AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
R1: Oregon Coast: 1994 Aerial Photography of Nesting Seabird Colony Islands for Monitoring Purposes - Selected Raw Images Used to Manual Count Nesting Seabirds and Flight Information

Photography from helicopter taken for the purposes of resource monitoring, specifically seabird colony status and distribution. Oregon Coast aerial photography taken 6/08/1994 and 6/10/1994 on 35mm slide film.  Menasha Corp.  MD 500e Helicopter roughly 800-900' in altitude, Pilot - Ronald V. Patton, 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.

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
DWH NRDA Fiddler Crab Burrow Count

There were multiple objectives for data collection as part of the Secretive Marsh Bird assessments. This dataset pertains to Objective 4, referred to in the study workplan as Methodology D, which consists of systematic checks of fiddler crab burrow density to reveal information about secretive marsh bird densities, and specifically the density of the clapper rail. Clapper rail diets depend heavily on fiddler crabs in the northern Gulf Coast ecosystem and consequently clapper rail densities are directly correlated with fiddler crab densities.  These relationships make quantifying fiddler crab burrow density before and after an oil-spill valuable to understanding the potential impact of the oil spill on clapper rails and other marsh birds. Transects are oriented perpendicular to the marsh water edge and consist of 12 sample locations of 0.25 m2.  The sample locations are along the transect at 1) the intertidal region (i.e., 0 meters from the shore), 2) five meters from shore, 3) 15 meters form shore, and 4) 30 meters from shore (i.e., the interior marsh).  At each site, surveyors counted the number of fiddler crab burrows and then took note of GPS coordinates of transects for future (post impact) sampling efforts.  These data were collected pre-spill (i.e., before oil from the spill reached the shoreline), and transects were marked with PVC pipes and locations recorded via GPS unit so that data could be collected again post-spill. However, by the time the study was implemented in the field, many of the study sites had been impacted by oil in some manner.

Tags: avian, bird, crab-burrow, deepwater-horizon, dwh, fiddler-crab, general-biology-species-birds, nrda, oil-spill
Organization: Department of the Interior
DWH NRDA Marsh Bird Helicopter Survey Data

Helicopter surveys were performed throughout coastal Louisiana from August 24 through September 30, 2010.  Data collection and analysis was completed by staff from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research and Development Center, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Helicopters contained three U.S. Army Automated Route Reconnaissance Kits (ARRKs) which included a system box with many components allowing the systems to aggregate a 180-degree view at a range of 30 meters, as well as record altitude, temperature, ground speed, location, time, and the audio stream of visual observations made by on-board biologists and technicians. Voice recordings were made of birds observed within 100 meters of each transect.  The methodology used for these surveys was similar to one developed by the USFWS which used ultra low-level surveys to survey secretive marsh birds in a previous oil spill emergency response. The helicopters flew strip transects with start points chosen randomly. Transect lines were spaced two nautical miles apart and flown in parallel. Three types of transects were flown, differentiated by habitat type: 1. Interior Marsh Transects (IMT): total IMT width of 200 meters (buffered centerline by 100 meters on either side). 2. Shoreline Transect (ST): the centerline of the transect was 30 meters inland from the land-water interface, with a total ST width of 130 meters (buffered transect centerline by 30 meters on the water side and 100 meters on the land side). 3. Terrace Transects (TT) (manmade): total TT width of 30 meters, though many were narrower than this (buffered centerline by 15 meters on either side). Later, a fourth habitat type, Barrier Island, was used to define the STs and TTs which were flown on Barrier Islands.This dataset includes a compilation of direct outputs from the ARRK system and survey plot, point, video, transcribed voice-recorded data, and additional fields added during data processing.

