Data

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maintains shoreline positions for the United States coasts from both older sources, such as aerial photos or topographic surveys, as well as contemporary sources like lidar elevation point clouds and digital elevation models (DEMs). These shorelines are compiled and analyzed in the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) software to compute rates of...

Inventory description This data release consists of an inventory of runoff-generated postfire debris-flow observations compiled from burned areas across the western United States. The included table, “USGS_RG_PFDF_Inventory_v1.csv”, contains observations of postfire debris-flow response indicating whether a debris flow did occur (1) or did not occur (0) in a burned watershed in response...

Accurate age estimation is crucial for understanding fish population dynamics, yet daily age validation for invasive Grass Carp in the Midwestern U.S. is lacking. We validated daily otolith increment deposition in known-age Grass Carp reared in laboratory and pond environments. Larval Grass Carp from captive broodstock were sampled between 6- and 120-days post-hatch. Lapilli otoliths...

This multi-part, muti-scaled dataset summaries information from field sampling of vegetation plots on the structure and composition of vegetation and habitats that were also sampled for bird communities. Estimates are based on standardized assessments methods such as distance sampling, point-intercept methods, and censuses or stem counts that measure basal area, vegetation cover and...

These data were compiled to investigate competitive interactions between Pleurphis jamesii and other herbaceous plants in a semiarid grassland community. The objectives of our study were to determine whether selective mortality of either C3 or C4 herbaceous plants led to changes in (1) soil moisture during the growing season, (2) water use by Pleuraphis jamesii during the growing season...

This data set includes soil sample and vegetation plot sample data for a project examining the ability of composted soil amendments to improve terrestrial ecological restoration outcomes in a post-contaminant setting. Sites in the Missouri section of the Tri-States Mining District that had been restored and treated with varying levels of composted soil amendments were assessed for...

These data were compiled as part of an experimental study investigating alternative methods to dryland reclamation. The objective of our study was to evaluate the effects of conventional vs alternative approaches alone and in combination that included different seeding methods, seed mixes, and biological soil crust (biocrust) inoculation. These data were collected within the footprint of...

This dataset includes measurements of biological and physical attributes of five restored tidal wetlands in the San Francisco Bay Estuary. All marshes were restored in the last 30 years, from the late 1990's to the early 2010's, and are located between San Pablo Bay in the north to the South Bay Salt Ponds in the south. Biological attributes measured include plant species presence...

In October 2024, Real-Time Network (RTN) elevation survey, vegetation cover, and soil properties were collected in five created marshes and one nearby reference marsh within the Upper Barataria Basin in Louisiana, USA. These marshes were created through the placement of dredged material as part the as restoration for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment...

Clear Lake is a 180 km2 freshwater lake located approximately 120 km northwest of Sacramento in the California Coast Range. The lake is a popular sport-fishing destination, however, there are fish consumption advisories associated with mercury (Hg) contamination for several species. The lake has three arms: a large open-water region to the northwest (Upper Arm), a smaller and narrower...

This dataset contains vertical water-quality profiles of the Hudson River collected over two field seasons from May through October 2023 and May through September 2024. Data were collected at 27 equidistant transects along the lower Hudson River from Troy to Riverdale, NY using a stratified random sampling design. Each month, a single sampling location was randomly selected along each...

From 2019 to 2021, sixty age 0 herring were collected and tested for infection with viral haemorrhagic septicemia virus and viral erythrocitic necrosis virus from Port Angeles Harbor in WA, USA. This dataset describes the prevalence and intensity of infection with both pathogens. Then a series of laboratory experiments were conducted to determine how the epizootics of the two pathogens...