Data

This dataset includes information on total loggerhead sea turtle captures, recaptures, and their size ranges upon capture by year (2011–2024) in St. Joseph Bay, FL.

To represent land cover for modeling landscape connectivity and wildlife access to water in a binational study region, we developed a 2023 Landsat-based land cover map of the Lower Rio Grande Valley with 30-m resolution and 18 land cover classes, spanning portions of Texas (USA), Tamaulipas (Mexico), and Nuevo León (Mexico). We used Landsat 8 data, Landsat-derived spectral indices, and...

We used a landscape connectivity model to investigate the effects of barriers on wildlife access to water within the Lower Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas (USA). We used a modified omnidirectional connectivity model to compare wildlife access to the river across three border barrier scenarios: 1) a landscape without border barriers; 2) a landscape with the existing barrier system as...

Laboratory data were collected in 2021 on live fathead minnow sperm motilities by using computer assisted sperm motion analysis. Flow cytometry data were collected on the testicular cells; data are in standard format that allows files created by one type of acquisition hardware and software to be analyzed by any other type. This study on potential reproductive effects was performed in...

This data release includes digital elevation models (DEMs) with elevation uncertainty treatment of the South Atlantic Bight. The DEMs were created using Monte Carlo simulations targeted towards limiting overestimation in elevation. For each DEM, we used Monte Carlo simulations with 1,000 iterations to create new DEM realizations. We then summarized the 1,000 DEM realizations by...

To enhance hurricane coastal impact models, we estimated height above ground (HAG) in millimeters for vegetation and other features using lidar point clouds associated with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 3DEP 1-m digital elevation models (DEMs). Specifically, the mean, maximum, and standard deviation of the HAG was calculated with a spatial resolution of 3-m. For this dataset, we...

This dataset includes information on sampling and morphological data for trapped gopher tortoises and their associated burrows located in coastal northwest Florida.

This data release describes critical and functional habitat for seabirds and shorebirds along Cat Island and Ship Island, Mississippi for the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP). These maps were developed from existing habitat maps developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wetland Inventory Program and maps developed specifically for the MsCIP Monitoring and...

The Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program was developed by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and is implemented as a component of the System Wide Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP). The program uses both historical data and contemporary data collections to assess and monitor changes in the aerial and subaqueous extent of islands...

These datasets are part of an effort associated with the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program to assess Mississippi Barrier Islands. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) restored sections of Cat and Ship Island. Over 142 hectares (350 acres) of sediment were placed on Cat Island during 2017 with the goal of restoring and fortifying the beaches and dunes from westward wave energy...

Ecological models facilitate evaluation of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. However, the provision of useful and accessible models is a challenge because there is often a disconnect between model output and its use by decision makers. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) meets this challenge by providing ecological model output tailored to management...

Floating aquatic vegetation (FAV) are plants that float freely on or just below the water's surface and with roots that are not attached to a solid substrate but rather float in the water column. Accurate detection of FAV is needed in remotely sensed data products as discrimination between wetland and water classes is hindered in the presence of aquatic vegetation. The spectral...