AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Wadeable Stream Habitat Data Integrated from Multiple Monitoring Programs for the US from 2000-2022

Wadeable stream habitat data from four long-term monitoring programs (AIM, AREMP, NRSA, PIBO MP) were obtained, pre-processed, transformed, and combined using R code following the Stream Habitat Metrics Integration (SHMI) Data Exchange Standard (Scully et al., 2023b). The dataset includes 26 stream habitat  metrics collected between 2000 and 2022 across the United States at ~12,000 locations from ~19,000 data collection events for a total of ~200,000 measurements.
Measurements include reach characteristics (sampled reach length, channel gradient, sinuosity), channel dimensions (bankfull width and height, average bankfull width to depth ratio, mean thalweg depth, average wetted width), channel substrate particle sizes (percent fines, percent bedrock, fine sediment percentiles), pools (residual pool depth, pool tail fines), bank characterizations (angle), and water quality/chemistry (specific conductance, pH, specific conductance, turbidity, total nitrogen, total phosphorous).
The dataset consists of 4 csv files: 'RecordLevel.csv', 'Location.csv', 'Event.csv', and 'MeasurementOrFact.csv'. The 4 csv data tables may be linked in a database structure using the 'entity relationship diagram.jpg' or by linking the following:
Join RecordLevel primary key 'datasetID' to Location foreign key 'datasetID'. Join Location primary key 'locationID to Event foreign key 'locationID'. Join Event primary key 'eventID' to MeasurementOrFact foreign key 'eventID'. An analysis-ready file ('AnalysisStreamHabitatMonitoringMetricDataset.csv') is also published for user convenience.

Tags: aquatic-ecosystems, conductivity, data-integration, environment, hydrology, improvement-of-scientific-data-usability, inlandwaters, long-term-ecological-monitoring, monitoring, river-reaches, river-systems, rivers, stream-habitat-metrics, stream-order, streams, surface-water-non-marine, turbidity, usgs-5e3c5883e4b0edb47be0ef1c, water-chemistry, water-ph, water-properties, water-quality, watersheds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gavia Species Identification and Diet Composition from Feces, Central North Slope, Alaska, 2012-2014

This data set is comprised of one table with sampling information and NCBI BioProject accession numbers for sequence information of this amplicon-based study targeting Loon (Gavia sp.) and fish species expected in lake systems of the North Slope of Alaska from fecal samples. Highly conserved primers which could differentiate species of interest were developed for five portions of gavia mtDNA genes (COXI, CytB, ND1, ND2, and ND5) and  two portions of fish mtDNA genes (12S, and CytB). The reference sequences and conserved primer sets to identify species present were developed using publicly available data from NCBI GenBank.

Tags: alaska, animals-vertebrates, aquatic-ecosystems, biota, birds, coastal-ecosystems, cytochrome-b, cytochrome-oxidase-i, diets, dna-mitochondrial, dna-primers, dna-sequencing, edna, environment, environmental-dna, food-fishes, genetic-markers, genetics, loons, migratory-birds, nadh-1, nadh-2, nadh-5, north-slope, polymerase-chain-reaction, species-population-interactions, tundra-ecosystems, usgs-asc516, wetland-ecosystems, wildlife, wildlife-food-habits
Organization: Department of the Interior
Brant and Other Waterfowl Natural Behaviors at Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, 1985-1988

This data package presents legacy data collected during 1985-1988 at Izembek Lagoon on the western end of the Alaska Peninsula. The data were collected in support of a multi-year study focused on aircraft disturbance of waterfowl, particularly Black Brant, Emperor Geese, and Cackling Geese. The study was conducted at Izembek Lagoon and included several study sites within the lagoon: Halfway Point, Grant Point, Outer Marker, Quarter Point, Applegate Cove, Norma Bay, Round Island, and Banding Island. The primary objectives were to 1) determine the proportion of time brant spent foraging, resting, and in flight during natural environmental conditions.
      The raw data are provided in a .CSV format, however, PDF digital scans of original field data sheets, tables, figures, and maps are also available upon request.

