AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Microsatellite genotypes for Light-footed Ridgway's rail (Rallus obsoletus levipes) sampled in southern California

The dataset includes the coordinates, collection year, age, band number, studbook number, and 54 microsatellite genetic markers for 186 individual light-footed Ridgway's rails, Rallus obsoletus levipes.

Tags: biota, birds, california, coastal-wetlands, dna-amplification-and-amplicon-sequencing-data, endangered-species, genetics, marsh-bird, orange-county, san-diego-county, usgs-66bcde23d34e03388281b221, ventura, wetland-ecosystems
Organization: Department of the Interior
Oak Savanna Ground Layer Plant Diversity Across the Lower Great Lakes

This dataset is part of a study to examine the condition of oak savannas in the southern Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin) and to understand how management has contributed to ground layer restoration. If not destroyed, oak savanna have experienced fire suppression, causing decline in these fire dependent systems. Management includes prescribed burning, shrub layer thinning or both. The data presented here represents a summary of the raw data for structural modeling of how these management  action influence savanna ground layer restoration.

Tags: biota, controlled-fires, great-lakes-region, illinois, indiana, lower-great-lakes-region, michigan, midwest-united-states, modeling, oak-savanna, ohio, remediation, restoration, structural-equation-modeling, usgs-66bd0d3cd34e03388281be4e, vegetation, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water for Birds—A spreadsheet-based tool for the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for irrigation months in 2021–2024

A spreadsheet-based model (using Microsoft Excel) was developed to assess the amounts and types of habitats within the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon, USA. The Refuge provides critical bird habitat, and the model was designed to quantify the areas of open water, partial water, and water depths during the irrigation season (April–July) from 2021–2024. This data release includes the spreadsheet-based model and any supplemental information that is needed to run the model. Model instructions and results are detailed in the associated USGS report Managing Water for Birds—a Tool for the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (https://doi.org/10.5066/pending), and users are advised to read the USGS report to understand appropriate use and data limitations.
The data release includes a blank version of the spreadsheet model and a polygon shapefile of Malheur Lake that can be used for geospatial analyses. The data release includes rasters that show the proportion of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that was open water or partial water (water mixed with vegetation or soil) during each month of the analysis period. The data release includes streamflow measurements collected along the Donner und Blitzen River during 2024.

Tags: environment, hydrology, malheur-lake, modeling, oregon, united-states, usgs-66bd35c1d34e03388281c81b, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior
Great Lakes thiamine monitoring data 2021-2023

This data release includes thiamine concentration measurements from lake trout eggs and associated biological data (e.g., fish length, weight, sex) and capture location data (e.g., lake, coordinates, date of collection). Lake trout used in this dataset were collected during 2021-2023 from across the Great Lakes and other inland lakes such as the Finger Lakes, New York and Lake Champlain, Vermont.

Tags: aquatic-biology, biota, environmental-assessment, fish, freshwater-ecosystems, great-lakes, health-and-disease, lake-champlain, lake-erie, lake-huron, lake-michigan, lake-ontario, lake-superior, lake-trout, recreational-fishery-resources, thiamine-deficiency-complex, usgs-66be23fcd34e033882826fb8
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data on the capture, tagging, and detection of White River Spinedace in the Flag Springs Complex, Nevada 2020-2022

Data were collected at the Flag Springs Complex on the Wayne E. Kirch Wildlife Management Area in Nevada to study the seasonal movements, habitat use, and survival of White River Spinedace. The dataset comprises information on PIT tagged White River Spinedace detected passively by remote antennas, along with habitat characteristics data.  Length, weight, and species data were recorded during four bi-annual tagging events that occurred in June and November from November of 2020 to June of 2022.  Passive detections of PIT tagged White River Spinedace were recorded at six locations throughout the flag springs complex. Meta data for each detection site are provided, including when antennas were operational.  Water temperature data collected every hour at four sites in the study area are also included.

Tags: desert-fish, imagerybasemapsearthcover, lepidomeda, passive-integrated-transponders, usgs-66be5802d34e03388282854f, white-river-spinedace
Organization: Department of the Interior
Federal Lands Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sequestration in the United States: Estimates for 2005-22 - Data

This dataset includes eighteen years of emissions and sequestration estimates (2005-2022) in two separate tables. Table 1 includes the greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion and extraction of fossil fuels on Federal mineral lands. Table 2 is the emissions and sequestration from ecosystem processes on Federal surface lands. The fossil fuel related estimates include the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), and the ecosystems estimates include only CO2. The results are presented by State and year, including the Pacific and Gulf offshore areas in the fossil fuel associated estimates, and only the conterminous United States for ecosystems. In addition to total emissions, the estimates are broken into categories by the sector of the economy where the combustion or extraction related emissions occurred or the biologic process being quantified. Combined net emissions calculations, a measure of the difference between emissions and sequestration are also included. All estimates are based on public and proprietary data provided from various Federal agencies.

