AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Early Detection and Monitoring - Fish, Aquatic Invertebrates, Ichthyoplankton, and eDNA Metabarcoding Datasets and Reports

U.S Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (LGLFWCO) Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Early Detection and Monitoring (EDM) program began in 2012 following the onset of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding. This program is apart of a larger basin-wide Great Lakes AIS EDM effort by the USFWS. The goal of this program is to detect novel AIS species (fish and aquatic invertebrates) by sampling a diversity of habitats with a wide array of gear types. Sampling focuses on harbors, rivers and tributaries of the lower Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario) as determined by a risk-based prioritization framework for AIS in the Great Lakes. The program is composed of three components of AIS surveillance: juvenile/adult fish, ichthyoplankton (larval fish), and aquatic invertebrates (including crayfish). Sampling strategies and protocols are analyzed and designed to capture the maximum species richness at locations with the assumption that capturing an abundance of species, including singletons and doubletons, could lead to detecting rare novel AIS species if present. Protocols vary depending on the component of the program and descriptions can be found within the metadata of each dataset. This program is adaptive in nature and standardization, although important for comparisons, is not the primary intention of this AIS sampling strategy. Any significant AIS detections are reported to partners following an internal communications protocol.

Tags: ais, aquatic-invasive-species, crayfish, early-detection-monitoring, edm, fish, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-animals, great-lakes, ichthyoplankton, invertebrates, larvae, lglfwco, usfws
Organization: Department of the Interior
Eurasian Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua) Surveillance Database

The U.S Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (LGLFWCO) Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) program conducts Eurasian Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua) bottom trawl surveys annually. Dedicated Ruffe surveillance occurs across harbors and ports of the Great Lakes with the intent of detecting Ruffe range expansions. The LGLFWCO began conducting Ruffe surveys in 1994 and continue this effort to present day, excluding 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions which prevented sampling for that year. LGLFWCO Ruffe sampling focuses on harbors and ports of the lower Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario) and has included the following locations: Toledo (Ohio), Sandusky (Ohio), Cleveland (Ohio), Ashtabula (Ohio), Conneaut (Ohio), Erie (Pennsylvania), Buffalo (New York), and Rochester (New York). All LGLFWCO Ruffe sampling is conducted using bottom trawls (4.9 m headrope) and intends to sample the benthic fish community. Sampling locations are visited biannually (spring and fall) and trawls occur at historical trawling transects denoted for each port or harbor. Although each location is sampled biannually, there is some variability in the seasonality of surveys - this can be made apparent in the water temperatures collected during sampling events. Although the primary objective of these surveys is to search for Ruffe, many native and non-native (i.e. Round Goby) species are collected. Similar to our Early Detection and Monitoring (EDM) program, all fish collected during the trawls are counted and identified to species in the field using taxonomic keys. If an identification cannot be made in the field, the specimen or some of its tissue is preserved using 95% ethanol (EtOH) and identifications are made in the laboratory either taxonomically or genetically (recent survey years; Northeast Fishery Center). A subset of individuals from each species are measured (total length; mm) in the field. 

Important: No LGLFWCO trawling efforts, historically or presently, have detected Ruffe within sampling locations of the lower Great Lakes. In a situation where Ruffe were detected, that detection(s) would be reported to partners following an internal communications protocol.

Tags: ais, aquatic-invasive-species, blacktail, early-detection-monitoring, edm, eurasian-ruffe, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-animals, great-lakes, gymnocephalus-cernuus, lglfwco, monitoring, pope, range-expansion, ruffe, usfws
Organization: Department of the Interior
FWS National Realty Tracts - Simplified

These boundaries are simplified from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Real Estate Interest data layer containing polygons representing tracts of land (parcels) in which the Service has a real estate interest. Interior boundaries between parcels were dissolved to produce a single set of simplified external boundaries for each feature. These are resource grade mapping representations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service boundaries. For legal descriptions of the land represented here, contact the USFWS Realty Office. This map layer was compiled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Although these boundaries represent lands administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, not all areas are open to the public. Some fragile habitats need to be protected from human traffic and some management areas are closed. The public is urged to contact specific Refuges or other conservation areas before visiting.

Tags: boundaries, conservation-area, national-fish-hatchery, national-wildlife-refuge, planningcadastre, united-states, waterfowl-production-area, wetland-management-district
Organization: Department of the Interior
WBPHS segment counts and segment effort, 1955-Present

The segment counts by social group and species or species group for the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey and associated segment effort information. Three data files are included with their associated metadata (html and xml formats).

Segment counts are summed counts of waterfowl per segment and are separated into two files, described below, along with the effort table needed to analyze recent segment count information. 

1. wbphs_segment_counts_1955to1999_forDistribution.csv, which represents the period prior the collection of geolocated data. There is no associated effort file for these counts and segments with zero birds are included in the segment counts table, so effort can be inferred; there is no information to determine the proportion of each segment surveyed for this period and it must be presumed they were surveyed completely. Number of rows in table = 1,988,290.

2. wbphs_segment_counts_forDistribution.csv, which contains positive segment records only, by species or species group beginning with 2000. wbphs_segment_effort_forDistribution.csv file is important for this segment counts file and can be used to infer zero value segments, by species or species group. Number of rows in table = 381,402.

3. wbphs_segment_effort_forDistribution.csv. The segment survey effort and location from the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey beginning with 2000. If a segment was not flown, it is absent from the table for the corresponding year. Number of rows in table = 67,874.

Also included here is a small R code file, createSingleSegmentCountTable.R, which can be run to format the 2000+ data to match the 1955-1999 format and combine the data over the two time periods.

Please consult the metadata for an explanation of the fields and other information to understand the limitations of the data.

Tags: aerial-survey, bpop, population-survey, segment, stratum, transect-design, wbphs
Organization: Department of the Interior
WBPHS Traditional Survey Area Population Estimates, 1955-Present

The species or species group Traditional Survey Area stratum estimates from the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey for 1955 to present. There are no estimates for 2020-21. Estimates are for the Traditional Survey Area which covers strata 1-18, 20-50, and 75-77. There are no 0 records in this data view because if a species is not seen in a stratum, an estimate is not produced for that stratum.

File wbphs_traditionalarea_estimates_forDistribution.csv and both an html and xml metadata file are included.

For more information, consult the associated metadata.

Tags: aerial-survey, bpop, population-survey, stratum, transect-design, wbphs
Organization: Department of the Interior
Tualatin NWRC: Invasive Plant Inventory - Grid-based: Survey Grid (50 x 50 m) for Conducting Field-based Invasive Plant Surveys

This dataset was created to facilitate field-based invasive plant surveys. Each grid-cell constitutes a possible survey area within which a field surveyor documents the presence/absence of a suite of target species. The grid layer is displayed on a mobile device (smartphone or tablet) allowing the surveyor to navigate to the grid cell and establishes the geospatial boundaries of each survey.

Tags: biota, environment, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, general-management-inventory, invasive-species, inventory, noxious-weeds, survey, vascular-plants
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bird Observations for the Scoter/Scaup Breeding Pair Survey at Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge

This geographic dataset includes observations of bird species during the scaup/scoter breeding pair surveys at Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, from 2014-2024. It includes observations along designated transects, as well as some observations that occurred while off transect.

The dataset is provided as a shapefile accompanied by FGDC CSDGM metadata, as a tabular dataset (csv format), and is also available as a hosted feature service in ArcGIS Online (internal access only).

Tags: aerial-survey, aythya-affinis, aythya-marila, common-loon, ff07rkan00-037, gavia-immer, gavia-pacifica, gavia-stellata, general-biology-species-birds, great-northern-diver, great-northern-loon, greater-scaup, kanuti-national-wildlife-refuge, lesser-scaup, melanitta-deglandi, melanitta-perspicillata, pacific-diver, pacific-loon, red-throated-diver, red-throated-loon, scaup, scoters, surf-scoter, white-winged-scoter
Organization: Department of the Interior
Siletz Bay NWR: Tidal Marsh Restoration and Reference Sites: Baseline Plant Community (Vegetation) Monitoring and Mapping - Geospatial Data, 2001

This reference contains geospatial datasets (shapefiles) for the Siletz Bay NWR: Tidal Marsh Restoration and Reference Sites: Baseline Plant Community Monitoring and Mapping inventory performed by Green Point Consulting in 2001.
During summer 2001, Green Point Consulting (GPC) conducted baseline monitoring and computerized (GIS) mapping of emergent wetland plant communities at USFWS tidal marsh restoration sites and matched reference sites in the Siletz and Nestucca estuaries. The monitoring work used a robust, quantitative protocol which allows comparison of results to tidal marsh monitoring activities elsewhere on the west coast. Plant community composition was measured, and results were used to map plant communities throughout the restoration and reference sites.
The goals of the project were to assist USFWS in restoration planning, implementation, evaluation, and adaptive management; and to advance scientific understanding of west coast estuaries. Plant community classification and mapping also provides the basis for stratification of further sampling in future monitoring projects. This project's vegetation analysis and mapping modifies and adds detail to the estuary-wide mapping of Siletz tidal marsh completed by GPC for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians in 2001. Products include GIS layers of plant communities and sampling locations; paper maps of plant communities; graphic displays of plant community composition; photodocumentation of transects; spreadsheets of quantitative data collected and analysis of that data; and this narrative report. This project was not designed to provide data for regulatory requirements (such as wetland fill-removal permits), but it's results may be useful as supplementary data in a regulatory context.

