Cryptosporidium and Giardia Occurrence Data in Wildlife from Arctic Alaska, 2012-2017

This dataset consists of one table with sample collection locations and results of screening resident wildlife for Cryptosporidium and Giardia in the Alaskan Arctic, 2012-2017. We analyzed feces collected from polar bear, Pacific walrus, Arctic fox, and caribou with MERIFLUOR direct immunofluorescence assay to determine the presence of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Arctic fox, Biota, Caribou, All tags... Cryptosporidium, Cryptosporidium, Disease detection, Disease reservoirs, Disease vectors, Endangered species, Environment, Giardia, Giardia, Health and disease, Indicator species, MERIFLUOR Cryptosporidium/Giardia direct immunofluorescent assay, Mammals, Migratory species, Odobenus rosmarus divergens, Pacific walrus, Parasitic diseases, Polar bear, Rangifer tarandus, Tundra ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Ursus maritimus, Vulpes lagopus, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, Wildlife disease, Fewer tags

Gulf Watch Alaska Nearshore Component: Sea Otter Aerial Survey Data Katmai National Park and Preserve, 2008-2018

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long term monitoring program, nearshore monitoring component. Specifically, these data describe sea otter (Enhydra lutris) aerial survey observations from the waters around Katmai National Park and Preserve from surveys conducted in 2008, 2012, 2015, and 2018. Sea otters are a keystone predator, well known for structuring the nearshore marine ecosystem through their consumption of invertebrate prey. The dataset consists of 3 comma-delimited files (CSV) exported from Microsoft Excel. The data consists of (1) Strip transect counts, (2) Intensive Search Unit (ISU) counts, and (3) Transect coordinates. For each aerial survey, a pilot flew an airplane at an altitude...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Abundance, Aerial survey, Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic Biology, All tags... Aquatic ecosystems, Benthic habitat, Biota, Coastal habitat, Distribution, Ecology, Ecology, Ecosystem monitoring, Enhydra lutris, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Intertidal environments, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Marine environment monitoring, Marine mammals, Otters, Population dynamics, Sea otters, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Child Item 3: Rocky Intertidal Invertebrate and Algae Cover from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7513WCB. These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program, nearshore monitoring component. The dataset has five comma separated values (.csv) file exported from a Microsoft Access relational database. The data consist of percent cover and point contact data from algae and invertebrates at intertidal rocky substrate sampling sites. Tables include: 1) intertidal cover, 2) intertidal percent cover, 3) intertidal top layer percent cover, 4) intertidal substrate percent cover, and 5) taxonomic classification table. Version History: First release: September 2022 Revised: October 2023 (ver. 2.0) Revised: October 2024...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Alaska Peninsula, Algae, Algae, Animals/Invertebrates, All tags... Aquatic biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Biospheric indicators, Biota, Community ecology, Ecology, Ecosystem monitoring, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Intertidal environments, Intertidal zone, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Macroinvertebrates, Marine ecosystems, Marine invertebrates, Mollusks, Nearshore ecology, Prince William Sound, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife biology, Wildlife disease, Fewer tags

Measurement Data of Polar Bears Captured in the Chukchi and Southern Beaufort Seas, 1981-2017

This dataset includes measures collected on polar bears captured in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, 1981-2017 by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Data collected include body length, body mass, axillary girth, skull width and tail lengths. Bears were also aged as described in the methods. For some bears, an adipose tissue sample was collected and percent lipid content was measured, percent body fat was measured via bioelectrical impedance analysis, and/or recent feeding behavior was assessed via gut palpitation or blood urea and creatinine levels, all of which are further described in the methods. Version History: First release: July 2020 Revised: October 2024 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animal behavior, Animals/Vertebrates, Bears, Beaufort Sea, All tags... Biota, Carnivores, Chukchi Sea, Coastal ecosystems, Consumer Behavior, Environment, Mammals, Marine ecosystems, Marine mammals, Species Life History, Threatened Species, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Percent Cover Data from Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Prince William Sound, Alaska

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program, nearshore monitoring component. The dataset has one comma separated values (.csv) table with estimates of eelgrass (Zostera marina) percent cover. Eelgrass cover was estimated from sonar and video drop cameras deployed from boats following prescribed survey transects.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alaska Peninsula, Angiosperms (flowering plants), Animal and plant census, Aquatic Biology, All tags... Biological productivity, Biota, Coastal ecosystems, Ecosystem monitoring, Eelgrass, Environment, Estuarine ecosystems, Gulf of Alaska, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Marine ecosystems, Monocots, Nearshore ecology, Prince William Sound, Relative abundance analysis, Seagrass, Seagrass beds, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Zostera marina, Fewer tags

