AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace 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 Abraham Lincoln Birthplace 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: abli, abraham-lincoln-birthplace-national-historical-park, accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, 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
Macroinvertebrate Inventory at Big Bend National Park 2022 - Open Format Dataset

This study examined the biological response of aquatic organisms, collected in situ and from laboratory toxicity testing of water and soil to the herbicide Arsenal® primarily used to decrease the invasive species Arundo donax in the Rio Grande River through Big Bend National Park in Texas (USA). Biological, toxicological, physicochemical, and flow data were collected before, during, and after treatment from 4 reference and 3 treatment sites. Significant differences existed in scoring, and in toxicity testing of water and sediment, between treatment and reference sites. Greater toxicity was observed in sediment samples compared to water samples. This could be due to the surfactant nonylphenol ethoxylate (NPE), added to the Arsenal® formulation rather than the active ingredient imazapyr. Care must be implemented with the results of this research due to many confounding variables that occurred during the study period. Flooding could impact the sediment toxicity results as sediment-bound contaminants could be spread some distance from their origin. Due to treatment timing this represented an extreme condition as far as concentration of potential toxicants in the water are concerned and these relatively high concentrations would be expected to have decreased within a relatively short period of time, especially in the water. We believe the findings from this study provide indication of potential toxicity of some magnitude as well as provide direction for management. Decisions of whether the toxic effects of herbicide use to aquatic macroinvertebrates outweigh the beneficial effects of Arundo donax control should be carefully considered.

Tags: agraylea, ambrysus, aquatic-macroinvertebrates, argia, baetis, berosus, bibe, big-bend-national-park, brechmorhoga, caenis, camelobaetidius, cheumatopsyche, chironomus, cladotanytarsus, corbicula, cricotopus, culicoides, dicrotendipes, dugesia, endochironomus, erpetogomphus, eukiefferiella, fallceon, gammarus, gomphoides, gomphus, graptocorixa, gyretes, gyrinus, helichus, hemerodromia, herbicide, hetaerina, heterelmis, hexagenia, hydrobaenus, hydropsyche, hydroptila, hydrovatus, imd, ischnura, lauterborniella, metrichia, microcylloepus, microtendipes, mooreobdella, national-park-service, nectopsyche, neocurtilla, neotrichia, nps, nps-inventory-and-monitoring-division, nps-species-inventory-program, ochrotrichia, oecetis, orthocladius, paratanytarsus, petrophila, physa, polypedilum, rheocricotopus, rheotanytarsus, saetheria, simulium, smicridea, stenelmis, tabanus, tanytarsus, thraulodes, tipula, traverella, trichocorixa, tricorythodes, tropisternus
Organization: Department of the Interior
GLKN Landbird Monitoring: Certified Data 2014 - 2020

The spreadsheet contains certified data extracted from the GLKN Landbird Monitoring database, which includes data for bird species observations during point count surveys and site condition information. The GLKN Landbird Monitoring Database is designed to hold field data and to disseminate certified data in a variety of ways.

Tags: birds, certified-data, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds, landbirds, monitoring, natural-resource-management, point-county-survey
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bibliographic Citations of Quagga Mussel and Zebra Mussel Literature

Through an interagency agreement, University of Nevada Las Vegas developed two bibliographies related to Lake Mead NRA water resources. The first bibliography (corresponding to this record in the NRInfo Portal) contains references to published research on quagga mussels.  This bibliography currently exists in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format and as a PDF, and contains approximately 425 records.  This bibliography was developed in 2007 on behalf of a regional interagency team interested in quagga mussel management at the time when the quagga mussel infestation in Lake Mead was new.  The references contained within it, in the vast majority, are not specific to Lake Mead or the Lake Mead area, but are reports on quagga mussel impacts and ecosystem effects seen in other parts of the country previously infested with quagga mussels.

Tags: bivalve, dreissena-bugensis, dreissena-polymorpha, invasive-animals, quagga-mussel, zebra-mussel
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sierra Nevada Landbirds Fire Analysis Monitoring Data Package, 1999-2019

This dataset represents inputs for a hierarchical Bayesian model of bird population density with respect to fire history in Yosemite National Park (YOSE) and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI). The model uses avian point-count data, fire history data and biophysical metrics to assess localized bird population response to years-since-fire and burn severity at thousands of locations across these parks (Ray et al. 2025). Avian point-count time series were generated by The Institute for Bird Populations in collaboration with the Sierra Nevada Inventory and Monitoring Network (SIEN) of the U.S. National Park Service (Siegel & DeSante 2002, Siegel & Wilkerson 2005, Siegel et al. 2010). Fire dates and boundaries were provided by SIEN staff. Biophysical data were accessed from on-line repositories (LANDFIRE and LEMMA GNN). For more information, please refer to Ray et al. 2025.

