AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Data from a 2004 Shenandoah National Park - University of Virginia Project on Mercury Concentrations in Brook Trout in Shenandoah National Park

This data package was created 2025-01-14 15:31:32 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data are from a project to determine the distribution, abundance, and variability of mercury in brook trout in Shenandoah National Park.  The purpose of the study was to: (1) provide data needed to evaluate the human health risks associated with the consumption of contaminated fish in Shenandoah National Park; (2) determine the potential for acute or chronic problems with trout populations associated with mercury accumulation and toxicity; and (3) improve understanding of the factors governing the bioavailability of mercury in stream ecosystems.

Data contained in Shenandoah National Park - University of Virginia NPSTORET back-end file (NPS_UVA_NPSTORET_BE_20250108.ACCDB) were filtered to include:

Project:
- SHEN_UVA_HG_BROOK_TROUT_2004: Effects of Stream Water Chemistry on Mercury Concentrations in Brook Trout in Shenandoah National Park
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Park/Unit Code:
- SHEN
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations datatable
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 2004-06-03 to 2004-08-03.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:
https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=SHEN_UVA_HG_BROOK_TROUT_2004

Tags: acid-neutralizing-capacity, anions, calcium, cations, chloride, ions, magnesium, nitrate, npstoret, ph, potassium, silica, sodium, specific-conductivity, sulfate, water-quality, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Lassen Volcanic National Park - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Lassen Volcanic National Park.  These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, habitat-types, imagery, lassen-volcanic-national-park, lavo, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data from Lisa Chang’s 1994 Pre-Ph.D. Dissertation Research from Shaver Hollow

This data package was created 2025-01-14 15:12:40 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data were collected in advance of a Ph.D. proposal by Lisa Chang.  This work ultimately led to Chang's University of Virginia dissertation entitled 'Carbon and nitrogen effects on nitrification in Shaver Hollow Watershed, Shenandoah National Park'.

Data contained in Shenandoah National Park - University of Virginia NPSTORET back-end file (NPS_UVA_NPSTORET_BE_20250108.ACCDB) were filtered to include:

Project:
- SHEN_UVA_CHANG_1994: Lisa Chang’s Pre-Ph.D. Dissertation Research Data from Shaver Hollow
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Park/Unit Code:
- SHEN
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations datatable
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 1994-06-15 to 1994-12-03.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:
https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=SHEN_UVA_CHANG_1994

Tags: ammonium, calcium, cations, chloride, magnesium, nitrate, npstoret, potassium, sodium, sulfate, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data from a 2007-2008 Shenandoah National Park - University of Virginia Project to Characterize Threatened and Impaired Headwater Streams and Springs in Shenandoah National Park

This data package was created 2025-01-14 13:47:36 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data were collected in response to recommendations in a Water Resources Scoping Report, to provide essential information for revision of the park's General Management Plan, and to develop and implement its GPRA goals.  The goal of the project was to expand the water resource inventory and monitoring programs in Shenandoah National Park from the lower stream reaches of the park to include headwaters and springs and examine the newly identified threat from mercury deposition.

Data contained in Shenandoah National Park - University of Virginia NPSTORET back-end file (NPS_UVA_NPSTORET_BE_20250108.ACCDB) were filtered to include:

Project:
- SHEN_UVA_HEADWATER_STUDY_2007: Characterize Threatened and Impaired Headwater Streams and Springs in Shenandoah National Park
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Park/Unit Code:
- SHEN
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations datatable
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 2007-05-21 to 2008-05-01.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:
https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=SHEN_UVA_HEADWATER_STUDY_2007

Tags: acid-neutralizing-capacity, ammonium, anions, calcium, carbon, cations, chloride, dissolved-organic-compounds, ions, magnesium, nitrate, npstoret, ph, potassium, silica, sodium, specific-conductivity, streamflow, sulfate, turbidity, water-quality, water-temperature, weather
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data from a 1997-2000 Shenandoah National Park - University of Virginia Project to Understand the 1995 Staunton River Flood Event in Shenandoah National Park

This data package was created 2025-01-14 14:13:23 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data were collected following a catastrophic flood that occurred in the Staunton River Watershed and other watersheds in Shenandoah National Park.  The objective of the study was to compare the pre- and post-flood status of physical habitat, stream chemistry, and fish community in the Staunton River.  Project collaborators included Shenandoah National Park, University of Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, and Virginia Tech.

