AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Seasonal ecophysiological measurement data from December 2015 to September 2016, southeastern Utah

These data were compiled to investigate differentiation in physiological activity varies through time for different functional groups. These include the seasonal progress of 13 plant species representing perennial C3 shrub, C3 grass, C4 grass, and annual forb functional groups of the Colorado Plateau, USA. These data can be used to test for differences in carbon assimilation strategies (EcophyAciData) and how photosynthetic rates related to climate (EcophyMonthlyData). Data can be arranged at the seasonal, annual, species-, or functional group-levels to compare multi-level processes.

Tags: atmospheric-and-climatic-processes, biota, canyonlands-national-park, carbon-assimilation-strategies, carbon-cycling, carbon-fixation, climate, co2-assimilation-rates, colorado-plateau-desert, daytime-respiration-rate, drylands, field-experiments, field-sampling, forbs, functional-group, grasses, grassland-ecosystems, growing-season, measurements, needles-district, photosynthesis, plant-species, plants-organisms, seasonal-variations, shrubland-ecosystems, shrubs, southeastern-utah, sunlight, temporal-distribution, trait-climate-relationships, usgs-5e9f09b482cefae35a128b36, utah, vegetation, water-use
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data describing the trapping efficiency of four types of pressure-difference bedload samplers, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006

Bedload and ancillary data herein were used to calculate and compare the bedload-trapping efficiencies of four types of pressure-difference bedload samplers as part of episodic, sediment-recirculating flume tests. The U.S. Geological Survey, in concert with the Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project (FISP), conducted the tests from January through March 2006 at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Bedload-sampler tests were conceived, organized, and led by the former U.S. Geological Survey Office of Surface Water and were part of a broader suite of experiments performed in the rectangular, concrete-lined, sediment-recirculating Main Channel Facility (“main channel flume”) at the University of Minnesota St. Anthony Falls Laboratory. Collectively referred to as “StreamLab06,” the experiments were conducted under the auspices of the National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota.

Tags: bedload, bedload-sampler, fluvial-sediment, sediment-transport, sedimentology, suspended-material-water, usgs-5e9efcd882cefae35a128b18
Organization: Department of the Interior
Whole Rock Density, Magnetic Susceptibility, and Radiometric Measurements of a Rare Earth Element Terrane, Southeastern Mojave Desert, California and Nevada

Efforts by the USGS to characterize regional geology of the southeastern Mojave Desert near Mountain Pass, California, include 1,061 rock samples collected along the southern California/Nevada border. Rock property measurements include density, magnetic susceptibility, and radiometric concentrations  to understand structural and geophysical relationships associated with rare earth element mineral deposits. Notable rock types sampled include, but are not limited to, carbonatite, dolomite, gneiss, granite, granodiorite, limestone, quartzite, sandstone, shonkinite, syenite, and volcanic rocks spanning the study area.

Tags: density, geophysical-studies, geoscientificinformation, magnetic-properties, radiometric-properties, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5ea7050a82cefae35a1d9012
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water-quality profiles within the Caloosahatchee River and twelve fiberglass tanks, during experimental nutrient addition treatments, 2019

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release provides water-quality data collected from the Caloosahatchee River and 12 fiberglass tanks located within the Caloosahatchee River.  The tanks were open to the atmosphere, and were closed to the river.  Tanks were filled with native water within 1-2 hours prior to the first profile collected on May 6, July 8, and September 16.  Nutrients were added at approximately 12:00 p.m. on May 6, 11:45 a.m. on July 8, and 11:00 a.m. on September 16. Sodium nitrate was added for the nitrate treatments, sodium phosphate was added for the phosphate treatments, and ammonium hydroxide was added for the ammonium treatments. Nutrient samples were collected and processed by Nova Southeastern University. Water-quality measurements were made at 3 depths within each fiberglass tank, near the surface (approximately 1 foot deep), near the middle of the water column, (approximately 2 feet deep) and near the bottom (approximately 3 feet deep), and at approximately 1, 2, and 3 feet deep within the river itself.  Each depth location value represents an approximate 30 second average.  Water-quality characteristics measured and recorded include water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, chlorophyll fluorescence, phycocyanin fluorescence, and fluorescence of dissolved organic matter.

