveyed along belt transects established in multiple units of Seney National Wildlife Refuge, representing peatland habitats dominated by a range of sedge to shrub cover at varying levels. Surveys were conducted during the 3-week period of mid-May to early June and again during mid-June-early July in three years (2007–2009). Three datasets are included here 1) data of presence/absence of breeding bird species detected in each 100-m segment of belt transects, 2) four-letter codes for bird species, and 3) environmental and land-cover attributes summarized for 200-m buffers around the bird-survey segments (100m x 100m), and number of years since each segment was burned,...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Ecology, Michigan, Schoolcraft County, Seney National Wildlife Refuge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Biology, aquatic birds, biota, birds, breeding, fire ecology, fire effects, freshwater ecosystems, inland waters, land use and land cover, landscape, landscape factors, local factors, transect sampling, wetland birds, wetlands, Fewer tags

Total thiamine concentrations in lake trout Salvelinus namaycush eggs in lakes Huron and Michigan, 1996-2018

Monitoring of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in the eggs of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) collected from lakes Huron and Michigan has been conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey since the mid-1990’s. The results of this monitoring effort have been used by natural resource management agencies and native American tribes within the Great Lakes basin to evaluate the reproductive health of lake trout. The data in this release are the thiamine concentrations measured in lake trout collected from 1996-2018. Results are reported as total thiamine (nmol/g-egg), collection site, lake, year collected, and reference to the analysis methods.

Categories: Data; Tags: Canada, EMS, Early Mortality Syndrome, Fish, Fish Spawning and Larval Aggregation, All tags... Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Laurentian Great Lakes, Michigan, Ontario, Salvelinus namaycush, TDC, Thiamine Deficiency Complex, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Vitamin B1, Wildlife Biology, Wisconsin, alewife, aquatic biology, aquatic ecosystems, biota, commercial fishery resources, ecosystem monitoring, environmental assessment, fish, fisheries biology, fishery management, freshwater ecosystems, hazards, health and disease, inland fishery resources, lake trout, long-term ecological monitoring, population and community ecology, recreational fishery resources, risk assessment, thiamine, thiamine deficiency, vitamin deficiency, wildlife disease, 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

Laboratory study investigating the effects of seasonal temperature and photoperiod manipulation on Eastern elliptio reproduction

A laboratory study was conducted at the Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory (Wellsboro, PA) on the ability to manipulate photoperiod and water temperatures to determine its effects on Eastern elliptio freshwater mussel glochidia production. Brooding mussels were collected from Pine Creek, Tioga County, PA in late December and were housed in the laboratory in groups subjected to one of four environmental treatments: natural temperature and photoperiod, 6 week delay in natural conditions, 12 week delay in natural conditions, and natural temperature and photoperiod with a winter low of 10°C. In this study, "natural" conditions refer to light and temperature conditions that mimic what mussels would have been exposed...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory Wellsboro Pennsylvania, Pine Creek Pennsylvania, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... aquaculture, freshwater ecosystems, shellfish, Fewer tags

Lake Erie Fish Community Data, 2013-2023

Assessing the distribution and abundance of both predator and prey (forage) fish species is a cornerstone of ecosystem-based fishery management and supports decision making that considers food-web interactions. In support of binational Great Lakes fishery management, the objectives of this survey were to: provide estimates of densities of key forage and predator species in the western basin of Lake Erie, to assess seasonal and spatial distributions of fishes in tandem with water quality information, and to assess year class strength. A systematic grid sampling approach with 41 stations was sampled via bottom trawl during June (Spring) and September (Autumn), starting in 2013. This data release adds 2023 data to...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Lake Erie, Limnology, Michigan, All tags... Ohio, Ontario, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), bottom trawl survey, farming, field sampling, freshwater ecosystems, oceans, population dynamics, Fewer tags

Flowpath between agricultural land and waterways in the southeast United States (2011)

Clean water is important for a variety of uses, including drinking, recreation, and as habitat for aquatic species. Nonpoint-source pollution, such as nutrients, sediment, and pesticides from agricultural runoff, is a major cause of impaired water quality in the United States . Vegetation and soil in natural land cover help to remove pollutants from runoff water before it reaches streams and other waterways by slowing water flow and physically trapping sediment. To assess the spatial distribution of water purification potential in the southeastern United States, we mapped the demand for purification as the total area of agricultural land and the supply of natural land cover in the flowpath over which water moves...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, All tags... Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, contamination and pollution, freshwater ecosystems, natural resource management, runoff, water resources, Fewer tags

Cottonwood Lake Study Area - Invertebrate Weights - 1992-2019

This dataset contains macroinvertebrate sampling data (weights) for wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake Study Area, Stutsman County, North Dakota.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Biota, Community composition, Cottonwood Lake Study Area, Ecology, All tags... Freshwater ecosystems, Macroinvertebrates, Macroinvertebrates, North Dakota, Northern Great Plains, Prairie Pothole Region, Stutsman County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Biomass and abundance of invertebrates collected on artificial substrates in the Great Lakes, 2013-2016

In this dataset, we report on the biomass and abundance of invertebrates collected on artificial substrates in the Great Lakes from 2013-2016. Sampling effort was focused on the western basin of Lake Erie, but also includes some sampling from Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Grand Traverse Bay (Lake Michigan) and Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron). In 2015 and 2016, we increased the number of taxa that we quantified. Round Hester-Dendy samplers were used as artificial substrates. Substrates were deployed at sites where unionid mussels were also deployed in cages.

Categories: Data; Tags: Great Lakes, USGS-CC Quagga Mussels and Zebra Mussels, Western Lake Erie, biota, freshwater ecosystems, All tags... invertebrates, surface water (non-marine), Fewer tags

Results from the literature review meta-analysis for the Chesapeake stressor identification project

This dataset includes information compiled for the literature review meta-analysis portion for the Chesapeake Bay Stressor Identification Project. The dataset includes basic identifying information regarding the publication (last name of the first author, year published, study type, and number of observational units included in the study), the response metric for which results were reported, and the major source or driver that was the focus of the study. The dataset denotes for each stressor category whether a stressor was measured and whether the study’s analysis found it to be an important factor influencing the response metric. The results are reported for both coarse and fine stressor levels, since two stressor...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alabama, Austria, Canada, Chesapeake Bay watershed, Connecticut, All tags... Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Portugal, South Carolina, Texas, United Kingdom, United States, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, biota, environment, freshwater ecosystems, inlandWaters, water quality, Fewer tags

Modeled Stream Metabolism in Boulder Creek near Boulder, CO (2016 - 2018)

Note: This data release has been deprecated. Please see new data release here: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A4FVZ4. The data presented here was collected adjacent to USGS stream gage 06730200 and includes both observed and modeled values. Dissolved oxygen, dissolved carbon dioxide, stream depth, water temperature, and light intensity were collected via passive water quality sensors. Modeled values include gross primary production, ecosystem respiration, net ecosystem production, reaeration, and light (when observed values were unavailable). Modeled values were obtained through streamMetabolizer, a USGS-sponsored R-package for estimating rates of stream metabolism. Estimates for carbon dioxide flux utilized both modeled...

Categories: Data; Tags: Bayesian Model, Boulder County, Boulder Creek, Colorado, Ecology, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, biogeochemical cycling, carbon cycling, carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide flux, dissolved oxygen, ecosystem respiration, freshwater ecosystems, gross primary production, high resolution, in-situ, mathematical modeling, net ecosystem production, reaeration, seasonal variation, snowmelt, stream metabolism, streamMetabolizer, urban stream, Fewer tags

Fisheries-dependent data for Cisco in Green Bay of Lake Michigan and Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron between 1929 and 1970

This data release presents part of historical fisheries-dependent data for Cisco (Coregonus artedi) in Green Bay of Lake Michigan and Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron collected by scientists from U.S. Geological Survey's Great Lakes Science Center, including three tables for monthly Cisco-catch and fishing-effort data and two tables for biological data of Cisco individuals. The monthly Cisco-catch and fishing-effort data tables are for small-mesh gill-net fisheries in Green Bay and Saginaw Bay (GBSB_GN.csv), pound-net fisheries in Green Bay and Saginaw Bay (GBSB_PD.csv), and shallow trap-net fishery in Saginaw Bay (SB_ST.csv) in the period 1929–1970. The biological data of Cisco individuals are from historical Saginaw...

