Cyanotoxin, chlorophyll-a, and cyanobacterial toxin genetic data for samples collected at eleven large river sites throughout the United States, June through October 2018

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release provides discretely measured cyanotoxin, chlorophyll-a, and cyanobacterial toxin genetic data for samples collected from eleven large river sites throughout the United States, from June through October 2018. Discrete water-quality samples were analyzed for cyanotoxins (anatoxin, cylindrospermopsin, microcystin, and saxitoxin), chlorophyll-a, and cyanobacterial toxin genetics as part of a National Water-Quality Assessment Project pilot study to describe cyanobacteria and cyanotoxin occurrence in the Nation's large rivers.

Categories: Data; Tags: Anatoxin, Aquatic Biology, California, Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, GA, Chlorophyll-a, All tags... Connecticut, Connecticut River at Thompsonville, CT, Contaminants, HABS, Cyanotoxin genetics, Cyanotoxins, Cylindrospermopsin, Delaware River at Trenton, NJ, Discretely measured, Dolichospermum (formerly Anabaena), Ecology, Environmental Health, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Genetics, Georgia, Kansas, Kansas River at De Soto, KS, Limnology, Maryland, Microcystin, Microcystis, Minnesota, Mississippi River at Hastings, MN, Missouri, Missouri River at Hermann, MO, New Jersey, Ohio, Ohio River at Cannelton Dam at Cannelton, IN, Oregon, Pheophytin-a, Phytoplankton community composition, Planktothrix, Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), Sacramento River at Freeport, CA, Saxitoxin, Susquehanna River at Conowingo, MD, Texas, Trinity River below Dallas, TX, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS Station ID 01184000, USGS Station ID 01463500, USGS Station ID 01578310, USGS Station ID 02338000, USGS Station ID 03303280, USGS Station ID 05331580, USGS Station ID 06892350, USGS Station ID 06934500, USGS Station ID 08057410, USGS Station ID 11447650, USGS Station ID 14211720, United States, Water, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, Willamette River at Portland, OR, anaC gene, cyrA gene, mcyE gene, sxtA gene, Fewer tags

Cyanotoxin, chlorophyll-a, and cyanobacterial toxin genetic data for samples collected at twelve large river sites throughout the United States, June through October 2019

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release provides discretely measured cyanotoxin, chlorophyll-a, and cyanobacterial toxin genetic data for samples collected from twelve large river sites throughout the United States, from June through October 2019. Discrete water-quality samples were analyzed for cyanotoxins (anatoxin, cylindrospermopsin, microcystin, and saxitoxin), chlorophyll-a, and cyanobacterial toxin genetics as part of a National Water-Quality Assessment Project pilot study to describe cyanobacteria and cyanotoxin occurrence in the Nation's large rivers. The data release contains the genetic data (in .csv and .xlsx formats), qPCR standard curve information (in .csv and .xlsx formats), and a readme...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Anatoxin, California, Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, GA, Chlorophyll-a, Connecticut, All tags... Connecticut River at Thompsonville, CT, Contaminants, HABS, Cyanotoxin genetics, Cyanotoxins, Cylindrospermopsin, Delaware River at Trenton, NJ, Discretely measured, Dolichospermum (formerly Anabaena), Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Genetics, Georgia, Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, NY, Kansas, Kansas River at De Soto, KS, Maryland, Microcystin, Microcystis, Minnesota, Mississippi River at Hastings, MN, Missouri, Missouri River at Hermann, MO, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ohio River at Cannelton Dam at Cannelton, IN, Oregon, Pheophytin-a, Phytoplankton community composition, Planktothrix, Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), Sacramento River at Freeport, CA, Saxitoxin, Susquehanna River at Conowingo, MD, Texas, Trinity River below Dallas, TX, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS Station ID 01184000, USGS Station ID 01372043, USGS Station ID 01463500, USGS Station ID 01578310, USGS Station ID 02338000, USGS Station ID 03303280, USGS Station ID 05331580, USGS Station ID 06892350, USGS Station ID 06934500, USGS Station ID 08057410, USGS Station ID 11447650, USGS Station ID 14211720, United States, Water, Water Quality, Water quality, Willamette River at Portland, OR, anaC gene, cyrA gene, mcyE gene, sxtA gene, Fewer tags

Domoic acid and saxitoxin in seabirds from California and Rhode Island 2015-2017

As harmful algal blooms (HABs) increase in magnitude and duration worldwide, they are becoming an expanding threat to marine wildlife. Over the past decade, domoic acid (DA) and saxitoxin (STX) have been increasingly problematic bicoastally in the United States. We investigated pooled seabird mortality data from opportunistic sampling events between 2007-2018, across three states, to examine the patterns and role of DA and STX in seabird mortality events from the continental United States. Patterns in DA and STX levels and affected tissue type were reviewed, and two specific accounts of localized and pervasive event types were examined. There has been increased toxin detection with expanded tissue testing during...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: California, Rhode Island, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Disease, algal blooms, All tags... biota, domoic acid, hazards, saxitoxin, seabird, Fewer tags

Dataset: Acute oral toxicity and tissue residues of saxitoxin in the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

This data set is composed of data collected from an experimental study inoculating mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) with Saxitoxin and associated control ducks. Data includes the specific of inoculation, observational behavioral data, daily weights, dosing, results of inoculation, testing of samples collected throughout the study, and necropsy results.

Categories: Data; Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, National Wildlife Health Center, Saxitoxin, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Disease, All tags... algal toxin, biota, mallard, wildlife, Fewer tags

Results of algal toxin testing from wildlife mortality submissions to the National Wildlife Health Center

This data set is composed of all animals received as a diagnostic submission to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center for which algal toxin testing was performed from November 1998 to January 2018. Birds with a histologic diagnosis of avian vacuolar myelinopathy, a disease caused by the algal toxin aetokthonotoxin, are also included. Algal toxins tested for include brevetoxin, cylindrospermopsin, domoic acid, microcystin, and saxitoxin. Case-accession number, species, state collected, month and year collected, and detection or non-detection of the algal toxin is reported.

Categories: Data; Tags: Algal toxin, Environmental Health, Saxitoxin, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, All tags... Wildlife Disease, avian vacuolar myelinopathy, biota, brevetoxin, cylindrospermopsin, domoic acid, microcystin, wildlife, Fewer tags

USGS National Wildlife Health Center necropsy results to determine cause of illness/death for seabirds collected in Alaska from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2021

Summary of Bering and Chukchi Seas seabird necropsies, 2017-2021. More than 14,000 dead seabirds were reported and a total of 117 carcasses were examined. 92 cases had emaciation identified as the Cause Of Death (COD), seven cases where COD was undetermined, and 17 cases where COD was determined as "Other", which included predation, trauma, encephalitis, peritonitis, and bacterial infection. Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (n=4) and saxitoxin (n=15) were also detected; however, the virus and biotoxin were not determined to be the COD except for one case in 2020 where saxitoxin toxicosis was suspected.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aleutians East, Aleutians West, Bethel, Bristol Bay, Nome, All tags... Northwest Arctic, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Disease, avian influenza, biota, cause of death, die-off, emaciation, saxitoxin, seabird, Fewer tags

Cyanotoxin, chlorophyll-a, and cyanobacterial toxin genetic data for samples collected at eleven large river sites throughout the United States, June through September 2017

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release provides discretely measured cyanotoxin, chlorophyll-a, and cyanobacterial toxin genetic data for samples collected from eleven large river sites throughout the United States, from June through September 2017. Discrete water-quality samples were analyzed for cyanotoxins (anatoxin, cylindrospermopsin, microcystin, and saxitoxin), chlorophyll-a, and cyanobacterial toxin genetics as part of a National Water-Quality Assessment Project pilot study to describe potential cyanotoxin occurrence in the Nation's large rivers.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Anatoxin, California, Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, GA, Chlorophyll-a, Connecticut, All tags... Connecticut River at Thompsonville, CT, Cyanotoxin genetics, Cyanotoxins, Cylindrospermopsin, Delaware River at Trenton, NJ, Discretely measured, Dolichospermum (formerly Anabaena), Domoic acid, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Georgia, Kansas, Kansas River at De Soto, KS, Liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS), Maryland, Microcystin, Microcystis, Minnesota, Mississippi River at Hastings, MN, Missouri, Missouri River at Hermann, MO, New Jersey, Nodularin, Ohio, Ohio River at Cannelton Dam at Cannelton, IN, Oregon, Pheophytin-a, Phytoplankton community composition, Planktothrix, Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), Sacramento River at Freeport, CA, Saxitoxin, Susquehanna River at Conowingo, MD, Texas, Trinity River below Dallas, TX, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS Station ID 01184000, USGS Station ID 01463500, USGS Station ID 01578310, USGS Station ID 02338000, USGS Station ID 03303280, USGS Station ID 05331580, USGS Station ID 06892350, USGS Station ID 06934500, USGS Station ID 08057410, USGS Station ID 11447650, USGS Station ID 14211720, United States, Water quality, Willamette River at Portland, OR, anaC gene, cyrA gene, mcyE gene, sxtA gene, Fewer tags