Tags: chlorophyll, dissolved-oxygen, fluorescence-of-dissolved-organic-matter, ph, phycocyanin, specific-conductance, turbidity, usgs-5e9df57f82ce172707fb8e07, water-quality, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an Effective Tool to Track Recolonizing Migratory Fish Following Large-Scale Dam Removal, field data

We collected environmental DNA (eDNA) data from the Elwha River, home to the world’s largest dam removal project, to track the spatial and temporal patterns of species responses following dam removal. In total, we collected data for 11 different fish taxa, sampled at 25 sites ranging across 56 river kilometers in a wilderness river for 4 years following dam removal. We show that eDNA can effectively be used to determine whether fish have recolonized past former dams, and in some cases determine the spatial extent of that recolonization.

Tags: biota, charr, dam-removal, elwha-river, environmental-dna, salmon, usgs-5e9dea4a82ce172707fb8daa
Organization: Department of the Interior
High-Resolution Aeromagnetic Survey Over  Pendleton, Oregon, and Surrounding Areas

This data release provides access to a low-altitude, aeromagnetic survey over a part of northeastern Oregon, an area centered approximately over the city of La Grande.  The survey is underlain by pre-Tertiary intrusive and metamorphic rocks exposed in the Wallowa Mountains and southern Blue Mountains, and basalts of the Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group exposed or shallowly buried elsewhere.  The survey spans a part of the Klamath Mountains-Blue Mountains lineament, extending southwestward from the survey area to the Oregon Coast Range.  These data were acquired between June 6 and August 3, 2017, by EDCON-PRJ, Inc., working under contract to the U.S. Geological Survey.  The nominal flying height was based on a best fit, pre-planned, three-dimensional draped surface targeted at 200 m above terrain, subject to aircraft climb and descent limitations. Steep terrain in parts of the survey area required significant departures from the pre-planned drape surface, and therefore variable terrain clearance should be considered when modeling and interpreting these data.  Flight lines were spaced 400 m apart and directed east-west; tie lines were spaced 4000 m apart and directed north-south.  A total of 34,524 line-kilometers were acquired over an area of approximately 12,524 square kilometers.  The details of the Pendleton aeromagnetic survey are described in the document Pendleton_Tech_Report.pdf available for download in this data release.

Tags: aeromagnetic-surveying, crust-earth, earthquakes, geoscientificinformation, la-grande, magnetic-anomaly, magnetic-field-earth, magnetometer-measurement, neotectonic-processes, pendleton, usgs-5e9c7e3082ce172707fb8880
Organization: Department of the Interior
2018 Longitudinal Water Temperature Profiles of the Yakima River, Washington

Longitudinal profiles of near-streambed water temperature were measured at ambient river velocity using the method of Vacarro and Maloy (2006) within nine reaches of the Yakima River between Sunnyside Diversion Dam near Parker, WA and the confluence of the Yakima River with the Columbia River near Richland, WA. In eight reaches, near-streambed water temperature was measured along three profiles on the right, center, and left sides of the channel; in the other reach, water temperature was measured along two profiles on the right and left sides of the channel. Temperature and location data was collected and processed in accordance with Washington State Department of Ecology Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) No. 18-12-009 (Appel, 2018). Temperature was measured at three-second intervals and related to concurrently surveyed global-positioning system (GPS) location data using the time step of each data set. If GPS survey data was missing for time steps when temperature data was collected, the position of water-temperature data was determined by linear interpolation between adjacent surveyed points. Temperature data were deleted from the near-streambed water-temperature profile if downstream progress of survey collection boats was interrupted. Temperature were corrected for logger bias by determining the mean difference between pre- and post-deployment checks against a NIST thermistor (Ward, 2018). Near-streambed water-temperature data are presented as comma-separated value files that include a row for each water-temperature measurement and columns for latitude, longitude, datum, lateral position, date, time, and temperature in degrees Celsius. Comma-separated value files for the 26 profiles are contained within the archive: "2018_Yakima_Temperature_Profiles.zip". 
Appel, M., 2018, Quality Assurance Project Plan: Lower Yakima River Thermal Refuge Profiling: Washington State Department of Ecology Publication No. 18-12-009, 46 p. 
Vaccaro, J.J., and Maloy, K.J., 2006, A thermal profile method to identify potential ground-water discharge areas and preferred salmonid habitats for long river reaches: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5136,16 p. 
Ward, W.J., 2018, Continuous Temperature Monitoring of Freshwater Rivers and Streams.Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA.  SOP Number EAP034, Version 2.1. https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1803205.html

Tags: usgs-5e9b961f82ce172707fb7ef2, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
United States Wind Turbine Database - Legacy Versions (ver. 1.0 - ver. 8.1)

This data provides locations and technical specifications of legacy versions (ver. 1.0 - ver. X.X) of the United States Wind Turbines database.  Each release, typically done quarterly, updates the database with newly installed wind turbines, removes wind turbines that have been identified as dismantled, and applies other verifications based on updated imagery and ongoing quality-control.
Almost all turbines in this data are utility-scale turbines that generate power and feed it into the grid, supplying a utility with energy. They are usually much larger than turbines that would feed a house or business. The regularly updated database contains wind turbine records that have been collected, digitized, and locationally verified. Turbine data were gathered from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Digital Obstacle File (DOF) and Obstruction Evaluation Airport Airspace Analysis (OE-AAA), American Clean Power (ACP) Association (formerly American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and were merged and collapsed into a single dataset. Verification of the turbine positions was done by visual interpretation using high-resolution aerial imagery in ESRI ArcGIS Desktop. A locational error of plus or minus 10 meters for turbine locations was tolerated. Technical specifications for turbines were assigned based on the wind turbine make and models as provided by manufacturers and project developers directly, and via FAA datasets, information on the wind project developer or turbine manufacturer websites, or other online sources. Some facility and turbine information on make and model did not exist or was difficult to obtain. Thus, uncertainty may exist for certain turbine specifications. Similarly, some turbines were not yet built, not built at all, or for other reasons cannot be verified visually. Location and turbine specifications data quality are rated, and a confidence level (1 to 3) is recorded for both. None of the data are field verified.
The USWTDB Viewer, created by the USGS Energy Resources Program, lets you visualize, inspect, interact, and download the most current USWTDB version only, through a dynamic web application. https://energy.usgs.gov/uswtdb/viewer/.

Tags: acp, acp-formerly-awea, awea, database, energy, lbnl, national, renewable, shapefile, turbine, turbine-characteristics, usgs, usgs-5e99a01082ce172707f6fd2a, uswtdb, verified, wind, wind-facility, wind-farm, wind-turbine
Organization: Department of the Interior
Raw absorbance values for serially diluted whole blood preserved in different lysis buffers for Hawaiian Island forest bird avian malaria detection, 2005-2006

It is unclear whether DNA lysis buffers used for preservation of whole blood samples from Hawaiian forest birds cause denaturation and loss of antigen binding capability of antibody molecules. If their antigen binding capability is not affected, then the samples can be used in serological assays to provide an independent assessment of the accuracy of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) diagnostic tests for avian malaria.
This data set provides raw absorbance measurements that were collected with a BioRad Model 3550 ELISA plate reader at a wavelength setting of 405 nm for different dilutions of blood from infected Hawaii Amakihi. The blood was preserved in different lysis buffers or placed in phosphate buffered saline as an untreated control.

Tags: avian-malaria, biota, chlorodrepanis-virens, elisa, enzyme-linked-immunosorbant-assay, hakalau-forest-national-wildlife-refuge, hawaii, hawaii-amakihi, hawaiian-islands, immunoblot, lysis-buffer, pcr, plasmodium-relictum, polymerase-chain-reaction, usgs-5e98e23682ce172707f6f983, western-blot
Organization: Department of the Interior
Derived ELISA Values for Hawaiian Island forest bird avian malaria detection using whole blood preserved in lysis buffer

It is unclear whether DNA lysis buffers used for preservation of whole blood samples from Hawaiian forest birds cause denaturation and loss of antigen binding capability of antibody molecules. If their antigen binding capability is not affected, then the samples can be used in serological assays to provide an independent assessment of the accuracy of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) diagnostic tests for avian malaria.
This data set provides derived Percent ELISA (Enzyme linked Immunosorbant Assay) Values calculated from adjusted absorbance measurements that were collected with a BioRad Model 3550 ELISA plate reader at a wavelength setting of 405 nm.

