AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Wisconsin Dep. Of Natural Resources Shallow Groundwater PFAS

Feature layer displaying sample results from Wisconsin DNR’s Private Well PFAS Study

Sample results from Wisconsin DNR’s Private Well PFAS Study: “Prevalence and Source Tracing of PFAS in Shallow Groundwater Used for Drinking Water in Wisconsin”, Environmental Science & Technology.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other water quality parameter results from samples collected from 450 homes with shallow private wells throughout Wisconsin. The samples were analyzed for 44 PFAS, major ions, metals, total organic carbon, and indicators of human waste as well as agricultural influence. 

More information about the study can be found at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Groundwater/PFASStudy.html. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Silver, M., W. Phelps, K. Masarik, K. Burke, C. Zhang, A. Schwartz, M. Wang, A.L. Nitka, J. Schutz, T. Trainor, J. Washington, and B. Rheineck. Prevalence and Source Tracing of PFAS in Shallow Groundwater Used for Drinking Water in Wisconsin, USA.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, USA, 57(45): 17415–17426, (2023).

Tags: drinking-water-contaminants, drinking-water-groundwater, pfas, wisconsin
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Teacher Shortage Areas 2021-22

Teacher Shortage Areas 2021-22 (TSA 2021-22) is part of the Teacher Shortage Areas (TSA) program; program data are available since 1990?91 at <https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/pol/tsa.html>. TSA 2021-22 (https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/pol/tsa.html) is a cross-sectional study that collects information about teaching needs in the 50 United States and the outlying jurisdictions. TSA 2021-22 provides a reference document to notify the nation where states and schools are looking to potentially hire academic administrators, licensed teachers, and other educators and school faculty in specific disciplines/subject areas, grade levels, and/or geographic regions; and where recent graduates of schools of education and trained, experienced teaching professionals aiming to serve school districts with shortages can find (prospective) positions and fill the current voids in each state?s and outlying jurisdiction?s pre-kindergarten through Grade 12 classrooms, in areas that match their certification credentials; as well as to inform Federal financial aid recipients on reducing, deferring, or cancelling/nullifying/discharging student loan payments and meeting other specified (e.g., teaching) obligations.

Tags: 284c495f-ff53-476d-adbf-2e0b7d1d31f0, elementary-and-secondary-education, financial-aid, grants, teachers
Organization: Department of Education
Puerto Rico Commercial Landings Statistics 1983 and more recent in Accumulated Landings System (ALS) Compatible Format

This data set contains multi-trip and single trip level quantities and value for all seafood products that are landed and sold by established seafood dealers and brokers as well as by the fishers themselves at fishing centers in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.  These landings statistics include all commercially landed marine species and are identified by species (usually the local or common name).  These data are collected by field samplers employed by the Department of Natural Resources through a trip ticket program.   The program also collects data on the number of trips, type and amount of gear, the fishing location, hours fished, and the fishing center where the catches are landed.

Data for the individual trip reports are provided to the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC).  These data are formatted to be consistent with other landings statistics stored in the Accumulative Landings System; however, they are not summarized trips unless originally reported that way.  By and large these are trip level data.  The Puerto Rico codes are converted to the standard National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) codes. 

Not all fishers comply with reporting requirements.  The amount varies from year to year.  For this reason these data are subject to correction by dockside survey data obtained by the PR DPNR several times a year at various coastal locations.  The surveys originally determined the number of trips at the location but since 2003 they have collected the total pounds landed.  These data are applied to the reported data to obtain a ratio of reported/survey data which is then divided into the reported data to correct for under-reporting on a coastal basis.

Tags: 1983-present, carribbean, commercial fisheries landings for u.s. caribbean, commercial landings, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fish species, fishdep, fisheries, fishery-dependent, fishing, fishing gear, fishing location, national marine fisheries service, noaa, puerto rico, southeast fisheries science center, trip ticket, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Estimate of sediment accumulation rates and bottom core ages in northeast lakes

Supplementary data for the report in the format of an Excel spreadsheet (with data dictionary) and an Microsoft Access database file (downloaded as a zip file). The Access database file contains multiple data tables examined or generated during the project to investigate sediment accumulation rates (SAR) of northeast lakes.
1. Baud_SARMAR: data downloaded from Baud et al. 2019 for northeast lake sediment accumulation rates.
2. EPA_Extra_Chron_Data: additional lake sedimentation chronology data.
3. Lake_Metadata_n701: coordinates, waterbody type, area, elevation, and slope information.
4. Neotoma_Chron_Data: lake sediment core depth, age estimates, and age model info downloaded from Neotoma.
5. RARE_Sample_Metadata: RARE project lakes' name, collection date, source.
6. SAR_Calc_1850_n691: data for variables required by the Baud SAR equation.
7. SAR_Comparison_Results: comparison of observed and predicted SAR.
8. Stations_RARE_Neotoma_Crosswalk: data used to match RARE project lakes with lakes from Neotoma to confirm they are the same lakes.