Tags: avian, bird, deepwater-horizon, dwh, general-biology-species-birds, helicopter, marsh, nrda, oil-spill
Organization: Department of the Interior
DWH NRDA Secretive Marsh Bird Callback Survey

To quantify the abundance and density of secretive marsh birds, field teams conducted survey routes from late March to late July 2010 in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. The data were collected by MJ Conroy Wildlife Biometrics (Athens, Georgia) personnel contracted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) occasionally accompanied by a BP/CardnoENTRIX observer contracted by the Responsible Party.  Field teams conducted surveys in three marsh habitat types, saline Juncus marsh, saline Spartina marsh, and brackish Phragmites marsh. A survey route is a permanent grouping of approximately eight stations at least 500 meters apart that are surveyed during the same morning or evening survey window. At each station, for all target species (clapper rails and seaside sparrows, among others), observers recorded all birds seen or heard in a passive five-minute observation period. Following the passive observation period, observers broadcast callbacks and recorded all birds seen or heard during a respective response period. Observers also recorded the distance and direction of each detected bird relative to the station marker, birds detected between stations, and noted birds detected at a previous point. Data were documented on two data forms, the “National Marsh Bird Monitoring Program Survey” datasheet (herein referred to as “NMBMP form”) and the “Secretive Marsh Bird NRDA Surveys” datasheet (herein referred to as “NRDA form”). Field personnel recorded data on the NMBMP forms, and occasionally later transcribed data onto the NRDA forms. Note that the available datasheet type varies by route (i.e., a route might have data recorded on NMBMP, NRDA, or both forms). As part of the verification and validation process, the DOI Data Verification/Validation Contractor consolidated these data into one comprehensive dataset, Secretive Marsh Bird Callback Survey dataset. Additional details on the methodologies are available in the Standardized North American Marsh Bird Monitoring Protocols Wildlife Research Report #2009-02 and additional details on the surveys, data, and results are provided in the End of Study Report (Data analysis regarding oil spill effects on secretive marsh birds (pre-oiling), Final Report, October 4, 2013 by MJ Conroy Wildlife Biometrics)

Tags: avian, bird, bird-callback, callback-survey, deepwater-horizon, dwh, general-biology-species-birds, marsh-bird, nrda, oil-spill, secretive-marsh-bird
Organization: Department of the Interior
DWH NRDA Drifter Deployments

Data collection as part of the Deepwater Horizion Carcass Drift Study (Bird Study #1D) occurred during July and August, 2011. Data were collected by R.G. Ford Consulting Company (RGFCC) and Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI), under contract to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and CardnoENTRIX personnel, under contract to the Responsible Party. There were two main objectives: to quantify the length of time study carcasses float prior to sinking, and quantify the proportion of study carcasses that do not sink and eventually become beached or stranded within the area searched for bird carcasses during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. This information was used in the Trustees' quantification of avian mortality caused by the oil spill.  Bird carcasses and dummies were dropped from boats and helicopters during July, 2011. Data collected on the deployment of each carcass and dummy are found in this Drift Deployments dataset. This data was recorded on field datasheets for some of the helicopter and boat drops, and also directly into an onboard computer (electronic datasheets) during helicopter drops on certain dates. After deployment, drifters were tracked by aerial, boat, and ground teams. Data collected on sightings of the drifters are captured in the Drifter Sightings dataset. Additional details on Bird Study #1D field efforts and results are provided in the work plan and End of Study Report (Draft Final End of Study Report Using Radio Telemetry to Determine the Fates of Bird Carcasses Drifting in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Carcass Drift Study - Bird Study #1D), RGFCC 2/24/2014).

Tags: avian, bird, deepwater-horizon, deployment, drifter, driftspill, dwh, general-biology-species-birds, nrda, oil-spill
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mainstreaming Conservation Social Science: Answering the Call within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Data from a survey of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee social science experts or "champions"

Tags: conservation-social-science-human-dimensions-social-networks-u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service, general-human-dimensions-social-science-social-attitudes-values, general-human-dimensions-social-science-social-behaviors, general-management-research
Organization: Department of the Interior
DWH NRDA Sandbar Carcass Persistence

This dataset includes the carcass persistence results for sandbars gathered by the Deepwater Horizon Bird Study #19, Marsh Searcher Efficiency and Carcass Persistence Study.

