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Coastal and estuarian wetlands in the Great Lakes Basin are increasingly impacted by habitat degradation, invasive species, and most recently (late 2010's), increased water levels. These wetlands act as an important buffer between the open lake and the near-shore areas, as key areas for nutrient cycling, as critical nurseries for many species of lake fish, and as habitat for numerous species of concern. Understanding how the cover and composition of these wetlands has changed over time is critical to making informed management decisions. By using both historical documents and imagery, multiple historic maps of wetland coverage were created in GIS to compare over time and to current maps and imagery of these critical...
This dataset represents elevation data of the beach topography and near-shore bathymetry before placing dredge spoils on the beach at Minnesota Point near the Duluth Entry of Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota. The data was acquired using a lidar sensor, single-beam and multibeam sonars. The dataset includes DEMs of the terrestrial beach areas and topobathy (combined terrestrial and bathymetry), LAS and XYZ files of lidar, single-beam, and multibeam point data, and 2-ft contours. Data were collected in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District, to evaluate movement of placed material and overall change of near-shore bathymetry after beach nourishment. First release: 2022 Revised:...
The USGS developed the second in a series of informative spatial distribution datasets of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Lake Erie. The second dataset was developed by object-based image analysis of high-resolution imagery (US waters < 6 meters deep) collected during peak biomass in 2018 to allow assessments of changes in SAV distribution. Assessing SAV abundance may contribute to inform the long-term impacts of Grass Carp, Common Carp, eutrophication, wind fetch and sedimentation on vegetation communities throughout Lake Erie and the impact these stressors may have on other organisms in the ecosystem. These data may also help inform the deployment of toxic bait deployments targeting Grass Carp. Bait placement...
Topobathy was surveyed during the fall of 2022 for two locations along Minnesota Point, where past beach nourishment (dredge materials) were placed. These topobathymetric surveys of Minnesota Point and Lake Superior are repeat surveys that will be used evaluate movement of placed material and overall change of near-shore bathymetry. The data was acquired using a lidar sensor, and single-beam and multibeam sonars. The data includes DEMs of the terrestrial beach areas and near-shore bathymetries of Lake Superior near the Duluth and Superior entries of Minnesota Point, 2-foot smoothed contours, LAS and XYZ files. Data were collected in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District. ...
Categories: Data Release - Revised;
Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation,
DEM,
Duluth,
Great Lakes,
Hydroacoustic,
Observations and subtle shifts of vegetation communities in Lake Erie have USGS researchers concerned about the potential for Grass Carp to alter these vegetation communities. Broad-scale surveys of vegetation using remote sensing and GIS mapping, coupled with on-the-ground samples in key locations will permit assessment of the effect Grass Carp may have already had on aquatic vegetation communities and establish baseline conditions for assessing future effects. Existing aerial imagery was used with object-based image analysis to detect and map aquatic vegetation in the eastern basin of Lake Erie.
This dataset represents elevation data of the beach topography and near-shore bathymetry of Lake Superior at two locations along Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota. LiDAR data were collected using a Velodyne VLP-16 unit representing the beach topography, and multibeam sonar data were collected using a Norbit integrated Wide Band Multibeam System compact (iWBMSc) sonar for bathymetry. The dataset includes DEMs of the terrestrial beach areas and topobathy (combined terrestrial and bathymetry), LAS and XYZ files of LiDAR and multibeam data, and 2-ft contours of the surveyed areas. Data were collected in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District, to define beach topography and near-shore...
Categories: Data Release - Revised;
Tags: USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC)
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