Tags: diatoms, lake, paleolimnology, sediment
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Body Mass Indices of stranded Steno dolphins in the Southeast Region in 2004 and 2005

This study compared morphology and body mass index (BMI) in two rough-toothed dolphin mass stranding events in Florida: August 2004 (n = 36) and March 2005 (n = 32).

Tags: 2004-2005, body mass index, coastal waters of florida, digital hanging scale, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, hutchinson island, marathon key, morphometric, national marine fisheries service, noaa, rough-toothed dolphins, southeast fisheries science center, southeast region level a marine mammal stranding data, steno bredanensis, strandings, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Population Monitoring of Acropora palmata and its predator, Coralliophila abbreviata, in the upper Florida Keys 1998 to present

This record refers to ongoing population surveys of corallivorous snail, C. abbreviata, and two of its coral hosts, Acropora palmata, and Montastraea spp at six reef sites (three open and three in no-take zones) in the upper Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Surveys are conducted annually in Apr-May. A set number of colonies of each host is searched for snails. Each colony is measured and condition is noted (percent live tissue cover as well as incidence of disease or other conditions). All snails are enumerated, measured, and then returned to the colony on which they were found.

Tags: acropora demographic monitoring, atlantic ocean, biology, biosphere, biscayne bay, carysfort reef, carysfort reef (25n080w0013), coral predation, corallivore, corals, country/territory, dade county, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, ecological dynamics, florida, florida reef tract, french reef, french reef (25n080w0022), horseshoe reef, horseshoe reef (25n080w0033), little grecian reef, molasses reef, molasses reef (25n080w0003), monitoring, monroe county, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north atlantic ocean, numeric data sets, ocean basin, pickles reef, pickles reef (24n080w0015), predation, reef monitoring and assessment, snail, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, upper florida keys, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
U.S. Virgin Islands Commercial Landings Statistics 1974 and more recent in compatible format with Accumulated Landings System (ALS) data

This data set contains quantities and values for all seafood products that are reported landed in St. Thomas, St. Croix or St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.  These data are reported by fishermen that are licensed by the Territorial Government and are required to complete and submit fishing logs for each trip.  There have been several major changes in the reporting forms throughout the program history which affect the data.  These are documented separately.  These are raw data are not corrected for non-compliance with the reporting regulations unless otherwise specified.  For the purpose of these metadata, the word 'confidential' generally refers to sensitive data.

Tags: 1974-present, area, carribbean, catch, commercial fisheries landings for u.s. caribbean, commercial landings, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, eez, fish, fishdep, fisheries, fishery-dependent, fishing gear, national marine fisheries service, noaa, puerto rico, southeast fisheries science center, territorial waters, u.s. department of commerce, virgin islands
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRCP St. Croix Queen Conch Acoustic Tracking Project

Marine protected areas (MPAs) can be highly effective tools for conserving habitats, populations, and sustainable fisheries.  The National Park Service (NPS) is hosting a collaboration of researchers assessing effectiveness of MPA boundaries, species movements, and identifying gaps in protection for a wide range of shark, turtle, and reef fish species.  Building upon our previous work, we're tagging queen conch to examine time spent in protected areas, migrations to open fishing areas, spawning grounds, and nursery habitats.

