Data

Vegetation cover and surface elevation data were collected in restored marshes at the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area in Texas, USA. Data were collected in late April and early May of 2024. Data were collected in 0.25 m² plots strategically placed along habitat transition zones between cover classes. Cover classes, listed from lowest to highest mean surface elevation, included...

This dataset contains water quality data collected in the Mississippi Sound before (pre) and after (post) barrier island restoration of Cat and Ship Island, Mississippi. The barrier island restoration included sand placement which has the potential to alter water quality conditions within the Mississippi Sound estuary. Therefore, water quality monitoring was conducted at five...

The Everglades Vulnerability Analysis (EVA) is a series of connected, modular Bayesian networks that predict the response of several Everglades indicators of ecosystem health to changes in hydrology, salinity, and the landscape. We created a soil depth layer for use in the sawgrass peat module by using universal kriging to estimate soil depth at a 400-meter resolution for individual...

Monthly surface water samples were collected at sites in the Lake Pontchartrain estuary to assess the phytoplankton biomass and composition using algal pigment analysis. A total of 27 algal pigments including chlorophyll a and accessory pigments were evaluated from each of the water samples.

Infinity water level recorders were installed in 2004 to monitor hydrologic conditions in five freshwater forested wetlands in Louisiana: Bayou Chevreuil, Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge, Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge, Jean Lafitte National and Historical Park, and Treasure Island. Hourly measurements were collected continuously on a 24- hour basis through April 2022, producing...

This software release contains the R code to jointly run an integrated population model (IPM) and Bayesian population viability analysis (BPVA) for the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS; Ammospiza maritima mirabilis). The CSSS is a federally endangered bird endemic to a small part of the Everglades in southern Florida, USA. The IPM-BPVA synthesizes thirty years (1992-2021) of range-wide...

We monitored breeding birds at Whiskey Island, Louisiana between March through July from 2015 to 2020. We surveyed all available habitat by foot, using high-powered spotting scopes and binoculars to search for and identify nesting birds. We documented species, abundance, habitat, location, and breeding behavior for each bird that we observed to be breeding. We modeled the counts of...

The data in this dataset were collected during a full-day workshop in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia on 6 November 2019 with experts from multiple states within the wood turtle range using a modified version of the Investigate Discuss Estimate Aggregate (IDEA) protocol. Most of the workshop was focused on eliciting demographic rates for wood turtles for constructing a matrix population...

This data release includes outputs that were created using Monte Carlo simulations with the aim to reduce elevation overestimation in coastal wetlands at Grand Bay, MS. We evaluated the performance of coastal wetland elevation refinement by using bare earth digital elevation models (DEMs) and DEMs created from the last return from the light detection and ranging (lidar) point cloud...

This data release includes digital elevation models (DEMs) that were created using Monte Carlo simulations with the aim to reduce elevation overestimation in coastal wetlands at Plum Island, MA. We evaluated the performance of coastal wetland elevation refinement by using bare earth DEMs and DEMs created from the last return from the light detection and ranging (lidar) point cloud...

The Everglades Vulnerability Analysis (EVA) is a series of connected, modular Bayesian networks that predict the response of several Everglades indicators of ecosystem health to changes in hydrology, salinity, and the landscape. EVA produces spatial explicit model outputs, and we created and compiled shapefiles to: 1) delineate boundaries that are relevant to the EVA project and 2)...

This release contains data from acceleration data logger (ADL) float packages designed to 'pop-off' in a set amount of time for recovery and platform terminal transmitter (PTT) satellite tags attached to 12 Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and 7 Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) turtles in several geographic locations, using the methods of Hart et al., 2013. These instrument packages...