AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
NGPN Plant Community Monitoring for Scotts Bluff National Monument (SCBL)

These data were generated by the work of many different field crews (2011-2024) who visited each unit each year collecting information on the condition of selected resources (Vital Signs). The data collection was guided by established methods and detailed protocols including: paired (2) 50-m line-point intercept transects for abundance; 10, 1-m2 quadrats for species diversity; 314-m2 circular plots for small diameter woody species (shrubs, seedlings and saplings); and 314-m2 or 1000-m2 for trees greater than 2.5-cm at 1-meter above the ground (1-inch at breast-height). 
The purpose of these data is to inform park staff, planners, administrators, partners and the public with quantitative records of the composition and abundance of vegetation in National Park Units. These data were carefully collected using precise methods, careful documentation, and multiple quality control steps. Species names and codes were cross-referenced to the USDA “Plants” database authority. Rare and unknown species were collected and verified by staff of the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming. These data are working files used to guide and inform park managers who make decisions about conservation and management of habitats and resources of the park based on desired conditions of resources. These data are provided as one key piece of evidence to support management of vegetation, fuels and habitats. No claims are made, legal or otherwise, regarding the accuracy, precision and utility of these data. Many people deserve credit for these data who cannot be named here, but also recognized are: Kara Paintner, Isabel Ashton, and Joan Jackson.
The Northern Great Plains Network (NGPN) is part of the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Division (IMD). We provide scientific support, data and interpretation related to resource conditions in park units within the Network in support of the National Park Service Organic Act and the National Parks Omnibus Management Act (Title II, Section 204 – Inventory and Monitoring Program). The NGPN network includes 13 NPS units: Fort Union NHS, Theodore Roosevelt NP, Knife River Indian Villages NHS, Devils Tower NM, Jewel Cave NM, Mount Rushmore NMEM, Badlands NP, Wind Cave NP, Fort Laramie NHS, Agate Fossil Beds NM, Scotts Bluff NM, Missouri NRR, and Niobrara NSR.

Tags: exotic-plants, forage, fuels, habitat-condition, native-species, ngpn, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
NGPN Plant Community Monitoring for Theodore Roosevelt National Park (THRO)

These data were generated by the work of many different field crews (2011-2024) who visited each unit each year collecting information on the condition of selected resources (Vital Signs). The data collection was guided by established methods and detailed protocols including: paired (2) 50-m line-point intercept transects for abundance; 10, 1-m2 quadrats for species diversity; 314-m2 circular plots for small diameter woody species (shrubs, seedlings and saplings); and 314-m2 or 1000-m2 for trees greater than 2.5-cm at 1-meter above the ground (1-inch at breast-height). 
The purpose of these data is to inform park staff, planners, administrators, partners and the public with quantitative records of the composition and abundance of vegetation in National Park Units. These data were carefully collected using precise methods, careful documentation, and multiple quality control steps. Species names and codes were cross-referenced to the USDA “Plants” database authority. Rare and unknown species were collected and verified by staff of the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming. These data are working files used to guide and inform park managers who make decisions about conservation and management of habitats and resources of the park based on desired conditions of resources. These data are provided as one key piece of evidence to support management of vegetation, fuels and habitats. No claims are made, legal or otherwise, regarding the accuracy, precision and utility of these data. Many people deserve credit for these data who cannot be named here, but also recognized are: Kara Paintner, Isabel Ashton, and Joan Jackson.
The Northern Great Plains Network (NGPN) is part of the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Division (IMD). We provide scientific support, data and interpretation related to resource conditions in park units within the Network in support of the National Park Service Organic Act and the National Parks Omnibus Management Act (Title II, Section 204 – Inventory and Monitoring Program). The NGPN network includes 13 NPS units: Fort Union NHS, Theodore Roosevelt NP, Knife River Indian Villages NHS, Devils Tower NM, Jewel Cave NM, Mount Rushmore NM, Badlands NP, Wind Cave NP, Fort Laramie NHS, Agate Fossil Beds NM, Scotts Bluff NM, Missouri NRR, and Niobrara NSR.