Tags: 2014-2018, acoustic tag, aquatic sciences, buck island, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, fisheries, galveston fisheries ecology projects, habitat use, migration, movement, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oceans, queen conch, salt river, southeast fisheries science center, strombus gigas, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. virgin islands
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Autonomous Passive Acoustic Monitoring in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Brydeâs whales, Balaenoptera edeni, are the only year-round resident baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico, have an estimated abundance of 33 individuals (CV 1.07) in the Gulf of Mexico population, and are found within a restricted range near the De Soto Canyon in the northeastern Gulf.   Based on their localized distribution, low abundance, and recent evidence that this population represents a unique evolutionary lineage and exhibits very low levels of genetic diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has petitioned NMFS to list the Gulf of Mexico Brydeâs whale as an endangered species and define critical habitat to enhance their protection. The NRDC highlights the high levels of anthropogenic noise from shipping and seismic surveys in the Gulf of Mexico as a major stressor.  Historical whaling records found balaenopterids, most likely Brydeâs whales, throughout a broader area than their currently known range, including the western and central portions of the northern Gulf of Mexico, though sightings are now rare in this region, despite substantial effort.  Autonomous passive acoustic methods are the most successful tool for finding rare whale species in areas where they occur infrequently and areas where they were historically sighted by whalers.  The objectives of this study are to collect passive acoustic data for use in investigations of 1) Brydeâs whale occurrence and distribution, and 2) ambient noise conditions in the western Gulf of Mexico.  We deployed 5 calibrated autonomous acoustic instruments over a one year period from June 2016 â June 2017 along the 200 m isobaths throughout the western Gulf of Mexico predicted Brydeâs whale habitat.  This will provide data to investigate whether, where, and when Brydeâs whales occupy this habitat and will be useful in designating critical habitat if this species is listed under the ESA.  By using calibrated instruments, an additional goal will be to obtain data to characterize the ambient sound environment at these sites to determine whether acute or chronic anthropogenic noise sources pose a risk to this species.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, gulf of mexico, gulf of mexico autonomous passive acoustic monitoring, marine mammal, national marine fisheries service, noaa, passive acoustic monitoring, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Boat And Shore Oracle Data Tables

Oracle Tables To Provide Boat and Shore Data which contains the object of this system is to provide an inventory of vessels that answer two fundamental questions:

How many vessels are fishing commercially?
What are the characteristics of these vessels?

The vessel information (i.e., length, age, horsepower, etc.) is significant to identify accurately the universe of vessels to facilitate scientific assessments of annual fishing effort.The vessel information is useful for designing a statistically robust data collection program to canvass or randomly sample the activities of fishing vessels.

Tags: 1979-1995, alabama, atlantic, boat and shore data, county, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, effort, fishdep, fishery-dependent, florida, gear, georgia, gulf of mexico, louisiana, mississippi, national marine fisheries service, noaa, non-environmental data, north carolina, south carolina, southeast fisheries science center, state, state boats, texas, u.s. department of commerce, year
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Juvenile Kemps ridleys in the northern Gulf of Mexico

This dataset is a study to learn more about the nearshore habitat usage of Kemps ridleys in the northern Gulf of Mexico to address the recent high number of strandings in the area.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, gulf of mexico, habitat usage, kemp's ridley sea turtle, national marine fisheries service, nearshore habitat usage of juvenile kemp's ridleys in the northern gulf of mexico, noaa, satellite telemetry, southeast fisheries science center, stable isotope, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Reference Tables Used In Waterbody Project

Table of waterbofy cross refernces and time to standardize the waterbody codes within the landings system

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fishdep, fishery-dependent, national marine fisheries service, noaa, se region, southeast fisheries science center, standardization, standardization and correction of waterbody codes, u.s. department of commerce, waterbody codes
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fishery-Independent Turtle Excluder Device Catch Assessment Data: Skimmer Trawl Fishery

Skimmer trawls are utilized throughout the southeastern United States to target penaeid shrimp (Penaeidae).  Because the codends of these trawls can be readily retrieved, skimmer trawls are allowed to utilize restricted tow times (55 and 75 minute, seasonally) in lieu of Turtle Excluder Device (TED) requirements as a sea turtle bycatch mitigation measure.  However, observations aboard commercial vessels indicate that tow times are often exceeded.  In 2013, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories began independent skimmer trawl TED testing aboard the NOAA vessel, RV Caretta.  Testing was conducted from 2013 to 2015 on traditional commercial fishing grounds located in the internal coastal waters of Mississippi and Louisiana.  The experimental design consisted of paired comparisons designed to examine shrimp catch retention and bycatch.  A TED was installed in one net (treatment), while the other was left naked with no TED installed (control).   The TED was switched between port and starboard nets daily to remove potential vessel side bias.  Data consists of tow level data for each net (treatment vs control) for five major catch categories; shrimp, finfish, non-shrimp crustaceans, other invertebrates, and debris.  Start and end locations, times, and depths were recorded for each tow along with vessel identifier, date, tow speed, TED configuration, and location of the TED (port vs starboard).  Data were used to determine TED efficiency with regard to shrimp catch and bycatch reduction.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fishery independent, gom, gulf of mexico, mississippi laboratories, national marine fisheries service, noaa, skimmer trawl, southeast fisheries science center, ted, turtle excluder device, turtle excluder device data, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Sea Turtle Life History Database

