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DOI: 10.15468/9zrzjd
title: SC Dolphin Project - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: About this project
Calling all dolphin lovers – and citizen scientists! Help researchers monitor dolphins along the South Carolina coast by contributing data and photos whenever you spot a dolphin. Together, we can determine where dolphins frequent and act in favor of dolphins and healthy habitats.

Project goal
To document the movements and behavior of dolphins in South Carolina's coastal waters.

What participants do
Photo document all sightings of bottlenose dolphins at any location in South Carolina.

*Dolphins are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. It is illegal to feed or harass dolphins. Do not approach dolphins within 50 yards (150 ft).*

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are apex predators that live year-round in South Carolina’s coastal waters. These charismatic marine mammals are key indicators of the current health of our shared marine environment. Data regarding dolphin habitat use, movements, and behavior can serve as a barometer of water quality in our region. Monitoring how coastal areas are used by dolphins will provide a better understanding of the connections between animals, people and their shared environment.

Researchers have been monitoring the health and status of a population of ~450 dolphins in Charleston Harbor for decades. However, very little is known about dolphins throughout most of South Carolina. 

So, what can we do?

With your help, we can collect data to establish a baseline for dolphin populations throughout the state and inform dolphin conservation activities. Join dolphin researchers in monitoring the real-time distribution of these marine mammals throughout South Carolina’s waters. By contributing your data, you’ll aid in protecting the overall health of our shared local waterways.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE: 
Photo document all sightings of bottlenose dolphins at any location in South Carolina. Please be respectful - do not approach, harass, or chase dolphins.
Note if the observation is from land or boat, as well as the number of dolphins seen.
Contribute your data using either the South Carolina Aquarium Citizen Science app (on iTunes & Google Play) or the project website.
DOI: 10.15468/b52b9z
title: NEON ticks sampled using drag cloths and tick pathogen status

description: This data product contains the quality-controlled, native sampling resolution data from NEON’s Tick and Tick-Borne Pathogen sampling crosswalked to Darwin Core. NEON tick sampling targets hard ticks in the family Ixodidae. The dataset includes collection, identification and pathogen testing data from 2014 – 2020. Data are collected across the United States including Alaska and Puerto Rico, but excluding Hawaii. Tick abundance and diversity are sampled at regular intervals using drag or flag sampling techniques. Collected ticks are identified to species and lifestage and/or sex by a professional taxonomist. A subset of identified nymphal ticks are tested for the presence of bacterial and protozoan pathogens. For additional details, see https://data.neonscience.org/data-products/DP1.10093.001 and https://data.neonscience.org/data-products/DP1.10092.001.
DOI: 10.15468/t4rau8
title: Xerces Society - Bumble Bee Watch

description: Bumble Bee Watch is a collaborative effort to track and conserve North America’s bumble bees. Bumble Bee Watch is a citizen science project through the partnership of The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, the University of Ottawa, Wildlife Preservation Canada, BeeSpotter, The Natural History Museum, London, and the Montreal Insectarium. Bumble bee species occurrence data included in this dataset is derived from photo-based observations of bumble bees collected and submitted by citizen scientists in the United States and Canada. These data will help researchers determine the status and conservation needs of bumble bees; Help locate rare or endangered populations of bumble bees; and Learn about bumble bees, their ecology, and ongoing conservation efforts.
DOI: 10.15468/5r9cge
title: Prog. Monitoreo Siembras y Restauraciones RNCC - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: El Programa de Monitoreo de Siembras de Reforestación es un proyecto emblemático del LabCom, el cual busca seguir de cerca las siembras realizadas en la RNCC para evaluar su establecimiento e informar prácticas de rehabilitación del hábitat en el futuro.
http://www.caraspr.org/es/labcom

Registrar y monitorear el crecimiento de las siembras de forestación en la RNCC
DOI: 10.15468/af9gf3
title: Mohonk Preserve 3D Specimens: Birds

description: Mohonk Preserve Natural History Collections housed at Mohonk Preserve is comprised of specimens collected from the Northeastern United States, primarily on Mohonk Preserve land. The data and natural history collections support the Preserve’s land management and stewardship activities and our educational programming. The collections are also frequently used in research on climate change, biodiversity, bird migration, and human impact on the environment. Conservation Science staff and volunteers are working to digitize the collections by producing high-resolution images of the specimens, transcribing label and card data, and uploading the information to online, open-access data repositories. Digitizing the collections and making them available via multiple online portals helps us to support new research on a variety of scientific topics, including phenology and species responses to climate change.
DOI: 10.15468/qmaycf
title: Love Bugz - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: Project goal:
Documenting Spread of Love Bugs across the U.S.

About this project:
Documenting Spread of Love Bugs across the U.S.
DOI: 10.15468/cbfpbk
title: BLM - National Landscape Monitoring Framework - Plants

description: This table contains monitoring data collected nationally for the BLM Landscape Monitoring Framework. Data are collected in accordance with the BLM AIM (Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring) Strategy. The AIM Strategy specifies a probabilistic sampling design, standard, core indicators and methods, and electronic data capture and management. Attributes (columns) include plant species occurrence information collected using the Plant Census protocol generalized to the county level (see Entity/Attribute section). Species occurrences inform the AIM core indicators of vegetation composition, plant species of management concern, and invasive species. Data were collected and managed through agreements with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Iowa State University Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology.
Purpose: This dataset was created to monitor the status, condition and trend of national BLM resources in accordance with BLM policies. Specifically, species occurrences inform the BLM AIM core indicators of vegetation composition, plant species of management concern, and invasive species.
DOI: 10.15468/ustxyf
title: Suminsby Park Intertidal Survey 2014+ - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: Project goal:
Students at MDES (Mount Desert Elementary School) continue their intertidal population study of the invasive green crab and other intertidal dwellers on Somes Sound. This project began in 2014 with data collected in the early fall and early spring each school year.

About this project:
Students at MDES (Mount Desert Elementary School) continue their intertidal population study of the invasive green crab and other intertidal dwellers on Somes Sound. This project began in 2014 with data collected in the early fall and early spring each school year. This study of green crab populations in the intertidal zone is done at Suminsby Park on Somes Sound, Maine. Students randomly sample 1/4 meter plots and extrapolate to get the meter square data. Data is collected on green crabs, blue mussels, periwinkles, dog whelks, and limpets populations. Data is collected in the upper, mid and low littoral zone.
DOI: 10.15468/nujzud
title: Community Environmental Health Laboratory Eelgrass Monitoring 2013-Present

description: About this project
Eelgrass (Zostera marina), a species vital to the health of marine ecosystems is declining across the world. Help researchers track eelgrass populations. Add your reports of eelgrass presence and disappearance to help researchers understand this ecologically important underwater flowering plant!

Project goal
Help researchers gain a better understanding of eelgrass

What participants do:
Share observations of eelgrass' presence and disappearance in your local waters.

Would you like to help researchers get a better picture of how eelgrass is faring worldwide?

What we need to know:
Is eelgrass growing in waters near you, or has it disappeared?
Do you have photos? (optional)
What other background information do you have that might be useful?


What is Eelgrass?
Eelgrass, or Zostera Marina, is an aquatic grass-like flowering plant that grows mainly in the subtidal zone in shallow coastal waters.



Some plants produce tiny flowers in a “spathe”, pollinate under water, and spread by seeds leading to great genetic diversity among the plants. Others spread vegetatively by sending up lateral clonal shoots connected by “rhizomes”, runners that act to anchor the plant to the mud.



Why is eelgrass important?
Eelgrass is essential habitat for many commercial fish species, and its decline is correlated with the loss of fish stocks and diversity.



The leaves are buoyant, rising into the water column, providing an excellent place for juvenile shellfish to attach to at a crucial stage in their life cycles when they need to feed on suspended plankton. By photosynthesizing under water, the plants increase dissolved oxygen. The root structure of eelgrass stabilizes and oxygenates the mud or sandy sediments, allowing invertebrates to settle.



Identifying Eelgrass:
Eelgrass grows mostly in the subtidal zone, but is sometimes exposed at low tide. Its leaves float up when submerged but lay flat when out of the water, and sometimes especially long blades float at the surface. People often confuse eelgrass with salt marsh grass, Spartina, but unlike eelgrass, that plant is rigid, standing upright out of the water, and is often visible extending above the water at high tide.



Some identifying features of eelgrass to look for:

Eelgrass leaves are thin, flattened blades.
Inner leaves are new growth, older outer leaves begin to decay and fall off throughout the season.
Blade length varies depending partially on water depth.
The lower portion of the stem is surrounded by a thin sheath.
Flowering plants have a spathe with male and female flowers, or may hold ovoid seeds.
Flowering plants also have nearly yellow stalks (not all are flowering)
The plants are anchored in the sediment with rhizomes, or runners from which other shoots and roots grow.
DOI: 10.15468/p3sdpu
title: USFWS - Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge - Vegetation Mapping Survey - 2012-2013

description: Locations of 577 plant occurrences (54 unique taxa) from the US Fish and Wildlife Service Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge Vegetation Mapping Survey for 2012-2013, carried out in collaboration with University of Nevada - Reno.
DOI: 10.15468/b4ye2c
title: Maine Jellies - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: Project goal:
Help researchers at Bigelow Laboratory build predictive models by sharing your sightings of jellyfish!
DOI: 10.15468/9t7yg9
title: Coastal SOS Monitoring: Maine Signs of the Seasons - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: About this project
Ascophyllum nodosum, more commonly called Rockweed, is a species of brown algae or seaweed that is found along the New England coast. It grows on available hard surfaces, including rocks, shells, and dock pilings. Rockweed averages in length between 20-30 inches and can be much longer in areas where its growth is not restricted due to high wave action and breakage.

What participants do
Observe and record the phenology (seasonal changes) of rockweed on the coast of Maine.

Using their backyards as laboratories, participants in the Signs of the Seasons program help scientists document the local effects of global climate change.

Hundreds are trained to observe and record the phenology (seasonal changes) of common plants and animals living in their own communities — a citizen science project that fills a gap in regional climate research.

Volunteers across Maine and now New Hampshire record the growth of milkweed, the nesting of robins, and more. The goal is to build a rich, detailed record of the region’s seasonal turns, a resource too costly to build without a network of citizen volunteers. The collected data are made available to our collaborating scientists and resource managers.

For volunteers having access to the shoreline, Coastal Signs of the Seasons is an opportunity to provide scientists with information on an ecologically and economically valuable species. Coastal observers measure the growth and development of the brown alga, Ascophyllum nodosum, which is commonly called “rockweed” or “knotted wrack.” Seasonal reproductive changes in this species are affected by environmental conditions, such as water temperature. By closely monitoring this rockweed, as an indicator species, researchers are able to examine changes in the intertidal zone that may affect other species that live there.

A lot of information can be gathered through coastal monitoring, but there is also a lot of New England coastline to monitor. The diligent efforts of many volunteer observers can combine to create a robust data set for our collaborating scientists. We invite you to become a citizen scientist observer by monitoring rockweed in your area. Training and equipment are provided.

Contact us with questions or comments.
DOI: 10.15468/rdngyg
title: Cumulative effects of climate and landscape structure on Bombus assemblages within agricultural fields throughout the U.S.

description: Bumble bees (Bombus) are integral pollinators of native and cultivated plant communities, but are undergoing drastic population changes worldwide. Climate change and the alteration of landscape structure are key drivers in pollinator declines; however, little research has evaluated their cumulative effects on Bombus assemblages. In this study, we evaluated the cumulative effects of various bioclimatic variables associated with temperature and precipitation, and landscape metrics (Shannon diversity, patch richness density, contiguity, and interspersion and juxtaposition) on Bombus assemblages within agricultural fields throughout Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia from 2018 to 2020. Beta-diversity was dominated by species turnover, suggesting that all agricultural sites in this study have potential conservation value for maintaining diverse Bombus communities. Species abundances were highest at sites with reduced precipitation seasonality and lower temperatures. Therefore, as climate change alters precipitation seasonality and increases mean temperatures, Bombus abundances will likely decline due to increased susceptibility to the changing environment. Bombus species composition varied based on landscape structure and climate throughout the U.S. Interestingly, Utah Bombus species were associated with agricultural landscapes with greater compositional and configurational complexity, increased climate seasonality, and lower annual mean temperatures. Meanwhile, eastern Bombus species were associated with agricultural landscapes with less compositional and configurational complexity, decreased climate seasonality, and higher annual mean temperatures. Therefore, implementing land management practices based on the continuum of climatic and landscape conditions throughout the U.S. will help conserve Bombus assemblages, while supporting the pollination of crops and wild plants. Overall, evaluating landscape composition, landscape configuration, and climate indices together provides more in-depth information on the expected changes to Bombus assemblages, leading to more robust interpretations of trends and management practices.
DOI: 10.15468/hp7zwr
title: Big Island Invasive Species Committee - Pest Reports - 2005-2010

description: Data from the Big Island region of the Hawaii Invasive Species Committee (ISC) statewide reporting system, including raw data and spatial data, developed by United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Hawaii Biodiversity and Mapping Program (HBMP) with input from ISC and the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species (CGAPS). The Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) is a voluntary partnership of private citizens, community organizations, businesses, land owners, and government agencies to address invasive species issues on the island of Hawaii. BIISC's mission includes education, early detection, rapid response, control and eradication of invasive pests threatening agriculture, native ecosystems, industry, human health or the quality of life within Hawaii County.
DOI: 10.15468/6autvb
title: Insect Species Occurrence Data from Multiple Projects Worldwide with Focus on Bees and Wasps in North America

