Data

This data release contains individual freshwater mussel data used in an augmentation effort within the Clinton River watershed located near Detroit, Michigan in September 2024. Mussels were individually tagged with a unique identification tag, and a subset of mussels received a passive integrated transponder tag to be able to detect their location in June 2024. All mussels were measured...

This dataset represents active relocations of telemetry tagged Black Carp in the Mississippi and Osage rivers of Missouri and efforts to recapture these tagged fish for recovery of data logging tags by a suite of gears and techniques. We actively relocated tagged fish and targeted individuals with gill nets and trammel nets with electrofishing or physical disturbance of the water column...

Data describe the detection of female mitotypes from spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta) and mucket (Ortmanniana ligamentina) freshwater mussel environmental DNA (eDNA) from water samples collected from the Big Piney River in Pulaski County, MO, U.S.A. Water samples were collected from 3 sites known to contain the target species. Sampling transects spanned from 100 meters upstream of...

Accurate age estimation is crucial for understanding fish population dynamics, yet daily age validation for invasive Grass Carp in the Midwestern U.S. is lacking. We validated daily otolith increment deposition in known-age Grass Carp reared in laboratory and pond environments. Larval Grass Carp from captive broodstock were sampled between 6- and 120-days post-hatch. Lapilli otoliths...

Data describe environmental DNA (eDNA) concentrations from invasive silver and bigheaded carp (Hypophthalmichthys spp.) in Missouri’s Blackwater and Lamine Rivers in 2015. Two, 3-day sampling trips were conducted in March and September 2015 (winter and summer samples, respectively) to collect water samples and associated water quality data. Parameters include locations of collected water...

Data describe designed environmental DNA (eDNA) experiments for the estimation of eDNA shedding and degradation rates for the Oyster Mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis) at different biomass densities from water samples collected in the laboratory. A total of 12 experimental tanks (3 per biomass treatment) were used and randomly assigned one of the following biomass treatments: control = 0...

This data set includes survival data for arctic grayling exposed to various concentrations of 6PPD-quinone (6PPDQ) for up to 96 hours. Concurrently collected analytical water chemistry and general water quality measurements are included. In addition, tissue concentrations of 6PPDQ for fish that died during exposure and those that survived to the end of the exposure are included.

Data include Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) and pesticides measured in whole blood of male and female black (Ursus americanus) and grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis) bears collected in the Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystem of Montana in 2023.

Endangered pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) manual fish tracking points were mapped on the Missouri River between Waverly, Missouri and Miami, Missouri. A multibeam bathymetric survey was conducted, mapping four separate areas, covering 19 manual fish tracking locations from Missouri River mile 282 to Missouri River mile 279. Velocity data were collected using an acoustic Doppler...

These data are comprised of measured concentrations of PCBs, polychlorinate dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), Pb, and Hg, and percent lipid and moisture, in avian tissue samples (egg contents, nestlings, egg shells) collected from the Snow Creek and Choccolocco Creek watersheds downstream of the former PCB facility in Anniston, Alabama, USA. The nearby...

This data release contains a set of data files and scripts related to simulating winter and spring energetics and migration of mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) originating in northern Arkansas, USA as they travel to breeding areas in the Prairie Pothole Region. The simulation results are then re-simulated with the addition of hypothetical oil spills on the wintering ground. Key data files...

Periphyton samples were collected at Sequoia National Park (Three Rivers, California) and preserved in RNA-preserving salts mixed with river water. Samples were homogenized one, two, three, or four times for 2 minutes each, to test efficacy of different degrees of homogenization. DNA from each homogenate was extracted using the AllPrep PowerFecal Pro DNA/RNA kit (Qiagen), and the DNA...