Data contained in Shenandoah National Park - University of Virginia NPSTORET back-end file (NPS_UVA_NPSTORET_BE_20250108.ACCDB) were filtered to include:

Project:
- SHEN_UVA_STAN_1995_FLOOD: Understanding the 1995 Staunton River Flood Event in Shenandoah National Park
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Park/Unit Code:
- SHEN
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations datatable
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 1997-05-08 to 2000-12-08.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:
https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=SHEN_UVA_STAN_1995_FLOOD

Tags: acid-neutralizing-capacity, anions, calcium, cations, chloride, ions, magnesium, nitrate, npstoret, ph, potassium, silica, sodium, specific-conductivity, sulfate, water-quality, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Micro-environmental study of soil temperature and moisture in proximity to logs during forest thinning and slash burning

This data set was generated during a 7-year study of soil micro-environmental dynamics of temperature and moisture at 3 soil depths (10, 20 and 30 cm) beneath and adjacent to logs. Four logs were instrumented with soil temperature and moisture sensors, and an associated weather station. Two logs were controls, and two were subjected to forest thinning and subsequent slash burning. 2015-2017 = pretreatment; 2018-2019 = post-thinning; 2020-2022 = post-fire. See journal article from FORESTS for details and results.

Tags: ecological-framework-air-and-climate-weather-and-climate-weather-and-climate, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-forest-woodland-communit, ecological-framework-geology-and-soils-soil-quality-soil-function-and-dynamics, ecological-framework-landscapes-fire-and-fuel-dynamics-fire-and-fuel-dynamics, forest-thinning, log, microclimate, microenvironment, nps-gov-subject-site-fire, nps-gov-subject-site-forests-woods-shrublands, nps-gov-subject-site-science, planned-fire, prescribed-fire, soil-moisture, soil-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Herpetofauna Inventory at Everglades National Park in 2000-2003 - Data Package

Everglades National Park (EVER) protects 610,502 ha of natural areas at the extreme southern tip of Florida. EVER consists primarily of shallow seasonal wetland habitats including marshes, sloughs, cypress forests, and mangrove forests. In addition, a portion of the park consists of upland habitat; primarily pine forests and tropical hardwood hammocks. These habitats combined make up a heterogeneous matrix of open grasslands and forested wetlands and uplands. An inventory of amphibian species in Everglades National Park was conducted during 2000 to 2003. The goals of the project were to create a georeferenced inventory of amphibian species, use new analytical techniques to estimate proportion of sites occupied by each species, look for any signs of amphibian decline (missing species, disease, die-offs, etc.), and to establish a protocol that could be used for future monitoring efforts. Primary survey methods were visual encounter surveys (VES) and vocalization surveys but trapping and PVC pipe refugia were used as well.

Tags: amphibians, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-amphibians-and-reptiles, ever, everglades, herpetofauna, inventory-survey, reptiles
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Fort Bowie National Historic Site

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here.

The geographic area of coverage purchased was large, including Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie NHS, and the mountainous area between the two. The imagery was acquired in two swaths (Pan swath 1 and Multi swath 1, and Pan swath 2 and Multi swath 2 in Table 2-1) on April 15 and 20, 2005. The larger of the two swaths of imagery was initially too big to work with in ERDAS Imagine v.8.7 (>2GB), so the image was subset in ENVI software prior to georectification and analysis.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Long-term water quality conditions in sentinel streams at Isle Royale National Park and Grand Portage National Monument

This is a project-based dataset resulting from a collaborative study of long-term trends in water quality, hydrology, and meteorological phenomena in the Lake Superior basin, as featured in the report "Long-term water quality conditions in sentinel streams at Isle Royale National Park and Grand Portage National Monument." The project focused specifically on exploring statistical patterns, correlations, and trends in hydrometeorological phenomena, stream flow, and the physio-chemical characteristics of five  watersheds in the basin. The dataset includes previously unpublished water quality data collected by Michigan Technological University, as well as data published elsewhere but incorporated into the analyses featured in the report (e.g., meteorological and streamflow measurements). The project was funded by the National Park Service (NPS) Natural Resource Condition Assessment Program and the Great Lake Inventory and Monitoring Network, as well as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and through an Intergovernmental Compact between the NPS and the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