Tags: alaska, alaska-peninsula, animal-behavior, animal-ecology-and-behavior, animals-vertebrates, applegate-cove, banding-island, biological-productivity, biota, black-brant, cackling-goose, coastal-ecosystems, cove-island, disturbance, ducks-geese-swans, ecology, ecosystems, emperor-goose, environment, field-experiments, field-inventory-and-monitoring, grant-point, halfway-point, izembek-lagoon, migration, mitigation-of-coastal-hazards, norma-bay, outer-marker, public-aircraft, quarter-point, round-island, social-behavior, usgs-asc500, waterfowl, wildlife
Organization: Department of the Interior
Preliminary global database of known and inferred gas hydrate locations

For more than 25 years, the U.S. Geological Survey Gas Hydrates Project has compiled and maintained an internal database of locations where the existence of gas hydrate has been confirmed or inferred in research studies. The existence of gas hydrate was considered confirmed when gas hydrate was recovered by researchers or videotaped from a vehicle (such as a submersible or remotely operated vehicle) near the sea floor. The existence of gas hydrate was considered inferred when seismic data, borehole logs, or certain geochemical characteristics match anomalies known to characterize gas hydrate. This data release provides a text description of the region, geographic coordinates, and the citation for the published reference for known and inferred gas hydrate locations. Where the existence of gas hydrate was inferred, the description of the criteria used to make the inference was also included. Additional notes are provided to address any inconsistencies in the original locations (e.g., swapped latitude and longitude coordinates).

Tags: alaska-north-slope, arctic, atlantic, beaufort-sea, black-sea, blake-ridge, borehole-logging, brazil, canada, caspian-sea, chile, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, east-sea, energy-resources, energy-resources-program, environment, gas-hydrate-resources, geoscientificinformation, gulf-of-mexico, hikurangi-margin, hydrate-ridge, india, indian-ocean, japan, korea-republic-of, lake-baikal, location, mackenzie-delta, marine-geology, marine-geophysics, mediterranean-sea, nankai-trough, north-slope, norwegian-sea, oceans, pacific, permafrost, russia, sea-of-japan, sea-of-marmara, south-china-sea, svalbard, tibetan-plateau, u-s-geological-survey, ulleung-basin, usgs, usgs-5eb413a282ce25b5135a9f2a, usgs-gas-hydrates-project, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Brant and Other Waterfowl Diets within Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, 1985-1988

This data package presents legacy data collected during 1985-1988 at Izembek Lagoon on the western end of the Alaska Peninsula. The data were collected in support of a multi-year study focused on aircraft disturbance of waterfowl, particularly Black Brant, Emperor Geese, and Cackling Geese. The study was conducted at Izembek Lagoon and included several study sites within the lagoon: Halfway Point, Grant Point, Outer Marker, Quarter Point, Applegate Cove, Norma Bay, Round Island, and Banding Island. The primary objectives of the diet study were to 1) assess the diet of brant staging at Izembek Lagoon, 2) analyze the nutritional quality of brant foods to determine selection patterns for both plants and plant parts, and 3) determine the distribution and abundance of eelgrass. 
      The raw data are provided in a .CSV format, however, PDF digital scans of original field data sheets, tables, figures, and maps are also available upon request.

Tags: alaska, alaska-peninsula, animal-behavior, animal-ecology-and-behavior, animals-vertebrates, applegate-cove, banding-island, biological-productivity, biota, black-brant, cackling-goose, coastal-ecosystems, cove-island, disturbance, ducks-geese-swans, ecology, ecosystems, environment, field-experiments, field-inventory-and-monitoring, grant-point, greater-white-fronted-goose, halfway-point, izembek-lagoon, migration, mitigation-of-coastal-hazards, norma-bay, outer-marker, public-aircraft, quarter-point, round-island, social-behavior, usgs-asc501, waterfowl, wildlife
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data and archive for a groundwater flow model of the Treasure Valley aquifer system, southwestern Idaho, 1986-2015

This model archive contains the MODFLOW 6 model used to simulate groundwater flow in the Treasure Valley for 1986 through 2015. The simulated results are described in the associated U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper xxxx. The model archive includes the MODFLOW 6 model, PEST parameter estimation files, and a collection of python scripts that were used to develop the model. The README file describes all the files and directories in the archive and provides instructions for running the model.

