Michael S Cherkiss

Stable isotope values for Dry Tortugas nesting loggerheads sampled 2013-2018

We used a combination of stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen values in nesting loggerhead sea turtle samples to describe the foraging area used by each turtle. Here we present the stable isotope values for United States Geological Survey (USGS) turtles sampled in the remote Dry Tortugas National Park, south Florida, and their assigned foraging area.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Dry Tortugas National Park, Ecology, Loggerhead, Stable Isotopes, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, Fewer tags

Burmese python acceleration and location data, Everglades National Park, 2010 – 2012

The dataset contains 3 components: (1) acceleration data logger (ADL) data, (2) GPS location data, and (3) body temperature data. We have ADL data from pythons in captivity (N = 2) and in free-ranging snakes (N=4). We have GPS data for 3 out of 4 free-ranging snakes. We have body temperature data for all 4 free-ranging snakes.

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Everglades, Florida, Southern Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Biology, animal behavior, animal tracking, biota, ecology, invasive species, telemetry, Fewer tags

Size distribution and reproductive data of the invasive Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida, USA, 1995-2021

This dataset contains morphometric information from Burmese pythons collected from an invasive population in southern Florida between 1995-2021. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service curated this dataset as a repository for records of Burmese pythons found on or nearby federal lands in southern Florida, including Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Biscayne National Park, and Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge. As such, numerous entities actively or incidentally involved in python research or management activities contributed specimens and/or data to this dataset, including but not limited to the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Fish...

Categories: Data; Tags: Big Cypress National Preserve, Big Cypress Swamp, Biscayne National Park, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Ecology, All tags... Everglades, Everglades National Park, Southern Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, herpetology, invasive species, life sciences, morphology (biological), organism growth and development, phenology, reptiles, Fewer tags

Diet of invasive Burmese Pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) in southern Florida, 1995-2020

Digestive tract contents were identified to provide an account of Burmese python diet. Diet contents came from 1716 pythons collected by cooperators during 1995-2020 from public and private lands across southern Florida, primarily within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem. Burmese pythons consumed 76 species of fauna across three taxonomic classes (Aves, Mammalia, and Reptilia).

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Southern Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), farming

Tracking durations for marine turtles satellite tagged in Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean sites, 2008-2019

This dataset contains tracking durations for several species of sea turtles tagged with satellite tags between 2008 and 2019. It contains information on species, turtle size, capture methods, tag type, how many days each tag transmitted, whether or not the tag was still attached upon recapture, fouling 'status' of the tag, and foraging region. This dataset thus allows estimation of tracking durations for four species of marine turtles tagged in different study sites in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

Categories: Data; Tags: Atlantic, Bahamas, the, Caribbean Sea, Ecology, Gulf of Mexico, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, sea turtles, telemetry, tracking, Fewer tags