AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
An Evaluation of Plant Communities and Habitat Quality Following Tall Fescue Eradication in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Research in eastern NC found fallow borders around crop fields were as or more effective as borders planted to nwsg and forbs in increasing wildlife diversity and abundance. With either scenario, planting native grasses and forbs is often a waste of time and money. A better approach is needed that will save time and money, enable more acres to be treated, and create better habitat.

Tags: achillea-borealis, aphn, appalachian-highlands-network, apple-of-sodom, beaked-panicgrass, beaked-panicum, birds-nest, buckhorn-plantain, bull-nettle, carolina-horse-nettle, carolina-horsenettle, chinese-lespedeza, cirsium-discolor, common-honeylocust, common-timothy, common-yellow-oxalis, daucus-carota, deertongue, devils-tomato, dichanthelium-clandestinum, english-plantain, erect-woodsorrel, eupatorium-serotinum, field-thistle, giant-ironweed, gleditsia-triacanthos, great-smoky-mountains-national-park, grsm, habitat-quality, honey-locust, honeylocust, horsenettle, japanese-stiltgrass, knotroot-bristlegrass, lamium-purpureum, lanceleaf-groundcherry, lanceleaf-indianwheat, lanceleaf-plantain, late-eupatorium, lateflowering-thoroughwort, lespedeza-cuneata, lolium-pratense, maritime-groundcherry, marsh-bristle-grass, marsh-bristlegrass, meadow-fescue, meadow-ryegrass, microstegium-vimineum, monarda-fistulosa, muhlenbergia-schreberi, multiflora-rose, narrowleaf-plantain, nepalese-browntop, nimblewill, nimblewill-muhly, origin-external, oxalis-stricta, panicum-anceps, passiflora-incarnata, phleum-pratense, physalis-virginiana, plant-communities, plantago-lanceolata, purple-deadnettle, purple-passionflower, purpletop, purpletop-tridens, pycnanthemum-pycnanthemoides-var-pycnanthemoides, queen-annes-lace, red-clover, red-deadnettle, ribgrass, ribwort, rice-button-aster, rosa-multiflora, sand-briar, ser, sericea-lespedeza, setaria-parviflora, sheep-sorrel, solanum-carolinense-var-carolinense, solidago-altissima-var-altissima, solidago-rugosa, sourgrass, southeast-region, southern-mountainmint, studyid-grsm-01239, symphyotrichum-dumosum-var-dumosum, tall-fescue-eradication, tall-ironweed, timothy, toad-sorrel, tridens-flavus, trifolium-pratense, upright-yellow-wood-sorrel, upright-yellow-woodsorrel, verbesina-virginica-var-virginica, vernonia-gigantea, virginia-ground-cherry, virginia-groundcherry, white-crownbeard, wild-carrot, wildbergamot-beebalm, wrinkleleaf-goldenrod, yellow-bristlegrass, yellow-woodsorrel
Organization: Department of the Interior
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Sochan Monitoring Database

This database includes monitoring and occurrence data for Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (“sochan” or “cutleaf coneflower”) throughout the park. The sochan monitoring program began in 2019 following the approval of the sochan Gathering Program which allows for the gathering of sochan for traditional cultural purposes by permitted members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI). This program is authorized under Title 36 Code of Federal Regulation, Part 2.6, Gathering of Certain Plants or Plant Parts by Federally Recognized Indian Tribes for Traditional Purposes. Over the course of 2019-2020, 16 monitoring plots (9 harvest monitoring, 7 non-harvested control) were installed and surveyed. Data was collected in the spring and late summer of 2019, and again in the late summer of 2020. Additionally, GPS data were collected for sochan observations throughout the park and used to inform a maximum entropy (MaxEnt) habitat prediction model.

Tags: aphn, appalachian-highlands-network, great-smoky-mountains-national-park, grsm, grsm-02073, rudbeckia, ser, sochan, southeast-region
Organization: Department of the Interior
Pacific Island Network Landbird Monitoring Dataset 2010-2024

Four parks in the Pacific Island Network were surveyed to monitor long-term trends in landbird composition, distribution, density, and abundance. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (HAVO) was surveyed in 2010, 2015-2016, 2019-2021, and 2024; the National Park of American Samoa (NPSA) in 2011, 2018, and 2023; and Haleakalā National Park (HALE) in 2012, 2017, and 2022. Surveys began in 2021 at Kalaupapa National Historical Park (KALA) and neighboring lands managed by the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources and The Nature Conservancy. Surveys in HAVO also included some adjacent state and private conservation lands and thus results provide broad spatial coverage of species detected. Using point-transect distance sampling, the surveys provide indices of relative abundance and occurrence. The dominant canopy species composition, canopy height and cover, and dominant understory species composition are also recorded at each survey station. Estimates of landbird population density and abundance are assessed in a trend analysis and published in the NPS Science Report Series or scientific journal. Alongside permanent survey transects from past surveys, randomly generated point-transects were included, creating a split-panel sampling design. This dataset includes the results from these landbird and habitat surveys.

Tags: austin-trusts, biota, birds, east-rift-zone, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds, forest-birds, hale, haleakala-national-park, hana-forest-reserve, hanawi-natural-area-reserve, havo, hawaii-volcanoes-national-park, honomalino, kahikinui, kahikinui-forest-reserve, kahuku, kala, kalaupapa-national-historical-park, kamakou-preserve, kamehameha-schools, kau, kipahulu, kipahulu-forest-reserve, koolau-forest-reserve, kula-forest-reserve, landbirds, makawao-forest-reserve, mauna-loa-south-flank, mauna-loa-strip, miala-inc, molokai, molokai-forest-reserve, monitoring, nakula-natural-area-reserve, national-park-of-american-samoa-national-park, northwest-kahuku, nps-gov-subject-site-birds-birding, npsa, nuu-mauka-ranch, olaa, p-l-castanera, papa, pelekunu-preserve, point-counts, puu-alii-natural-area-reserve, puu-makua, tau, tutuila, ulupalakua-ranch, waikamoi-preserve, wildlife
Organization: Department of the Interior
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Winter Bird Monitoring Data for FY 2013

Data are part of the GULN Inventory and Monitoring Program Land bird monitoring project. Data were collected by Mike Scully through a contract with GULN in 2013. Data were entered into the USGS Breeding Bird Point Count database and export to Excel 2007 format by GULN data manager, Whitney Granger. A separate reference is available for the field sheets that accompany this data set.

Tags: ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Rocky Mountain Network Soils Database - Rocky Mountain National Park 2007-2017

Wetlands Ecological Integrity Backend Database with data for Rocky Mountain National Park (2007-2017).

Tags: ecological-framework-geology-and-soils-geomorphology-stream-river-channel-characteristics, ecological-framework-human-use-non-point-source-human-effects-non-point-source-human-effects, ecological-framework-human-use-point-source-human-effects-point-source-human-effects, ecological-framework-water-hydrology-surface-water-dynamics, ecological-framework-water-water-quality-aquatic-macroinvertebrates-and-algae, ecological-framework-water-water-quality-microorganisms, ecological-framework-water-water-quality-nutrient-dynamics, ecological-framework-water-water-quality-toxics, ecological-framework-water-water-quality-water-chemistry
Organization: Department of the Interior
National Capital Region Network Forest and Grassland Bird Monitoring Data Package - cumulative through 2024

This data package contains data about the birds detected during point count surveys conducted using the National Capital Region Network (NCRN) Landbird Monitoring Protocols. These protocols are administered by staff of the Inventory and Monitoring Division (IMD) of the National Park Service (NPS) in cooperation with the University of Delaware. Monitoring began in most parks in 2007 and birds are generally monitored twice per calendar year at each site.

The purpose of the NCRN Bird Monitoring program is to collect and analyze data and report information that will help national park managers assess the condition of the bird community.