Tags: ada-county, boise, canyon-county, gem-county, groundwater, groundwater-flow, idaho, inlandwaters, malheur-county, modeling, oregon, payette-county, usgs-62ba1a8dd34e8f4977cc9fa1
Organization: Department of the Interior
Brant and Other Waterfowl Distribution within Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, 1985-1987

This data package presents legacy data collected during 1985-1987 at Izembek Lagoon on the western end of the Alaska Peninsula. The data were collected in support of a multi-year study focused on aircraft disturbance of waterfowl, particularly Black Brant, Emperor Geese, and Cackling Geese. The study was conducted at Izembek Lagoon and included several study sites within the lagoon: Halfway Point, Grant Point, Outer Marker, Quarter Point, Applegate Cove, Norma Bay, Round Island, and Banding Island. The primary objectives were to 1) define the time periods that are most important for geese, 2) determine if certian portions of Izembek Lagoon are more important than other areas, 3) evaluate factors that influence distribution of geese within Izembek Lagoon, and 4) compare use by geese of Izembek Lagoon with use of other adjacent lagoons to determine relative importance.
The raw data are provided in a .CSV format, however, PDF digital scans of original field data sheets, tables, figures, and maps are also available upon request.


Tags: alaska, alaska-peninsula, animal-behavior, animal-ecology-and-behavior, animals-vertebrates, applegate-cove, banding-island, biological-productivity, biota, black-brant, cackling-goose, coastal-ecosystems, cove-island, disturbance, ducks-geese-swans, ecology, ecosystems, emperor-goose, environment, field-experiments, field-inventory-and-monitoring, grant-point, halfway-point, izembek-lagoon, migration, mitigation-of-coastal-hazards, norma-bay, outer-marker, public-aircraft, quarter-point, round-island, social-behavior, usgs-asc502, waterfowl, wildlife
Organization: Department of the Interior
Breeding Biology of Loon and Waterfowl Species on the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska during 1973-1975

This data package presents legacy loon and waterfowl breeding biology data collected at study sites near the Old Chevak Field Station on the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (formerly the Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range), Alaska during the summers of 1973 through 1975. These data were collected to provide a basis for the evaluation of long-term changes in loon (Pacific and Red-throated Loon) biology on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in western Alaska. Additional data corresponding to waterfowl breeding biology, habitat classification and fish sampling are also provided in this data release.

Tags: alaska, american-golden-plover, animal-morphology, animals-vertebrates, arctic-tern, bar-tailed-godwit, biota, birds, black-brant, black-turnstone, breeding, cackling-goose, cackling-goose-taverners, canada-goose, checklists, clarence-rhode-national-wildlife-range, ducks-geese-swans, dunlin, ecology, emperor-goose, environment, field-activity-logs, field-inventory-and-monitoring, glaucous-gull, greater-scaup, greater-white-fronted-goose, grouse, gulls, habitat-preferences, habitats, lacustrine-wetlands, lapland-longspur, long-tailed-duck, long-tailed-jaeger, loons, mallard, maps-and-atlases, migratory-birds, nesting-behavior, northern-harrier, northern-pintail, old-chevak, pacific-loon, parasitic-jaeger, red-breasted-merganser, red-throated-loon, sabine-gull, sandhill-crane, seasonal-distribution, short-billed-gull, short-eared-owl, spatial-distribution, specimen-collecting, spectacled-eider, tundra-swan, usgs-asc503, vegetation-species, waterfowl, western-sandpiper, willow-ptarmigan, yukon-delta, yukon-delta-national-wildlife-refuge, yukon-kuskokwim-delta
Organization: Department of the Interior
Detection of Multiple Fish Species Using Environmental DNA (eDNA), Alaska 2018

This release provides results of an environmental DNA (eDNA) study of fish identified in seven Alaskan lakes, three streams, and a positive control. Samples included replicates for multiple sampling dates and locations. The reference list and conserved primer sets to identify species present were developed using publicly available data (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/). Highly conserved primers which could differentiate species of interest were developed for three portions of mtDNA genes (12S, 16S and COI).

Tags: alaska, animals, animals-vertebrates, aquatic-ecosystems, biodiversity, biota, dna, dna-mitochondrial, dna-primers, ecosystem-diversity, environment, environmental-dna, fish, genetic-diversity, mitochondrial-dna, native-species, species-composition, usgs-asc504
Organization: Department of the Interior
North Pacific Wintering Barrow's Goldeneye Body Mass, Morphology, and Prey Sizes 1996-2015

These data provide information in support of the creation of a bioenergetic model to estimate winter prey consumption by Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica). One table consists of mass and morphological measurements of wintering Barrow’s Goldeneyes captured or collected in Alaska and British Columbia from 1996 to 2015. The second table consists of size classes of Pacific blue mussels (Mytilus trossulus) consumed by Barrow’s Goldeneye that were collected in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1996.