Tags: air-temperature, alkalinity, aluminum, anion, arsenic, barium, beryllium, boron, bromide, cadmium, calcium, calumet-creek, cation, chevans-lake, chloride, chromium, climate, cobalt, conductivity, copper, discharge, dissolved-organic-carbon, fluoride, grand-portage, grand-portage-creek, grand-portage-river, hydrology, iron, isle-royale, lake-superior, lead, lithium, magnesium, manganese, metals, molybdenum, nickel, nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen, nutrients, ph, phosphate, pigeon-river, poplar-creek, potassium, precipitation, selenium, silica, silver, sodium, streams, strontium, sulfate, sumner-creek, titanium, vanadium, wallace-lake, washington-creek, water-quality, water-temperature, zinc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas.  These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, habitat-types, imagery, miss, mississippi-national-river-and-recreation-areas, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Minute Man National Historical Park - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Minute Man National Historical Park.  These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, habitat-types, imagery, mima, minute-man-national-historical-park, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Klamath Invasive Plant Monitoring Data Package 2023

Invasive plant species are most likely to be non-native, as they can take advantage of more favorable growing conditions than they would normally receive in their natural habitats to spread quickly. Invasive species will outcompete and replace native vegetation, change water availability, and can affect how well a habitat functions ecologically, as well as affecting other natural resources. These effects can be vast and our understanding of the consequences is incomplete. Thus, the dynamic relationships among plants, animals, soil, and water established over long periods are at risk of being degraded in a brief period.

Prevention of plant invasions is the most effective approach to managing invasive species. When this fails, early detection of new species and populations is the best approach for monitoring this vital sign. This information can be quickly relayed to park managers for assessment and rapid treatment.

Since 2009, we have monitored non-native plants in all six parks in the Klamath Network.

Objectives are to:
Detect populations of selected invasive plants by sampling along roads, trails, and power line corridors, where introduction is most likely.
Provide the information to park management on a timely basis to allow effective management responses.
Develop and maintain a list of priority invasive plant species with greatest potential for spread and impact to park resources for monitoring in each park
Adapt spatial sampling as knowledge improves through monitoring.

We measure:
Presence/absence
Abundance

Tags: ecological-data, ecological-monitoring, invasive-plants, long-term-monitoring, national-parks
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Mammoth Cave National Park - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Mammoth Cave National Park.  These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, habitat-types, imagery, maca, mammoth-cave-national-park, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Manzanar National Historic Site - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Manzanar National Historic Site.  These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, habitat-types, imagery, manz, manzanar-national-historic-site, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Mesa Verde National Park - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Mesa Verde National Park.  These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, habitat-types, imagery, mesa-verde-national-park, meve, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
ARCN Lagoons Fish Data, 2009-2024 (Ver. 2025-04-09)

This dataset consists of a snapshot in time of the fish data collected in the coastal lagoons of northwestern Alaska. 

This data release consists of one file, ARCN Lagoons Fish Data 2015-2024 Ver. 2025-04-10.csv (filename contains an error and should read 2009-2024) containing abundance and size data from 2009-2024 for the coastal lagoons of Alaska (11,935 records). Quality assurance safeguards were applied to the data, but no quality control tests have been executed against the dataset to assess quality and document defects. Certification level for each record is therefore 'Provisional' rather than 'Certified'. These data are therefore provided 'as-is'. Data collection is intended to be ongoing. Cumulative updates to this dataset will be added as results are extended. 

Methods are described in the monitoring protocol:

Jones T, Apsens S, Miller S, Robards M. 2018. Coastal lagoons vital signs monitoring protocol for the Arctic Network: Volume 1, report narrative, version 1.0. Natural Resource Report. NPS/ARCN/NRR—2018/1824. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2257596

and standard operating procedures:

Jones T. 2017. Coastal Lagoon Vital Signs Monitoring Protocol for the Arctic Network: Standard Operating Procedures Version 1.0. National Park Service https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2310242

Tags: abundance, anigaaq, atilagauraq, atiligauraq, aukulak, fish, ikpek, kotlik, krusenstern, kupik, lagoon, ocean, population, tasaychek, tukrok-river
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Mount Rainier National Park - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Mount Rainier National Park.  These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, habitat-types, imagery, mora, mount-rainier-national-park, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior