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Data collected in 2008-2014 to assess nearshore subtidal community responses to increased sediment load during removal of the Elwha River dams, Washington State, USA Data are time series of substrate grain size, remotely sensed water column turbidity, and measures of abundance (e.g., density, percent cover) of the nearshore subtidal (3-17 m depth) benthic community (vegetation, invertebrates, and fish) collected before (2008-2011) and during dam removal (2012-2014). Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Benthos, Botany, Clallam County, Ecology, All tags... Elwha River, Geomorphology, Habitat alteration, Land Use Change, Marine Geology, Marine nearshore subtidal, Remote Sensing, Species diversity, Strait of Juan de Fuca, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Fewer tags 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 Wetland birds of the Prairie Pothole Region of North and South Dakota, 1995-1997, data release The data set consists of data collected in 1995, 1996, and 1997 in wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota and South Dakota. The data were summarized and used in the analysis for two publications in peer-reviewed journals. The data consists of one data set that includes bird abundance and richness data, wetland class (temporary, seasonal, semipermanent, permanent, alkali), and wetland type (private or federal). In conjunction with surveys of wetland birds, the following wetland variables also were recorded: wetland size, date, local-level habitat variables (percent coverage of open water, emergent vegetation, wet meadow, and shoreline/mudflat), and landscape-level habitat variables (percent cover... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Aquatic birds, Arrowwood Wetland Management District, Audubon Wetland Management District, Biodiversity, All tags... Chase Lake Wetland Management District, Des Lacs Wetland Management District, Devils Lake Wetland Management District, Ecology, Environmental restoration, Huron Wetland Management District, J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District, Kulm Wetland Management District, Lake Andes Wetland Management District, Land Use Change, Land ownership, Landscape, Long Lake Wetland Management District, Lostwood Wetland Management District, Madison Wetland Management District, North Dakota, Prairie Pothole Region, Sand Lake Wetland Management District, South Dakota, Species diversity, Tewaukon Wetland Management District, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Valley City Wetland Management District, Waubay Wetland Management District, Wetlands, Wildlife Biology, biodiversity, biota, birds, landscape factors, local factors, wetland birds, wetland classification, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Metabarcoding data from freshwater mussel eDNA collected in Clinch River, Virginia 2017 Data from metabarcoding assays to detect a suite of mussel species using mitochondrial DNA regions of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit (ND1) genes sequences. Tags: Aquatic Biology, Clinch River, Genetics, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biodiversity, All tags... bioinformatic processing, biota, degenerate primers, ecosystem monitoring, environmental DNA, freshwater mussels, high through-put sequencing, species diversity, 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 High forb diversity prairie reconstruction at Neal Smith NWR 2005-2015 This data set consists of data collected during 2005-2007, 2010, and 2015 at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa, USA that were used in the analysis in support of the article titled "Toward improving pollinator habitat: Reconstructing prairies with high forb diversity," which has been submitted to Natural Areas Journal. We compared pollinator habitat, in terms of planted forb richness, cover, and phenology, cover of planted grasses, and persistence of exotic species 10-years post-planting of reconstructions with 58 species (extra-high), 34 species (high), 20 species (medium) and 10 species (low) planted at the same time using the same fields, methods, and overall seeding rate. Twelve replicates of three... Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, Ecology, Ecosystem restoration, Ecosystem sustainability, Grasses, All tags... Invasive grasses, Iowa, Jasper County, Land Use Change, NEAL SMITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Species richness, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, ecosystem services valuation, environment, flowering plants, grassland ecosystem, habitats, invasive cool-season grasses, invasive species, pollinators, remediation, restoration, species diversity, vegetation, Fewer tags Benthic algae community composition in the upper White River Basin, Colorado, 2022 This dataset includes benthic algae community composition data from three sites in the upper White River Basin, Colorado, in 2022. Benthic algae were identified as genus or species, and biomass and biovolume were provided for taxa.U.S. Geological Survey completed data collection in upper White River Basin in cooperation with the White River Conservation District. Data collection was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey Water Mission Area as part of the Next Generation Water Observing System Upper Colorado River project. Categories: Data; Tags: Colorado, United States, algae, biota, community ecology, All tags... datasets, species diversity, systematics and taxonomy, Fewer tags Molecular resources for investigating relationships among freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) with a focus on the genus Alasmidonta Longstanding taxonomic uncertainties have limited conservation efforts for species currently assigned to the freshwater mussel genus Alasmidonta. Here, we present mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data needed to assess the genus- and species-level taxonomy of Alasmidonta. These molecular data allowed us to test whether cryptic diversity exists within Alasmidonta and whether A. triangulata and A. arcula are distinct species. Details associated with specimens and DNA sequence data are provided here to provide a foundation for future research on Alasmidonta and give conservation agencies greater confidence in the findings of our