Tags: age-structure, alaska, animal-morphology, animals-invertebrates, animals-vertebrates, aquatic-biology, bioenergetics, biota, birds, bivales, body-size, british-columbia, canada, capturing-animals, coastal-ecosystems, ducks-geese-swans, ecology, environment, food-consumption, juneau, kachemak-bay, marine-ecosystems, migratory-birds, migratory-species, modeling, mollusks, mussels, nearshore-marine-ecosystem, prince-william-sound, scientific-interpretation, sea-duck, sexual-dimorphism, shellfish, specimen-collecting, trophic-dynamics, usgs-asc505
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seabird Diet Data Collected on Middleton Island, Gulf of Alaska

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program and contain diet data from Black-legged Kittiwakes (BLKI), Rhinoceros Auklets (RHAU), and Tufted Puffins (TUPU) located on Middleton Island in the Gulf of Alaska. This data release consists of seabird diet sample data and prey identification and morphometrics.

Tags: alaska, animals-invertebrates, animals-vertebrates, biota, birds, black-legged-kittiwake, environment, environmental-sustainability, field-sampling, fish, fishes, gulf-of-alaska, marine-biology, marine-environment-monitoring, marine-environments, marine-fishes, middleton-island, oceans, prey-selection, prince-william-sound, quantitative-distribution, rhinoceros-auklet, temporal-variations, tufted-puffin, usgs-asc506, waders-gulls-auks-and-allies, wildlife-biology
Organization: Department of the Interior
Breeding Biology, Behavior, and Morphology of Emperor Geese and Other Waterfowl near Kokechik Bay, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska during 1982-1988

This data package presents legacy data on Emperor Goose, Cackling Goose, Black Brant, and Greater White-fronted Goose, breeding biology, behavior, and morphology collected at study sites near Kokechik Bay on the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (previously Clarence Rhodes National Wildlife Refuge), Alaska during the summers of 1982 through 1988. These data were collected to provide a basis for the evaluation of long-term changes in Emperor Goose and other waterfowl biology on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.

Tags: alaska, animal-behavior, animal-morphology, animals-vertebrates, biota, bird-morphology, birds, breeding, breeding-productivity, checklists, ducks-geese-swans, ecology, environment, field-activity-logs, field-inventory-and-monitoring, habitat-preferences, habitats, kokechik-bay, lacustrine-wetlands, migratory-birds, nesting-behavior, seasonal-distribution, spatial-distribution, usgs-asc507, yukon-delta, yukon-delta-national-wildlife-refuge, yukon-kuskokwim-delta
Organization: Department of the Interior
Adult Shorebird Morphological Measurement Data

This dataset consists of five tables, 1) shorebird morphological measurements collected from various species captured from 1895-2021, 2) taxonomy, 3) contributors, 4) sampling locations, and 5) cross-reference publications. In addition, photographs of plumage patterns are available for several species. Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey - Alaska Science Center, along with collaborators from many government agencies and research institutions, have studied shorebirds at numerous sites across North America, the Pacific Ocean, Australia, and New Zealand. This release includes over 10,000 observations relating to 35 shorebird species.

