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The Effects of Flow Extremes on Native and Non-Native Stream Fishes in Puerto Rico Freshwater fish are among the most vulnerable taxa to climate change globally but are generally understudied in tropical island ecosystems. Climate change is predicted to alter the intensity, frequency, and variability of extreme flow events on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. These changes may impact Caribbean native and non-native stream ecosystems and biota complex ways. We compiled an extensive dataset of native and non-native fish assemblages collected at 119 sites across Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2015. We coupled these data with stream flow indices and dam height to understand how flow dynamics drive fish assemblage structure. Sixteen percent of sites contained exclusively non-native species, 34% contained... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Caribbean, Caribbean ecosystems, Hydrology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Water Quality, biota, extreme events, fish, fish, flow extremes, native assemblages, non-native species, non-native species, streams, Fewer tags Historical Stream Fish Distribution Database for the Conterminous United States (1950-1990): IchthyMaps Fish occurrence data to support high-resolution distribution models and test various community and macroecological hypotheses have not been available at the national scale. We present IchthyMaps, a database of high-quality historical fish occurrences covering fishes of the conterminous United States. Designed on the principles of metacommunity ecology, IchthyMaps is a compilation of presence records from atlases up to 1990, at the resolution of the 1:100,000 National Hydrography Database Plus (NHDPlus) inter-confluence stream segment, readily aggregated into hierarchically coarser units (e.g. hydrologic unit code 8-digit and 12-digit watersheds). IchthyMaps contains about 606,550 presence records for 1,038 species... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Biological Data, Biological sampling, All tags... California, Colorado, Connecticut, Conterminous United States, Deleware, District of Columbia, Ecological distribution, Florida, Freshwater fishes, Georgia, Historical data, Historical data, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Lentic, Lotic, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, NFHP Cooperator, NHDPlusV2, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, NoVisual, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spatial Data, Spatial distribution, Species presence, Species presence, Tennessee, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Fewer tags Sage Grouse HSI (habitat similarity index) Habitat similarity index (HSI) values for greater sage-grouse across their western range. HSI values represent the relationship of environmental values at map locations to the multivariate model of minimum requirements for sage-grouse defined by land cover, anthropogenic variables, soil, topography, and climate. Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Data, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Data, Data.gov Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Ecological Minimums, Environment and Conservation, All tags... Federal resource managers, Greater Sage-Grouse, Habitat Similarity Index, LCC Network Science Catalog, Publication, SageDAT-data, State agencies, completed, environment, raster digital data, Fewer tags Broadly Shared Information Needs Among Grassland Managers in the North Central Region The broadly shared information needs for grassland managers in the North Central region to meet conservation goals in a changing climate are presented and ranked as highly relevant, somewhat relevant, or not relevant for federal, state, tribal, and non-governmental grassland-managing entities. Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Colorado, Grasslands, Information Needs, Kansas, Landscapes, All tags... Montana, Nebraska, North Central Region, North Dakota, Resource Managers, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wyoming, biota, Fewer tags Modeled daily salinity derived from multiple machine learning methodologies for 91 salinity monitoring sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico, 1980–2021 This data release consists of statistical predictions of daily salinity time series generated from the makESTUSAL software repository described by Asquith and others (2023b). The statistical methods included multiple methods of machine learning, which produced the daily salinity prediction and attendant credible uncertainties included in the data release. The geographic scope includes the predictions for 91 locations within bays and estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico, United States. The 91 locations are organized across 15 salinity groups and represented in the organizational structure of this data release. The input data files of imputed salinity (observations, response variable) and covariates (predictor variables)... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Estuary, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Modeling, Salinity, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, Fewer tags Spatial distribution of greater sage-grouse nests in relatively contiguous sagebrush habitats. Conclusions: The proportion of sage-grouse nests located within 3 vs 5 km suggested that a 5 km buffer around a lek encompassed the majority of nests. The results indicate that land managers should strive to maintain a 5 km buffer around known sage-grouse lek locations in order to ensure sage-grouse breeding success. Thresholds/Learnings: A 5000m buffer around sage-grouse leks encompassed the majority (64%) of sage-grouse nests. Synopsis: This study used radio-telemetry to determine nesting patterns of Greater Sage-Grouse relative to leks in a relatively contiguous sagebrush habitat in Wyoming. The proportion of nests located within 3 vs 5 km suggested that a 5 km buffer around a lek encompassed the majority of... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Greater sage-grouse, Natural cover amount, Wyoming, birds, connectivity, All tags... habitat suitability, sagebrush steppe, sub-regional, Fewer tags Catalogue of the literature assessing climate effects on ungulates in North America (1947-2020) This dataset contains information from 674 publications (academic and grey literature) that assessed the effects of climate variability and climate change on the 15 ungulate species that are native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Greenland. The publication contains literature published between 1947 and September 2020. Information documented includes study location, climate variables assessed, and ungulate outcomes measured (e.g., life history characteristics, population demographics, migratory behavior). Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Canada, Greenland, Mexico, North America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... United States, biota, climate change, effects of climate change, none, Fewer tags Projections of Future Suitable Bioclimatic Conditions of Parthenogenetic Whiptails Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: bioclimatic-envelope modeling, parthenogenetic whiptails, Birds, Mammals, Other Wildlife, All tags... South Central CASC, Wildlife and Plants, climate projections, species distribution models, Fewer tags Wintering sandhill crane exposure to wind energy development in the central and southern Great Plains, USA datasets Numerous wind energy projects have been constructed in the central and southern Great Plains, USA, the main wintering area for midcontinent Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis). We assessed exposure of wintering Sandhill Cranes to the current distribution of wind towers in the central and southern Great Plains by estimating overlap using location data from platform transmitting terminals (PTT) collected during winters 1998–2004. Because 90% of wind towers in the region were installed 2004–2013, comparing an established distribution of wind towers (as of January 2014) with pre-construction crane (1998-2004) distribution provides an initial assessment of the midcontinent population’s exposure. Distributions of cranes... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, animal tracking, All tags... game species, risk assessment, wind energy, Fewer tags Airborne Geophysical Surveys over the 2011 Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake Area Airborne Geophysical Surveys over the 2011 Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake Area The 2011 moment magnitude (Mw) 5.8 central Virginia earthquake was felt by millions of people and caused significant damage in the eastern United States. As part of efforts to better understand the faults and geologic features associated with the earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey commissioned airborne geophysical surveys over the epicentral area. Here we present the data from those surveys and summarize research results based on those datasets. The following items can be obtained by following links on this page: - Background information on the Mineral, Virginia earthquake and a summary of first analysis results - Downloadable... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC) Vegetation Response Following Invasive Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) Removal and Implications for Riparian Restoration Using a retrospective study of tamarisk removal sites across five states in the southwestern United States, we investigated (1) decreases in tamarisk cover; (2) the effects of tamarisk removal on vegetation; and (3) whether cutting or burning tamarisk has differing effects on plant communities. Our study provides an important first step in recognizing the effects of removing a dominant invasive species on meeting long-term goals of riparian restoration. We found that (1) both cutting and burning reduced mean tamarisk foliar cover by 82?95%, and this reduction was sustained over time. (2) Native foliar cover was 2- to 3-fold higher on tamarisk removal sites, but total foliar cover remained 60?75% lower than on control... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Restoration Ecology, Tamarix, invasive plant management, plant community, riparian restoration, All tags... saltcedar, Fewer tags Drilling, construction, geophysical, water quality, and aquifer test data for well SEP 16, Butte County, Idaho In 2021 and 2022, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR), drilled and constructed well SEP 16 (431900112593601) approximately 6 miles south-southeast of Big Southern Butte in Butte County, Idaho. The purpose of the well installation was to collect geologic, geophysical, and hydrologic data. On July 13, 2022, the USGS Idaho National Laboratory Project Office (INLPO) collected select geophysical logs within the cased well including natural gamma, neutron, neutron porosity, and gamma-gamma dual density logs. Gyroscopic deviation data were also collected during geophysical surveying to account for the horizontal and vertical displacement of the well. On... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 431900112593601, Butte County, Drilling/completion report, East Idaho, Geophysics, All tags... Hydrology, Idaho, SEP 16, Stratigraphy, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, borehole, chemical analysis, driller report, gamma-gamma, geochemistry, geophysical logging, geophysics, groundwater, hydrogeology, hydrology, las, lithology, natural gamma, neutron, neutron porosity, pumping test / aquifer test, radiochemical analysis, water chemistry, water properties, water quality, water sampling, well deviation, well diagram, Fewer tags Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the North Central Region This file provides a table of all the of Species of Greatest Conservation Need listed in the North Central states' (MT, WY, CO, ND, SD, NE, and KS) State Wildlife Action Plans as of summer 2020. Species are organized by the number of states which listed them as Species of Greatest Conservation Need, and then by scientific name. Federal status is also provided for each species. This table is adapted from an unpublished species list compiled by the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Colorado, Grasslands, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, All tags... North Central Region, North Central region, North Dakota, SGCN, SWAP, South Dakota, Species, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wyoming, biota, Fewer tags River Channel Survey Data, Redwood Creek, California, 1953-2013 Dr. Richard Janda of the USGS began a channel monitoring program in Redwood Creek in northern coastal California in 1973. The USGS continued this work through 2013, when the Research Geologist, Dr. Mary Madej retired. This effort produced 40 years of channel change data in rivers that were disrupted by severe erosion following timber harvest of old-growth redwood forests, a portion of the program's data (plus 1953 data) has been preserved in this data release. Original field surveys documented bank erosion, aggradation, and degradation at 60 cross-sectional transects at annual or biannual timesteps. Three river reaches also have long-term longitudinal channel bed surveys which document the distribution and development... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: 44 Creek, Bond Creek, California, Dolason Creek, Elam Creek, All tags... Emerald Creek, Forty-four Creek, Fortyfour Creek, Harry Wier Creek, Hayes Creek, Humboldt, Redwood Creek, Redwood National Park, United States, cross section survey, fluvial geomorphology, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, longitudinal survey, river channel surveys, watershed management, watershed restoration, Fewer tags Climate Justice and Climate Adaptation in California: Indigenous Community Climate Adaptation Leadership and Opportunities for Scientific Collaboration Climate and weather-related disasters in California illustrate the need for immediate climate change action - both mitigation to reduce impacts and adaptation to protect our communities, relatives, and the ecosystems we depend upon. Indigenous frontline communities face even greater threats from climate impacts due to historical and political legacies of environmental injustice. Climate change adaptation actions have proven challenging to implement as communities struggle to access necessary climate data at appropriate scales, identify effective strategies that address community priorities, and obtain resources to act, at a whole-community level. In this paper, we present three examples of Indigenous communities... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation The Southern Megalopolis: Using the Past to Predict the Future of Urban Sprawl in the Southeast U.S. Abstract (from http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0102261): The future health of ecosystems is arguably as dependent on urban sprawl as it is on human-caused climatic warming. Urban sprawl strongly impacts the urban ecosystems it creates and the natural and agro-ecosystems that it displaces and fragments. Here, we project urban sprawl changes for the next 50 years for the fast-growing Southeast U.S. Previous studies have focused on modeling population density, but the urban extent is arguably as important as population density per se in terms of its ecological and conservation impacts. We develop simulations using the SLEUTH urban growth model that complement population-driven models... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Ecosystems, Habitats, Landscapes, Other Landscapes, Population Density, All tags... South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Southeast CASC, simulation and modeling, urban areas, urban ecology, wetlands, Fewer tags