Tags: avian, bird, carcass-persistence, deepwater-horizon, dwh, general-biology-species-birds, marsh, nrda, oil-spill
Organization: Department of the Interior
Little Pend Oreille NWR: 2022-present - Continuous Air and Stream Temperature Data at Little Pend Oreille River (Aquatic Health and Climate Change) - Raw and Processed Data

Continuous Temperature Data. Raw Hobo data files collected at Little Pend Oreille NWR (Little Pend Oreille River) and compiled at a regular frequency into a annual (cleaned) dataset (Excel). Little Pend Oreille River had two locations monitored during the pilot project and these data are included in this dataset. Each location could have multiple loggers deployed (planned redundancy in case of logger failure). See the CURRENT-TL-Logger Log for details at https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/132469.

LPOTSK01W: 48.4651, -117.74502
LPOTSA01W: 48.46549, -117.74788

Tags: air-temperature, general-air-and-climate-weather-and-climate-climate-change, general-management-monitoring, general-water-hydrology-surface-water, primr-survey, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
DWH NRDA SDM Segment

The DWH SDM Segment dataset contains the information on the physical attributes of the shoreline segments considered in the Shoreline Deposition Model (SDM). The SDM estimates the number of birds that died along the shoreline of the northern Gulf of Mexico using data on the birds collected (DWH Collected Birds Dataset), the search effort undertaken by the Trustees (DWH Wildlife Search Effort Dataset), and parameters such as the number of birds likely missed by searchers (searcher efficiency) and how long carcasses remain on the shorelines (carcass persistence) to estimate the rate at which carcasses deposit along the shorelines.  In order to estimate avian mortality in specific locations and to allow for the use of habitat-specific calculations, the shoreline of interest was delineated into many segments, each covering only one habitat type. Since this information is spatial in nature, the DWH SDM Segment dataset was developed in GIS, and is contained within a GIS file (ArcGIS shapefile) as well as in tabular form in a spreadsheet. The dataset does not contain information on the actual search events for the segments or birds collected on the segments; these data are tabulated in the DWH Wildlife Search Effort dataset and DWH Collected Dead Birds and DWH Collected Live Birds dataset, respectively.

Tags: avian, bird, deepwater-horizon, dwh, general-biology-species-birds, nrda, oil-spill, segment, shoreline
Organization: Department of the Interior
DWH NRDA Marsh Searcher Efficiency

This dataset includes the searcher efficiency (detection probability) results for marsh edges gathered by the Deepwater Horizon Bird Study #19, Marsh Searcher Efficiency and Carcass Persistence Study.

Tags: avian, bird, deepwater-horizon, detection-probability, dwh, general-biology-species-birds, marsh, nrda, oil-spill, searcher-efficiency
Organization: Department of the Interior
DWH NRDA Marsh Deployment

This dataset includes the marsh deployment information for the Deepwater Horizon Bird Study #19, Marsh Searcher Efficiency and Carcass Persistence Study.  The dataset contains the locations and other characteristics of the study carcasses deployed along marsh edges.

Tags: avian, bird, deepwater-horizon, detection-probability, dwh, general-biology-species-birds, marsh-deployment, nrda, oil-spill, persistence, searcher-efficiency
Organization: Department of the Interior
DWH NRDA Drifter Sightings

