Integrating data from multiple sources across various spatial and temporal scales is a challenge that Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center is taking on to facilitate more effective synthesis of information that is useful for understanding ecosystems and analysis of management decisions. A revitalized focus on data management and documentation during this past year is a foundation to future use of data sets in synthesis research. A large series of data from Cottonwood Lake Study Area in Stutsman County, North Dakota, as part of the Missouri Coteau Wetland Ecosystem Observatory, was documented and uploaded to USGS ScienceBase. These data are being used in the development of data integration and visualization tools as part of a partnership with the USGS Core Sciences Mission Area. Northern Prairie has also provided additional support to a USGS Community for Data Integration funded project titled "Extending ScienceCache—a Mobile Application for Data Collection—to Accommodate Broader Use within USGS."
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Integrating data from multiple sources across various spatial and temporal scales is a challenge that Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center is taking on to facilitate more effective synthesis of information that is useful for understanding ecosystems and analysis of management decisions. A revitalized focus on data management and documentation during this past year is a foundation to future use of data sets in synthesis research. A large series of data from Cottonwood Lake Study Area in Stutsman County, North Dakota, as part of the Missouri Coteau Wetland Ecosystem Observatory, was documented and uploaded to USGS ScienceBase. These data are being used in the development of data integration and visualization tools as part of a partnership with the USGS Core Sciences Mission Area. Northern Prairie has also provided additional support to a USGS Community for Data Integration funded project titled "Extending ScienceCache—a Mobile Application for Data Collection—to Accommodate Broader Use within USGS."