Species identification, morphometrics, tagging information, hooking locations, and gear and interaction characteristics are recorded by fisheries observers and NMFS researchers during incidental encounters with sea turtles. Pelagic longline, shark bottom longline, and driftnet observer data relating to the incidental capture of sea turtles during fishing activity are used in bycatch reports, sea turtle life history research, bycatch mitigation research, and for management purposes.

Tags: atlantic, carribean, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, gulf of mexico, highly migratory species, national marine fisheries service, noaa, observer, protected species interactions, sea turtle life history hms data, southeast fisheries science center, turtles, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/FBEP/Hurst: Resiliency of juvenile walleye pollock to projected levels of ocean acidification

This dataset is from a study examining the growth responses of juvenile walleye pollock at ambient and 3 elevated CO2 levels.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, consumption, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, fisheries behavioral ecology program, growth rate, hypercapnia, national marine fisheries service, noaa, ocean acidification, temperature, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/FBEP/Hurst: Contrasting coastal and shelf nursery habitats of Pacific cod in the southeastern Bering Sea

This dataset is from a study examining the use of demersal and pelagic habitats in the southeast Bering Sea by age-0 Pacific cod, based on 4 years of demersal trawl surveys and 1 year of pelagic trawl surveys on the shelf, and 1 year of spatially intensive beam trawl sampling in a nearshore focal area along the central Alaska Peninsula.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, bering sea, demersal, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, fisheries behavioral ecology program, gadus macrocephalus, habitat, juvenile, national marine fisheries service, noaa, nursery, pacific cod, pelagic, southeastern bering sea, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/EcoFOCI: NPRB project number 926: Assessing the condition of walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma, larvae in the eastern Bering Sea with muscle-based flow cytometry cell cycle analysis

Walleye pollock are an important component of the eastern Bering Sea ecosystem due to their vast numbers and biomass and are of great commercial importance. Their recruitment in the eastern Bering Sea is not well understood but it is largely determined during the first year, so the larval stage may play a significant role. Starvation may contribute to the high and variable mortality that occurs during the larval stage so it is important to monitor and quantify it. This metadata describes data from laboratory and field studies conducted from 2009 to 2012 for NPRB project 926. The project completed the development of an assay using flow cytometric cell cycle analysis to assess the physiological condition of walleye pollock larvae, and applied it to field collected specimens. The use of RNA to improve the accuracy of the assay was also investigated, as well as the relationship between flow cytometric measurements and growth. 
Results showed that the overall classification accuracy of the assay (healthy or unhealthy) ranged between 75 and 83% depending on the type of cross-validation testing. A nuclear RNA variable (the ratio of the number of S phase nuclei to the number of high nuclear RNA content G1 phase nuclei) improved overall classification accuracy by 11% compared to a model without it. Unhealthy walleye pollock larvae were present in the southeastern Bering Sea in 2009, and this was most likely the result of cold environmental conditions affecting prey availability and larval feeding. In 2010, no unhealthy larvae were detected. This may be the result of less spatial coverage and smaller collections of larvae than in 2009, given that the environmental conditions were similar between years.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, bering sea, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, flow cytometry, larvae, national marine fisheries service, noaa, non-federal funding, physiological condition, recruitment processes program, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/MACE: Results of 2013 Acoustic-trawl survey of the Shumagin Islands, Sanak Trough, and Morzhovoi Bay dy1302

The surveyâs primary objective was to collect acoustic data and trawl information to estimate midwater abundance and distribution of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Shumagins Region during late winter and early spring. Acoustic data were collected using five split-beam transducers (18, 38, 70, 120, and 200 kHz) and Simrad ER60 scientific echo sounders. Midwater and near-bottom acoustic backscatter was sampled using an Aleutian Wing 30/26 Trawl (AWT) and a poly Norâeastern bottom trawl (PNE) with roller gear. This long-running survey has consistently provided data on the pollock population in the western GOA during winter and spring months.

Tags: afsc/race/mace: pollock acoustic/trawl survey spawning annual shumagins, alaska fisheries science center, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce