Data

This dataset contains known and estimated ages of polar bears sampled from the southern Beaufort Sea of Alaska. Whole blood was collected from polar bears of known chronological age between 1987 and 2016. Chronological age was known because all the bears in this data set were initially captured as a dependent cub-of-the-year, yearling, or 2-year-old, and that allowed us to know...

This dataset contains U-Pb isotopic data and associated dates for sampled igneous, meta-igneous, and metamorphic rocks of interior and southwestern Alaska. Samples were collected during geologic mapping and mineral deposit research from 2019 to 2023. Mapping and research were funded by the Mineral Resources Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. Mineral separations were conducted at the...

This dataset includes details of 2,745 tracking devices (hereafter "trackers") deployed on shorebirds, including traits of the tags, traits of the shorebirds, and locations of the field sites. The dataset was used in the accompanying paper to evaluate how factors affected "success" of each tag package (tracker + attachment to the bird), where "success" was defined as whether the tag...

This data release provides a vector geospatial shapefile of river and creek segments within Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) habitat in the Noatak River drainage (DeCicco 1985) classified for metal impairment between 1986 and 2024. The impairment classifications were based on visual inspection of Landsat and Sentinel satellite imagery. Also provided are the satellite images (as raster...

Geologic map geodatabase depicting the surficial geology of the central Brooks Range, Alaska. Including the 250k quadrangles of Ambler River, Bettles, Chandalar, Chandler Lake, Hughes, Howard Pass, Killik River, Phillip Smith Mountains, Survey Pass, and Wiseman. Database tables include geologic linework and geologic units.

This dataset provides information on aquatic invertebrate composition from ponds (n = 16; surface area 0.02 km2) and lakes (n =16, surface area > 0.10 km2) on the central Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. Ponds and lakes were selected for sampling as part of a larger study of Arctic water body food webs. Details on the study area and findings are published in Laske et al. 2018 and Laske et...

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Marbled murrelets tagged in Washington state and Alaska, 2008 and 2013. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Marbled Murrelets...

This dataset consists of one table containing whole-rock geochemistry data for 251 igneous, metamorphic, and mineralized (metasomatic) rocks from various locations across Alaska in support of mineral assessments of critical minerals and transboundary watersheds. The samples were collected mainly between 2019 and 2023, and all materials were analyzed by ALS Global, between 2019 and 2023...

This dataset contains results from three stratigraphic sections of the Hue Shale located in and adjacent to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Alaska. Sample heights were measured with a tape measure in continuous successions. Zircon grains from volcanic ashes were analyzed via laser ablation at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) using a Photon Machines...

This data release contains input data and results for an investigation of special conditions for peak streamflow and extreme floods for USGS streamgages in Alaska. Special conditions can include data-collection conditions, basin conditions, flood-generating mechanisms, or other information and can be critical for informing hydrologic analyses such as flood frequency analysis. The dataset...

This data package contains 1) field data and 2) predicted distributions of three species of boreal-nesting birds in interior Alaska: Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi), and Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus). The data are compiled from several monitoring programs: Alaska Landbird Monitoring Survey, Alaska Off-road Point-count Program, Susitna...

This data release contains one table with gene transcription results from muscle samples collected from fish occupying freshwater in various Alaskan watersheds. Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) results from fish included in this data release are published in a separate data release available at https://doi.org/10.5066/P13ZYKWR.