LANDFIRE 2020. 2020. Biophysical Settings (BPS) CONUS. LANDFIRE, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey. Accessed 19 May 2023, at https://www.landfire.gov/viewer/.

Ray C. 2025. SIEN birds and fire. GitHub repository, https://github.com/birdpop/firebird.

Ray C, Siegel RB, Wilkerson RL, Schofield L, Tingley MW, Aronson S, Haultain S, Stock S, van Wagtendonk K. Fire gives avian populations a rapid and enduring boost in protected forests of California.

Siegel RB, DeSante DF. 2002. Avian inventory of Yosemite National Park (1998-2000). Report to Yosemite National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/569146.

Siegel RB, Wilkerson RL. 2005. Landbird inventory for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park (2003-2004). Report to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/627505.

Siegel RB, Wilkerson RL, Goldin Rose M. 2010. Bird monitoring protocol for national parks in the Sierra Nevada Network. Natural Resource Report NPS/SIEN/NRR—2010/231. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2124954

Tags: aves, avian, bayesian, biology, birds, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds, ecology, fire, fire-severity, habitats, landbirds, monitoring, point-count, populations, resource-management, seki, sequoia-and-kings-canyon-national-parks, sien, sierra-nevada-network, species, surveys, terrestrial-ecosystems, transects, trend, yose, yosemite-national-park
Organization: Department of the Interior
The biodiversity of Thysanoptera (Insecta) of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, an Introduction.

This report contains the first comprehensive study of the fauna of the insect Order Thysanoptera (thrips) in Great Smoky Mountains NP.  Forty-nine species were identified at the filing of this report and additional species are reported in publications in the GRSM park library.  The IAR contains some natural history information about the species reported.

Tags: aphn, appalachian-highlands-network, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-terrestrial-invertebrate, great-smoky-mountains-national-park, grsm, origin-external, ser, southeast-region, studyid-grsm-00356, thrips, thysanoptera
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mercury Concentrations in Resident Lake Fish Sampled from Katmai National Park and Preserve in 2021

These data were collected as part of the Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network (SWAN) freshwater contaminants protocol. The protocol outlines a framework for monitoring mercury (Hg) concentrations in resident lake fish within SWAN parks. The primary goal of this monitoring is to understand the spatial differences, temporal trends, and health ramifications of Hg contamination in resident lake fish. Monitoring relies on total Hg in fish axial muscle as an indicator of methyl Hg exposure. It targets four high-priority lakes which vary in size, depth, wetland cover, glacial influence, and Hg concentration. These lakes are in Katmai National Park and Preserve (KATM). The focal species is lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), a widespread, long lived, top predator in SWAN lakes. However, if other species are sampled as bycatch, they may be retained and analyzed if they represent species-specific data gaps in Hg concentration. Two broad types of data are generated from this protocol. The first type includes observations and measurements that are recorded while sampling and processing fish (e.g., length, weight, sex). The second type includes results of analyses performed by contract laboratories (e.g., age, total Hg). This particular dataset includes those two broad types of data for 40 fish sampled in 2021. Of those fish, all 40 were lake trout.

Tags: ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-fishes, ecological-framework-water-water-quality-toxics, katmai, katmai-national-park-and-preserve, lake-trout, mercury, resident-lake-fish, salvelinus-namaycush, stable-isotopes
Organization: Department of the Interior
How do Plant-Microbial Interactions Influence Plasticity Under Novel Temperature Conditions?

Field Methods:
We propose to explore the effects of plant-microbial interactions on plasticity in flowering time and growth of populations from a broad latitudinal gradient. We will conduct experiments examining plasticity in these traits in response to temperature using Eastern Monkeyflowers (Mimulus alatus and Mimulus ringens) and their root microbial symbionts. We will collect one to two fruits per plant from up to 15 individuals per site, and we will sample from up to three sites within each of the North Carolina State Parks listed. In addition, we will collect up to six soil cores (2.5 x 30 cm) from each site. We will restrict our sampling to slopes of 15% or greater. Both Mimulus ringens and alatus are species of least concern, and our collection methods will not adversely affect these population’s survival or growth.

We will collect fruits, seeds and soil cores between July 1 and August 31, 2019. The following members of the Sheth Laboratory will participate in collection: Erin Coughlin, Rachel Wooliver and Seema Sheth. Funding for this study has been requested by Rachel Wooliver from the National Science Foundation through a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology grant proposal, which is currently pending approval (Proposal # 1906426).

Tags: allegheny-monkey-flower, allegheny-monkeyflower, aphn, appalachian-highlands-network, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-forest-woodland-communit, great-smoky-mountains-national-park, grsm, mimulus-ringens, ser, southeast-region, studyid-grsm-02086
Organization: Department of the Interior
A Marine Survey for the Sleepy Lagoon Marina

This data package was created 2025-12-03 11:01:34 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.  Data are from R.H. Randall and L.G. Eldredge's (University of Guam Marine Laboratory) 1974 Environmental Survey Report #14 entitled "A Marine Survey for the Sleepy Marina".  Data were collected as part of an Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed dredging and construction of a causeway and small boat basin at the north end of Agana Bay.

Data contained in WAPA_NPSTORET_BE.ACCDB (NPSTORET back-end file) were filtered to include:

Organization:
- WAPA: War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Project:
- WAPA0027: A Marine Survey for the Sleepy Lagoon Marina
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into six 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 data table
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results
- Taxon.csv - enumerates the domain of taxa available in NPSTORET to identify the organism sampled for Results

Period of record for filtered data is 1973-11-01 to 1973-11-01.  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=WAPA0027&mimeType=csv&zip=yes&dataProfile=biological&providers=STORET

Tags: coral-reefs, density, npstoret, population-and-community-properties, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Utility of the Soft Coral, Sinularia polydactyla as a Biomonitor of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Tropical Marine Waters

This data package was created 2025-12-03 11:06:28 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.  Data are from Paulina M. Welch, Peter J. Schupp, and Gary R.W. Denton's (University of Guam Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific) 2015 Technical Report #151 entitled "Utility of the Soft Coral Sinularia polydactyla, as a Biomonitor for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Tropical Marine Waters: A Preliminary Assessment" funded by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the Guam Coastal Management Program.  This study was intended to thoroughly examine Sinularia  polydactyla, a soft coral later reclassified as Sclerophytum polydactylum, as a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) biomonitor in the field.  Additionally, comparative studies were conducted to determine the effects of age, gender, season and water column position on tissue concentrations.  Note: Only data for PCB variations within and between colonies, and concentrations measured at time zero for the transplant research are reported here.

Data contained in WAPA_NPSTORET_BE.ACCDB (NPSTORET back-end file) were filtered to include:

Organization:
- WAPA: War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Project:
- WAPA0028: Utility of the Soft Coral, Sinularia polydactyla as a Biomonitor of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Tropical Marine Waters
Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into six 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 data table
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results
- Taxon.csv - enumerates the domain of taxa available in NPSTORET to identify the organism sampled for Results

Period of record for filtered data is 2007-05-10 to 2007-09-03.  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=WAPA0028&mimeType=csv&zip=yes&dataProfile=biological&providers=STORET

Tags: dissolved-organic-compounds, npstoret, pcbs, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of George Washington Carver National Monument - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of George Washington Carver National Monument.  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, george-washington-carver-national-monument, gwca, 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
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Guadalupe Mountains 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 Guadalupe Mountains 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, guadalupe-mountains-national-park, gumo, 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
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument.  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, hafo, hagerman-fossil-beds-national-monument, imagery, 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 Gulf Islands National Seashore - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Gulf Islands National Seashore.  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, guis, gulf-islands-national-seashore, 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
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Guilford Courthouse National Military 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, guco, guilford-courthouse-national-military-park, 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
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Cumberland Island National Seashore - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Cumberland Island National Seashore.  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, cuis, cumberland-island-national-seashore, database, 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
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Cuyahoga Valley 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 Cuyahoga Valley 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, cuva, cuyahoga-valley-national-park, database, 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
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Fort Caroline National Memorial - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Fort Caroline National Memorial.  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, foca, fort-caroline-national-memorial, 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