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Kuskokwim Bay chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) energy density, distribution, and stomach data, 2004 This data set documents the dry mass energy density, distribution, and stomach contents of age-0 chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) captured in the Kuskokwim Bay estuary in May and June 2004. The analysis of this data was published in Burrill et al. 2018 (DOI :10.1007/s00300-018-2297-2.). Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Bering Sea, Kuskokwim Bay, anadromous fish, biota, All tags... coastal zone, estuarine ecosystems, food web, migratory species, ontogeny, stomach contents, Fewer tags Overview of Sampled Lakes, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge This dataset is a single comma-delimited text file (.csv). Data include the name of lakes where sampling occurred, approximate geographic coordinates of each lake, historical dynamics of the lake, and indication of measurements taken at the lake. Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Biogeochemical cycles, Biomass, Biomass dynamics, Biota, All tags... Community ecology, Environment, Landscape ecology, Primary production, Yukon Flats, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Fewer tags 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. Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Biogeochemical cycles, Biomass, Biomass dynamics, Biota, All tags... Community ecology, Environment, Landscape ecology, Primary production, Terrestrial ecosystems, Wetland ecosystems, Yukon Flats, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Fewer tags Soil Properties of Lake-Margin Wetlands of 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, soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), water content (VWC), and bulk density (BD) of soil core samples within organic soil horizon in lake-margin wetland plant communities. Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Biogeochemical cycles, Biota, Environment, Lake drying, All tags... Landscape ecology, Nutrient cycling, Terrestrial ecosystems, Wetland ecosystems, Yukon Flats, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, 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 Fish Species Composition and Diet Information in Lakes of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, 2011-2013 This dataset provides information on fish species composition and their diet information for 16 lakes and 16 ponds at two locations on the central Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. In one table, we provide the presence of fish species and the total species count for each lake or pond sampled. This table also includes metrics of surface water connectivity to the stream network. In a second table, stomach content information is provided for fish collected during summer sampling periods (late June to mid-August) over three years (2011–2013). The third table includes stable carbon isotope and stable nitrogen isotope signature data for fish species and snails (the baseline organism) from 16 water bodies at one study location... Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Arctic, Arctic Coastal Plain, Diet, Isotopes, All tags... North Slope Borough, Species composition, Species richness, Stomach contents, biota, inlandWaters, isotopic analysis, prey, Fewer tags Carbon and Nitrogen Content of Organic Soils in Lake-Margin Wetlands of 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, soil core dimensions, bulk density, and carbon/nitrogen content of soil core samples within the organic soil horizon in lake-margin wetland plant communities. Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Biogeochemical cycles, Biota, Carbon, Environment, All tags... Lake drying, Landscape ecology, Nitrogen, Nutrient cycling, Soil carbon storage, Terrestrial ecosystems, Wetland ecosystems, Yukon Flats, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Fewer tags Arthropod Abundance Data from the Colville River Delta, Alaska This data release contains information on the seasonal diversity and abundance of arthropods collected at the Colville River Delta, Alaska, 2011-2012 and 2014-2107. Researchers with the US Geological Survey began studying the reproductive ecology of birds at a site on the Colville River near the Beaufort Sea coast in 2011. Researchers concurrently collected arthropods at 3-day intervals to understand the relationship between the seasonal abundance of arthropods and the reproductive output of insectivorous birds. Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Invertebrates, Arachnida, Arctic Coastal Plain, Arthropods, All tags... Bioenergetics, Biota, Collembola, Colville River Delta, Ecology, Environment, Insecta, Insects, Insects, Invertebrates, Terrestrial ecosystems, Tundra ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wetland ecosystems, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife food habits, Fewer tags Intertidal and Subtidal Sea Otter Prey Sampling in Mixed Sediment Habitat in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, 1998 to 2011 This dataset provides clam species abundance and size data from intertidal and subtidal mixed sediment habitats in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (GBNPP). Data are provided for all observed clams, horse mussels, or urchins 14 mm or larger. Sampling involved excavating 25 cm of substrate from quadrats (approximately 0.25 sq meter) along transects at random and selected sites, 10 quadrats at the 0 Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) tide level for intertidal sampling and 20 quadrats at approximately 9 m depth for subtidal sampling. Site and taxonomic information are provided. Abundance and size data are provided in two tables with different data configurations: (1) a compact version with data for those species observed... Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animal and plant census, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic biology, Benthic habitat, All tags... Benthos, Biota, Bivalves, Clam, Coastal ecosystems, Ecology, Environment, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Macroinvertebrates, Marine ecosystems, Mollusks, Mollusks, Sea urchin, Trophic relationships, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags Bioenergetics and Morphology of Mussels (Mytilus trossulus) in Kenai Fjords National Park This dataset provides one table of bioenergetic and morphological measurements of Pacific blue mussels (Mytilus trossulus; N = 444) collected at three intertidal sites in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. Mussels were collected at the same tidal height across all three sites on a nearly monthly basis from 2014-2015. Categories: Data; Tags: Aialik Bay, Alaska, Animal morphology, Animals/Invertebrates, Aquatic Biology, All tags... Bioenergetics, Biomass dynamics, Biota, Bivalves, Calorimetry, Coastal ecosystems, Ecology, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Intertidal environments, Kenai Fjords National Park, Macroinvertebrates, Marine ecosystems, Mollusks, Resurrection Bay, Shellfish, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags Gulf Watch Alaska, Nearshore Monitoring Component: Sea Otter Foraging Observations from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park, 2012-2016 This data is part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long term monitoring program, benthic monitoring component and a seasonal diet study in Kenai Fjords National Park. The dataset is a comma separated file exported from a Microsoft Access database. The data consists of observations made of foraging sea otters (Enhydra lutris). Observers used Questar field model spotting scopes and binoculars to identify prey. Date, local time, dive duration, success, prey type, prey size, prey number, handling time and surface time are all recorded. Sites are in Alaska and include locations in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park and Prince William Sound. This data in this file were collected 2012-2016. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Enhydra lutris, Gulf of Alaska, Katmai National Park and Preserve, All tags... Kenai Fjords National Park, Prince William Sound, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, coastal ecosystems, environment, foraging behavior, marine ecology, monitoring, prey, sea otters, synecology, Fewer tags Blood Parasite Infection Data from Northwestern Crows (Corvus caurinus), Alaska, 2007-2008 This data set consists of two tables associated with a study of Haemosporidian parasite infection in Northwestern Crows (Corvus caurinus) sampled at six locations throughout southcentral and southeast Alaska in 2007-2008. The first table contains species, location, banding, and morphometric data for all samples. The second table contains results from heamosporidian parasite screening of crow blood samples using molecular techniques. Genomic DNA was extracted from blood samples and screened for the presence of Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, and Leucocytozoon blood parasites using a nested-PCR method. Parasite genetic data is provided as GenBank accession numbers for any samples that tested positive for haemosporidian... Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Avian physiology, Biological science disciplines, Biology, All tags... Biosphere, Biota, Birds, Birds, Blood parasites, DNA Sequencing, Disease, Disease vectors, Ecological dynamics, Ecology, Environment, Genetic diversity, Genetic variance, Genetics, Genetics, Genetics, Haemosporidians, Haines, Hematozoa, Homer, Juneau, Kenai, Life sciences, Natural science disciplines, Parasitic diseases, Parasitism, Parasitology, Parasitology, Pathologic processes, Perching birds, Polymerase chain reaction, Sciences, Seward, Species/Population interactions, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Valdez, Vector borne diseases, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, Wildlife biology, Zoology, Fewer tags DNA Microsatellite and Sex Identification Marker Screening for Mexican Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) Two tables of data are included in this data release. The first table provides screening results for 32 previously described and/or published microsatellites and 1 sexing marker, primer redesigns for use in Mexican Spotted Owls in this data release, and size of markers in Mexican Spotted Owls. The second table provides microsatellite and sexing marker results for 10 tissue and 98 feather samples for 11 microsatellite markers identified as variable in initial marker screenings. Categories: Data; Tags: Alleles, Animals/Vertebrates, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, Biota, All tags... Birds, Birds of prey, Breeding sites, Capture-recapture studies, Coconino National Forest, DNA, DNA Primers, Environment, Genetic diversity, Genetic markers, Genetics, Genetics, Genotype, Grand Canyon National Park, Kaibab National Forest, Los Alamos, Mexican Spotted Owl, Microsatellite Repeats, New Mexico, Polymerase chain reaction, Raptors, Sexing (plants & animals), Strix occidentalis lucida, Terrestrial ecosystems, Threatened species, Tonto National Forest, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Walnut Canyon National Monument, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags Genetic Microsatellite Data from Sorex, Based on Holarctic Sampling This data set describes nuclear microsatellite genotypes derived from 17 autosomal loci (Sug001, Sug002, Sug003, Sug006, Sug007, Sug008, Sug009, Sug010, Sug011, Sug012, Sug019, Sug021, Sug022, Sug023, Sug024, Sug029, Sug038) in shrews, Sorex spp. Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alleles, Anadyr, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, All tags... Chukotka, DNA, Environment, Gene Flow, Genetic diversity, Genetic markers, Genetics, Genetics, Genotype, Insectivora, Kamchatka Peninsula, Mammals, Microsatellite repeats, Polymerase chain reaction, Pribilof Islands, Russia, Shrews, Sorex camtschatica, Sorex cinereus, Sorex jacksoni, Sorex portenkoi, Sorex pribilofensis, Sorex ugyunak, Terrestrial ecosystems, Tundra ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags Genomic Data from Ptarmigan and Grouse, Alaska This data set provides sample data and NCBI accession information for genomic sequencing of ptarmigan and grouse from Alaska. Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, Bonasa umbellus, All tags... DNA sequencing, Dendragapus fuliginosus, Environment, Falcipennis canadensis, Fowl, Galliformes, Genetic diversity, Genetics, Genomics, Herbivores, Lagopus lagopus, Lagopus leucura, Lagopus muta, Population Genetics, Rock ptarmigan, Ruffed grouse, Sharp-tailed grouse, Sooty grouse, Spruce grouse, Terrestrial ecosystems, Transcriptome, Tundra ecosystems, Tympanuchus phasianellus, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upland game birds, White-tailed ptarmigan, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Willow ptarmigan, ddrad, double digestion restriction associated DNA, exon capture, whole genome, whole methylome, whole mitogenome, whole transcriptome, Fewer tags DNA Microsatellite Markers for Northern Fulmar (Fulmaris glacialis) and Cross-species Amplification in Select Seabird Species This data set is comprised of one table with sampling information and allele sizes for 69 individual Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) from Chagulak Island, Alaska and Hafnarey Island, Iceland. Fulmar allele sizes are provided for 10 previously published and 26 novel microsatellite loci. Additionally, allele sizes for the 26 microsatellite loci developed in this study are included for Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea, n=4), Common Murres (Uria aalge, n=6), Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella, n=6), Fork-tailed Storm Petrels (Oceanodroma furcata, n=5), Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus, n=5), Common Gulls (Larus canus, n=5), Pelagic cormorants (Phalacrocorax pelagicus, n=5), and Thick-billed Murres (Uria... Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Alleles, Animals, Animals/Vertebrates, All tags... Arctic Regions, Biota, Birds, Birds, Birds, Charadriiformes, DNA sequencing, Environment, Fulmarus glacialis, Genetic diversity, Genetic variance, Genetics, Genetics, Genetics, Population, Iceland, Life Sciences, Microsatellite Repeats, Northern fulmar, Polymerase chain reaction, Population genetics, Systematics and taxonomy, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags Total carbon, organic carbon, and nitrogen data from a subset of soils within the Yukon River Basin Total and organic carbon values from soil samples taken from the Yukon River Basin, Alaska. These samples were used to create a relationship between total carbon and organic carbon for samples which were only run for total carbon. Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Biogeochemical cycles, Biota, Carbon, Environment, All tags... Inorganic carbon, Landscape ecology, Nitrogen, Nutrient cycling, Organic carbon, Terrestrial ecosystems, Wetland ecosystems, Yukon Flats, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Fewer tags Gulf Watch Alaska, Benthic Monitoring Component: Sea Otter Aerial Survey Data Kenai Fjords National Park, 2002-2016 These data are is 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 Kenai Fjords National Park between 2002 and 2016. 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 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 of 91m over pre-determined transects while an... Categories: Data; 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, Kenai Fjords National Park, Marine environment monitoring, Marine mammals, Otters, Population dynamics, Sea otters, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) Microsatellite and Mitochondrial DNA Data, 2014-2018, Alaska and Russia. This data set describes nuclear microsatellite genotypes derived from ten autosomal loci (Aph8, Aph16, Cmo7, Cmo9, Hhi5, Sfi10, Smo4, Smo6, Smo8, Smo12) and nucleotide sequence data derived from one mitochondrial DNA locus (control region). A total of 262 Spectacled Eiders were examined for this study. Samples were collected at Indigirka and Chaun River Deltas, Russia, and Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Utqiagvik, Colville River Delta, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Samples used in the study originated from blood or feather samples collected in the field from live trapped birds or from tissue taken from dead birds. Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alaska, Alleles, Animals/Vertebrates, Arctic Regions, All tags... Biota, Birds, Birds, Canada, Chaun, Chaun River Delta, Colville River Delta, DNA, DNA sequencing, DNA, Mitochondrial, Ecological Processes, Environment, Evolution, Genetic diversity, Genetic markers, Genetic variance, Genetics, Genetics, Genetics, Population, Indigirka, Indigirka River Delta, Life Sciences, Microsatellite Repeats, North America, Polymerase chain reaction, Population genetic, Prudhoe Bay, Russia, Somateria fischeri, Spectacled eider, Systematics and taxonomy, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utqiagvik, Waterfowl, Wildlife Biology, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Fewer tags Brown Bear Phenotypic Plasticity, Alaska, 2013-2016 These data are the data for age, skull size, body length, and lean mass for Gates of the Arctic, Lake Clark, Kodiak, and Katmai, Alaska, 2013-2016. Categories: Data; Tags: Age, Age composition, Age structure, Alaska, Biota, All tags... Gates of the Arctic National Park Alaska, Growth, Katmai National Park Alaska, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Alaska, Lake Clark National Park, Phenology, Population and community ecology, Population structure, animals, animals, bears, carnivores, mammals, mammals, vertebrates, Fewer tags 1 2 »