Tags: birds, forest-bird, forest-bird-monitor, grassland-bird, grassland-bird-monitor, im, imd, inventory-and-monitoring-division, monitoring, national-capital-area, national-capital-region, national-capital-region-network, national-park-service, nca, ncr, ncrn, nps
Organization: Department of the Interior
Dragonfly larvae taxonomic identifications

This dataset of dragonfly larvae species identification contains the supplemental data mentioned in Appendix A: "Dragonfly larvae taxonomic identifications" of the published report, "Developing a standard operating procedure for species identifications of dragonfly larvae using DNA barcoding: A contribution of the Dragonfly Mercury Project." That report can be found in the cross-references (Code: 2288457). Comma-separated value (.csv) file size: 48.4KB.

Tags: air, air-monitoring, air-pollution, air-resources-division, biological-resources, citizen-science, dragonfly, dragonfly-identification, dragonfly-mercury-project, inventory, mercury, mercury-deposition, public-engagement
Organization: Department of the Interior
Supplemental materials for the report landscape phenology, vegetation condition, and relations with climate at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, 2000-2019

Supplemental tables S-1 through S-5 for the report Landscape phenology, vegetation condition, and relations with climate at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, 2000-2019.

Tags: aridification, drought-tolerance, moderate-resolution-imaging-spectrometer, modis, monitoring, ncpn-land-surface-monitoring, ndvi, normalized-difference-vegetation-index, remote-sensing, snow-cover-extent, vegetation-condition, vegetation-phenology, vegetation-production, water-balance
Organization: Department of the Interior
Wetlands Ecological Integrity Sample Site and Sample Event metadata data package at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park 2007-2022

Wetlands Ecological Integrity sample site and sample event metadata at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park 2007-2022.

Tags: ecological-integrity, events, romn-wei-data-package, sites, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior
SEAN weather station corrected data archive (WC_G)

Weather station data from the Southeast Alaska Network of the National Park Service. The collection of output for each weather station in ASCII CSV format at Processing Level 1B having duplicate readings removed, standard formatting applied, measurement units made consistent, and quality flags plus selected metadata added. This contains all network station data for all years, one cumulative file per station. Content and organization is fully defined in SOP 10 of the protocol package. This deliverable may contain content generated under multiple protocol versions, but each row documents the protocol package in effect when the row was collected.

A new cumulative archive is typically created every year containing all past data plus new observations. It may also contain corrected past data, should there be any updates made after the prior archives were created. When using these data, please cite the update date (specified on every record) so that the provenance of the record set involved may be established.

Tags: air-temperature, climate, precipitation, relative-humidity, snow-depth, soil-temperature, solar-radiation, weather, wind-direction, wind-speed
Organization: Department of the Interior
Supplemental materials for the report landscape phenology, vegetation condition, and relations with climate at Fossil Butte National Monument, 2000-2019

Supplemental tables for the report Landscape phenology, vegetation condition, and relations with climate at Fossil Butte National Monument, 2000-2019.

Tags: aridification, drought-tolerance, moderate-resolution-imaging-spectrometer, modis, monitoring, ncpn-land-surface-monitoring, ndvi, normalized-difference-vegetation-index, remote-sensing, snow-cover-extent, vegetation-condition, vegetation-phenology, vegetation-production, water-balance
Organization: Department of the Interior
Herpetofauna Inventory at Virgin Islands National Park in 2001-2002 – Data Package

An inventory of amphibian species in Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS) was conducted from 2001 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. Several sampling methods were used to accomplish these goals. Visual encounter surveys and anuran vocalization surveys were conducted in all habitats throughout the park to estimate the proportion of sites or proportion of area occupied (PAO) by amphibian species in each habitat. Line transect methods were used to estimate density of some amphibian species and double observer analysis was used to refine counts based on detection probabilities. Opportunistic collections were used to augment the visual encounter methods for rare species. Data were collected during four sampling periods and every major trail system throughout the park was surveyed. All of the amphibian species believed to occur on St. John were detected during these surveys.

Tags: anurans, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-amphibians-and-reptiles, florida, frogs, herpetofauna, herps, inventory, lizards, sfcn, st-john-island, viis, virgin-islands, vocalizations
Organization: Department of the Interior
Southeast Coast Network Assessment of Estuarine Water Quality at Fort Matanzas National Monument, 2012-2022

The Southeast Coast Network assessed water-quality at Fort Matanzas National Monument as part of the National Park Service Vital Signs Monitoring Program. Monitoring was conducted following methods developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the National Coastal Assessment Program. Laboratory analysis measured chlorophyll a and total and dissolved concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorous. Field measurements included water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and salinity. Water clarity, which requires a Secchi depth measurement, was calculated when possible. All measured parameters were rated as good, fair, or poor based on thresholds set by the EPA’s National Coastal Assessment Program. The Southeast Coast Network's monitoring approach is extensively documented in the Protocol for Monitoring Estuarine Water and Sediment Quality in Selected Southeast Coast Network Parks: Protocol Narrative version 2.0 (Starkey et al. 2023) and associated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Version 1.0 of the protocol (Gregory et al. 2013) was implemented between 2007 and 2018. Version 2.0 of the protocol was implemented 2019 to present and was updated to be aligned with new technology and techniques documented in revised Standard Operating Procedures. Monitoring objectives remain consistent across both versions of the protocol. The monitoring objective associated with this dataset is: Determine status and spatial variability of water and nutrient conditions in estuarine waters every five years near SECN parks.

Tags: chlorophyll, coastal-assessment, condition, estuary, field-operations, nutrients, parkwide-assessment, protocol, water-clarity, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Everglades National Park Vegetation Accuracy Assessment (AA) Data Package, Florida, USA: 2010-2013

The thematic accuracy of the EVER vegetation map was assessed using randomly selected accuracy assessment (AA) points/grid cells across all four mapping regions. These AA points were collected between 2010 and 2013 to be as close as possible to the 2009 flight dates of the imagery used in mapping - specifically to reduce the impacts of natural community succession or perturbation events, like fires and windstorms. These data were collected from helicopter by a trained botanist who could identify South Florida plants and plant communities. The overall vegetation code was derived from the species level percent cover information as well as plot level information on tree, shrub, and herb cover and canopy height. These points were not available to the vegetation project manager, lead photo-interpreter, and the photo-interpreters working on the project until after the map was finished and the final map accuracy had been computed.

Tags: accuracy, accuracy-assessment, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-vegetation-complex, ever, everglades, vegetation-map
Organization: Department of the Interior
Southeast Coast Network Assessment of Estuarine Water Quality at Fort Pulaski National Monument, 2007-2023

The Southeast Coast Network assessed water-quality at Fort Pulaski National Monument as part of the National Park Service Vital Signs Monitoring Program. Monitoring was conducted following methods developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the National Coastal Assessment Program. Laboratory analysis measured chlorophyll a and total and dissolved concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorous. Field measurements included water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and salinity. Water clarity, which requires a Secchi depth measurement, was calculated when possible. All measured parameters were rated as good, fair, or poor based on thresholds set by the EPA’s National Coastal Assessment Program. The Southeast Coast Network's monitoring approach is extensively documented in the Protocol for Monitoring Estuarine Water and Sediment Quality in Selected Southeast Coast Network Parks: Protocol Narrative version 2.0 (Starkey et al. 2023) and associated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Version 1.0 of the protocol (Gregory et al. 2013) was implemented between 2007 and 2018. Version 2.0 of the protocol was implemented 2019 to present and was updated to be aligned with new technology and techniques documented in revised Standard Operating Procedures. Monitoring objectives remain consistent across both versions of the protocol. The monitoring objective associated with this dataset is: Determine status and spatial variability of water and nutrient conditions in estuarine waters every five years near SECN parks.

Tags: chlorophyll, coastal-assessment, condition, estuary, field-operations, nutrients, parkwide-assessment, protocol, water-clarity, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Big Thicket National Preserve-Turkey Creek Unit Breeding Bird Monitoring Data FY2016

Data are part of the GULN Inventory and Monitoring Program Landbird monitoring project for BITH Turkey Creek Unit. Data were collected by Dr. Felipe Chavez-Ramirez through a contract with the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory in 2016. Data were entered into the Pointblue.org AKN database and exported to Excel 2010 format by GULN data manager, Whitney Granger. A separate reference is available for the Field Sheets that accompanies this data set.

Tags: breeding-birds, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds, land-birds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Supplemental materials for the report landscape phenology, vegetation condition, and relations with climate at Zion National Park, 2000–2019

Supplemental tables for the report Landscape phenology, vegetation condition, and relations with climate at Zion National Park, 2000–2019. Ad hoc analysis of Juniper mortality in 2018–2019 in southeastern Utah.

Tags: aridification, drought-tolerance, moderate-resolution-imaging-spectrometer, modis, monitoring, ncpn-land-surface-monitoring, ndvi, normalized-difference-vegetation-index, remote-sensing, snow-cover-extent, vegetation-condition, vegetation-phenology, vegetation-production, water-balance
Organization: Department of the Interior
Southeast Coast Network Assessment of Estuarine Water Quality at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, 2008-2023

The Southeast Coast Network assessed water-quality at Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve as part of the National Park Service Vital Signs Monitoring Program. Monitoring was conducted following methods developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the National Coastal Assessment Program. Laboratory analysis measured chlorophyll a and total and dissolved concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorous. Field measurements included water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and salinity. Water clarity, which requires a Secchi depth measurement, was calculated when conditions allowed. All measured parameters were rated as good, fair, or poor based on thresholds set by the EPA’s National Coastal Assessment Program. The Southeast Coast Network's monitoring approach is extensively documented in the Protocol for Monitoring Estuarine Water and Sediment Quality in Selected Southeast Coast Network Parks: Protocol Narrative version 2.0 (Starkey et al. 2023) and associated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Version 1.0 of the protocol (Gregory et al. 2013) was implemented between 2007 and 2018. Version 2.0 of the protocol was implemented 2019 to present and was updated to be aligned with new technology and techniques documented in revised Standard Operating Procedures. Monitoring objectives remain consistent across both versions of the protocol. The monitoring objective associated with this dataset is: Determine status and spatial variability of water and nutrient conditions in estuarine waters every five years near SECN parks.

Tags: chlorophyll, coastal-assessment, condition, estuary, field-operations, nutrients, parkwide-assessment, protocol, water-clarity, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water quality and seagrass datasets for Estuarine Nutrient Enrichment Monitoring Data Analysis—Trend Analysis for Northeast Coastal and Barrier (NCBN) I&M Network Parks

Tabular datasets in text format (.CSV) containing data on water quality (discrete and continuous) and seagrass extent and health.

Tags: analysis, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-estuarine-communities, ecological-framework-water-water-quality-nutrient-dynamics, eelgrass, elevation, estuarine, estuary, monitoring, northeast, nutrient-enrichment, nutrients, power-analysis, ruppia-maritima, seagrass, seawrack, trends, water-quality, widgeon-grass, widgeongrass, zostera-marina
Organization: Department of the Interior
Small and Medium-Sized Mammal Inventory at Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve in 2007-2009 - Data Package

Everglades National Park (EVER), established in 1947, and Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY), established in 1974, are two large conservation areas managed by the National Park Service (NPS) in South Florida. Information on small and medium-sized mammals on these lands is essential for effective protection and management of these species, but prior to 2007, these lands had not been inventoried since the 1950s and little information was available about the mammal species that occurred there. Many factors, both natural and anthropogenic, threaten mammal species in EVER and BICY. Changes in hydrology and habitat as well as threats such as direct competition with and predation by invasive species (i.e., Burmese pythons, Python molurus bivittatus) may affect populations. To address this knowledge gap, an inventory of small and medium-sized mammals was conducted in Everglades National Park (EVER) and Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) from 2007-2009.

Tags: bicy, big-cypress, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-mammals, ever, everglades, florida, inventory, mammals, medium-mammals, sfcn, small-mammals, survey
Organization: Department of the Interior