Molecular Detection and Characterization of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds Inhabiting Western Alaska Provides Evidence for Three Independent Viral Introductions

This data set describes three independent viral introductions of Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses into Alaska.

Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Avian influenza, Biota, Birds, All tags... Disease detection, Disease reservoirs, Disease spread, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Environment, Gulls, Health, Health and disease, Influenza A virus, H5N1 subtype, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Lagoons, Lakes/Reservoirs, Migratory birds, USGS:ASC570, Virus Diseases, Viruses, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Waterfowl, Wildlife, Wildlife disease, Fewer tags

Map of Study Data: ShoreZone Mapping in Kotzebue Sound

This project used previously collected ShoreZone imagery to map nearly 1,600 km of coastline between Wales and Kotzebue. With additional mapping supported by the Arctic LCC and National Park Service, this effort completed the Kotzebue Sound shoreline, which now has been included in the state-wide ShoreZone dataset. The complete ShoreZone dataset for the region was used to conduct a coastal hazards analysis and create maps that identify areas undergoing rapid coastal erosion and areas that are sensitive to inundation by storm surge and sea level rise.​

Categories: Data, Image; Tags: BEACHES, BEACHES, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL LANDFORMS, All tags... COASTAL LANDFORMS, DISASTER RESPONSE, DISASTER RESPONSE, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARIES, ESTUARIES, FLOODING, FLOODING, Federal resource managers, HAZARDS PLANNING, HAZARDS PLANNING, INTERTIDAL ZONE, INTERTIDAL ZONE, Image, LAGOONS, LAGOONS, LCC Network Science Catalog, ROCKY COASTS, ROCKY COASTS, Regional & county planners, SHORELINES, SHORELINES, SHORELINES, SHORELINES, TIDAL HEIGHT, TIDAL HEIGHT, Tribes, WEB PORTAL SERVICES, WEB PORTAL SERVICES, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, boundaries, boundaries, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags

Interactive pdf Map: All Change Classes

This project resulted in an extensive mapping of coastal change along the entire coastline of the Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC). The work provides important baseline information on the distribution and magnitude of landscape changes over the past 41 years. The extent of change to the coastline and to coastal features, such as spits, barrier islands, estuaries, tidal guts and lagoons, was known to be substantial in some areas along the coast (e.g., portions of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta), although the extent of change along the full Bering Sea coast was not well documented. With this analysis, changes can be summarized for different land ownerships or other units to assess the extent of recent...

Categories: Data; Tags: BARRIER ISLANDS, BARRIER ISLANDS, BARRIER ISLANDS, BARRIER ISLANDS, COASTAL AREAS, All tags... COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, DEGRADATION, DEGRADATION, DELTAS, DELTAS, DEPOSITION, DEPOSITION, EROSION, EROSION, EROSION, EROSION, EROSION/SEDIMENTATION, EROSION/SEDIMENTATION, ESTUARIES, ESTUARIES, ESTUARIES, ESTUARIES, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, Federal resource managers, INLETS, INLETS, KARST LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, KARST LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, LACUSTRINE PLAIN, LACUSTRINE PLAIN, LAGOONS, LAGOONS, LAGOONS, LAGOONS, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, LONGSHORE CURRENTS, LONGSHORE CURRENTS, MEANDER, MEANDER, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, RIVER, RIVER, ROCKY COASTS, ROCKY COASTS, Regional & county planners, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SHORELINES, SHORELINES, SPITS AND BARS, SPITS AND BARS, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, SUBSIDENCE, SUBSIDENCE, SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE, SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE, Tribes, VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING, VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, map, oceans, oceans, Fewer tags