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Great Lakes, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Limnology, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, bay, biota, commercial fishery resources, commercial fishing, environment, extinction and extirpation, fishery management, freshwater ecosystems, inland fishery resources, inlandWaters, population dynamics, Fewer tags

Cladophora biomass and supporting data collected in the Great Lakes

This dataset records Cladophora and associated submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) biomass collected approximately monthly during the growing season starting in 2018 at stations located along the U.S. shoreline of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. It also records a variety of supporting data collected at Cladophora measurement stations. These supporting data include: - seasonal time series of light, water currents, wave action, temperature, specific conductivity, turbidity, pH, phycocyanin, chlorophyll, and dissolved oxygen from moored sensors at a subset of stations; - measurements of Secchi disk depth and water chemistry; - water column profiles of temperature, specific conductivity, turbidity, pH, phycocyanin,...

Tags: CTD measurement, Great Lakes Region, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, All tags... Lake Ontario, acoustic Doppler current profiling, algae, algal blooms, aquatic biology, aquatic vegetation, benthos, biota, environment, eutrophication, freshwater ecosystems, habitat alteration, inlandWaters, invasive species, mollusks, nuisance species, nutrient content (water), optical methods, oxygen content (water), phosphorus, submerged aquatic vegetation, surface water quality, suspended material (water), turbidity, water pH, water sampling, water temperature, Fewer tags

Moving from Impacts to Action: Expert Focus Groups for Climate Change Impacts in Coastal/Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.

Twelve expert focus groups convened for comprehensive, cross-disciplinary discussions on climate change effects and adaptation strategies in marine/coastal and freshwater ecosystems across the North Pacific LCC landscape. Challenges and science or tool gaps were also discussed.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, AK, AK, AK, AK, All tags... AK-0, AK-1, AK-1, AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., B.C., B.C., B.C., CA, CA, CA, CA, CA-2, CA-2, Climate Change, Climate adaptation, Climate adaptation, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Freshwater Ecosystems, Freshwater Ecosystems, Freshwater Ecosystems, Freshwater Ecosystems, Informing Conservation Delivery, Informing Conservation Delivery, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Ecosystems, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, Pre-Strategy, 2013, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, Science Project, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Training/Outreach/Workshop, WA, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA. OR, WA. OR, WA. OR, completed, product, Fewer tags

Bottom dissolved oxygen measurements from Lake Erie's Central Basin, 2021-2022

This data set, compiled by the USGS Lake Erie Biological Station, provides near-bottom measurements of temperature and dissolved oxygen for the Central Basin of Lake Erie. Data were recorded by self-contained environmental data loggers (PME, Inc., MiniDOT data loggers). The data loggers were deployed to collect data during August 2021 through November 2022 to better understand how hypoxia develops and influences fish habitat quality during lake stratification. The data loggers were deployed on acoustic telemetry receivers in a network designed to record tagged fish movements (Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System, GLATOS). Additional years of data collection are planned, and data release will be updated...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Canada, Ecology, Environmental Health, Lake Erie, All tags... Limnology, Ohio, Pennsylvania, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, farming, field sampling, freshwater ecosystems, inlandWaters, oxygen content (water), oxygen saturation (water), water temperature, Fewer tags

Bottom dissolved oxygen measurements from Lake Erie's Central Basin, 2020

This data set, compiled by USGS Lake Erie Biological Station, provides near-bottom measurements of temperature and dissolved oxygen for the Central Basin of Lake Erie. Data were recorded by self-contained environmental data loggers (PME, Inc., MiniDOT data loggers). The data loggers were deployed during the stratified period (i.e., beginning of June 2020 through late October 2020) to better understand how hypoxia develops and influences fish habitat quality. The data loggers were deployed on acoustic telemetry receivers in a network designed to record tagged fish movements (Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System, GLATOS). Additional years of data collection are planned, and data release will be updated...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Lake Erie, Limnology, Ohio, All tags... Pennsylvania, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), farming, field sampling, freshwater ecosystems, inlandWaters, oxygen content (water), oxygen saturation (water), water temperature, Fewer tags