Tags: baseline-monitoring, emergent-wetland, ff01rslz00-004, general-biology-species-plants, general-management-inventory, general-management-monitoring, gis, mapping, plant-community-composition
Organization: Department of the Interior
Aerial Orthophotography, Vegetation Classification and Interpretation, and Forest Type Mapping on Great Dismal Swamp NWR.

Sewall forest typing services for the Northern portion of Great Dismal Swamp NWR in northeastern North Carolina. This includes complete new aerial photography and forest cover type mapping on the project area being defined by and contained by the USFWS GDS NWR boundary which covers approximately 110,000 acres.

Tags: arcgis-online, feature-services, forest-typing, gds, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-forest, general-fire-fire-effects-forest, general-management-natural-resources-management-forest-management, mapping, refuges, services, sewall, vegetation, vegetation-cover, web-application, web-map
Organization: Department of the Interior
National Wildlife Refuge System Fishing and Hunting Opportunities

In accordance with the Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-264), which amended the Duck Stamp Act, all amounts in excess of $15 received from the sale of each Duck Stamp are deposited into a Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (MBCF) sub-account that can only be used for conservation easement acquisition. This Act also established reporting requirements for MBCF expenditures, and requires the Service to identify areas open and closed to hunting and fishing. This dataset identifies fiscal year 2015 hunting and fishing opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges and Wetland Management Management Districts.

Tags: alabama, alaska, arizona, arkansas, bgds, california, colorado, connecticut, delaware, fisheries-and-conservation, florida, georgia, hawaii, idaho, illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, location, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, migratorybirds, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new-hampshire, new-jersey, new-mexico, new-york, north-carolina, north-dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode-island, south-carolina, south-dakota, tennessee, texas, united-states, user, utah, vermont, virginia, washington, west-virginia, wildliferefuge, wisconsin, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Series of aerial images over Baca National Wildlife Refuge, acquired in 1953

This data set includes 23 georeferenced and clipped versions of aerial photographs acquired September 29th and October 1st, 1953, over Baca National Wildlife Refuge. A georeferenced mosaic of the photographs is included in the data set.  Like other historic photos, this image allows for interpretation of habitat types on the refuge in 1953. Change over time estimates can be made from this image using current imagery for comparison. This image, along with others, are being used by refuge staff to assist in understanding and visualizing the historical content of the lands within the refuge and how they have changed.  The original black and white aerial photograph was acquired in digital form from USGS EarthExplorer. Individual frames were referenced to the 2009 NAIP color imagery with ArcMap 10.0. The resolution of the image is 3 meters. This image should be used for resource-level interpretation only.

Tags: aerial-photo, biota, colorado, ecosystems, hydrologic-basins, refuge-boundaries
Organization: Department of the Interior
Series of aerial images over Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge, acquired in 1953

This data set includes 16 georeferenced and clipped versions of aerial photographs from September 29th and October 1st, 1953, taken over Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge. A georeferenced mosaic of the photographs is included in the data set.  Like other historic photos, this image allows for interpretation of habitat types on the refuge in 1953. Change over time estimates can be made from this image using current imagery for comparison. This image, along with others, are being used by refuge staff to assist in understanding and visualizing the historical content of the lands within the refuge and how they have changed.  The original black and white aerial photograph was acquired in digital form from USGS EarthExplorer. Individual frames were referenced to the 2009 NAIP color imagery with ArcMap 10.0. The resolution of the image is 3 meters. This image should be used for resource-level interpretation only.

Tags: aerial-photo, biota, colorado, ecosystems, hydrologic-basins, refuge-boundaries
Organization: Department of the Interior
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge: Dall sheep response to fire: vegetation surveys - 2023 survey data, CSV format

Populations of Dall sheep (Ovis dalli) have been declining in the Chugach Range, Alaska since the 1990s. Past research suggests that fire can increase the carrying capacity of habitat for Dall sheep. To learn more specifically how fire affects Dall sheep in the Kenai Mountains, we conducted a habitat use-availability study within and near the 2019 Swan Lake Fire Burn on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. This dataset includes vegetation data collected in 2023 as part of this project.

Tags: ff07rkna00-090
Organization: Department of the Interior
R1: Oregon Coast: 2000 Aerial Photography of Nesting Seabird Colony Islands for Monitoring Purposes - Selected (Colony) Images Used For Counting, Geospatial Representation

Photography from helicopter taken for the purposes of resource monitoring, specifically seabird colony status and distribution. Oregon Coast aerial and boat based photography taken in June, 2000 on 35mm slide film.  Primarily captured from a helicopter roughly 800-900' in altitude, Right Front Photographer - Roy W. Lowe, USFWS, Right Rear Photographer - David S. Pitkin, USFWS 

These slides have been scanned at 1200 - 5000 DPI and have about 1-foot pixel resolution. Please note that these photos have not been georeferenced. The photos have not been orthorectified and therefore there will be photo anomalies and mis-matches between adjoining photos. Caution should be exercised if attempting to use this imagery to conduct measurements.

This geospatial representation includes the best quality images for each nesting seabird colony. The metadata includes grades for image quality.

Tags: aerial-photograph, digital-scan, ff01rorg00-002, ff01rtar00-002, general-management-inventory, general-management-monitoring, primr, seabird-colony, slide-film
Organization: Department of the Interior
R1: Oregon Coast: 2000 Aerial Photography of Nesting Seabird Colony Islands for Monitoring Purposes - Stitched (Colony) Images Used to Manual Count Nesting Seabirds, Geospatial Representation

Photography from helicopter taken for the purposes of resource monitoring, specifically seabird colony status and distribution. Oregon Coast aerial and boat based photography taken in June, 2000 on 35mm slide film.  Primarily captured from a helicopter roughly 800-900' in altitude, Right Front Photographer - Roy W. Lowe, USFWS, Right Rear Photographer - David S. Pitkin, USFWS 

These slides have been scanned at 1200 - 5000 DPI and have about 1-foot pixel resolution. Please note that these photos have not been georeferenced. The photos have not been orthorectified and therefore there will be photo anomalies and mis-matches between adjoining photos. Caution should be exercised if attempting to use this imagery to conduct measurements.

This geospatial representation includes the best quality images for each nesting seabird colony. The metadata includes grades for image quality.

Tags: aerial-photograph, digital-scan, ff01rorg00-002, ff01rtar00-002, general-management-inventory, general-management-monitoring, primr, seabird-colony, slide-film
Organization: Department of the Interior
Deer Flat NWR Invasive Plant Inventory - Grid-based: Survey Grid (50 x 50 m) for Conducting Field-based Invasive Plant Surveys

This dataset was created to facilitate field-based invasive plant surveys. Each grid-cell constitutes a possible survey area within which a field surveyor documents the presence/absence of a suite of target species. The grid layer is displayed on a mobile device (smartphone or tablet) allowing the surveyor to navigate to the grid cell and establishes the geospatial boundaries of each survey.

Tags: biota, environment, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, general-management-inventory, idaho, invasive-species, inventory, survey, vascular-plants
Organization: Department of the Interior
Datasets and statistical script pertaining to the manuscript “Successful Establishment of Endangered Springsnails following Habitat Enhancement and Translocations.”   https://doi.org/10.7944/P9IMEJKE

Multiple datasets utilized in and analyzed for the Aquatic Conservation manuscript “Successful Establishment of Endangered Springsnails following Habitat Enhancement and Translocations, https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3830”.  These data relate to the efficacy for the Rio Hondo CRI project at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Roswell, NM. If using these data, please cite https://doi.org/10.7944/P9IMEJKE

Tags: aquatic-invertebrates, bitter-lake-nwr, bitter-lakes-amphipod, conservation-translocations, cooperative-recovery-initiative, cri, gammarus-desperatus, general-biology-at-risk-biota-te-species, general-management-monitoring, general-water-water-quality-water-chemistry, juturnia-kosteri, koster-springsnail, kosters-springsnail, noels-amphipod, pyrgulopsis-roswellensis, rio-hondo, roswell-springsnail, translocations
Organization: Department of the Interior
Raw radio telemetry receiver data used to assess passage efficiency of Landlocked Atlantic salmon over the Willsboro cascades in the Boquet River, NY in 2020

Raw detection tabular data collected of text files from each receiver download in 2020 using Sigma Eight orion radio telemetry receivers positioned in the Boquet River, NY to assess landlocked Atlantic salmon passage efficiency over the Willsboro cascades. Each row constitutes data pertaining to a single detection of a radio transmission detected and recorded by the radio telemetry receiver. Receivers were programmed to scan and record detections on the 164.380 kHz and 164.480 kHz frequencies; cycling between each frequency every 5 seconds. Logged transmissions were then recorded to the receiver's SD card which was manually downloaded by staff between one and three times per week. Receivers were deployed and active between September 14th and December 31st in 2020. A history of receiver settings are also included in the associated .csv, .cfg, and .hex files.

Tags: atlantic-salmon, general-management-natural-resources-management-fisheries-management, landlocked-atlantic-salmon, radio-telemetry, salmo-salar, sigma-eight-orion-receiver
Organization: Department of the Interior