Tags: avian-malaria, biota, chlorodrepanis-virens, elisa, enzyme-linked-immunosorbant-assay, hakalau-forest-national-wildlife-refuge, hawaii, hawaii-amakihi, hawaiian-islands, immunoblot, lysis-buffer, pcr, plasmodium-relictum, polymerase-chain-reaction, usgs-5e98e22b82ce172707f6f981, western-blot
Organization: Department of the Interior
Acetylene Consumption and Dechlorination by a Groundwater Microbial Enrichment Culture

This study aimed to (1) enrich microbial acetylenotrophs from trichloroethylene (TCE) contaminated groundwater and (2) evaluate whether these enrichments could degrade TCE coupled to acetylene degradation. Acetylenotrophs are microorganisms that use acetylene as their carbon and energy source. TCE contaminated groundwater was collected from wells at the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) in West Trenton, New Jersey. Microbial acetylene uptake in groundwater samples was established by mixing the groundwater with a defined mineral medium to supply nutrients and providing acetylene as the sole electron donor and carbon source. The structure of the microbial community in those enrichments was characterized as shown by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and analysis. The acetylenotrophic groundwater enrichment cultures were then tested to assess whether they could utilize acetylene to drive reduction of TCE and tetrachloroethene (PCE) to vinyl chloride.

Tags: aquatic-biology, bacteria, bacteriology, biota, culturing-specimens, microbiology, usgs-5e98be2d82ce172707f6f8d3, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Physico-chemical characteristics and sediment and nutrient fluxes of floodplains, streambanks, and streambeds in the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River watersheds

Dataset includes site averages of measurements of floodplain and streambank sediment physico-chemistry and long-term (dendrogeomorphic) vertical and lateral geomorphic change, and reach scale floodplain width, streambank height, channel width, and streambed particle size.  This information was used to calculate fluxes of sediment, fine sediment, sediment-C, sediment-N, and sediment-P of floodplains and of streambanks at each site.  Sixty-eight sites were sampled in the USGS Chesapeake and Delaware Floodplain Network. Sites were chosen to have largely unmodified geomorphology, permission to access, and presence of woody vegetation to enable the dendrogeomorphic technique.

Tags: banks-hydrographic, biota, channels, chesapeake-bay, delaware, district-of-columbia, drainage-basins, ecosystem-monitoring, floodplains, maryland, new-jersey, new-york, pennsylvania, sediment, sediment-deposition, sediment-erosion, sediment-geochemistry, sediment-sinks, sediment-sources, usgs-5e9767ae82ce172707f4489f, vegetation, virginia, west-virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Argon data for Yellow Pine

This dataset accompanies planned publication 'Timing of Hydrothermal Alteration and Au-Sb-W Mineralization, Stibnite-Yellow Pine District, Idaho'. The Ar/Ar data is for samples that record the mineralization of the area. The geochronology provides time constraints for the mineralization studied in the manuscript. Samples were collected from the Yellow Pine region, and collection was done by numerous USGS scientists, who sent them to the USGS Denver Argon Geochronology Laboratory for Ar/Ar analysis.

Tags: 40ar-39ar, argon-geochronology-laboratory, geochronology, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geoscientificinformation, gggsc, idaho, mass-spectroscopy, mineral-resources-program, mrp, radiometric-dating, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5e95f8a482ce172707f25376, valley-county, yellow-pine
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water-quality data for a pharmaceutical study at Muddy Creek in North Liberty and Coralville, Iowa, 2017-2018

Surface-water samples were collected, processed, and analyzed for organics, estrogen equivalents, and fecal indicator bacteria.  Filtered organic samples were sent to the National Water Quality Laboratory in Denver, Colorado. Unfiltered estrogen equivalent samples were sent to the Organic Geochemistry Research Lab in Lawrence, Kansas, for extraction, after which they were sent to the National Fish Health Research Laboratory in Leetown, West Virginia. Bacteria samples were processed at the Central-Midwest Water Science Center Iowa City, Iowa, office. Staff collected field parameters in-situ.

Tags: biota, coralville, iowa, muddy-creek, north-liberty, organics, pharmaceuticals, usgs-5e95ef4b82ce172707f25354, waste-water-treatment, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Waterfowl occurrence and residence time as indicators of H5 and H7 avian inﬂuenza in North American Poultry

This data release contains model outputs depicting the probability of an H5 or H7 avian influenza outbreak at any given point in the continental United States for each week of the year.

Tags: avian-influenza, usgs-5e95d84482ce172707f252ef
Organization: Department of the Interior
Groundwater chemistry in the Lower East Rift Zone and summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i

Chemical and isotopic analyses are reported for water samples collected from water supply wells, a geothermal well in the Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) power plant, a hot spring in the Puna District, a research well on the summit of Kīlauea Volcano (informally called “NSF Well”, or “Keller Well ”), and a water catchment in the headquarters area of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i. These water samples were collected and analyzed as part of research investigations on the potential impact of the 2018 Kilauea lower East Rift Zone and summit eruption on water supplies. The presented data allow for a comparison with data from an investigation carried out prior to the 2018 eruption (Evans and others, 2015 ).  Water chemistry analysis of samples from the research well on the summit of Kīlauea follows a previous data release and research investigations (Hurwitz and others, 2003; Hurwitz and others, 2019 ; Hurwitz and Anderson, 2019). Most samples were analyzed for dissolved and total major cations and anions, trace metals, and isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen.
References
Evans, W.C., Bergfeld, D., Sutton, A.J., Lee, R.C., and Lorenson, T.D., 2015, Groundwater chemistry in the vicinity of the Puna Geothermal Venture power plant, Hawai‘i, after two decades of production: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015-5139, 26 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155139.
Hurwitz, S., Anderson, K.R., 2019, Temporal Variations in Scrubbing of Magmatic Gases at the Summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'I, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2019GL085904.
Hurwitz , S., F. Goff, C.J. Janik, W.C. Evans, D.A. Counce, M.L. Sorey, S.E. Ingebritsen, 2003, Mixing of magmatic volatiles with groundwater and interaction with basalt, on the summit of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, 2028, doi:10.1029/2001JB001594.
Hurwitz, S., Peek, S., Younger, E.F., and Lee, R.L., 2019, Water level, temperature and chemistry in a deep well on the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai`i: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9UCGT2F.

Tags: biota, groundwater-quality, usgs-5e95d72c82ce172707f252e7
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bile acid concentrations in tissues of American eel that were held at Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, as derived from liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry

The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is an imperiled fish hypothesized to use conspecific cues, in part, to coordinate long distance migration during their multi-stage life history. Here, tissues from multiple American eel life stages were collected and analyzed for the presence and concentration of bile acids. Specifically, samples were collected in the Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory during June 2016 from yellow eel liver, intestine, and gall bladder.  Whole body bile acids were also evaluated in glass and elver stage American eel. All eels were held at Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, prior to sampling.  Bile acid analysis was conducted using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry and quantified taurochenodeoxycholic, taurodeoxycholic, cholic, deoxycholic, taurolithocholic, taurocholic, tauroursodeoxycholic, taurohyodeoxycholic, oxodeoxycholic, ursodeoxycholic, hyodeoxycholic, chenodeoxycholic, and lithocholic acid concentration.   This data set is novel because little was previously known about bile acids that were produced by American eels. The data are presented as a spreadsheet.

Tags: anatomy-and-physiology, biochemistry, biota, bishopville-prong, fish, fishery-management, liquid-chromatography, mid-atlantic, migratory-species, natural-resource-management, pennsylvania, turvill-creek, usgs-5e95cc1482ce172707f25292
Organization: Department of the Interior