Tags: age-estimation-methods, alaska, alaska-peninsula, angyoyaravak-bay, animal-morphology, animal-tracking, animals-vertebrates, arctic-coastal-plain, argos, australia, avian-physiology, biota, birds, body-size, broome, canada, capturing-animals, colville-river-delta, environment, golden-bay, gps, james-bay, migratory-birds, mingan-archipelago, montana, naval-air-station-palmyra, nevada, new-zealand, north-slope, oregon, pkorokoro, plovers, plumage, pribilof-islands, ptt, radio-transmitter, saint-george-island, saint-matthew-island, saint-paul-island, sandpipers, satellite-transmitter, seward-peninsula, shorebirds, usgs-asc508, vhs, waders-gulls-auks-and-allies, wildlife, yellowknife, yukon-kuskokwim-river-delta
Organization: Department of the Interior
Locations of Sea-Floor Photographs Acquired During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise 2011-006-FA in the Vicinity of Cross Rip Channel, Offshore Massachusetts (2011_006_CRBOTPHOTOS shapefile, Geographic, WGS84)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetry, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities off southern New England, shows the character and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During April-May 2009 NOAA completed hydrographic survey H12007 in the vicinity of Cross Rip Channel in Nantucket Sound off southern Cape Cod, Massachusetts and during June 2011 bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of ground-truth reconnaissance surveys of this area. Interpretations were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder data and the ground-truth data used to verify them.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, bottom-photograph-locations, cape-cod, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, cross-rip-channel, cross-rip-shoal, esri-shapefile, field-activity-number-2011-006-fa, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, ground-truth, halfmoon-shoal, horseshoe-shoal, location, marthas-vineyard, massachusetts, nantucket-island, nantucket-sound, navigational-data, north-america, oceans, ofr-2011-1222, open-file-report-2011-1222, photo-locations, point-shapefile, r-v-rafael, sea-floor, seaboss, stations, u-s-geological-survey, underwater-photography, united-states, usgs, usgs-21651944-4fb0-4982-abbb-0889693c2114, usgs-woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center, whcmsc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data Supporting Walrus Areas of Use in the Chukchi Sea During Sparse Sea Ice Cover

The dataset consists of geospatial files depicting the estimated June-to-November distribution of walrus foraging and occupancy during a four year period of sparse sea ice cover above the Chukchi Sea continental shelf (2008-2011). The walrus distribution and utilization estimates are based on location data from satellite-linked radio-tracked walruses in the Chukchi Sea (2008-2011). Compared to previous years this period was marked by earlier and more extensive sea ice retreat (June - September) and delayed sea ice freeze-up (October - November). This allowed walruses to arrive earlier, occupy slightly more northern areas, and stay later in the Chukchi Sea than previously. Data are combined for all four years and structured by month (June [06] - November [11]). Within each month, we estimated walrus utilization distributions by using an unweighted movement based kernel density estimator. The kernel density was then weighted by the amount of time walruses spent foraging during each recorded track segment. We present contours of the kernel density ranging from the 10th to 95th percentile.

Tags: alaska, animal-distribution, animals-vertebrates, biota, carnivores, chukchi-sea, coastal-ecosystems, environment, geospatial-datasets, mammals, marine-ecosystems, marine-habitat, seals-sea-lions-walruses, species-population-interactions, use-feeding-habitats, usgs-asc509, wildlife, wildlife-food-habits
Organization: Department of the Interior
Floodplain Forest Canopy Gap Survey Data for select gaps in pools of the Upper Mississippi River

These data are a component of a floodplain forest canopy gap dynamics study initiated in 2019 and funded through the US Army Corps of Engineers Upper Mississippi River Restoration, Science Supporting Restoration program. The study included two components: a geospatial component to utilize lidar to identify and map canopy gaps across multiple navigation pools (8, 9, 13, 21, 24, 26 (through Maple Island just south of Lock and Dam 26), and the lower 32 miles of the Illinois River from its confluence with the Mississippi River to Kampsville, IL) within the Upper Mississippi River floodplain and a field component to characterize vegetation in a small subset of the remotely sensed gaps. This layer provides lidar derived polygons the subset of gaps that were selected for field surveys in 2020. Gaps were selected based on a randomly stratified sample of the lidar derived gaps, with stratification occurring based on gap size (small (0.0406-0.1012 ha), medium (0.1013-0.3035 ha), large (0.3036-0.8093 ha)) and annual days of flooding within the gap (low (0.1-20 days), moderate (20.1 - 40 days), high (40.1 - 100 days)). The objective of the field study was to determine whether gaps over varying sizes and flood regimes showed variation in vegetation dynamics within the gaps. The geospatial data and scripts used for initial gap identification are available at: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BLTSTZ. Floodplain inundation rasters that were used to derive the annual inundation rates are available at: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7VD6XRT.

Tags: floodplain, forest, gap-dynamics, illinois, iowa, minnesota, missouri, upper-mississippi-river, upper-mississippi-river-restoration-umrr, usgs-64763df4d34e4e58932da201, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior