Daniel H Slone

Invasion frustration? Can biotic resistance explain the small geographic range of non-native croaking gourami Trichopsis vittata (Cuvier, 1831) in Florida, USA?

In this report, we evaluate this hypothesis for croaking gourami Trichopsis vittata, a non-native species that has established a reproducing population, but has not successfully spread beyond its very small (5 km2) range. We suspected the inability of T. vittata to colonize new habitats may be due to biotic resistance by the native eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Loxahatchee, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), nonindigenous species

GPS Telemetry and other data sets of Florida manatees from Crystal River, FL 2006-2018

These data represent 1) Telemetry from Florida manatee from Crystal River, FL 2006-2018 2) Observations of manatees, swimmers and paddlecraft from Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, FL 2014-2017 3) GIS polygons of aquatic landscape features from Crystal River, FL.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, All tags... animal tracking, farming, manatees ["sea cows"], thermal features, Fewer tags

Florida is home to 50 endangered species, 23 National Wildlife Refuges, 9 national parks, and 119 state parks. Straddling both temperate and sub-tropical zones, the state is also unique in that it is a long and narrow peninsula, surrounded on three sides by warm water, creating a dynamic environment. The impacts of climate change, such as sea-level rise and severe storms, threaten the state’s unique biodiversity—yet managers are unsure how species will respond to these changes, which makes planning for the future difficult. In order to identify the impacts of climate change on Florida’s plants and wildlife, researchers developed regional climate scenarios identifying how temperature and precipitation patterns...

Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2009, CASC, Climate change, Completed, La Florida, All tags... National CASC, National CASC, Plants, Plants, Projects by Region, Science Project, Water, Coasts and Ice, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, biodiversity, climate models, land use and land cover, Fewer tags

Morphological measurements of Antillean manatees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

The data were collected by U.S.G.S. biologists and their partners during several field trips from March 2013 to April 2014 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Data were collected during the manatee health assessments. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Sirenia Project is a federal research effort focusing on manatee biology and ecology with a long history of studies in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the international arena. The status of the Antillean manatee in Cuba is not well known. Manatee population census techniques are mostly prohibited due to regulation of the airspace, but it is speculated that the population of manatee in Cuba is not very large. Manatee captures will enable health assessments and radio tagging to determine...

Categories: Data; Tags: USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota

Manatee tracking, sighting and environmental data from the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 2013-2019

Data sets collected for manatee movement and habitat research in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2013-2019. These include manatee GPS tracking, manatee sightings, aquatic vegetation from manatee use areas, and environmental data (salinity and bathymetry at vegetation sampling sites).

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat, Northern Gulf of Mexico, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-EMA-LOW-SB T&E: Manatee, USGS-EMA-LOW-SS Oil and gas, Wildlife Biology, aquatic vegetation, farming, telemetry, Fewer tags