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Aerial imagery for the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) Navigational Pool 5 drawdown follow-up was collected in true color (TC) in August of 2015 at 6”/pixel using a mapping-grade Applanix DSS 439 digital aerial camera. All TC aerial images were orthorectified, mosaicked, and compressed into a JPEG2000-format image. The TC aerial images were interpreted and automated using a genus-level 150-class Long Term Resource Monitoring (LTRM) vegetation classification. The 2015 vegetation database was prepared by or under the supervision of competent and trained professional staff using documented standard operated procedures.
Observations and subtle shifts of vegetation communities in western Lake Erie have USGS researchers concerned about the potential for Grass Carp to alter these vegetation communities. Broad-scale surveys of vegetation using remote sensing and GIS mapping, coupled with on-the-ground samples in key locations will permit assessment of the effect Grass Carp may have already had on aquatic vegetation communities and establish baseline conditions for assessing future effects. Existing aerial imagery was used with object-based image analysis to detect and map aquatic vegetation in the western basin of Lake Erie.
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This data set includes bi-monthly data on submerged aquatic vegetation species composition, percent cover, above and below ground biomass and environmental data at coastal sites across the fresh to saline gradient in Barataria Bay, LA. This project was co-funded by the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center and the Gulf Coast Prairie and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. An alternate reference to this product can be found here.
The objective of this work is to delineate areas in the Upper Mississippi River System where the combined effects of water clarity and water level fluctuation conditions are not limiting the establishment and persistence of submersed aquatic vegetation. We note that other factors, such as herbivory or high current velocity may actively prevent establishment of submersed aquatic vegetation in areas of the Upper Mississippi River System, and that this analysis is based on physical constraints imposed by water clarity and water level fluctuation only. Total suspended solids information was collected by the Upper Mississippi River Restoration program, and water level information was collected by the United State Army...
The USGS developed the second in a series of informative spatial distribution datasets of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Lake Erie. The second dataset was developed by object-based image analysis of high-resolution imagery (US waters < 6 meters deep) collected during peak biomass in 2018 to allow assessments of changes in SAV distribution. Assessing SAV abundance may contribute to inform the long-term impacts of Grass Carp, Common Carp, eutrophication, wind fetch and sedimentation on vegetation communities throughout Lake Erie and the impact these stressors may have on other organisms in the ecosystem. These data may also help inform the deployment of toxic bait deployments targeting Grass Carp. Bait placement...
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These data are comprised of measurements of elements (e.g., uranium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, etc.), major anions (chloride, nitrite+nitrate as nitrogen, sulfate, etc.), dissolved organic carbon, and general water quality characteristics in Canyon Mine containment pond water, sediment, vegetaiton and invertebrate samples collected in calendar year 2017.
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This portion of the USGS data release presents eelgrass distribution and bathymetry data derived from acoustic surveys of the Nisqually River delta, Washington in 2012 (USGS Field Activity Number D-01-12-PS). Eelgrass and bathymetry data were collected from the R/V George Davidson equipped with a single-beam sonar system and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver. The sonar system consisted of a Biosonics DT-X single-beam echosounder and 420 kHz transducer with a 6-degree beam angle. Depths from the echosounder were computed using sound velocity assuming a salinity of 30 psu and temperature of 10 degrees Celcius. Positioning of the survey vessel was determined at 5 to 10 Hz using a Trimble R7 GNSS receiver...
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Seagrasses are highly productive ecosystems. A before-after-control-impact (BACI) design was used to examine effects of dredging on seagrasses and the animals that inhabit them. The control site North Biscayne Bay (NBB) and impacted site Port of Miami (POM) had seagrass densities decreased during the before, Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network (FIAN) 2006-2011 and after, Faunal Monitoring Due to Harbor Dredging (FMHD) 2014-2016 studies. Turbidity levels increased at NBB and POM basins during the FMHD study, especially in 2016. Animal populations decreased significantly in NBB and POM in the FMHD study compared to the FIAN study. If seagrass communities are not stabilized, animal numbers will likely continue...
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This dataset records Cladophora and associated submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) biomass collected approximately monthly during the growing season starting in 2018 at stations located along the U.S. shoreline of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. It also records a variety of supporting data collected at Cladophora measurement stations. These supporting data include: - seasonal time series of light, water currents, wave action, temperature, specific conductivity, turbidity, pH, phycocyanin, chlorophyll, and dissolved oxygen from moored sensors at a subset of stations; - measurements of Secchi disk depth and water chemistry; - water column profiles of temperature, specific conductivity, turbidity, pH, phycocyanin,...
map background search result map search result map Aquatic Vegetation along the Natchez Trace Parkway 2004 2015 Pool 5 Drawdown Land Cover/Land Use Data Submerged aquatic vegetation and environmental data along a salinity gradient in Barataria Bay, Louisiana (2015) Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1975 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1979 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1980 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1983 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1986 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1988 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1990 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-2000 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-2009 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-2010 Lake Erie, Western Basin Aquatic Vegetation data Faunal and vegetation monitoring in response to harbor dredging in Port of Miami Chemistry data for assessment of the containment pond at Canyon Mine, Arizona 2017 Eelgrass distributions and bathymetry derived from an acoustic survey of the Nisqually River delta, Washington, 2012 Cladophora biomass and supporting data collected in the Great Lakes Predicted number of years from 1993 - 2014 with conditions suitable for submersed aquatic vegetation based on light availability and water level fluctuations for the Upper Mississippi River System (lower submersed aquatic vegetation boundary elevation scenario) Lake Erie: 2018 Aquatic Vegetation Chemistry data for assessment of the containment pond at Canyon Mine, Arizona 2017 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1975 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1979 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1986 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1988 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1983 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1980 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-1990 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-2010 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-2000 Cottonwood Lake Study Area-Wetland Vegetation Zones-2009 Eelgrass distributions and bathymetry derived from an acoustic survey of the Nisqually River delta, Washington, 2012 2015 Pool 5 Drawdown Land Cover/Land Use Data Faunal and vegetation monitoring in response to harbor dredging in Port of Miami Lake Erie, Western Basin Aquatic Vegetation data Lake Erie: 2018 Aquatic Vegetation Aquatic Vegetation along the Natchez Trace Parkway 2004 Submerged aquatic vegetation and environmental data along a salinity gradient in Barataria Bay, Louisiana (2015) Predicted number of years from 1993 - 2014 with conditions suitable for submersed aquatic vegetation based on light availability and water level fluctuations for the Upper Mississippi River System (lower submersed aquatic vegetation boundary elevation scenario) Cladophora biomass and supporting data collected in the Great Lakes