Tags: exotic-plants, forage, fuels, habitat-condition, native-species, ngpn, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Barataria Preserve Water Quality Data from JELA_BARA_WQ Project as of 2025-05-07

This data package was created 2025-05-07 15:59:52 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data contained in the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve NPSTORET back-end file (JELA_NPSTORET_BE_20250507.ACCDB) were filtered to include:

Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations data table
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 2013-09-11 to 2025-04-30.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:

https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=JELA_BARA_WQ&mimeType=csv&zip=yes&dataProfile=biological&providers=STORET

Tags: dissolved-oxygen, npstoret, organisms, ph, salinity, specific-conductivity, water-quality, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
NGPN Plant Community Monitoring for Wind Cave National Park (WICA)

These data were generated by the work of many different field crews (2011-2024) who visited each unit each year collecting information on the condition of selected resources (Vital Signs). The data collection was guided by established methods and detailed protocols including: paired (2) 50-m line-point intercept transects for abundance; 10, 1-m2 quadrats for species diversity; 314-m2 circular plots for small diameter woody species (shrubs, seedlings and saplings); and 314-m2 or 1000-m2 for trees greater than 2.5-cm at 1-meter above the ground (1-inch at breast-height). 
The purpose of these data is to inform park staff, planners, administrators, partners and the public with quantitative records of the composition and abundance of vegetation in National Park Units. These data were carefully collected using precise methods, careful documentation, and multiple quality control steps. Species names and codes were cross-referenced to the USDA “Plants” database authority. Rare and unknown species were collected and verified by staff of the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming. These data are working files used to guide and inform park managers who make decisions about conservation and management of habitats and resources of the park based on desired conditions of resources. These data are provided as one key piece of evidence to support management of vegetation, fuels and habitats. No claims are made, legal or otherwise, regarding the accuracy, precision and utility of these data. Many people deserve credit for these data who cannot be named here, but also recognized are: Kara Paintner, Isabel Ashton, and Joan Jackson.
The Northern Great Plains Network (NGPN) is part of the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Division (IMD). We provide scientific support, data and interpretation related to resource conditions in park units within the Network in support of the National Park Service Organic Act and the National Parks Omnibus Management Act (Title II, Section 204 – Inventory and Monitoring Program). The NGPN network includes 13 NPS units: Fort Union NHS, Theodore Roosevelt NP, Knife River Indian Villages NHS, Devils Tower NM, Jewel Cave NM, Mount Rushmore NM, Badlands NP, Wind Cave NP, Fort Laramie NHS, Agate Fossil Beds NM, Scotts Bluff NM, Missouri NRR, and Niobrara NSR.

Tags: exotic-plants, forage, fuels, habitat-condition, native-species, ngpn, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mercury Concentrations in Resident Lake Fish Sampled from Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in 2019 and 2020

These data were collected as part of the Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network (SWAN) freshwater contaminants protocol. The protocol outlines a framework for monitoring mercury (Hg) concentrations in resident lake fish within SWAN parks. The primary goal of this monitoring is to understand the spatial differences, temporal trends, and health ramifications of Hg contamination in resident lake fish. Monitoring relies on total Hg in fish axial muscle as an indicator of methyl Hg exposure. It targets four high-priority lakes which vary in size, depth, wetland cover, glacial influence, and Hg concentration. These lakes are located in two parks: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (LACL) and Katmai National Park and Preserve (KATM). The focal species is lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), a widespread, long lived, top predator in SWAN lakes. However, if other species are sampled as bycatch, they may be retained and analyzed if they represent species-specific data gaps in Hg concentration. Two broad types of data are generated from this protocol. The first type includes observations and measurements that are recorded while sampling and processing fish (e.g., length, weight, gender). The second type includes results of analyses performed by contract laboratories (e.g., age, total Hg). This particular dataset includes those two broad types of data for 49 fish sampled in 2019 and 2020 from 2 lakes in LACL: Lake Clark and Kijik Lake. Of those 49 fish, 40 were lake trout, 6 were burbot (Lota lota), 2 were Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus), and 1 was Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus).

Tags: arctic-char, arctic-grayling, burbot, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-fishes, ecological-framework-water-water-quality-toxics, eelpout, kijik-lake, lake-clark, lake-trout, lota-lota, mercury, resident-lake-fish, salvelinus-alpinus, salvelinus-namaycush, stable-isotopes, thymallus-arcticus
Organization: Department of the Interior
Breeding Bird Census of Mt. Guyot

PI conducted breeding bird census work along the Balsam Mountain Trail on Mt. Guyot in June, 1985.

Tags: aphn, appalachian-highlands-network, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds, great-smoky-mountains-national-park, grsm, grsm-permitted-study-id-grsm-01953, ser, southeast-region
Organization: Department of the Interior
Survey of Ground Beetles of the Eastern United States

PI worked with ground beetles (Carabidae) and conducted a survey of this group throughout at least a portion of the eastern US, including the Smokies and Blue Ridge Parkway.  He also worked with the proto-insect group Protura.