work. Categories: Data; Tags: DNA sequencing, Genetics, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, conservation genetics, All tags... cryptic species, endangered species, generic reclassification, incomplete lineage sorting, integrative taxonomy, phylogenetic systematics, species delimitation, species diversity, systematics and taxonomy, Fewer tags Fish abundance in the Elwha River estuary, Washington, from 2006 to 2014 This portion of the data release presents fish abundance data from samples collected in the Elwha River estuary, Washington, in 2006, 2007, 2013, and 2014 (no associated USGS Field Activities numbers because data were collected predominantly by biologists from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe). We used the Puget Sound beach seining protocol (Simenstad and others, 1991) to sample fish populations in the Elwha River estuary complex. The beach seine was 38 m long x 2 m deep, with a 2 m x 2 m bag in the center of the net; mesh size was 3.18 mm, 6.35 mm, and 31.75 mm, for the bag, center panel, and wings, respectively. The seine net was deployed from bank to bank by a small skiff and then pulled on shore. The number of... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Clallam County, Elwha River, Olympic Peninsula, State of Washington, Strait of Juan de Fuca, All tags... biota, fish, fish, fish, fishes, oceans, species diversity, Fewer tags Terrestrial invertebrate abundance in the Elwha River estuary, Washington, in 2007 and 2013. This portion of the data release presents terrestrial invertebrate abundance data from samples collected in emergent and shrub vegetation along the edge of the Elwha River estuary, Washington, in 2007 and 2013 (no associated USGS Field Activities numbers because data were collected predominantly by biologists from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe). We deployed terrestrial insect fallout traps at ten locations in the east estuary, five replicates each in shrub and emergent (littoral) vegetation habitats. Clear, rectangular traps (2,400 cm2 in 2007 and 3,526 cm2 in 2013) were filled with 5 cm of filtered soapy water and deployed for 72 hours. Invertebrate counts from 2013 were standardized to the 2007 bin size to account... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Clallam County, Elwha River, Olympic Peninsula, State of Washington, Strait of Juan de Fuca, All tags... animals/invertebrates, biota, invertebrates, invertebrates, invertebrates, oceans, species diversity, Fewer tags Benthic algae community composition data from the Colorado River Basin, Colorado, from 2022-23 This dataset includes benthic algae community composition data in the Colorado River near Cameo, Colorado, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) site number 09095500, from 2022 to 2023, and from three sites in the upper White River Basin, Colorado, in 2022. Taxonomic classification of algae species is not known well in theses rivers, and this study was conducted to record different algae species present in each river system. Benthic algae were typically identified as genus or species, and biomass and biovolume were provided for taxa. The U.S. Geological Survey completed data collection in upper White River Basin in cooperation with the White River Conservation District, and the Colorado River data collection was funded... Tags: Aquatic Biology, Colorado, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, All tags... algae, biota, datasets, species diversity, systematics and taxonomy, Fewer tags Benthic algae community composition in the Colorado River near Cameo, Colorado, from 2022-23 This dataset includes benthic algae community composition data in the Colorado River near Cameo, Colorado, from 2022-23. Benthic algae were identified as genus or species, and biomass and biovolume were provided for taxa. Data collection was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey Water Mission Area as part of the Next Generation Water Observing System Upper Colorado River project. Categories: Data; Tags: Colorado, United States, algae, biota, community ecology, All tags... datasets, rivers, species diversity, systematics and taxonomy, 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 Compilation and Assessment of Resource Values and Hazards to Inform Transportation and Associated Land-use Planning Management of transportation networks is affected by, and has effects on, natural and cultural resources through direct and indirect interactions. Until recently, the availability of such spatially explicit information has been limited; however, the data released here to the public will prove valuable for comparing existing networks and planning options with respect to potential impact to, or from, environmental factors across broad areas, for example, States and Agency Planning Regions. Integrated network and resource analyses can provide insights into potential construction and maintenance costs as well as safety risks and environmental impacts during project planning and assessment. A cooperative project was... Types: Citation; Tags: Aquatic Resources, Aspect, CONUS, Conservation Areas, Continental United States, All tags... Critical Habitat, Cultural Resources, Digital Elevation Model, Earthquake Potential, Eastness, Environmental Risk, Fire, Flood Hazards, Hazards Potential, Integrated Landscape Condition, Karst Potential, Landscape Condition, Landslide Potential, Natural Lands, Northness, Ponding and Wetland Potential, Rare and Protected Ecosystems, Slope, Social Designations, Species Diversity, Substrate Limitations, Terrain Ruggedness, Terrestrial Resources, Topographic Position Index, Water Quality, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, elevation, environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, structure, transportation, Fewer tags Raster data files for “Prioritizing conserved areas threatened by wildfire for monitoring and management." The data set consists of 12 input data rasters that cover San Diego County, California. These input rasters represent criteria used in a Pareto ranking algorithm in the manuscript. These include three rasters related to fire threats, three rasters related to habitat fragmentation threats, four rasters related to species biodiversity, and two rasters related to genetic biodiversity. (see the PLOS ONE paper for details). These data support the following publication: Tracey JA, Rochester CJ, Hathaway SA, Preston KL, Syphard AD, Vandergast AG, et al. (2018) Prioritizing conserved areas threatened by wildfire and fragmentation for monitoring and management. PLoS ONE 13(9): e0200203. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200203 Tags: Botany, Genetics, MCDA, Mediterranean-type Ecosystems, Multi-criteria decision analysis, All tags... Pareto ranking, San Diego, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, ecosystems, environment, fires, genetics, habitat alteration, species diversity, wildfires, Fewer tags Riparian vegetation data downstream of Glen Canyon Dam in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Grand Canyon National Park, AZ from 2014 to 2019 These data were collected by the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) to support riparian vegetation monitoring along the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and the full pool level of Lake Mead. The objectives of the GCMRC riparian vegetation monitoring program are to annually measure and summarize the status (composition and cover) of native and non-native vascular plant species within the riparian zone of the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead, assess change in the vegetation composition and cover in the riparian zone, as related to geomorphic setting and dam operations, particularly flow regime, and collect data in a manner that can be used by multiple stakeholders and is... Tags: Arizona, Botany, Colorado River, Ecology, Geography, All tags... Geomorphology, Glen Canyon, Glen Canyon Dam, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Information Sciences, Lake Mead, Marble Canyon, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), annual sampling, biogeography, biota, data collection, data release, datasets, environment, environmental variables, field data collection, field inventory and monitoring, field sampling, floristic composition, inlandWaters, long-term monitoring, native species, nonindigenous species, northern Arizona, ocular cover estimates, plant composition, plant cover, plant frequency, plant richness, plant species, plants (organisms), quadrat frames, randomly-selected, riparian plants, riparian zone, sample sites, species distribution, species diversity, species richness, time series datasets, vascular plants, vegetation, vegetation change, vegetation monitoring, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data for Siberian barn swallow subspecies collected during the breeding season This dataset includes stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values for the inner tail retrices of three subspecies of barn swallow (Hirundo rustica rustica, H. r. tytleri, and H. r. gutturalis). Sampling was conducted in Russia (summer 2013), China (summer 2014), Mongolia (summer 2014), Japan (summer 2014), and western China (summer 2015) using mist nets. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data are useful proxies for diet and at broad spatial scales have the potential to constrain geographic distributions at the sub-population level. These data were used in tandem with molecular genetics to explore the extent to which a migratory divide explains the strength of reproductive isolation. There are two files in this dataset:... Categories: Data; Tags: China, Japan, Mongolia, Russia, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... biota, isotope geochemistry, species diversity, Fewer tags Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge: McGregor District Mast Hardwood Floodplain Forest Community Due to a gap in information on regeneration of hard-mast trees in the floodplain, interpretation was completed of existing 8“/pixel aerial imagery delineating a detailed hardwood forest spatial dataset within the floodplain forest of the Fish and Wildlife Upper Mississippi National Wildlife & Fish Refuge, McGregor District. The detailed map of bottomland hardwoods will allow for the identification of existing habitat and assess bottomland hardwood tree patterns to enable management of these areas. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Floodplain Forest, Forest Restoration, Hardwoods, Illinois, Iowa, All tags... Mast Trees, McGregor District, Oak, Pool 10, Pool 11, Pool 9, Quercus bicolor, Regeneration, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Mississippi River, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge, Wisconsin, species diversity, Fewer tags Data collected in 2008-2022 to assess nearshore subtidal community responses to increased sediment load during and after removal of the Elwha River dams, Washington State, USA Data are time series of substrate grain size, vertical relief, and measures of abundance (e.g., density, percent cover) of the nearshore subtidal (5-16 m depth) benthic community (vegetation, invertebrates, and fish) collected before (2008-2011), during (2012-2014), and after dam removal (2015-2022). Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Benthos, Clallam County, Ecology, Elwha River, All tags... Geomorphology, Marine nearshore subtidal, Sedimentology, Species diversity, Strait of Juan de Fuca, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, environment, oceans, Fewer tags Aquatic invertebrate abundance in the Elwha River estuary, Washington, in 2007 and 2013 This portion of the data release presents aquatic invertebrate abundance data from samples collected in the Elwha River estuary, Washington, in 2007 and 2013 (no associated USGS Field Activities numbers because data were collected predominantly by biologists from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe). Replicate benthic samples were collected at 18 locations throughout the estuary complex using a petite Ponar grab sampler (appx. 2400 mL sample) and sorted through a 500-micron sieve. Samples were fixed in 10 percent formalin for 3 to 5 days before being transferred to 70 percent ethanol until processing. Individuals were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic resolution, but are grouped according to insect Orders in... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Clallam County, Elwha River, Olympic Peninsula, State of Washington, Strait of Juan de Fuca, All tags... animals/invertebrates, biota, invertebrates, invertebrates, invertebrates, oceans, species diversity, Fewer tags 1 2 »