description: Species occurrence records for native and non-native bees, wasps and other insects collected using mainly pan, malaise, and vane trapping; and insect netting methods in Canada, Mexico, the non-contiguous United States, U.S. Territories (specifically U.S. Virgin Islands), U.S. Minor Outlying Islands and other global locations with the bulk of the specimens coming from the Eastern United States often from Federal lands such as USFWS, NPS, DOD, USFS. Some records also contain notes regarding plants or substrates from which insects were collected or that were present and/or in flower at the time the insects were collected. Unless otherwise noted, taxonomic determinations (identifications) were completed by Sam Droege (USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center- EESC, Native Bee Laboratory) and Clare Maffei (USFWS, Inventory and Monitoring Branch).The EESC Native Bee Lab currently keeps only a small synoptic collection, rare and voucher specimens are deposited in the Smithsonian National Collection (NMNH) and widely distributed to other institutions for DNA, revisions, and augmentation of existing collections. Surplus specimens are also made available to students to learn their identifications. Corrections to any of our determinations are always welcomed. Common species that are not in demand for surplus are usually destroyed and the pins recycled. Recent revisions to Lasioglossum, Ceratina, and to a much lesser extent Triepeolus and Epeolus and other small groups have rendered determinations prior to those revisions out of date for species involved in name changes and users should account for that during analyses. Current data (included information on specimen codes without identifications) are always available without charge directly from Sam Droege.
DOI: 10.15468/podgza
title: Towson University - MidAtlantic - Ailanthus altissima - 2011

description: Collection of locations of Ailanthus altissima in the mid-Atlantic region, with DNA samples and photographs. Notice that there are several records that are observations because DNA sampling was unsuccessful.
DOI: 10.15468/fucrpb
title: Kenai National Wildlife Refuge: Dall sheep response to fire: vegetation surveys

description: Populations of Dall sheep (Ovis dalli) have been declining in the Chugach Range, Alaska since the 1990s (Herreman, 2018; Lohuis et al., 2018), which these authors attributed at least in part to climate-driven changes in habitat. Past research suggests that fire can increase the carrying capacity of habitat for Dall sheep (see citations listed by Herreman, 2018). To learn more specifically how fire affects Dall sheep in the Kenai Mountains, we conducted a habitat use-availability study within and near the 2019 Swan Lake Fire Burn on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. This dataset includes occurrences of plants documented as part of this project.
DOI: 10.15468/g3endd
title: Land-use and climate drive shifts in Bombus assemblage composition

description: Pollinators play pivotal roles in maintaining agricultural and natural plant communities, yet some bee populations are declining. The conversion of agricultural and semi-natural lands for urban use has reduced bee abundance and diversity. Additionally, climate change has affected bee distributions and led to disruption of plant-pollinator synchrony, impacting ecosystem processes. However, how these factors concurrently influence bee assemblages is poorly understood. Therefore, we linked differences in bumble bee (Bombus) diversity to landscape composition and climate in agroecosystems to understand their co-occurring effects. Bombus assemblages were evaluated in relation to the proportion of agricultural, semi-natural, and urban landscapes and interannual variation in temperature, precipitation, and relative humidity in Utah agroecosystems from 2014 to 2018. Bombus species richness and diversity were highest in agriculturally dominated landscapes characterized by low temperatures and high relative humidity during the growing season, and lowest in urbanized agricultural areas with high temperatures and low relative humidity. Ongoing and future land-use and climate change may therefore lead to reduced Bombus diversity in Utah. Although some historically uncommon species, such as B. pensylvanicus, may thrive under future land-use and climate scenarios, others (e.g., B. sylvicola, B. californicus, and B. occidentalis) are at increased risk of extirpation due to loss of suitable habitat. Continually monitoring Bombus populations will help document shifts in assemblages and potential consequential impacts to ecosystem services. These findings emphasize that management strategies should consider the effect of co-occurring factors based on geographic location and local diversity to prevent ecological homogenization and to foster future resiliency of Bombus populations.
DOI: 10.15468/vjeyea
title: USGS PWRC - Bird Banding Lab - US State Centroid - 1960-2010

description: The Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL) was established in 1920 to coordinate bird banding activities occurring in the United States and its Territories, a consequence of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act between the United States and Great Britain that was ratified in 1918. Originally a program within the US Biological Survey, it was also associated with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Biological Service before being transferred to the USGS in 1996. Among its many responsibilities, the BBL maintains the bird banding data collected in the United States and its Territories and every report of birds banded in the US that are encountered anywhere in the world. Computerization of the banding records was initiated in 1960 and the BBL annually processes approximately one million new banding records from the US. Banding data are essential for managing harvested migratory bird populations across North America. These data also provide a historical source of information on the status and distribution of birds in the United States and have greatly expanded our knowledge of bird migration patterns across this hemisphere. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC). This dataset is a checklist of birds that occur in each state.
DOI: 10.15468/x9x2de
title: Lechuzas l'Horta Nord - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: Proyecto de ciencia ciudadana que estudia la población de lechuzas (Tyto alba) en la comarca valenciana de l'Horta Nord. Desarrollado por Projecte Mussols de la Societat Valenciana d'Ornitologia
https://svornitologia.org/