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Lake Erie Ecological Investigations 1980-2000: Benthic Invertebrate Community Analysis This Benthic Invertebrate Community Analysis dataset, a conceptual subgroup of the Lake Erie Ecological Investigations (LEEI) dataset, focuses on the benthic invertebrates sampled at Areas of Concern (AOCs) on Lake Erie. Per the Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), the invertebrate samples were taken from sediments remaining from the sediment analysis. Identification of the invertebrates was completed by the same invertebrate taxonomist for both the 1998-2000 evaluation and 1986-87 historical evaluation (Smith et al. 1994) for increased consistency. Oligochaetes were identified to species if possible, chironomids were identified to genus, as adult specimens are needed for specific identification, and other taxa... Categories: Data; Tags: AOCs, Ameiurus nebulosus, Ashtabula, Ashtabula River, Black River, All tags... Black River, Buffalo, Buffalo River, Cleveland Harbor, Cleveland Harbor, Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga River, Detroit, Detroit River, Detroit River, Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Areas of Concern, Huron River, Lake Erie, Lake Erie, Lake Erie, Lake or marine sediment, Love Canal (historical), Maumee River, Michigan, Michigan, Mud Brook, Mud Brook, New York, New York, Niagara River, Niagara River, Ohio, Ohio, Old River, Old Woman Creek, Old Woman Creek, Ottawa River, PAHs, PCBs, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Presque Isle Bay, Presque Isle Bay, aquatic ecosystems, benthos, benthos, biomarkers, biota, brown bullhead, contamination and pollution, datasets, ecotoxicology, environment, field sampling, fish, fish, freshwater ecosystems, heavy metal pollution, histology, industrial pollution, inlandWaters, invertebrates, invertebrates, liver tumors, metal elements, pathology, pesticide and herbicide contamination, plant and animal testing, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, population and community ecology, remediation, sediment, sediment analysis, species diversity, specimen collecting, toxic trace element contamination, water resources, Fewer tags Demographic data and location information for the endangered Gailum buxifolium from 2005 to 2014 on Santa Cruz and San Miguel Islands, California The sea-cliff bedstraw (Galium buxifolium) data set contains two types of information, formatted as CSVs: 1) Spatial coordinates (WGS 84) of known population occurrences on Santa Cruz and San Miguel Islands, California, as of 2006 (sensitive locality information); 2) Demographic data measured at four populations growing on Santa Cruz Island. Three of the populations were measured in 2005 and 2006, the fourth was measured in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2014. These data support the following publication: McEachern, K., Chess, K.A., Flagg, K., and Niessen, K.G., 2019, Sea-cliff bedstraw (Galium buxifolium) patterns and trends, 2005–14, on Santa Cruz and San Miguel Islands, Channel Islands National Park, California:... Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, California Channel Islands, Channel Islands National Park, San Miguel Island California, Santa Cruz Island California, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, field inventory and monitoring, plot sampling, population and community ecology, population dynamics, Fewer tags Zooplankton, Benthos, Mysis, and fish diet data from northern Lake Huron in 2012 These data consist of a multi-trophic, day vs. night, nearshore to offshore transect approach for data collection for this Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative effort at two northwestern Lake Huron sites near Hammond Bay and Thunder Bay, Michigan. Zooplankton and Mysis samples were collected monthly from April-October while benthos and prey fish samples were collected seasonally during Spring, Summer, and Fall. Invertebrate taxa (zooplankton, Mysis, benthic macroinvertebrates) were identified, enumerated, and measured using a dissecting microscope. Diet items of the prey fish were processed similarly to the other samples in terms of taxonomy. These data were used to calculate densities of fish prey items... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Geography, Lake Huron, Limnology, All tags... Northwestern Lake Huron, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Zooplankton, aquatic ecosystems, biota, community ecology, environment, fisheries biology, food web, inlandWaters, population and community ecology, Fewer tags Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) Surveys in San Diego County, California, 2021 Data presented are results of surveys in 2021 for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San Diego County, California. Surveys were conducted at the 2016-19 nest monitoring locations (Cleveland National Forest, Rey River Ranch, and Vista Irrigation District) and at Lake Henshaw along the Upper San Luis Rey River. Surveys were conducted along multiple sections of the river where permission to access properties could be obtained. Locations were surveyed using a standardized protocol three to four times between 15 May and 31 July. The number, age (adult or juvenile), sex, banding status (color banded or not, and if so, color combination), and breeding status (paired, undetermined, or transient)... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: San Diego, San Luis Rey River, biota, birds, endangered species, All tags... habitats, population and community ecology, riparian habitats, survey, survival, Fewer tags Captures and Trapping Effort for Deer Mice (Peromyscus sonoriensis) at Point Reyes National Seashore, California, USA from 2021 to 2022 These data represent trapping effort and captures of deer mice at Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California. Deer mice were captured and marked with ear tags to allow identification of individuals. The location of captures can be used in a spatially explicit capture recapture model to estimate density of mice and how mouse density varies by site and habitat type. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: California, Ecology, Marin County, Point Reyes National Seashore, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Biology, biota, ecology, mammals, modeling, population and community ecology, restoration, Fewer tags Hourly GPS Locations, Associated Habitat Condition, and Annotated Life History State for Training Machine Learned Models of Waterfowl Daily Activity These data represent an annotated training data for machine learned life history classification of the daily activity of dabbling ducks (f. Anatidae sf. Anatinae) using hourly GPS data. Each row of data represents a single GPS location for one of 5 species of dabbling duck. Note: the machine learned model was developed to be general across sf. Anatinae and does not include specific reference to the species included. That information is obtainable from the point of contact upon request. Each data record contains unique identifiers for individual bird, individual date of locations for an individual bird, and for individual location. Each record contains spatial, temporal and associated habitat information. Each record... Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, GPS measurement, Modified Normalized Difference Water Index, North America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Biology, animal behavior, biota, birds, daily activity, ducks, environment, life history, location, population and community ecology, telemetry, waterfowl, Fewer tags Larval fish and water profile data from Lake Huron in 2017 These data consist of larval fish and water profile data collected with a nearshore to offshore transect approach at 9 transects throughout Lake Huron. Larval fish and their stomach contents were identified, enumerated, and measured (if possible) using a dissecting microscope. These data were used to calculate densities of potential fish prey items (what is available in the environment) and compare that to what the fishes ate for selectivity analysis. Larval fish age estimation based on daily growth rings from otoliths was also conducted. These data are in raw form. The water profile data were collected using a bathythermograph and bin-averaged at the 1 m level. Environmental prey data are available at the following... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Lake Huron, Limnology, Michigan, All tags... Northwestern Lake Huron, Ontario, Planktonic Biota, Southwestern Lake Huron, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Zooplankton, aquatic ecosystems, biota, community ecology, environment, field sampling, fish, fish, fisheries biology, food web, inlandWaters, invertebrates, invertebrates, plankton, population and community ecology, species diversity, specimen collecting, Fewer tags Microsatellite genotypes and metadata for white-tailed deer samples from the Mid-Atlantic region of USA Dataset containing information for white-tailed deer samples from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and New York, genotyped for 11 microsatellites markers. Marker OvirQ should not be used as it presents alleles inconsistent with reported pattern, with some alleles separated by only 1 base pair and inconsistent between runs. Projected coordinates representing sampling location are in a user-defined CRS, similar to USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic: "+proj=aea +lat_1=29.3 +lat_2=45.3 +lat_0=23 +lon_0=-96 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +towgs84=0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +units=m +no_defs". Categories: Data; Tags: Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... United States, Virginia, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, biota, genetics, population and community ecology, wildlife population management, Fewer tags Fish Datasets for Evaluation and Review of Ecology Focused Stream Studies to Support Cooperative Monitoring, Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado These data were used to describe temporal trends in fish communities in the Fountain Creek basin. Fish data were collected between 2003 and 2022. Datasets include fish frequency of occurrence and flathead chub catch per unit of effort. Description of fish sampling methodology are documented in the associated publication (https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PUY4FC). Categories: Data; Tags: Colorado, United States, aquatic biology, aquatic ecosystems, biota, All tags... ecology, freshwater ecosystems, population and community ecology, surface water (non-marine), Fewer tags Adaptive management in native grasslands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Implications for grassland birds, 2011-2013 data release This database contains records of grassland bird abundance and vegetation structure on tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Specifically, under the adaptive-management decision framework (Native Prairie Adaptive Management [NPAM] intiative), we surveyed breeding birds and sampled vegetation on 89 native prairie NPAM units managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including 55 units in 2011, 87 units in 2012, and 87 units in 2013. The NPAM units occurred in 19 USFWS refuge complexes and wetland management districts, including 14 complexes in USFWS Region 6 (North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana) and five complexes in USFWS Region 3 (Minnesota). Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Minnesota, Montana, National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota, All tags... Prairie Pothole Region, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wetland Management District, Wildlife Biology, biota, birds, environment, grassland ecosystems, population and community ecology, Fewer tags Avian Botulism qPCR data, Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan. Years 2011-2014 Avian botulism toxicity is a common cause of death to water and shore birds that live near or migrate through Lake Michigan. The botulism neuro-toxin type E (bontE) gene is responsible for the production of botulinum neurotoxin type E. Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) was performed using a Step One Plus Thermocycler (Applied Biosystems) and protocol described in Getchell and others, 2011, Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. The assay was used to assess microbial community DNA obtained from environmental samples that were collected by Great Lakes Science Center and by National Park Service from 2011 to 2014 for the bontE gene. Samples were obtained by ponar grab or by divers and matrices collected... Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Lake Michigan, Leelanau, Microbiology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, All tags... Population and Community Ecology, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Fewer tags Risk assessment of chanchita Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel, 1840), a newly identified non-native cichlid fish in Florida Cichlasoma dimerus was only recently discovered in Florida and little is known of its dispersal abilities and potential impacts. Many factors likely contribute to the variability in establishment and spread of non-native fishes in Florida, including biotic (e.g., predation and competition) and abiotic variables (e.g., cold tolerance, low-oxygen tolerance). Of the abiotic variables, cold tolerance is an important regulator of non-native fish geographic ranges in Florida. Its tolerance to cold temperatures is experimentally evaluated and available information on its biology and ecology was synthesized. In the cold-temperature tolerance experiment, temperature was lowered from 24 C by increments of 1 C per hour, mimicking... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Florida, Temperature, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... population and community ecology, Fewer tags Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) Surveys in San Diego County, California, 2020 Data presented are results of surveys in 2020 for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San Diego County, California. Surveys were conducted at the 2016-19 nest monitoring locations (Cleveland National Forest, Rey River Ranch, and Vista Irrigation District) and at Lake Henshaw along the Upper San Luis Rey River. Surveys were conducted along multiple sections of the river where permission to access properties could be obtained. Locations were surveyed using a standardized protocol three to four times between 15 May and 31 July. The number, age (adult or juvenile), sex, banding status (color banded or not, and if so, color combination), and breeding status (paired, undetermined, or transient)... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: San Diego, San Luis Rey River, biota, birds, endangered species, All tags... habitats, population and community ecology, riparian habitats, survey, survival, Fewer tags Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) Surveys in San Diego County, California, 2022 Data presented are results of surveys in 2022 for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San Diego County, California. Surveys were conducted at the 2016-19 nest monitoring locations (Cleveland National Forest, Rey River Ranch, and Vista Irrigation District) and at Lake Henshaw along the Upper San Luis Rey River. Surveys were conducted along multiple sections of the river where permission to access properties could be obtained. Locations were surveyed using a standardized protocol three to four times between 15 May and 31 July. The number, age (adult or juvenile), sex, banding status (color banded or not, and if so, color combination), and breeding status (paired, undetermined, or transient)... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Ecology, San Diego, San Luis Rey River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, All tags... biota, birds, endangered species, habitats, population and community ecology, riparian habitats, survey, survival, Fewer tags Invertebrate Datasets for Evaluation and Review of Ecology Focused Stream Studies to Support Cooperative Monitoring, Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado These data were used to describe temporal trends in invertebrate communities in the Fountain Creek basin. Invertebrate data were collected between 1985 and 2022. Datasets include invertebrate frequency of occurrence, invertebrate tolerance index values, invertebrate multi-metric index, and new zealand mudsnial counts. Description of invertebrate sampling methodology are documented in the associated publication (https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PUY4FC). Categories: Data; Tags: Colorado, United States, aquatic biology, biota, ecology, All tags... freshwater ecosystems, invertebrates, population and community ecology, rivers, Fewer tags Adirondack and Catskill stream-fish survey dataset (ver. 3.0, November 2020) This dataset has been archived; it has been superseded by version 4.0 (March 2022) which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5066/F70C4V25. The dataset is composed of two data tables containing information from electrofishing surveys conducted in the Catskill and Adirondack regions. The first data table contains fish collection information and the second data table contains information on the sampled reaches. First posted September 25, 2018, ver. 1.0 Revised July 2019, ver. 2.0 Revised November 2020, ver. 3.0 Version 3.0: This version of the dataset has the same structure (two data tables containing the same column headings) as Versions 2.0 and 1.0 but includes the addition of data from electrofishing surveys... Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Adirondack State Park, Aquatic Biology, Catskill State Park, Esopus Creek, Neversink River, All tags... New York, Rondout Creek, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), fish, freshwater ecosystems, inland fishery resources, population and community ecology, Fewer tags Brown trout movement data in Glen and Grand Canyons, Arizona, USA These data were compiled to test hypotheses regarding drivers of movement of brown trout. Objectives of our study were to test whether the degree of movement varied in response to placement of a weir in Bright Angel Creek, fall timed flooding events, or simply seasonal changes. These data represent summarized capture histories of brown trout in terms of states based on physical locations, data on removal efforts in Bright Angel Creek, and summaries of effort in the mainstem Colorado River. These data were collected at several locations along the Colorado River in Glen and Grand Canyon, including Bright Angel Creek from 2011 to 2018. These data were collected by U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, and... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Arizona, Bright Angel Creek, Colorado River, Ecology, All tags... Geography, Glen Canyon, Grand Canyon, Information Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, brown trout, capture histories, coarse movement patterns, data release, electrofishing, field inventory and monitoring, field sampling, inlandWaters, mark-recapture, movement, physical locations, population and community ecology, probability of capture, recapture rates, removal efforts, sampling effort, summaries of effort, survival, weir, Fewer tags Adirondack and Catskill Stream-Fish Survey Dataset (ver. 7.0, December 2023) The dataset is composed of two data tables containing information from electrofishing surveys conducted in the Catskill and Adirondack regions. The first data table contains fish collection information and the second data table contains information on the sampled reaches. First posted September 25, 2018, ver. 1.0 Revised July 2019, ver. 2.0 Revised November 2020, ver. 3.0 Revised March 2022, ver. 4.0 Revised September 2022, ver. 5.0 Revised February 2023, ver. 6.0 Revised December 2023, ver. 7.0 Categories: Data; Tags: Adirondack State Park, Ambient Monitoring, Aquatic Community Health, Catskill State Park, Ecosystem Health, All tags... Esopus Creek, Neversink River, New York, Rondout Creek, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), fish, freshwater ecosystems, inland fishery resources, population and community ecology, Fewer tags Lake Erie Ecological Investigations 1980-2000: Sediment Analysis This Sediment Analysis dataset, a conceptual subgroup of the Lake Erie Ecological Investigations (LEEI) dataset, focuses on the sediments sampled at Areas of Concern (AOCs) on Lake Erie. Per the Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), sediment collections were a composite of at least five randomly selected samples collected from each site. Per an internal summary report, sediment samples were collected using a stainless steel Eckman dredge. Analytical methods and QA/QC were directed by the Patuxent Analytical Control Facility (PACF) of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Per Dora Passino-Reader, the Geochemical & Environmental Research Group at Texas A&M University, College Station performed the analytical chemistry... Categories: Data; Tags: AOCs, Ameiurus nebulosus, Ashtabula, Ashtabula River, Black River, All tags... Black River, Buffalo, Buffalo River, Cleveland Harbor, Cleveland Harbor, Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga River, Detroit, Detroit River, Detroit River, Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Areas of Concern, Huron River, Lake Erie, Lake Erie, Lake Erie, Lake or marine sediment, Love Canal (historical), Maumee River, Michigan, Michigan, Mud Brook, Mud Brook, New York, New York, Niagara River, Niagara River, Ohio, Ohio, Old River, Old Woman Creek, Old Woman Creek, Ottawa River, PAHs, PCBs, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Presque Isle Bay, Presque Isle Bay, aquatic ecosystems, benthos, benthos, biomarkers, biota, brown bullhead, contamination and pollution, datasets, ecotoxicology, environment, field sampling, fish, fish, freshwater ecosystems, heavy metal pollution, histology, industrial pollution, inlandWaters, invertebrates, invertebrates, liver tumors, metal elements, pathology, pesticide and herbicide contamination, plant and animal testing, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, population and community ecology, remediation, sediment, sediment analysis, species diversity, specimen collecting, toxic trace element contamination, water resources, 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 1 2 3 4 »