Environmental DNA data for Round Goby from the Champlain Canal (ver. 10.0, December 2023)

The dataset is composed of four tables containing environmental DNA (eDNA) data, fish capture data, and site location information from Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) surveys conducted on parts of the Champlain Canal and upper Hudson River, and adjacent areas, in New York during 2022 and 2023. First posted May 5, 2022, ver. 1.0 Revised June 2022, ver. 2.0 Revised August 2022, ver. 3.0 Revised November 2022, ver. 4.0 Revised February 2023, ver. 5.0 Revised May 2023, ver. 6.0 Revised June 2023, ver. 7.0 Revised September 2023, ver. 8.0 Revised October 2023, ver. 9.0 Revised December 2023, ver. 10.0

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Ambient Monitoring, Aquatic Community Health, Champlain Canal, Champlain_Canal_Goby_Site_Data, Champlain_Canal_Goby_Site_Data, All tags... Ecology, Ecosystem Health, Hudson River, New York, New York State Canal System, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environmental DNA, fish, freshwater ecosystems, inland fishery resources, population and community ecology, Fewer tags

Streamflow extent at Soldier Meadows, Black Rock Desert - High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, Nevada

This polygon shapefile contains information on estimated streamflow extent for proposed channel restoration at Soldier Meadows, Black Rock Desert - High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, Nevada. Streamflow extents were estimated by differencing water-surface elevations computed using a two-dimensional hydraulic model from mapped land surface elevations using a digital elevation model of the study area.

Tags: Black Rock Desert, Black Rock Desert – High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, Nevada, Soldier Meadow, freshwater ecosystems, All tags... inlandWaters, mathematical modeling, streamflow, surface water (non-marine), Fewer tags

Geospatial mapping products derived from 2018, 2020, and 2022 NAIP aerial imagery for the Scotts Creek Watershed, Lake County, CA

The USGS, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), created a series of geospatial mapping products of the Scotts Creek Watershed in Lake County, California, using National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery from 2018, 2020 and 2022 and Open Street Map (OSM) from 2019. The imagery was downloaded from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Geospatial Data Gateway (https://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/) and Geofabrik GmbH - Open Street Map (https://www.geofabrik.de/geofabrik/openstreetmap.html), respectively. The imagery was classified using Random Forest (RF) Modeling to produce land cover maps with three main classifications - bare,...

Tags: California, Lake County, Land Use Change, Remote Sensing, Scotts Creek, All tags... South Cow Mountain, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, aerial photography, elevation, freshwater ecosystems, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, land use and land cover, modeling, natural resource management, remote sensing, river systems, Fewer tags

Land Cover Maps for the Scotts Creek Watershed, Lake County, California for 2018, 2020, and 2022

The USGS, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), created a series of geospatial products of the Scotts Creek Watershed in Lake County, California, using National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery from 2018, 2020 and 2022. The imagery was downloaded from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Geospatial Data Gateway (https://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov). The NAIP imagery from 2018, 2020 and 2022 was classified using Random Forest Modeling to produce land cover maps with three main classifications – bare, vegetation, and shadows. A total of 600 independent reference points were used in the accuracy assessment. The overall accuracy...

Tags: California, Lake County, Scotts Creek, South Cow Mountain, aerial photography, All tags... elevation, freshwater ecosystems, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, land use and land cover, modeling, remote sensing, river systems, Fewer tags

Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Survey Analysis File Summary Reports

This collection contains the report log files produced by the R Package “AKaerial” when the QC data were created from the raw transcribed data. The QC log files document the quality control process, data standards, and what changes (if any) were made to the QC data compared to the raw data. Each log file was named following the same file naming conventions: SSSYYYY_QCLog_OOOO, where; YKD=Duck data, YKG=Goose data, YYY=Year, and OOO=observer’s first initial and last name.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOSPHERE, BIRDS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, All tags... Datasets/Database, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOSYSTEMS, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, RIVER DELTA, RIVERS/STREAM, Report, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags