AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Hurricane Sandy: 2013 NWI Data of Selected USFWS Wildlife Refuges along New Jersey and Long Island, New York

Hurricane Sandy directly hit the Atlantic shoreline of New Jersey during several astronomical high tide cycles in late October, 2012.   The eastern seaboard areas are subject to sea level rise and increased severity and frequency of storm events, prompting habitat and land use planning changes.   Wetland Aquatic Research Center (WARC) has conducted detailed mapping of marine and estuarine wetlands and deepwater habitats, including beaches and  tide flats,  and upland land use/land cover,  using  specially-acquired  aerial imagery  flown at 1-meter resolution.These efforts will assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) continuing endeavors to map  the barrier islands adhering to Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) guidelines. Mapped areas consist of selected federal lands including, National Park Service areas, USFWS National Wildlife  Refuges, and selected CBRA Units, including barrier islands and marshes in New York and New Jersey. These vital wetland areas are important for migratory waterfowl and neotropical  bird habitats, wildlife  food chain support and nurseries for shellfish and finfish populations.  Coastal wetlands also play an important function as storm surge buffers.  This project includes mapping  of dominant estuarine wetland plant species useful for wetland functional analysis and wildlife evaluation and management concerns. It also aims to integrate with and  offer updated databases pertinent to:  USFWS NWR and NWI programs, NOAA tide flats and beaches data, FEMA flood zone data, Natural Heritage Endangered and Threated Species, watershed  management, and state and local land use planning.

Tags: boundaries, environment, planningcadastre, u-s-f-w-s-coastal-barrier-resources-act, u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-northeast-region, u-s-national-park-service, usgs-5798c696e4b0589fa1c728a5
Organization: Department of the Interior
Appendix 1 - Water-quality data for surface-water samples collected from October 2011 through September 2013 at the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project study sites, North Carolina

The dataset contains the environmental data collected for the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project.  The data are from the samples collected during routine and storm-runoff sampling events during October 2011 through September 2013.  Several study sites contained in this dataset were sampled for other USGS projects during the same time frame.  Unless the samples at these sites were collected in conjunction with the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project, the data for other projects at these sites are not included in this dataset.

Tags: biological-data, chatham-county, durham-county, major-ions-data, north-carolina, nutrient-data, orange-county, surface-water, total-organic-carbon-data, unfiltered-metals-data, usgs-5798ceb3e4b0589fa1c72900, wake-county, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Appendix 3 - Analytical results for the environmental and replicate sample sets collected from October 2011 through September 2013 at the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project study sites, North Carolina

The dataset contains the analytical results for environmental and quality-control replicate sample sets and the computed relative percent differences (RPD) greater than 25 percent  for the data collected during the surface-water sampling for the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project.   The data are from samples collected during October 2011 through September 2013.  Several study sites contained in this dataset were sampled for other  USGS projects during the same time frame.  Unless the samples at these sites were collected in conjunction with the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project, the data for other projects are not included in the dataset.

Tags: biological-data, chatham-county, durham-county, major-ions-data, north-carolina, nutrient-data, orange-county, surface-water, total-organic-carbon-data, unfiltered-metals-data, usgs-5798cfdae4b0589fa1c7290b, wake-county, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Aqueous Phases of Bifenthrin in Mesocosms

Direct and indirect ecological effects of the widely used insecticide bifenthrin on stream ecosystems are largely unknown. To investigate such effects, a manipulative experiment was conducted in stream mesocosms that were colonized by aquatic insect communities and exposed to bifenthrin-contaminated sediment; implications for natural streams were interpreted through comparison of mesocosm results to a survey of 100 Midwestern streams, USA. In the mesocosm experiment, direct effects of bifenthrin exposure included reduced larval macroinvertebrate abundance, richness, and biomass at concentrations (EC50s ranged 197.6 – 233.5 ng bifenthrin/ g organic carbon) previously thought safe for aquatic life. Indirect effects included a trophic cascade in which periphyton abundance increased after macroinvertebrate scrapers decreased. Adult emergence dynamics and corresponding terrestrial subsidies were altered at all bifenthrin concentrations tested. Extrapolating these results to the Midwestern stream assessment suggests pervasive ecological effects, with altered emergence dynamics likely in 40% of streams and a trophic cascade in 7% of streams. This study provides new evidence that a common pyrethroid might alter aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem function at the regional scale.   
This data file contains information regarding aqueous phases of bifenthrin measured during the mesocosm experiment.

Tags: adult-emergence, aquatic-insect-communities, aquatic-terrestrial-linkages, bifenthrin, contaminants, illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, mesocosm, michigan, midwest-united-states, minnesota, missouri, nebraska, ohio, pesticides, sediment-quality, south-dakota, suspended-sediment, trophic-cascade, usgs-57978c56e4b021cadec9793f, water-quality, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 coal authorizations for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries

The polygon (vector) shapefiles represent Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections, or 1-square mile areas of land, with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for coal. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross one or more PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: cadastral, cadastral-reference, coal, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a474fe4b0589fa1c87050
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 coal authorizations for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries and serial numbers

The polygon (vector) shapefiles represent claim areas within Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections aggregated by serial (claim) numbers with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for coal. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross one or more PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary and by serial numbers. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: cadastral, coal, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a47aae4b0589fa1c87054
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spatial distribution of layer-averaged velocity measured in the Calumet Harbor, Illinois (September 14, 2015)

Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data were collected at multiple transects spaced in a regular grid throughout Calumet Harbor on September 14, 2015 to determine the spatial distribution of layer-averaged velocities. The data were layer-averaged in 2-foot increments of depth from the bed to the water surface, and temporally-averaged over a 30-second window to reduce noise. Data were processed using the Velocity Mapping Toolbox (Parsons and other, 2013). Any data assigned a value of "-9999" are invalid or missing and should not be used for analysis.
Parsons, D. R., Jackson, P. R., Czuba, J. A., Engel, F. L., Rhoads, B. L., Oberg, K. A., Best, J. L., Mueller, D. S., Johnson, K. K. and Riley, J. D. (2013), Velocity Mapping Toolbox (VMT): a processing and visualization suite for moving-vessel ADCP measurements. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 38: 1244–1260. doi: 10.1002/esp.3367

Tags: calumet-harbor, calumet-river, inlandwaters, lake-calumet, usgs-578f933ce4b0ad6235cf762c, velocity
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 mineral material authorizations for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries

The polygon (vector) shapefiles represent Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections, or 1-square mile areas of land, with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for mineral materials. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross one or more PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: cadastral, idaho, mineral-material, montana, nevada, oregon, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a48c5e4b0589fa1c87095, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 mining claim authorizations for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries

The polygon (vector) shapefiles represent Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections, or 1-square mile areas of land, with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for mining claims. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross one or more PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: idaho, mine-claims, montana, nevada, oregon, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a4b5ee4b0589fa1c8709d, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 mining claim authorizations (density) for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries

The polygon (vector) shapefile represents Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections, or 1-square mile areas of land, with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for mining claims. For each section, the number of claims (by type) was determined and a density (by claim type) was calculated. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: idaho, mine-claims, montana, nevada, oregon, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a4c3ee4b0589fa1c8709f, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Kauai Bird Surveys (12 species) 1981-2012

Bird surveys were conducted in 1981, 1989, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2012. From these data we calculated species-specific density and abundance estimates. We conducted separate trends assessments for the Interior (long [1981-2012] and short [2000-2012]) and the Exterior (surveyed 2000-2012) portions of the Alakai Plateau, and using abundance estimates for native species from 2000-2012, we fit a linear and exponential growth model to the population numbers of each species to evaluate time to extinction.

Tags: point-transect-sampling-monitoring-forest-birds-hawaii-forest-bird-interagency-database-project, usgs-579bcc73e4b0589fa1c982e2
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 mining claim authorizations for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries and serial numbers

The polygon (vector) shapefiles represent claim areas within Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections aggregated by serial (claim) numbers with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for mining claims. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross one or more PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary and by serial numbers. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: cadastral, idaho, mining-claims, montana, nevada, oregon, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a4e17e4b0589fa1c870b8, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 non-energy solid mineral authorizations for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries

The polygon (vector) shapefiles represent Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections, or 1-square mile areas of land, with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for non-energy solid minerals. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross one or more PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: cadastral, idaho, mineral-materials, montana, nevada, oregon, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a4ebfe4b0589fa1c870ba, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: Estimated 30-Year (1971-2000) Average Annual Runoff Based on Flow Measured at Streamgages, Millimeters per Year

This tabular data set represents estimated 30-year (1971-2000) average annual runoff in millimeters per year compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2 data suite (NHDPlusv2) for the conterminous United States; 1) individual reach catchments and 2) reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network. This dataset can be linked to the NHDPlus version 2 data suite by the unique identifier COMID.  The source data was compiled by the United States Geological Survey (USGS, Dave Wolock written commun., 2012) based on based on flow measured at streamgages as described in Brakebill and others (2011). Units are millimeters per year. Reach catchment information characterizes data at the local scale. Reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network characterizes cumulative upstream conditions.  Network-accumulated values are computed using two methods, 1) divergence-routed and 2) total cumulative drainage area. Both approaches use a modified routing database to navigate the NHDPlus reach network to aggregate (accumulate) the metrics derived from the reach catchment scale. (Schwarz and Wieczorek, 2018).