Child Item 2: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) - Raw Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 20 satellite transmitters attached to Thick-billed murres on their breeding range in arctic and western Alaska, 1995-1996. Five data files are included in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Bering Sea, All tags... Biota, Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Cape Lisburne, Cape Thompson, Capture-recapture studies, Chukchi Sea, Coastal ecosystems, Environment, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Telemetry, Thick-billed murre, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria lomvia, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Fewer tags

Tracking Data for Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia)

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Thick-billed Murres, a seabird species found in the Arctic and regions of the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) - Processed Data" Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) - Raw Data" All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Bering Sea, All tags... Biota, Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Cape Lisburne, Cape Thompson, Capture-recapture studies, Chukchi Sea, Coastal ecosystems, Environment, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Telemetry, Thick-billed murre, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria lomvia, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Fewer tags

Child Item 2: Aboveground Net Primary Production Estimates from the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

This dataset is a single comma-delimited text file (.csv). Data include the name of lakes where samples were obtained, the historical dynamics of that lake, the sampled community type, and the dry mass of annual new growth. Shrub community measurements are a combination of understory mass from quadrat harvests and shrub stem mass derived from published allometric equations. This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QF8RR5

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Biogeochemical cycles, Biomass, Biomass dynamics, Biota, All tags... Community ecology, Community structure, Ecology, Environment, Lake drying, Landscape ecology, Plants, Primary production, Soil Science, Soil carbon storage, Succession (biological), Terrestrial ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vegetation cover, Wetland ecosystems, Yukon Flats, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Fewer tags

Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica)

This data release includes 1 child item with tracking data for Pacific Loons, a species that breeds throughout much of Alaska and winters throughout the Pacific Ocean basin, along the coasts of East Asia and North America. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica) - Processed Data" Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Biota, All tags... Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Colville River Delta, Distribution, Ecological Dynamics, Environment, Gavia pacifica, Loons, Migration, Migration (organisms), Migration pathway, Migratory birds, Migratory strategies, North Slope, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Pacific Americas flyway, Pacific Loons, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species Life History, Species Migration, Staging area, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Child Item 1: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Yellow-billed Loons (Gavia adamsii) - Processed Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 92 satellite transmitters attached to adult Yellow-billed Loons on their breeding range in Arctic Alaska and Canada, 2002-2017. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: flag implausible location estimates and decode raw sensor data. Three Comma Separate Value (CSV) tables are included in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Atqasuk, All tags... Biota, Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Cambridge Bay, Canada, Chipp River, Distribution, East Asia flyway, Ecological Dynamics, Environment, Gavia adamsii, Ikpikpuk, Inigok, Loons, Migration, Migration (organisms), Migration pathway, Migratory birds, Migratory strategies, NPR-A, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, North Slope, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Pacific Americas flyway, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Seward Peninsula, Species Life History, Species Migration, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Yellow-billed loon, Fewer tags

Tracking Data for Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata)

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Red-throated Loons, a species that breeds in coastal areas throughout Alaska and winters along the Pacific coasts of North America and Eurasia. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata) - Processed Data" Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata) - Raw Data" All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes. Version History: First release: December 2017 Revised:...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Biota, All tags... Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Copper River Delta, Distribution, East Asia flyway, Ecological Dynamics, Environment, Gavia stellata, Loons, Migration, Migration (organisms), Migration pathway, Migratory birds, Migratory strategies, NPR-A, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, North Slope, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Pacific Americas flyway, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Point Lay, Red-throated Loon, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Seward Peninsula, Species Life History, Species Migration, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Yukon Delta, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta, Fewer tags

Child Item 2: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus) - Raw Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 28 satellite transmitters attached to Long-billed Curlews at breeding sites in Oregon, Nevada, and Montana. Five data files are included in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular CSV format....

Categories: Data; Tags: Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Biota, Birds, All tags... Breeding sites, Capture-recapture studies, Environment, Long-billed Curlew, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Montana, Nevada, Numenius americanus, Oregon, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Tagging devices, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Interior Alaska eBird Checklists

These data are daily summary checklists of all bird species observed at U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center (ASC) field camps in Interior Alaska. Version History: First release: May 2021 Revised: February 2022 (ver. 2.0) Revised: February 2023 (ver. 3.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service

Data from Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) Overwintering in Three Lagoons Along the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

This data package includes 2 child items with data from Pacific Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) during winter and migration periods. Child Item 1: "Body mass, Morphological Measurements, Flock Counts, and Age-Ratios from Black Brant Overwintering in Three Lagoons Along the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico". The data include: (1) body mass and morphological measurements from sport hunter harvested brant, and (2) census counts of brant in Bahia de San Quintin, (3) counts for flock age ratio determination, and (4) behavior. Child Item 2: "Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) Radio Detection and Migration Timing Alaska to Mexico". Data from brant tagged with VHF radio transmitters in July 1999 on the Yukon...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animal populations, Animals/Vertebrates, Bahia San Quintín, Baja California, All tags... Baja California Sur, Biota, Birds, Black Brant, Branta bernicla nigricans, Brent Goose, Coastal ecosystems, Ecological dynamics, Ecology, Environment, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico, Migratory birds, Population dynamics, Species life history, Species/population interactions, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waterfowl, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Yukon Delta, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, Fewer tags

Child Item 1: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) - Processed Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 17 satellite transmitters attached to Whooper Swans at a non-breeding site in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, 2009. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: flag implausible location estimates and decode raw sensor data. Three Comma Separate Value (CSV) tables are included in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every Argos location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check (based...

Categories: Data; Tags: Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Biota, Birds, All tags... Breeding sites, Capture-recapture studies, Coastal ecosystems, Cygnus cygnus, Ducks/Geese/Swans, East Asia flyway, Environment, Honshu, Izunuma, Japan, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Miyagi, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Russia, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Siberia, Species life history, Tagging devices, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Whooper Swan, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Child Item 2: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) - Raw Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 17 satellite transmitters attached to Whooper Swans at a non-breeding site in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, 2009. Five data files are included in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular CSV format....

Categories: Data; Tags: Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Biota, Birds, All tags... Breeding sites, Capture-recapture studies, Coastal ecosystems, Cygnus cygnus, Ducks/Geese/Swans, East Asia flyway, Environment, Honshu, Izunuma, Japan, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Miyagi, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Russia, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Siberia, Species life history, Tagging devices, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Whooper Swan, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Genetic Data from Cooper's Hawks (Accipiter cooperii), North America

This data set describes nuclear microsatellite genotypes derived from six autosomal loci (AgCA222, Age7.1JT, BV13, BV20, NVH206, NVH195-2) in Cooper's Hawks. Samples originated from blood samples collected from live trapped birds. Version History: First release: December 2020 Revised: February 2022 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Accipiter cooperii, AgCA222, Age7.1JT, Alleles, Animals/Vertebrates, All tags... BV13, BV20, Biota, Birds, Birds of prey, British Columbia, Cooper's Hawk, DNA, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Environment, Gene Flow, Genetic Markers, Genetics, Genetics, Genotype, Microsatellite Repeats, NVH195-2, NVH206, North Dakota, Polymerase chain reaction, Population Genetics, Raptors, Site Fidelity, Terrestrial ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wisconsin, Fewer tags

Genetic Data from Arctic, Polar, and Saffron Cod and Walleye Pollock, Alaska and Canada, 2011-2017

Fragment data from 11 nuclear microsatellite loci and sequence data from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene were gathered from Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Mitogenomic analyses of Arctic cod and three other co-distributed gadoids (Polar cod [Arctogadus glacialis], Saffron cod [Eleginus gracilis], Walleye Pollock [Gadus chalcogrammus]) were also completed. Transcriptomic analyses of Arctic cod were used to identify genes associated with environmental perturbations. Genome-wide scans using RAD-Seq of Arctic cod and the co-distributed Polar Cod were collected.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Aquatic sciences, All tags... Arctic cod, Arctogadus glacialis, Beaufort Sea, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, Biota, Boreogadus saida, Canada, Chukchi Sea, DNA sequencing, DNA, Mitochondrial, Eleginus gracilis, Environment, Fish, Fisheries, Gadus chalcogrammus, Gene flow, Genetic structure, Genetic variance, Genetics, Genetics, Genomics, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Marine habitat, Microsatellite Repeats, Norton Sound, Nova Scotia, Polymerase chain reaction, Population dynamics, Population genetics, Saffron cod, Systematics and taxonomy, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Walleye Pollock, Wildlife Biology, Yukon Territory, Fewer tags

Child Item 6: Zooplankton Biomass Data from Gulf of Alaska Fjords, 2010-2011

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7K072DR This dataset includes zooplankton biomass from Prince William Sound, Icy Bay and Yakutat Bay, Alaska. Zooplankton were sampled with a ring net (0.6 m diameter with 211 µ mesh) on a 50 m vertical haul or to within 5 m of the bottom in shallow water. Zooplankton samples were identified to species and life stage when possible.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Aquatic Biology, Biomass, Biota, Ecology, All tags... Ecosystem monitoring, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Fresh water river discharge, Glacier Bay, Gulf of Alaska, Icy Bay, Marine ecosystems, Ocean characteristics, Ocean monitoring, Oceans, Prince William Sound, Specimen sampling, Stage, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water sampling, Wildlife Biology, Yakutat Bay, Zooplankton, m3, Fewer tags

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