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Global observational needs and resources for marine biodiversity Global observational needs and resources for marine biodiversity
The diversity of life in the sea is critical to the health of ocean ecosystems that support living resources and therefore essential to the economic, nutritional, recreational, and health needs of billions of people. Yet there is evidence that the biodiversity of many marine habitats is being altered in response to a changing climate and human activity. Understanding this change, and...
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Gabrielle Canonico, Pier Buttigieg, Enrique Montes, Frank Muller-Karger, Carol Stepien, Dawn Wright, Abigail Benson, Brian Helmuth, Mark Costello, Isabel Sousa-Pinto, Hanieh Saeedi, Jan Newton, Ward Appeltans, Nina Bednarsek, Levente Bodrossy, Benjamin Best, Angelika Brandt, Kelly Goodwin, Katrin Iken, Antonio Marquez, Patricia Miloslavich, Martin Ostrowski, Woody Turner, Eric Achterberg, Tom Barry, Omar DeFeo, Gregorio Bigatti, Lea-Anne Henry, Berta Ramiro-Sanchez, Pablo Duran, Telmo Morato, J. Roberts, Ana Garcia-Alegre, Mar Sacau Cuadrado, Bramley Murton
Gap Analysis Project (GAP) Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Richness Maps for the Conterminous U.S. Gap Analysis Project (GAP) Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Richness Maps for the Conterminous U.S.
The mission of the Gap Analysis Project (GAP) is to support national and regional assessments of the conservation status of vertebrate species and plant communities. This report explains conterminous United States species richness maps created by the U.S. Geological Survey for four major classes in the phylum Chordata: mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. In this work, we focus on...
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Kevin Gergely, Kenneth Boykin, Alexa McKerrow, Matthew Rubino, Nathan Tarr, Steven G. Williams
Protected areas lacking for many common fluvial fishes of the conterminous USA Protected areas lacking for many common fluvial fishes of the conterminous USA
Aim To assess the effectiveness of protected areas in two catchment scales (local and network) in conserving regionally common fluvial fishes using modelled species distributions.Location Conterminous United States.Methods A total of 150 species were selected that were geographically widespread, abundant, non‐habitat specialists and native within nine large ecoregions. Species...
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Arthur Cooper, Yin-Phang Tsang, Dana Infante, Wesley Daniel, Alexa McKerrow, Daniel Wieferich
Species occurrence data for the Nation—USGS Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) Species occurrence data for the Nation—USGS Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON)
USGS Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) is a unique, Web-based Federal mapping resource for species occurrence data in the United States and its Territories. BISON’s size is unprecedented, including records for most living species found in the United States and encompassing the efforts of more than a million professional and citizen scientists. Most of BISON’s species...
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Species occurrence data for the nation Species occurrence data for the nation
USGS Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) is a unique, web-based Federal mapping resource for species occurrence data in the United States and its Territories. BISON’s size is unprecedented, including records for most living species found in the United States and encompassing the efforts of more than a million professional and citizen scientists. Most of BISON’s species...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Community for Data Integration fiscal year 2017 funded project report Community for Data Integration fiscal year 2017 funded project report
The U.S. Geological Survey Community for Data Integration annually funds small projects focusing on data integration for interdisciplinary research, innovative data management, and demonstration of new technologies. This report provides a summary of the 11 projects funded in fiscal year 2017, outlining their goals, activities, and outputs.
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Leslie Hsu, Kate Allstadt, Tara Bell, Erin Boydston, Richard Erickson, A. Everette, Erika Lentz, Jeff Peters, Brian Reichert, Sarah Nagorsen, Jason Sherba, Richard Signell, Mark Wiltermuth, John Young
Integrated observations and informatics improve understanding of changing marine ecosystems Integrated observations and informatics improve understanding of changing marine ecosystems
Marine ecosystems have numerous benefits for human societies around the world and many policy initiatives now seek to maintain the health of these ecosystems. To enable wise decisions, up to date and accurate information on marine species and the state of the environment they live in is required. Moreover, this information needs to be openly accessible to build indicators and conduct...
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Abigail Benson, Cassandra Brooks, Gabrielle Canonico, J. Duffy, Frank Muller-Karger, Heidi Sosik, Patricia Miloslavich, Eduardo Klein
First comprehensive list of non-native species established in three major regions of the United States First comprehensive list of non-native species established in three major regions of the United States
Invasive species are a subset of non-native (or alien) species, and knowing what species are non-native to a region is a first step to managing invasive species. People have been compiling non-native and invasive species lists ever since these species started causing harm, yet national non-native species lists are neither universal, nor common. Non-native species lists serve diverse...
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Annie Simpson, Meghan Eyler
Evaluation of biodiversity data portals based on requirement analysis Evaluation of biodiversity data portals based on requirement analysis
In recent years, concern about the misuse of natural resources has been increasing. It is essential to know in detail the biodiversity of an ecosystem to understand and analyze the impact of human activities on nature, as well as to promote the economic growth of a country. To achieve these goals, public and private institutions are aggregating and sharing biological data around the...
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Pedro Pizzigatti Correa, Andre de Moraes Batista, Daniel Lins da Silva, Ronaldo Soares Rodrigues, Mike Frame, Marcelo Morandini, Silvio Stanzani, Fernando Correa
Promoting synergy in the innovative use of environmental data—Workshop summary Promoting synergy in the innovative use of environmental data—Workshop summary
From December 2 to 4, 2015, NatureServe and the U.S. Geological Survey organized and hosted a biodiversity and ecological informatics workshop at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The workshop objective was to identify user-driven future directions and areas of collaboration in advanced applications of environmental data applied to forecasting and decision making...
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Healy Hamilton, Gerald Guala, Annie Simpson
Community for Data Integration 2017 annual report Community for Data Integration 2017 annual report
The Community for Data Integration (CDI) is a group that helps members grow their expertise on all aspects of working with scientific data. The CDI’s activities advance data and information integration capabilities in the U.S. Geological Survey and in the wider Earth and biological sciences. This annual report describes the presentations, activities, collaboration areas, workshop, and...
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Leslie Hsu, Madison Langseth
U.S. Geological Survey Community for Data Integration 2017 Workshop Proceedings U.S. Geological Survey Community for Data Integration 2017 Workshop Proceedings
Executive Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Community for Data Integration (CDI) Workshop was held May 16–19, 2017 at the Denver Federal Center. There were 183 in-person attendees and 35 virtual attendees over four days. The theme of the workshop was “Enabling Integrated Science,” with the purpose of bringing together the community to discuss current topics, shared challenges...
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Leslie Hsu, Vivian B. Hutchison, Madison Langseth, Benjamin Wheeler