AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Denali National Park and Preserve - Open Format Data Package

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Denali National Park and Preserve.  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, dena, desoto-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
Southeast Coast Network Landbird Monitoring in the Southeastern United States, 2025 cumulative data package

The National Park Service (NPS) operates 32 Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) networks across the United States encompassing over 280 parks.  Each I&M network implements a "vital signs" monitoring program in its parks. These vital signs represent elements and processes in park ecosystems that help indicate the overall health or condition of park resources. Just as people monitor vital signs such as blood pressure and pulse, the parks monitor selected vital signs to help them understand the condition and trends of park natural resources. Network personnel monitor physical resources and processes (such as air, water, climate, fire, erosion), biological attributes (such as species and biological communities), and ecological processes (such as disturbance and productivity).
The Southeast Coast I&M Network (SECN) contains 15 parks containing natural resources, located across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Each spring, SECN collects audio recording data during implementation of the SECN's Landbird Community Monitoring Protocol.  Automated recording devices (ARDs) are used to capture landbird vocalizations every second morning between March and June at up to 30 spatially-balanced random sampling locations per park.  Five of the SECN's 15 parks are sampled each year on a three-year rotation.  All discernable bird vocalizations are reviewed from selected recordings and classified to species.
These data address the following protocol objectives: (1) evaluate status of landbird community species richness during the spring breeding season and (2) assess landbird occupancy and spatial distribution at sampling locations during the breeding season.

Tags: acoustic-monitoring, ard, audio-recording, automated-recording-device, avian, bird, landbird, occupancy, spatial-distribution, species-richness
Organization: Department of the Interior
Aquatic Invertebrate Monitoring Data for Buffalo National River, Ozark National Scenic Riverways and Multiple Small Stream Park Units throughout the Midwest, 2005-2024 - Raw Data

This monitoring dataset consists of aquatic invertebrate community data for Buffalo National River, Ozark National Scenic Riverways and multiple small stream park units throughout the Midwest. The dataset includes invertebrate counts, site conditions, water quality and habitat measures, and stream discharge data for aquatic invertebrate communities in Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network Parks. The dataset includes approximately 70,000 individual observations covering approximately 330 taxa of aquatic invertebrates observed at 11 NPS park units taken between 2005 and 2024. The overall goals of Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network aquatic invertebrate community program are to monitor temporal changes in aquatic invertebrate communities and relations between the invertebrate communities and environmental factors. This monitoring information can be used by park managers to evaluate the effects of past and future activities and management decisions (either by park managers or others) on aquatic invertebrate communities. The specific objectives for aquatic invertebrate community monitoring are to assess the natural and anthropogenic processes influencing invertebrate communities, and to incorporate the spatial relationship of benthic invertebrates with their local habitat, including discharge rates, substrate size and embeddedness and water quality parameters (temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductance, and turbidity).

Tags: aquatic-invertebrate, aquatic-invertebrate-habitat, buff, buffalo-national-river, emleditor, heartland-network, htln, imd, invertebrate, monitoring, ozar, ozark-national-scenic-riverways, river-aquatic-invertebrate-communities, small-stream-aquatic-invertebrate-communities, small-streams, spring-aquatic-invertebrate-communities, stream, stream-discharge, water, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Fort Davis National Historic Site - Open Format Data Package

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

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, foda, fort-davis-national-historic-site, 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 El Morro 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 El Morro 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, el-morro-national-monument, elmo, 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 Fire 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 Fire 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, database, fiis, fire-island-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 Florissant 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 Florissant 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, flfo, florissant-fossil-beds-national-monument, 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 Bowie National Historic Site - Open Format Data Package

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

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, fobo, fort-bowie-national-historic-site, 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 El Malpais 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 El Malpais 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, el-malpais-national-monument, elma, 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
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 2015 Bioblitz Ant Survey

Excel spreadsheet of ant species found during the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 2015 Bioblitz

Tags: anoplolepis-gracilipes, ants, argentine-ant, bioblitz, brachymyrmex-obscurior, cardiocondyla-kagutsuchi, crazy-ant, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-terrestrial-invertebrate, fire-ant, hawaii-volcanoes-national-park, hypoponera-punctatissima, invertebrates, linepithema-humile, paratrechina-longicornis, solenopsis-geminata, technomyrmex-vitiensis, wasmannia-auropunctata
Organization: Department of the Interior
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP Meadow/Grassland Vegetation Monitoring Data, 2025 -- PLEASE DELETE!

This data set contains vegetation cover data collected in three grassland/meadow areas at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park (CEBE) in summer 2025. These data were collected to expand available data about park natural resources, and to provide a snapshot of vegetation composition in these areas following initial restoration treatments, and prior to further restoration work planned for 2026-2027. Data were collected along 46 50-m line-point-intercept (LPI) transects, which were drawn in a spatially balanced sample of the three meadows, with an additional two targeted points drawn specifically for the Bowman-Hite meadow to increase the sample of that meadow. All live vascular plant species hit at each of 50 pin drops were recorded along every transect, in addition to woody and herbaceous litter (including rooted dead plants) and the soil surface. This data set includes the cleaned, unsummarized LPI data (lpidata.csv), unsummarized LPI data in a "tall" format with all vegetation layers in one column (lpidata_tall.csv), all unique species recorded on the transects (species.csv), the original spreadsheets tracking unknown plants and incorrect species codes and their corrections (unknowns.csv and knownerrors.csv), mean cover of each species by transect (species_cover_byTransect.csv) and by meadow/site (species_cover_bySite.csv), and mean cover of various vegetation and soil cover classes by transect (vegetation_cover_byTransect.csv) and meadow/site (vegetation_cover_bySite.csv).

Tags: biology, cebe, cedar-creek-and-belle-grove-national-historical-park, ecology, grasslands, meadows, plant-cover, restoration, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
Herpetofauna Inventory at Big Cypress National Preserve in 2002-2003 – Data Package

An inventory of amphibian species in Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) was conducted from 2002 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, and so forth.), and to establish a protocol that could be used for future monitoring efforts. Survey methods used include visual encounter surveys (VES), anuran vocalization surveys and more limitedly, opportunistic collections and drift fence surveys. All of the amphibian species historically found in Big Cypress National Preserve were detected during this project.

Tags: bicy, big-cypress, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-amphibians-and-reptiles, florida, frogs, herp, herpetofauna, herps, inventory, lizards, sfcn, snakes, survey
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Fort Frederica 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 Fort Frederica 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, fofr, fort-frederica-national-monument, 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 Laramie National Historic Site - Open Format Data Package

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

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, fola, fort-laramie-national-historic-site, 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
Water Monitoring Data - Original Data Forms - Invasive Aquatic Plant Surveys

Scanned images of hand written Invasive Aquatic Plant Screening Survey forms and maps. Organized by year.  See most recent protocol for more information on data collection methods.

Tags: aquatic, data-form, data-sheets, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, invasive, invasives, map, monitoring, netn, plants, water-quality, xforms, xinvasiveplants, xnetn, xwqprogram
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Rainbow Bridge 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 Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Rainbow Bridge 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, glca, glen-canyon-national-recreation-area, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, rabr, rainbow-bridge-national-monument, 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 Gettysburg National Military Park, Eisenhower National Historic Site - Open Format Data Package

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

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, database, eise, eisenhower-national-historic-site, gett, gettysburg-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 George Washington Birthplace 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 Birthplace 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-birthplace-national-monument, gewa, 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 Gila Cliff Dwellings 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 Gila Cliff Dwellings 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, gicl, gila-cliff-dwellings-national-monument, 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
Pacific Island Network Benthic Marine Community and Marine Fish Monitoring Data Package 2006 - 2023

The Benthic Marine Communities Monitoring Protocol is implemented in four parks in the Pacific and addresses two monitoring questions: What are the changes over time in the composition (e.g., species or assemblage) and physical structure (rugosity) of the coral reef benthos?  And what are the changes over time in settlement, growth, survival, and health of targe coral assemblages, species, or individuals?  Note: Growth and survival data has not been collected due to lack of resources to do so.  The Marine Fish Monitoring Protocol is conducted in the same parks and sampling location sites, and addresses one monitoring question:  What are the long-term trends in the numerical density, biomass, and size of reef fishes?  Sampling location sites were randomly selected on hard substrata in an isobath between the 10- and 20-meter depths.  This data package contains data collected for these two protocols.

Tags: algae, american-samoa, benthic, biology, biota, corals, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-fishes, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-marine-communities, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-marine-invertebrates, fishes, guam, hardbottom, hawaii, invertebrates, kaho, kala, kalaupapa-national-historical-park, kaloko-honokhau-national-historical-park, molokai, monitoring, national-park-of-american-samoa-national-park, npsa, oceans, ofu, substrate, tutuila, wapa, war-in-the-pacific-national-historical-park
Organization: Department of the Interior
Metals, PCBs, and PAHs in Sediments and Marine Organisms from Three Harbors on Guam

This data package was created 2025-12-03 07:35:38 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.  Data are from the University of Guam's Water & Environmental Research Institute, which conducted a preliminary survey at the behest of the Guam Bureau of Planning - Guam Coastal Management Program, to check for heavy metals, PCBs, and PAHs in abiotic and biotic components from four harbors on the western side of Guam to investigate the degree of chemical contamination derived from human activities and the accompanying water quality changes.

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:
- WAPA0003: Metals, PCBs, and PAHs in Sediments and Marine Organisms from Three Harbors on Guam
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 1997-05-16 to 1999-01-22.  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=WAPA0003&mimeType=csv&zip=yes&dataProfile=biological&providers=STORET

Tags: cadmium, carbon, chromium, copper, dissolved-organic-compounds, elements-and-compounds, fish, lead, nickel, npstoret, particulates, pcbs, water-content, water-quality, zinc
Organization: Department of the Interior