Data

From 2017-2019, the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) analyzed microcystin concentrations in samples collected from three different studies. The first study was on the movement and distribution of invasive carp (Bighead Carp, Silver Carp, Grass Carp) in the upper Mississippi River between lock and dam 16 and lock and dam 19. Samples were collected from May through...

Greater White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons breed in Arctic habitats in North America and winter in the California Central Valley, Mexico and southern United States. Louisiana historically provided winter habitat to a large portion of the Greater White-fronted Goose population in North America. We used global positioning system (GPS) neck collars to monitor 78 Greater White-fronted Geese...

Laboratory experiments conducted in 2023 by the Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment (LIDE) evaluated recovery of microorganisms by dead-end ultrafiltration using the Nipro Elisio™ hemodialyzer, with comparison to the Asahi Kasei Rexeed™ hemodialyzer. Experiments included 2 bacteria, 4 viruses, and 1 protozoan, including Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella enterica serovar

This code may be used to fit Bernoulli-binomial models with latent group effects on both the Bernoulli and binomial parameters, where the former may be seasonally dependent. This model may be used to fit site (sampling unit) occupancy models, where the Bernoulli and binomial parameters and the grouping factor denote the probability of site occupancy, conditional probability of species...

We conducted and evaluated a low-dose copper treatment (applied as EarthTec QZ) to suppress zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) veliger abundance and settlement in a 66.3 ha bay in Lake Minnetonka (Hennepin County, MN) over a 3-y period. We maintained a mean (standard deviation [SD]) concentration of 83.0 (10.3) µg/L as copper over the 10-d treatment period, much lower than the maximum...

This dataset contains the information used to perform ecological niche modeling for reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) in floodplain forests of the Upper Mississippi River, USA. We used presence and absence of reed canarygrass from US Army Corps of Engineers forest inventory plots sampled between 2008-2018 as our response variable along with several predictor variables derived from...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill on April 20, 2010 caused extensive injury to natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico, and Gavia immer (common loon) were negatively affected from the spill. The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group funded the project Restoration of Common Loons in Minnesota to restore common loons lost to the spill. In 2020–21, study lakes in a seven-county region in...

Invasive carp residency patterns in dam tailwaters are poorly understood. To better inform removal efforts in dam tailwaters, we examined multiple predictors of invasive carp residency in the Kentucky Dam tailwater between 2021 and 2022. This data release contains a time series dataset with daily counts and daily mean residence times of Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) recorded...

This dataset consists of raw survey data from nighttime call surveys for anurans collected as part of several separate projects from 2003 to 2008. Anuran communities were surveyed during the night using parabolic microphones or naked ear with multiple observers conducting surveys. Data are presented from each survey. First release: 2025 Revised: April 2026 (ver. 1.1)

This dataset consists of raw survey data from nighttime call surveys for anurans collected as part of a series of surveys targeting Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris blanchardi) in 2024 in the upper Midwest, United States of America. Anuran communities were surveyed during the night using parabolic microphones or naked ear with multiple observers surveying sites independently over several...

We evaluated extraction efficiency of four DNA rapid extraction protocols using filters spiked with primary cultured grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) gill cells. The extraction methods included two syringe-based column extractions, an extraction solution, and a Chelex extraction protocol alongside a laboratory-based spin column kit. We estimated DNA yield using a newly designed...

This dataset includes bluegill age data from five study reaches of the Mississippi River and one study reach from the Illinois River as presented in the manuscript Big River Bluegill: Combining vital rates and long-term monitoring to understand population dynamics in large rivers. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by...