Data collection as part of the Deepwater Horizion Carcass Drift Study (Bird Study #1D) occurred during July and August, 2011. Data were collected by R.G. Ford Consulting Company (RGFCC) and Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI), under contract to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and CardnoENTRIX personnel, under contract to the Responsible Party. There were two main objectives: to quantify the length of time study carcasses float prior to sinking, and quantify the proportion of study carcasses that do not sink and eventually become beached or stranded within the area searched for bird carcasses during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Bird carcasses and dummies were dropped from boats and helicopters during July, 2011. Data collected on the deployment of each carcass and dummy are found in the Drift Deployments dataset. After deployment, drifters were tracked by aerial, boat, and ground teams. Data collected on sightings of the drifters are captured in this Drifter Sightings dataset. As drifters were tracked via radio telemetry, teams from planes surveying the area recorded sightings of a carcass or dummy by recording waypoints directly into GPS units. Boat and ground crews recorded information on sightings and the collection of drifters along the shoreline into field datasheets (either a “Drifter Sightings Datasheet” or “Bird Search Effort and Birds Collected Data Form”), and by taking photographs. Study photographs include sightings of carcasses and dummies, the collection of drifters, and photographs of field datasheets. Additional details on Bird Study #1D field efforts and results are provided in the work plan and End of Study Report (Draft Final End of Study Report Using Radio Telemetry to Determine the Fates of Bird Carcasses Drifting in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Carcass Drift Study - Bird Study #1D), RGFCC 2/24/2014).

Tags: avian, bird, carcass-driftspill, deepwater-horizon, drift, dwh, general-biology-species-birds, nrda, oil-spill
Organization: Department of the Interior
BSEE Data Center - Seismic Information

Seismic Information includes CD/DVD sets with scanned images of 2D seismic line film, SEG-P1 navigation files, SEG-Y files by permit area (including Atlantic Offshore, Louisiana OCS, Texas OCS, MAFLA OCS), protraction maps and seismic permits. Additional scanned images of public documents related to applications and permits for Geophysical prospecting for mineral resources and scientific research. BOEM's releasable seismic datasets are available for download at the National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (NAMSS).

Tags: bsee, geological, geophysical, permit
Organization: Department of the Interior
Yukon River Chinook salmon Ichthyophonus data

Tabular data pertaining to biometrics, histology, genetics, and information relating to location and date of capture of Chinook salmon caught in the Yukon River for Ichthyophonus project.

Tags: chinook-salmon, general-biology-species-fishes, general-management-natural-resources-management-fisheries-management, ichthyophonus, king-salmon, oncorhynchus-tshawytscha, yukon-river
Organization: Department of the Interior
Daily Deshka River Drainage Thermal Mapping

Contains daily maximum, minimum, and average water temperatures aggregated from HOBO TidbiT v2 Water Temperature Data Logger recordings taken in the Deska Drainage at 15 minute intervals from 2017-present. Data used to create this file are available at https://ifw9d-wiskiprtl/applications/login.html?publicuser=Guest#waterdata7/stationoverview. Data were merged using an R script titled “MergeWaterTemp_TidbitLoggerData_20250508.R”

Source data contain water temperatures recorded in 15-minute increments in 90 reaches in the Deshka Drainage using HOBO TidbiT v2 Water Temperature Data Logger reviewed by a hydrologist, Sue Maunger cleaned and reviewed all of the data from loggers on the float sites (Moose, Kroto, and the Deshka) from the start 
of monitoring in 2017 - 2022, and Meg Perdue reviewed data for the road sites from 2019 to present, and also took over the float sites after 2022.

Tags: chinook-salmon, data-management-plan, deshka-river, general-management-natural-resources-management-fisheries-management, king-salmon, oncorhynchus-tshawytscha, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Voltage Gradient Behavioral Response Thresholds of Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), and Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), to a Suite of Direct and Alternating Current Electrofishing Waveforms

Voltage gradient behavioral response thresholds of Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), and Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), to a suite of direct and alternating current electrofishing waveforms.

Tags: behavioral-response, electrofishing, general-biology-species-fishes, invasive-carp, thresholds
Organization: Department of the Interior
GPS locations of Ocelots on Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge: USFWS-TXDOT Collaborative Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7944/xyrh-we06

In partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) studied endangered ocelots in South Texas. Ocelots were captured in box-traps, sedated, anesthetized, fit with a GPS collar, and released on following protocols in Sternberg and Swarts (2021).  GPS collars were used to assess movements of ocelots in relation to the expansion of the Farm-to-Market (FM) 106 roadway and newly installed wildlife underpasses around Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. This was part of the dataset from the Refuge Project: “Monitoring Ocelot and Bobcat Use of Wildlife Underpasses”. 

