AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Rate of shoreline change statistics for New York State coastal wetlands

This data set contains baselines used to calculate shoreline rate of change statistics for New York State coastal wetlands. Analysis was performed in ArcMap 10.5.1 using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS), created by U.S. Geological Survey, version 5.0, and polyline vector historical shorelines from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) . The baselines used in the analysis serve as the originating point for the orthogonal transects cast by the DSAS software.  The transects intersect each shoreline establishing intersection measurement points, which were then used to calculate the rates. U.S. Fish and Wildlife National Wetland Inventory polygon vector data provided extents of coastal wetland boundaries, and determined where baselines were drawn. Baselines were then constructed parallel to NOAA shoreline vectors. Baselines were manually created using standard ArcMap 'Create Features' tools, and do not represent real-world features.

Tags: coastal-processes, digital-shoreline-analysis-system, end-point-rate, erosion, estuary, great-south-bay, hudson-river, jamaica-bay, linear-regression-rate, new-york, new-york-bay, new-york-state, peconic-bay, shoreline-accretion, shoreline-change-rate, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs-5b4374dae4b060350a126cdf, wetland-ecosystems, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Effects of temperature and exposure duration on four potential rapid-response tools for zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) eradication: Data

Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) have continued their spread within inland lakes and rivers in North America despite diligent containment and decontamination efforts by natural resource agencies and other stakeholders. Identification of newly infested waterways with early detection surveillance programs allows for rapid response zebra mussel eradication treatments in some situations. Previous eradication treatments have been conducted during times of variable water temperatures and temperature has been shown to influence the efficacy of molluscicides. Natural resource managers would benefit from knowledge regarding the impacts of water temperature and exposure duration on toxicity of molluscicides to zebra mussels. In particular, temperature specific data are needed to inform the selection of an effective molluscicide and the proper dose that will induce 100% zebra mussel mortality. We evaluated the influences of temperature and exposure duration on the toxicity of two EPA-registered (EarthTec QZ and Zequanox) and two nonregistered (niclosamide and potassium chloride) molluscicides to zebra mussels at water temperatures of 7, 12, 17, and 22 °C. Our results indicate that treatment options for the eradication of zebra mussels in waters ≤ 12 °C include 336 h or longer treatments with EarthTec QZ and KCl and treatments with niclosamide ≥ 24 h in duration. In waters ≥ 17 °C, multiple toxicant and exposure duration combinations would be effective for zebra mussel eradication treatments. However, site specific variables should be considered prior to treatment including: the extent of the infestation, water chemistry, aquatic vegetation, substrate, and the presence of nontarget organisms. The use of on-site or in situ zebra mussel bioassays would also be a useful tool for the evaluation of treatment efficacy. 
The dataset includes: Water Quality, Chemical Concentrations, Mortality, and Zebra Mussel Condition Data

Tags: biota, environment, molluscicide, pest-control, toxicant, usgs-5b3e7117e4b060350a0efcb2, zebra-mussels
Organization: Department of the Interior
Annual estimated effect of best management practice implementation on water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed from 1985 to 2014

This metadata record documents a comma-delimited table representing scenario output from the Chesapeake Bay Program Phase 5.3.2 Watershed Model. The annual effect of best management practices (BMP) on water quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (CBWS) is estimated through a series of model scenarios. The model output data tables for each year from 1985 to 2014 are included with estimated mass of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment. Each year has an output table for a “Progress” scenario, which is a model run with all BMPs active, and a “No Action” scenario, which is a model run with all BMPs deactivated. Model output is provided at the Watershed Model land-river segment scale.

Tags: appomattox-river, best-management-practice, bmp, chesapeake-bay, chesapeake-bay-watershed, choptank-river, conservation-practice, delaware, district-of-columbia, james-river, maryland, mattaponi-river, new-york, nitrogen, non-rim-eastern-shore, non-rim-western-shore, nutrient-sources, pamunkey-river, patuxent-river, pennsylvania, phosphorus, potomac-river, rappahannock-river, sediment, susquehanna-river, united-states, usa, usgs-5b3e5920e4b060350a0efabe, virginia, watershed-model, west-virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Best management practice implementation in the Chesapeake Bay watershed from 1985 to 2014

This metadata record documents 11 comma delimited tables representing the amount of reported best management practice (BMP) implementation for the years from 1985 to 2014 at three geographic scales: county or land-river modeling segment, River Input Monitoring (RIM) station drainage areas, and the entire Chesapeake Bay Watershed (CBWS). Data originated from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed jurisdictions including Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, New York, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Data were reported to the Chesapeake Bay Program for an annual review of progress toward meeting nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment reduction goals.

Tags: animal, appomattox-river, best-management-practice, bmp, chesapeake-bay, chesapeake-bay-watershed, choptank-river, conservation-practice, delaware, district-of-columbia, isolation-scenarios, james-river, land-use, land-use-change, load-reduction, maryland, mattaponi-river, new-york, nitrogen, non-rim-eastern-shore, non-rim-western-shore, nutrient-sources, pamunkey-river, patuxent-river, pennsylvania, phosphorus, potomac-river, rappahannock-river, sediment, susquehanna-river, united-states, usa, usgs-5b3e4fb7e4b060350a0ef9a6, virginia, watershed-model, west-virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Timing of first and last calls and median calling peaks for Pseudacris crucifer, and of the first call for Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor, at six wetlands in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway from 2008-2012.

To better understand relations of annual calling phenophases for Pseudacris crucifer, and of the first calls of the season for Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor, to the timing of the start of the calling season, we compared these dynamics for six wetlands in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway from 2008 to 2012. We installed an acoustic recorder at each site prior to the start of each calling season and programmed it to record for five minutes at the top of every hour until late summer. We then used the Songscape option in Songscope software to generate annual summaries of all acoustic files recorded at each site. We created contour plots of the summarized median dB values across bandwidths in each recording and then assessed individual calls and calling peaks by visually examining these plots to identify first (and last) calls via the unique call signatures for these two species. We examined individual five-minute recordings aurally and visually as necessary when sound images represented on the contour plots were confounded and to ensure that the calling peaks described below were dates when calling activity was relatively intense. We also determined the daily median dB levels for frequencies across 2900 to 3200 Hz during 2100 to 2300 h, the bandwidth that typically encompassed the primary energy peak in P. crucifer calls and a time period during which P. crucifer typically called most consistently throughout their calling season. We did this for each day from the date when P. crucifer first called during each year to the date when they last called during each year. Because calling activity could vary from one hour to the next, we integrated the area under the curve for the daily median dB levels from 2900 to 3200 Hz during 2100 to 2300 h. We removed dates when overlapping sounds from storms or other sources rendered comparisons to calls of P. crucifer inaccurate. We used the resultant set of integrands to represent the relative sound intensity (as an indicator of calling activity) for P. crucifer across those hours for each date. We then used these integrands to determine the three highest peak calling dates for this species and used the median of those three dates as the overall median peak date for each site in each year.

Tags: amphibian-calling-phenology, h-chrysoscelis-versicolor, p-crucifer, phenophases, usgs-5b3e40a6e4b060350a0ef7fa
Organization: Department of the Interior
Daily calling activity for Pseudacris crucifer at site SC4DAI2 in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway from 2008 to 2012, as indicated by the results of integrating daily median dB values across 2900 to 3200 Hz and 2100 to 2300 h

To describe calling activity of Pseudacris crucifer in relation to temperature, precipitation, and wetland water levels, we programmed an acoustic recorder (Wildlife Acoustics) to sample seasonal amphibian calls remotely at study site SC4DAI2 in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway from 2008 to 2012. We programmed the recorder to sample for five minutes at the top of every hour of every day from late winter/early spring through late summer. We used the Songscape option in Songscope software to generate annual summaries of all of our acoustic samples from SC4DAI2. These summaries included a median dB level for each prescribed frequency within each recording. Pseudacris crucifer, the spring peeper, inhabited SC4DAI2 and typically called over several weeks each year, depending upon weather conditions and surface-water availability. Most of the energy in their individual calls occurred between 2900 and 3200 Hz, which provided a unique acoustic signature compared with the other anurans that called from the site. We used this information as part of a case study to better understand how the daily calling activity of P. crucifer varied relative to air temperature, precipitation, and water depth at SC4DAI2 across years. We first determined the daily median dB levels for frequencies across 2900 to 3200 Hz during 2100 to 2300 h, a time period during which P. crucifer typically called throughout their calling season. We did this for each day from the date when P. crucifer first called each year to the date when they last called each year and considered any day in this range as one during which they potentially could call. Because calling activity could vary from one hour to the next, we integrated the area under the curve for the daily median dB levels from 2900 to 3200 Hz during 2100 to 2300 h. We removed dates when overlapping sounds from storms or other sources rendered comparisons to calls of P. crucifer inaccurate. We used the resultant set of integrands to represent the relative sound intensity (as an indicator of calling activity) for P. crucifer across those hours for each date. Those integrands are contained in this data set. These data enabled us to then compare daily integrand values with daily measurements of air temperature, precipitation totals, and water depth.

Tags: air-temperature, amphibian-calling-activity, precipitation-atmospheric, pseudacris-crucifer, temperature, usgs-5b3e4054e4b060350a0ef7e3, wetland-surface-water-availability
Organization: Department of the Interior
Lung Bioassay of Ground Dwelling Mammals from the Grand Canyon Uranium Breccia Pipe Region Using Scanning Electron Microscopy

Small mammal lung tissue sections were examined to help assess the effects of weathering on bioavailability and toxicity from sites in different phases of the mine cycle within the Grand Canyon area.  Hematoxylin and eosin slides of lung tissue from brush mouse, deer mice, and pocket gophers were examined by a veterinary pathologist who marked areas of the tissue that showed normal, inflammation, bronchiolar hyperplasia, mineralization, intracellular refractile debris, macrophages, and parasitic pathology.  These selected areas were examined with scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy to determine the size and composition of particulate matter, if present, in these areas.

Tags: chemical-analysis, geoscientificinformation, health, lung-bioassay, scanning-electron-microscopy, usgs-5b3bda4ce4b060350a09d5f2
Organization: Department of the Interior
Implementation of conservation tillage and cover crops in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, 1985 to 2012

Conservation tillage practices and cover crops are used throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed to reduce soil loss and improve water quality. Implementation of these Best Management Practices (BMPs) were reported to the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) by each state in the watershed (New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and Virginia). Estimates of acres of implementation per CBP land river modeling segment for the years 1985 through 2014 were provided to the U.S. Geological Survey. These data were distributed to agricultural land use cells in the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) dataset and summed for National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Plus version 1 catchments to provide estimates of implementation at spatial scales commonly used for modeling purposes for the years 1985, 1992, 2002, and 2012 for conservation tillage, as well as 2002 and 2012 for cover crops.

Tags: appomattox-river, best-management-practice, bmp, chesapeake-bay, chesapeake-bay-watershed, choptank-river, conservation-practice, conservation-tillage-practice, cover-crops, delaware, district-of-columbia, james-river, maryland, mattaponi-river, new-york, non-rim-eastern-shore, non-rim-western-shore, pamunkey-river, patuxent-river, pennsylvania, potomac-river, rappahannock-river, soil-loss, susquehanna-river, united-states, usa, usgs-5b3bb606e4b040769c18bdc9, virginia, watershed-model, west-virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated nitrogen from septic for the conterminous United States, 2010 (SepN_CONUS_bg_2010)

This metadata record documents a rudimentary estimate of nitrogen from septic for the conterminous United States for 2010, derived from block-group 1990 and 2010 Decennial Census of Population and Housing data. Specifically, the data were computed from 1990 population and housing data where a ratio of the total population to the people on septic was obtained and applied to 2010 population data by block group. All input data were acquired from the National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS, Manson and others, 2017). The amount of nitrogen in pounds per person per year was derived from documentation supporting the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Phase 5.3 Community Watershed Model (USEPA, 2010).  The Supplemental Information element in this metadata record contains more detailed accounting of methods, sources, and limitations.

Tags: census-of-population-and-housing, housing-units, nitrogen, septic, septic-tank, sewage-disposal, usgs-5b3a9a3be4b040769c181d80
Organization: Department of the Interior
Principal components of climate variation in the Desert Southwest for the future time period 2040-2070 (RCP 8.5)

Five principal components are used to represent the climate variation in an original set of 12 composite climate variables reflecting complex precipitation and temperature gradients. The dataset provides coverage for future climate (defined as the 2040-2070 normal period) under the RCP8.5 emission scenarios. Climate variables were chosen based on their known influence on local adaptation in plants, and include: mean annual temperature, summer maximum temperature, winter minimum temperature, annual temperature range, temperature seasonality (coefficient of variation in monthly average temperatures), mean annual precipitation, winter precipitation, summer precipitation, proportion of summer precipitation, precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation in monthly precipitation totals), long-term winter precipitation variability, and long-term summer precipitation variability. The conversion to principal components both standardizes and accounts for covariation in climate variables, while emphasizing the most important climate gradients across the landscape. 
Raster layers representing each principal component form the input to Climate Distance Mapper (https://usgs-werc-shinytools.shinyapps.io/Climate_Distance_Mapper/), an interactive R Shiny application for matching seed sources with restoration sites. Plant populations are commonly adapted to local climate gradients and frequently exhibit a home-site advantage. For this reason, climate information may serve as a proxy for local adaptation in restoration designs. Climate Distance Mapper allows users to rank the suitability of seed sources for restoration sites by displaying multivariate climate distances (incorporating climate principal components) from user-supplied input points to the surrounding landscape. The application provides functions to match seed sources with current or future climate, guide sampling effort for large scale seed collections, and partition the landscape into suitable areas for different seed sources. 
These data support the following publication:
Shryock, D.F., DeFalco, L.A., and T.C. Esque. 2018. Spatial decision-support tools to guide restoration and seed sourcing in the Desert Southwest. In review. Ecosphere.

Tags: arizona, atmospheric-and-climatic-processes, california, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, colorado, colorado-plateau, geospatial-analysis, great-basin, mojave-desert, nevada, new-mexico, precipitation, sonoran-desert, united-states, usgs-5b36a363e4b040769c17573c, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Principal components of climate variation in the Desert Southwest for the future time period 2040-2070 (RCP 4.5)

Five principal components are used to represent the climate variation in an original set of 12 composite climate variables reflecting complex precipitation and temperature gradients. The dataset provides coverage for future climate (defined as the 2040-2070 normal period) under the RCP4.5 emission scenarios. Climate variables were chosen based on their known influence on local adaptation in plants, and include: mean annual temperature, summer maximum temperature, winter minimum temperature, annual temperature range, temperature seasonality (coefficient of variation in monthly average temperatures), mean annual precipitation, winter precipitation, summer precipitation, proportion of summer precipitation, precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation in monthly precipitation totals), long-term winter precipitation variability, and long-term summer precipitation variability. The conversion to principal components both standardizes and accounts for covariation in climate variables, while emphasizing the most important climate gradients across the landscape. 
Raster layers representing each principal component form the input to Climate Distance Mapper (https://usgs-werc-shinytools.shinyapps.io/Climate_Distance_Mapper/), an interactive R Shiny application for matching seed sources with restoration sites. Plant populations are commonly adapted to local climate gradients and frequently exhibit a home-site advantage. For this reason, climate information may serve as a proxy for local adaptation in restoration designs. Climate Distance Mapper allows users to rank the suitability of seed sources for restoration sites by displaying multivariate climate distances (incorporating climate principal components) from user-supplied input points to the surrounding landscape. The application provides functions to match seed sources with current or future climate, guide sampling effort for large scale seed collections, and partition the landscape into suitable areas for different seed sources. 
These data support the following publication:
Shryock, D.F., DeFalco, L.A., and T.C. Esque. 2018. Spatial decision-support tools to guide restoration and seed sourcing in the Desert Southwest. In review. Ecosphere.

Tags: arizona, atmospheric-and-climatic-processes, california, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, colorado, colorado-plateau, geospatial-analysis, great-basin, mojave-desert, nevada, new-mexico, precipitation, sonoran-desert, united-states, usgs-5b36a2aee4b040769c175732, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Energy Dispersive Spectra of Particulate Matter in Lung Tissue from Ground Dwelling Mammals from the Grand Canyon Uranium Breccia Pipe Region

Energy dispersive spectra of particulate matter in lung tissue from brush mouse, deer mice, and pocket gophers.

Tags: chemical-analysis, geoscientificinformation, health, lung-bioassay, scanning-electron-microscopy, usgs-5b3be645e4b060350a09def8
Organization: Department of the Interior
Images of Particulate Matter in Lung Tissue from Ground Dwelling Mammals from the Grand Canyon Uranium Breccia Pipe Region

Scanning electron microscope images of particulate matter in lung tissue from brush mouse, deer mice, and pocket gophers.

Tags: chemical-analysis, geoscientificinformation, health, lung-bioassay, scanning-electron-microscopy, usgs-5b3be622e4b060350a09decc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Potential Grazing Land Within the Pacific Drainages of the Western United States, 2011

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is developing SPARROW models (SPAtially Related Regressions On Watershed Attributes) to assess the transport of contaminants (e.g., sediment and nutrients) through United States Pacific watersheds (the Columbia River basin; the coastal drainages of Washington, Oregon, and California; the Klamath River basin; the Central Valley of California, and the west slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains). SPARROW relates instream water quality measurements to spatially referenced characteristics of watersheds, including contaminant sources and factors influencing terrestrial and aquatic transport. A watershed property that is expected to influence sediment and nutrient delivery to streams is the area of potential livestock grazing land. The spatial data set "Potential Grazing Land Within the Pacific Drainages of the Western United States, 2011" represents areas that were suitable for livestock grazing (primarily cattle) in 2011. This data set was developed by considering relevant landscape attributes with regards to the potential for land to be suitable for livestock grazing. These attributes included land cover type, slope, proximity to water bodies and streams and designated grazing alottments.

Tags: environment, farming, inland-waters, usgs-5b36a223e4b040769c175728
Organization: Department of the Interior