Tags: annual-runoff, catchment, inlandwaters, nawqa, nhdplus, sparrow, usgs-578f8ad8e4b0ad6235cf6e43
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 non-energy solid mineral authorizations for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries and serial numbers

The polygon (vector) shapefiles represent claim areas within Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections aggregated by serial (claim) numbers with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for non-energy solid minerals. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross one or more PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary and by serial numbers. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: cadastral, idaho, montana, nevada, non-energy-solid-minerals, oregon, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a4ee3e4b0589fa1c870bc, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 oil and gas authorizations for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries

The polygon (vector) shapefiles represent Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections, or 1-square mile areas of land, with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for oil and gas. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross one or more PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: cadastral, gas, idaho, montana, nevada, oil, oregon, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a4f9fe4b0589fa1c870c2, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 oil and gas authorizations for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries and serial numbers

The polygon (vector) shapefiles represent claim areas within Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections aggregated by serial (claim) numbers with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for oil and gas. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross one or more PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary and by serial numbers. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: cadastral, idaho, montana, nevada, oil-and-gas, oregon, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a4ff3e4b0589fa1c870c5, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM LR2000 plans of operations and notices for the Sagebrush Mineral-Resource Assessment (SaMiRA) aggregated by Public Land Survey System (PLSS) section boundaries

The polygon (vector) shapefiles represent Public Land Survey System (PLSS) sections, or 1-square mile areas of land, with information about Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and mineral use authorizations for plans of operations and notices. The land areas specified by BLM authorizations vary in size and orientation, and may cross one or more PLSS section boundaries. For spatial consistency, the information was aggregated to the square mile PLSS section boundary. The original source data from BLM Cases Recordation database (LR2000) were specific to the day they were generated (March 6, 2016) and subsequent data pulls will likely be different.

Tags: cadastral, idaho, montana, nevada, notices, oregon, plan-of-operation, plss, public-land-survey-system, section, township, usgs-579a5017e4b0589fa1c870ca, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Discharge measured in the Calumet River at the Calumet Harbor Mouth, Illinois (May 12, 2015)

Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data were collected at multiple transects in the Calumet River mouth on May 12, 2015. Data were reviewed and processed to compute discharge in the river under unsteady conditions using the native data collection software (RDI WinRiver II) and the QRev USGS software for ADCP discharge review.

Tags: calumet-harbor, calumet-river, discharge, inlandwaters, lake-calumet, usgs-578f89c0e4b0ad6235cf6d9e
Organization: Department of the Interior
Trophic structure of mesopelagic fishes in the Gulf of Mexico revealed by gut content and stable isotope analyses

Mesopelagic fishes represent an important component of the marine food web due to their global distributions, high abundances and ability to transport organic material throughout a large part of the water column. This study combined stable isotope (SIA) and gut content analyses (GCA) to characterize the trophic structure of mesopelagic fishes in the north central Gulf of Mexico. Additionally this study examined whether mesopelagic fishes utilized chemosynthetic energy from cold seeps. Specimens were collected (9-25 August 2007) over three deep (&gt;1000 m) cold seeps at discrete depths (surface to 1503 m) over the diurnal cycle. Gut content analyses classified 31 species (5 families) of mesopelagic fishes into 5 feeding guilds: piscivores, large crustacean consumers, copepod consumers, generalists and mixed zooplanktivores. However, these guilds were less clearly defined based on stable isotope mixing model (MixSIAR) results, suggesting diets may be more mixed over longer time periods (weeks) and across co-occurring species. Euphausiids were likely important for the majority of mesopelagic fishes, consistent with GCA (this study) and previous literature. MixSIAR results also identified non-crustacean prey items, including salps and pteropods, as potentially important prey items for mesopelagic fishes, including those fishes not analyzed in GCA (Sternoptyx spp. and Melamphaidae). Salps and other soft-bodied species are often missed in gut content analyses. Mesopelagic fishes had δ13C results consistent with particulate organic matter (POM) serving as the baseline organic carbon source, fueling up to 3 trophic levels. Fishes that undergo diel vertical migration were depleted in 15N relative to weak migrators, suggesting depth-specific isotope patterns in sources and consumers. Linear correlations between fish size and δ15N values suggested ontogenetic changes in fish diets for several species. While there was no direct measure of mesopelagic fishes assimilating chemosynthetic material, it is possible that detection of infrequent consumption of this food resource may be hindered by the assimilation of isotopically-enriched photosynthetic based organic matter. By utilizing multiple dietary metrics (e.g., GCA, δ13C, δ15N, MixSIAR), this study better defined the trophic structure of mesopelagic fishes and allowed for insights on feeding, ultimately providing  useful baseline information from which to track trophodynamic changes over time and space.

Tags: chemosynthetic, gulf-of-mexico, gut-contents, mesopelagic-fishes, mixsiar, stable-isotopes, usgs-582de362e4b04d580bd402a9
Organization: Department of the Interior