Jillian E Fleming

Mercury concentrations in amphibian tissues across the United States, 2016-2021

Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to amphibian sampling across the United States between 2016 and 2021. Data files contain mercury concentrations in amphibian and dragonfly tissues, mercury concentrations in sediment, as well as amphibian morphometrics, and habitat and climate characteristics where the samples were collected.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Ecology, All tags... Environmental Health, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vermont, Virginia, Water Quality, Wildlife Biology, Wisconsin, Wyoming, biota, environment, inlandWaters, mercury contamination, Fewer tags

Data from: "Evaluating the effect of expert elicitation techniques on population status assessment in the face of large uncertainty"

The dataset contains estimates (low, estimate, high) of 12 population parameters for the wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) from the literature and experts.

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, New York, North America, Pennsylvania, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Biology, environment, population dynamics, Fewer tags

Data from a national survey for the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

This dataset provides the results of a national survey of the conterminous U.S. for the salamander chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative from May 2014 to August 2017. Sites were sampled by capturing amphibians by hand or by traps or nets that were then swabbed individually using methods that prevent sample contamination. All swabs were then analyzed using a real-time TaqMan PCR for detection of B. salamandrivorans on the extracted DNA. The data consist of locality information and data on the individual sampled, as well as the result of the test for B. salamandrivorans. No cases of B. salamandrivorans were detected...

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, United States, Wildlife Biology, All tags... Wildlife Disease, amphibians, biota, wildlife disease, Fewer tags