This dataset includes 7,321 locations from 5 adult male ocelots whose locations intercepted the FM 106 study area and the Refuge from 2013-2020. Locations in this dataset only occur on the Refuge. These locations are stored using latitude and longitude with a WGS84 reference system. 

These data may also be posted on GBIF.org in the future. The digital object identifier (DOI) for this dataset is https://doi.org/10.7944/xyrh-we06.

Use Constraints
Although these data have been subjected to rigorous review and are substantially complete, the USFWS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. These data are released on condition that neither the USFWS nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.

Tags: general-biology-species-mammals, leopardus-pardalis, occurrence-gps-ocelot-leopardus-pardalis-felidae-mammal-texas-usa-refuge, ocelot
Organization: Department of the Interior
MCSP Monarch and Plant Monitoring - SAS Output Summarizing 2018 Immature Monarch Butterfly and Plant Abundance from SOP 3 Data

Output from programming code written to summarize immature monarch butterfly, milkweed and nectar plant abundance from monitoring data acquired using a grid of 1 square-meter quadrats at custom 2017 GRTS draw sites within select monitoring areas (see SOP 3 in ServCat reference 103368 for methods) of FWS Legacy Regions 2 and 3. Areas monitored included Balcones Canyonlands (TX), Hagerman (TX), Washita (OK), Neal Smith (IA) NWRs and several locations near the town of Lamoni, Iowa and northern Missouri. Input data file is named 'FWS_2018_MonMonSOP3DS1_forSAS.csv' and is stored in ServCat reference 137698. See SM 5 (ServCat reference 103388) for dictionary of data fields in the input data file.

Tags: abundance, asclepias, count-data, danaus-plexippus, eggs, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-grassland-herbaceous, general-biology-species-invertebrates, general-biology-species-plants, general-biology-species-pollinators, general-management-monitoring, immature-monarch-butterfly, immp, larvae, mcsp, milkweed, milkweed-density, monarch, monarch-butterfly, nectar-plant-species, relative-occurrence, tracheophyta, tracheophytes, vascular-plants
Organization: Department of the Interior
Region 5 - Lake Champlain New York Tributary Fry Stocking Assessment Surveys

The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative has been attempting to restore landlocked Atlantic salmon to the Lake Champlain basin since the 1970s. As part of this effort, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, have coordinated the stocking of age-0 Atlantic salmon fry into several headwater tributaries within the Boquet and Ausable River watersheds. Understanding the habitat use, survival, dispersal, and ecological impacts of Atlantic salmon fry in these headwater reaches will inform important management actions related to the restoration of landlocked Atlantic salmon in the Lake Champlain basin. This electrofishing assessment is a critical step in evaluating the success of these stocking efforts. The USFWS Lake Champlain FWCO ha conducted annual fry stocking electrofishing assessments in Boquet River and Ausable River tributaries since 2021. The project has been funded by the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission.

Tags: atlantic-salmon, ausable-river, boquet-river, brook-trout, electrofishing, fry, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-riverine, general-biology-species-fishes, general-management-natural-resources-management-fisheries-management, lake-champlain, salmo-salar, salvelinus-fontinalis-fontinalis, stocking
Organization: Department of the Interior
Invasive Plant Prioritization for Inventory and Early Detection at Desert and Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuges - Data Documentation

In 2021, a workshop was held for Desert and Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuges to 1) review the refuge conservation situation (goals, objectives, conservation priorities), 2) review invasive plant management history (target species and areas, management approaches and techniques), 3) evaluate invasive plant inventory and early detection priorities (species and areas), and 4) identify next steps to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of invasive plant management. This record holds the data documenting this effort.

Tags: alien, early-detection, general-biology-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, invasive, inventory, ipiedpt, non-native, plants, priorities, prioritization, weeds
Organization: Department of the Interior