Tags: aphn, appalachian-highlands-network, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-terrestrial-invertebrate, great-smoky-mountains-national-park, grsm, grsm-permitted-study-id-grsm-01797, ser, southeast-region
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mojave Desert Network (MOJN) Selected Large Springs (SLS) Data Package (2012-2025)

This data package contains discrete data collected for the Mojave Desert Network Inventory and Monitoring Program (MOJN I&M) Selected Large Springs (SLS) protocol from 2012 to June 2025. This protocol is designed to monitor hydrological and ecological condition at five springs in Death Valley National Park (DEVA), three springs and one well in Great Basin National Park, two springs in Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR), two springs and one well in Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAKE), one spring in Mojave National Preserve (MOJA), and two springs in Parashant National Monument (PARA). Data collected in situ include water quantity, water quality, and depth to water from land surface. Data collected from samples that are shipped to partner laboratories include water chemistry and benthic macroinvertebrates. Benthic macroinvertebrate sample data are published in a separate data package.

Tags: hydrology, mojn, selected-large-springs, springs, water-quality, wells
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mojave Desert Network (MOJN) Streams and Lakes (STLK) Data Package (2009-2024)

This data package comprises discrete data collected for the Mojave Desert Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Streams and Lakes protocol. This protocol is designed to monitor the hydrologic and ecosystem health of nine streams and six subalpine lakes in Great Basin National Park. Collected data include lake surface elevations, lake clarity, water quality measurements, stream channel characteristics, water chemistry samples, and benthic macroinvertebrate samples. Lake surface elevations, lake clarity, water quality measurements, stream channel characteristics, and water sample data are published in this data package and cover 2009 to 2024. Benthic macroinvertebrate sample data are published in a separate data package and cover 2009 to 2024.

Tags: hydrology, lakes, mojn, streams, streams-and-lakes, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Inventory of amphibians and reptiles at Manzanar National Historic Site in 2002-2004 - Data Package (PUBLIC)

A baseline inventory was conducted for amphibians and reptiles at Manzanar National Historic Site (MANZ), Inyo County, California, in 2002-2003. Objectives for this inventory were to: 1) inventory and document the occurrence of reptile and amphibian species at MANZ, with the goal of the documenting at least 90% of the species present; 2) provide one voucher specimen for each species identified; 3) provide a GIS-referenced list of sensitive species that are known to be federally- or stated-listed, rare, or worthy of special consideration that occur at MANZ; 4) describe park-wide distribution of federally- or state-listed, rare, or special concern species; 5) enter all species data into the National Park Service NPSpecies database; and 6) provide all deliverables as outlined in the Mojave Network Biological Inventory Study Plan. Survey methods included time-area constrained searches, lizard line transects, general surveys, nighttime road driving, and pitfall trapping. The occurrence of ten reptile species was documented (seven lizards and three snakes), but no amphibians. Based on these findings, as well as literature review and searches for museum specimen records, inventory completeness for MANZ is estimated at be 50 percent. Although the distribution and relative abundance of common lizard species is now known well enough to begin development of a monitoring protocol for that group, additional inventory work is needed in order to establish a baseline of species occurrence of amphibians and snakes at Manzanar National Historic Site.

Tags: absence, abundance, amphibians, animal-studies, biodiversity, biological-inventory-report, california, distribution, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-amphibians-and-reptiles, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-desert-communities, great-basin-desert, inventories, inyo-county, manz, manzanar-national-historic-site, mojave-desert, mojn, owens-valley, pitfall-traps, presence, reptiles, transects
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fire Island National Seashore Sediment Profile Image (SPI) Analysis and Coastal/Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Classification Data

Sediment Profile Image (SPI) Analysis and Coastal/Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Classification Data used to construct benthic habitat maps for FIIS.  Sediment profile imagery (SPI) provides an in-situ perspective of the seafloor and associated characteristics. Specifically, the camera takes a profile photograph of the sediment-water interface, which offers information about the biological and environmental attributes of the surface of the seafloor, the substrate just below the seafloor, and the overlying water column. SPI imagery has been used as the basis for or to complement ecological studies for several decades (for further reading, refer to Germano et al., 2011; Solan et al., 2003; Germano et al., 1989). For this study, SPI images were collected to corroborate and complement the acoustic and grab sample data. Images were taken at each grab sample site and also along a series of planned transects designed to cross boundaries identified in the sidescan mosaics. All deployments of the camera were done in triplicate, resulting in six images per site (one deployment of the camera captures two images ten seconds apart). The images were processed and analyzed in Adobe Photoshop CS3. Color and contrast adjustments were applied to enhance the images for detection of features. Geological and biological features were identified and described through expert interpretation of the images, including relative grain size, bedforms, biogenic features, and presence of seagrass and organisms (identified to lowest taxonomic level). Furthermore, consistent settings were applied when taking penetration and apparent redox potential discontinuity (aRPD) measurements. The aRPD value indicates the depth at which the sediment transitions from being oxidized to reduced (Gerwing et al., 2017).

Tags: benthic-habitat, benthic-habitat-mapping, cmecs, fiis, fire-island, fire-island-national-seashore, grain-size, hurricane-sandy, hxsandy, ncbn, northeast-coastal-and-barrier-network, sediment-profile-image, spi
Organization: Department of the Interior
Small Mammals Inventory at Little Bighorn National Monument in 2002-2003 - Data Package

The small mammal survey conducted on Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (LIBI) in the summers of 2002 and 2003 had a primary objective of surveying the small mammals of LIBI in an effort to achieve a 90% inventory of the small mammal communities there. Given the potentially high species richness and the potential rarity of some prospective community members, intensive sampling was conducted throughout LIBI using a range of trapping techniques to ensure that the suite of traps provided the most effective means of sampling the entire small mammal community. Additionally, the use of snap traps and pitfalls provided voucher specimens for identification purposes. Since at least one fourth of the species potentially present are difficult to impossible to conclusively identify without using dental, skull, or baculum characteristics (e.g. nearly all the shrews, several voles, and some chipmunks and mice), examination of these characteristics were necessary to approach the 90% census goal and establish conclusive species identifications. A secondary objective of this study was to evaluate small mammal habitat use in the context of exotic plant invasions occurring within the park.

Tags: ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-mammals, inventory, libi, mammals, mice, montana
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fire Island National Seashore Sediment Grain Size and CMECS Classification Data

Sediment Grain Size and CMECS Classification Data used to construct benthic habitat maps for FIIS.  The ground-truth surveys involved the collection of surficial grab samples of the seafloor, sediment profile imagery (SPI), and underwater video. The three instruments were deployed together, allowing for co-located datasets. Combined, these datasets help provide a thorough understanding of the study areas, as they capture sediment and biological community characteristics at various spatial scales and resolutions.

Tags: benthic-habitat, benthic-habitat-mapping, cmecs, fiis, fire-island, fire-island-national-seashore, grain-size, hurricane-sandy, hxsandy, ncbn, northeast-coastal-and-barrier-network, sediment
Organization: Department of the Interior
Complete Bird and Veg Data 2006-2011 for SNP

This is the complete data set for the long-term study of birds and surface water along Rincon Creek

Tags: aberts-towhee, amphispiza-bilineata, annas-hummingbird, archilochus-alexandri, ash-throated-flycatcher, auriparus-flaviceps, bells-vireo, bewicks-wrens, birds, black-chinned-hummingbird, black-tailed-gnatcatcher, black-throated-sparrow, blue-grosbeak, broad-billed-hummingbird, brown-crested-flycatcher, cactus-wren, callipepla-gambelii, calypte-anna, campylorhynchus-brunneicapillus, canyon-towhee, cardinalis-cardinalis, cassins-kingbird, coccyzus-americanus, colaptes-chrysoides, columbina-passerina, common-ground-dove, cynanthus-latirostris, data, dataset, gambels-quail, gila-woodpecker, gilded-flicker, haemorhous-mexicanus, house-finch, ladder-backed-woodpecker, lucys-warbler, melanerpes-uropygialis, melozone-aberti, melozone-fusca, mourning-dove, myiarchus-cinerascens, myiarchus-tyrannulus, nest, northern-cardinal, oreothlypis-luciae, passerina-caerulea, passerina-versicolor, peucaea-carpalis, phainopepla, phainopepla-nitens, picoides-scalaris, piranga-rubra, polioptila-melanura, progne-subis, purple-martin, pyrocephalus-rubinus, rincon-creek, rufous-winged-sparrow, setophaga-petechia-sonorana, sonoran-yellow-warbler, spinus-psaltria, summer-tanager, surface-water, thryomanes, tyrannus-verticalis, tyrannus-vociferans, varied-bunting, vegetation, verdin, vermilion-flycatcher, vireo-bellii, western-kingbird, white-winged-dove, yellow-billed-cuckoo, zenaida-asiatica, zenaida-macroura
Organization: Department of the Interior