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

Radiocarbon age dating of biological material from cores collected off British Columbia, Canada and southeastern Alaska, U.S. along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault zone

Results of radiocarbon age dating of planktic foraminifera, benthic foraminifera, and pelecypod shell fragments collected from piston cores, trigger weight cores, and IKU grab samples obtained in 2015 and 2017 offshore British Columbia, Canada and southeastern Alaska, U.S. along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault zone.

Categories: Data; Tags: British Columbia, CMHRP, Canada, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Dixon Entrance, All tags... Habitat, Marine Geology, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, State of Alaska, Stratigraphy, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, animals, benthic foraminifera, carbon-14 analysis, chemical analysis, chemical oceanography, environment, foraminifera, fragile ecosystems, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, invertebrates, marine chemistry, mollusks, oceans, organisms, planktic foraminifera, protists, radiometric dating, Fewer tags

Midwest Regional Mussel Hotspots and Species Richness Estimates

Spatial patterns in mussel richness and endemism (i.e., weighted and corrected weighted endemism) at stream reach, HUC4, HUC6, and HUC8 spatial scales were characterized. Stream SR was estimated by summing the total number of mussel species predicted within each stream. Stream-level weighted endemism was calculated by weighting each species’ presence in the stream by the inverse of the total number of streams it was predicted to occupy, then summing across all species predicted present within the stream. This biodiversity metric therefore provides context about the range extent of the species predicted within the stream (e.g., higher values indicate either high richness or the presence of several range-restricted...

Categories: Data; Tags: ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOSPHERE, BIVALVES, Data, All tags... Data.gov USFWS Science Applications, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOSYSTEMS, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, MOLLUSKS, MUSSELS, SA Science Catalog, Science Keywords, Science Keywords, biota, completed, Fewer tags