Tags: air-pollution, atmospheric-composition, carbon, carbon-sequestration, ecosystems, energy-resources, fires, geoscientificinformation, greenhouse-gases, industrial-pollution, land-use-land-cover, natural-resource-extraction, transportation, usgs-66bf4a0cd34e033882837601
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data release associated with research that describes how major flooding and dam operations in the upper Mississippi River contribute to large upstream migrations of native paddlefish and invasive bigheaded carp

Recent research has attributed major flood events with the upstream spread of invasive carp in the Mississippi River. In two sequential years, the upper Mississippi River experienced a low water year with very minimal flooding in 2022 and a very high water year with extreme and sustained flooding in the spring of 2023. This data release contains hydrologic data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at upper Mississippi River navigation locks 4-18 to classify when each dam experienced open river conditions and was no longer preventing upstream movements of fishes. To attribute biological movements around these open river conditions, we used acoustic telemetry data to track native paddlefish and invasive bigheaded carps. The telemetry data were used to identify instances where these fishes moved upstream through each of the dams. Telemetry data were also used to quantify distance traveled by each of the fish across our study years and define a distance over ground rate as kilometers per day. These data help explain some features of the upper Mississippi River that might inhibit upstream movements during low water years and how major floods increase connectivity in this river system that allows unimpeded upstream migration of invasive bigheaded carp. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Tags: acoustic-telemetry, bigheaded-carp, biota, dams, flooding, invasive-species, paddlefish, usgs-668fe862d34e511fa8d8cec0
Organization: Department of the Interior
Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion (BS-0008): 1998 Land-Water Classification of the BS-0008 Outfall Area

The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority develop restoration plans in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the outfall area of the Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion (BS-0008)  project for 1998. This data is used as a basemap land-water classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their project boundary. To better evaluate the effectiveness of restoration efforts, a land-water classification is performed on specific restoration sites to help assess landscape changes.

Tags: aerial-photography, bs-0008, conservation, digital-elevation-models, ecosystem-monitoring, environment, geographic-information-systems, gulf-of-mexico, image-collections, image-mosaics, louisiana, louisiana-coastal, remote-sensing, united-states-of-america, usgs-66bf651dd34e03388283853f, wetland-ecosystems, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion (BA-0001): 1998 pre-construction land-water classification of the BA-0001 Ponding Area

The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority develop restoration plans in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the ponding area of Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion (BA-0001)  project for 1998. This data is used as a basemap land-water classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their project boundary. To better evaluate the effectiveness of restoration efforts, a land-water classification is performed on specific restoration sites to help assess landscape changes.

Tags: aerial-photography, ba-0001, conservation, digital-elevation-models, ecosystem-monitoring, environment, geographic-information-systems, gulf-of-mexico, image-collections, image-mosaics, louisiana, louisiana-coastal, remote-sensing, united-states-of-america, usgs-66bf9f3ad34e03388283b56f, wetland-ecosystems, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data for Gull-billed Tern and Black Skimmer Bayesian Network Model - Soil Textures and Topography Index

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release represents tabular and geospatial data for characterizing the soil texture and topography that may be relevant to Black Skimmer and Gull-billed tern nesting on bare ground sites across the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Mexico. These data characterize soil texture (e.g., sand or shell, loam), elevation, and distance to mean higher high water (MHHW) at 3-m for bare ground within 200 m of the MHHW on islands and mainland within the U.S. portion of the Northern Gulf of Mexico 2010. These data were used to characterize percent soil texture variables and topography index variables for Cronin et al.'s (2024) bare ground sites that may be relevant to Black Skimmer and Gull-billed Tern nesting. The soil texture, elevation, and distance to MHHW data may be reasonably used for other purposes within the study extent. The topography index is specific to Black Skimmer and Gull-billed Tern within the study extent and is based on a beach-nesting bird study that included Black Skimmer and was conducted in New Jersey, U.S. (Maslo et al. 2016).

Tags: adaptive-management, bayesian-network, decision-support-tools, environment, farming, habitat-objectives, landscape-conservation, recovery-objectives, spatial-models, strategic-habitat-conservation, usgs-66bfa231d34e03388283b87a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data for Gull-billed Tern and Black Skimmer Bayesian Network Model

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release represents tabular and geospatial data for the creation and application of a Bayesian network model that predicts Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) and Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) on bare ground sites across the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Mexico.
Management plans with clear priorities can help to achieve Black Skimmer and Gull-billed Tern population targets (number of breeding pairs) because conservation and restoration opportunities can be limited and costly. These species form breeding colonies on bare ground sites, where the number of breeding pairs may be influenced by numerous site conditions such as site area, soil texture, and topography; island area, shrub area, and elevation; predators, and human disturbances. These data were used to develop a Bayesian network model that uses site conditions to predict Black Skimmer and Gull-billed Tern nest counts as a proxy for breeding pairs. We used the model and 2005-2015 bird survey data to estimate total nests and nest deficits for Gulf Coast Joint Venture Initiative Areas (IA) under existing conditions and simulated scenarios that presumed managers changed site conditions. We selected a best scenario for each IA based on its ability to simultaneously achieve both species targets for the least perceived effort. We used the best scenario to prioritize sites for management until the simulations suggested both species targets might be met. We then repeated the simulations while excluding sites that had attributes that limited their management application.

Tags: adaptive-management, bayesian-network, biota, decision-support-tools, environment, habitat-objectives, landscape-conservation, recovery-objectives, spatial-models, strategic-habitat-conservation, usgs-66bfa379d34e03388283b9df
Organization: Department of the Interior
Phenology observations for cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and red brome (Bromus rubens) in the western United States

This dataset consists of phenology observations of red brome (Bromus rubens) and cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) collected at long-term monitoring sites and using daily timelapse camera imagery in the western United States. These observations include the location and day of year that flowering or senescence was observed per species. For timelapse camera images, 'flowering' observations denote the date that 75% of individual plants in the camera viewshed had open, mature flowers, and 'senescence' observations denote dates when 75% of individuals in the camera viewshed exhibited color change of leaves.

Tags: biota, invasive-grass, phenology, usgs-668f0924d34e4f2ebb745dd0
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spreadsheet with the ratio of future to historical-standard stomatal resistance based on the Kruijt CO2 and stomatal resistance curve for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 (2006-2099)

The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have evaluated projections of future droughts for south Florida based on climate model output from the Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (MACA) downscaled climate dataset from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). The MACA dataset includes both Representative Concentration Pathways 4.5 and 8.5 (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5).   
A Microsoft Excel workbook is provided which tabulates the ratio of future (rs) to historical-standard stomatal resistance (rs_ref) based on the Kruijt CO2 vs. stomatal resistance curve and global-average CO2 concentrations projected under the CMIP5 Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 for the period 2006-2099.

Tags: climate, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, droughts, evapotranspiration, extremes, florida, precipitation-atmospheric, precipitation-extremes, south-florida, south-florida-water-management-district, southern-florida, usgs-668ec27ad34e537145a786a0
Organization: Department of the Interior
Carbon Isotopes, Total Organic Carbon, Programmed Pyrolysis, Volcanic Zircon U-Pb, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale, Arctic Alaska - 2024

This dataset contains results from a stratigraphic section of the Hue Shale located along the Jago River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at 69.9099, -143.3947 (WGS84). Sample heights were measured with a tape measure in a continuous succession. Zircon grains from volcanic ashes were analyzed via laser ablation at either the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) or the University of Arizona Laserchron Center (ALC) using a Photon Machines Analyte 193-nm Excimer laser and Nu Instruments Plasma HR MC-ICPMS. Zircon grains from volcanic ashes were analyzed via chemical abrasion at the Berkeley Geochronology Center using a Sector 54 TIMS. Bulk mudstone samples were subject to a variety of analyses. Total organic carbon (TOC) and total carbon (TC) were analyzed using a LECO Carbon Analyzer Model C744, programmed pyrolysis was performed using a HAWK instrument, and organic carbon isotopes of TOC were measured via isotope ratio mass spectrometry using a Thermo-Scientific MAT 253, all run at the USGS Petroleum Geochemistry Research Laboratory.  Elemental abundances were determined on samples fused at 750°C with sodium peroxide and dissolved in dilute nitric acid via inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) by Agat Laboratories. Spectral Gamma Ray (SGR) measurements were collected in the field using a 90 second assay at 0.5 m intervals using a Radiation Solutions 230 Bismuth Germanate Oxide handheld instrument. The study was funded by the Energy Resources Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Tags: alaska, atomic-emission-spectroscopy, brooks-range, carbon-isotope-analysis, geochemistry, geochronology, geology, geoscientificinformation, isotopic-analysis, mass-spectroscopy, north-slope, ocean-lake-records, paleoclimate, radiometric-dating, stratigraphic-sequence, u-pb, uranium-lead-analysis, usgs-66c3704dd34e033882874df9, volcanic-zircon
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spreadsheet of overall drought-event characteristics for 1950-2005 and 2056-95 derived from climate models downscaled by the MACA method assuming the Kruijt stomatal resistance curve in the future

The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have evaluated projections of future droughts for south Florida based on climate model output from the Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (MACA) downscaled climate dataset from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). The MACA dataset includes both Representative Concentration Pathways 4.5 and 8.5 (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5).  
A Microsoft Excel workbook is provided which tabulates overall drought-event characteristics based on 6-mo. and 12-mo. averaged balance anomaly timeseries derived from climate models downscaled by the MACA method ssuming the Kruijt stomatal resitance curve in the future. Overall cumulative drought-event characteristics during the historical period 1950–2005 and the future period 2056–2095 and their percentage change from historical to future are provided for four regions: (1) the entire South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), (2) the Lower West Coast (LWC) water supply region, (3) the Lower East Coast (LEC) water supply region, and (4) the Okeechobee plus (OKEE+) water supply meta-region consisting of Lake Okeechobee (OKEE), the Lower Kissimmee (LKISS), Upper Kissimmee (UKISS), and Upper East Coast (UEC) water supply regions in the SFWMD.
The balance anomaly timeseries are computed as the departure from the long-term monthly means of monthly balances (precipitation - reference evapotranspiration) for the period 1950-2005. Then 6-mo. and 12-mo. moving averages of the balance anomalies are computed and drought-event characteristics (duration, intensity and severity) are derived from the moving-average timeseries.

Tags: climate, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, droughts, evapotranspiration, extremes, florida, precipitation-atmospheric, precipitation-extremes, south-florida, south-florida-water-management-district, southern-florida, usgs-668ec258d34e537145a78696
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spreadsheet of overall drought-event characteristics for 1950-2005 and 2056-95 derived from climate models downscaled by the MACA method assuming historical-standard stomatal resistance

The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have evaluated projections of future droughts for south Florida based on climate model output from the Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (MACA) downscaled climate dataset from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). The MACA dataset includes both Representative Concentration Pathways 4.5 and 8.5 (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5).
A Microsoft Excel workbook is provided which tabulates overall drought-event characteristics based on 6-mo. and 12-mo. averaged balance anomaly timeseries derived from climate models downscaled by the MACA method assuming the historical-standard stomatal resistance (rs). Overall cumulative drought-event characteristics during the historical period 1950–2005 and the future period 2056-95 and their percentage change from historical to future are provided for four regions: (1) the entire South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), (2) the Lower West Coast (LWC) water supply region, (3) the Lower East Coast (LEC) water supply region, and (4) the Okeechobee plus (OKEE+) water supply meta-region consisting of Lake Okeechobee (OKEE), the Lower Kissimmee (LKISS), Upper Kissimmee (UKISS), and Upper East Coast (UEC) water supply regions in the SFWMD.
The balance anomaly timeseries are computed as the departure from the long-term monthly means of monthly balances (precipitation - reference evapotranspiration) for the period 1950-2005. Then 6-mo. and 12-mo. moving averages of the balance anomalies are computed and drought-event characteristics (duration, intensity and severity) are derived from the moving-average timeseries.

Tags: climate, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, droughts, evapotranspiration, extremes, florida, precipitation-atmospheric, precipitation-extremes, south-florida, south-florida-water-management-district, southern-florida, usgs-668ec236d34e537145a7868c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spreadsheet with information about climate models from the MACA downscaled climate dataset

The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have evaluated projections of future droughts for south Florida based on climate model output from the Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (MACA) downscaled climate dataset from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5).  
A Microsoft Excel workbook is provided which tabulates information about general circulation models (GCM) downscaled by the MACA method.

Tags: climate, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, droughts, evapotranspiration, extremes, florida, precipitation-atmospheric, precipitation-extremes, south-florida, south-florida-water-management-district, southern-florida, usgs-668ec211d34e537145a78682
Organization: Department of the Interior