Susquehanna River Basin freshwater mussel surveys: 2008-2015

Data are included for two types of field surveys conducted for freshwater mussels throughout the Susquehanna River Basin (and one site in the Potomac River Basin) in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States from 2008-2010. Timed search (qualitative) surveys were conducted in consecutive ~200 meter sections of river (at least 8 in each stream). The number of mussels of each species and associated search time were recorded for each survey section to determine a catch per unit effort (CPUE; number of individuals found per person hour). Within qualitatively surveyed areas, one ~200 meter section of stream was selected in which to conduct quantitative surveys to estimate mussel abundance, assess presence of juvenile...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Potomac River, Susquehanna River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... aquatic biology, mollusks, Fewer tags

SACN Osceola Boat Landing: 2019 Substrate Data

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected hydroacoustic data of the St. Croix River adjacent to the Osceola (WI) boat ramp for hydrographic and benthic mapping prior to the reconstruction project implemented by the National Park Service (NPS). This dataset contains predicted geologic substrate information that was interpreted from combined sonar datasets. The shapefile contains a general description of interpreted surficial bottom type with its associated class code in the attribute table. Benthic substrate maps provide important physical characteristics that can be used in habitat modeling to guide management planning of restoration and conservation efforts.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: GPS measurement, Minnesota, St. Croix, Wisconsin, benthic ecosystems, All tags... biota, field sampling, habitats, image mosaics, mollusks, multibeam sonar, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, sidescan sonar, topographic maps, Fewer tags

Influenza A virus detected from bivalves in waterfowl habitat of the Delmarva Peninsula

This data set includes information pertaining to 300 bivalve mollusk tissue samples collected from mollusk specimens from waters in eastern Maryland on the Delmarva Peninsula. Data includes source location, species, morphometric data, and IAV matrix gene detection status for the bivalve samples collected and analyzed in the associated study.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Delmarva Peninsula, Environmental Health, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, All tags... Wildlife Disease, avian influenza, mollusks, Fewer tags

Development, testing and use of four species-specific qPCR assays for freshwater mussel eDNA detection in the Niobrara River

This data consists of information on the specificity and sensitivity of 4 species specific qPCR assays for the detection of eDNA from 4 species of freshwater mussels, specifically Lampsilis cardium, Lampsilis siliquoidea, Pyganodon grandis, and Anodontoides ferussacianus. The data also contain the results of eDNA sampling in Niobrara River at Niobrara National Scenic River and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument for detection of these 4 species.

Categories: Data; Tags: Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Niobrara National Scenic River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... biota, environmental DNA, mollusks, Fewer tags

Intertidal Mussel (Mytilus) Data from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program and describe mussel sampling and observations conducted in the northern Gulf of Alaska. This dataset consists of six comma separated files (.csv): 1) mussel sampling site layout information, 2) mussel counts for mussels greater than 20 millimeters in a quadrat, 3) mussel size measurements for mussels greater than 20 millimeters in a quadrat, 4) mussel counts for all mussels collected from core samples, 5) mussel size frequencies for all mussels collected from core samples, and 6) list of Gulf Watch Alaska principal investigators and collaborators.

Tags: Alaska, Animals/Invertebrates, Aquatic biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Aquatic ecosystems, All tags... Benthic ecosystems, Benthic habitat, Bioindicator, Biospheric indicators, Biota, Coastal ecosystems, Coastal habitat, Coastal processes, Ecology, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Field sampling, Gulf of Alaska, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Macroinvertebrates, Marine ecosystems, Marine environment monitoring, Marine environments, Mollusks, Mollusks, Mussels, Pacific Blue Mussel, Prince William Sound, Size distribution, Spatial distribution, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Stable Isotopes in Biota in Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada

This dataset presents the results of analysis of aquatic biota tissue samples, collected over multiple sampling events from in from 2007 to 2014 at three sites (Las Vegas Bay, Overton Arm, and Boulder Basin) in Lake Mead National Recreational Area. The tissue samples were analyzed for concentrations of Carbon 13 and Nitrogen 15 isotopes by the University of California, Davis in Davis, California. Data are presented in 1 spreadsheet worksheet that is organized by year, location, and taxa. General trophic level (Vander Zanden and Rasmussen, 1999) and calculations of benthic reliance (Umek and others, 2010) also are included. Combined data from sampling events in 2007 and 2008 previously were published in Umek and...

Categories: Data; Tags: Boulder Basin, Colorado River, Lake Mead, Lake Mead National Recreational Area, Las Vegas, All tags... Las Vegas Bay, Overton Arm, aquatic biology, aquatic ecosystems, benthic ecosystems, benthic reliance, biota, carbon 13, carbon isotope analysis, dissolved organic compounds, endocrine disrupting compounds, endocrinology, environment, field sampling, fish, food web, fragrances, gas chromatography, inlandWaters, invasive species, invertebrates, isotopes, isotopic analysis, light stable isotope analysis, mass spectroscopy, mollusks, nitrogen 15, organochlorines, periphyton, pesticides, plankton, polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), stable isotopes, surface water quality, synthetic organic compounds, trophic levels, waste indicators, wastewater discharge, yeast estrogen screen, Fewer tags

Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program Near Shore Trawl Survey (NEAMAP)

NEAMAP stands for NorthEast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program. NEAMAP was developed to meet the needs of fisheries management and stock assessment activities in the northeastern United States. NEAMAP began in 2006 with a fall pilot survey and in 2008 began conducting both a spring and fall survey. NEAMAP samples from Cape Cod, MA south to Cape Hatteras, NC and targets both juvenile and adult fishes. NEAMAP is an integrated, cooperative state/federal data collection program. Its mission is to facilitate the collection and dissemination of fishery-independent information obtained in the Northeast for use by state and federal fisheries management agencies, the fishing industry (commercial and recreational),...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Anelídeo, Artrópode, Atlantic hagfish, Atlantic ridley, Atlantic ridley sea turtle, All tags... Atlantic surfclam, Cifozoa, Green Sea Turtle, Green Sea Turtles, Kemp's Ridley, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Loggerhead, Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Mid-Atlantic, USA, Multispecies, Multispecies Fisheries, Multispecies Fisheries Research, Reptiles, Ridley Sea Turtles, Sea Turtles, Tortuga-marina caguama, Tortuga-marina verde-del Atlántico, Turtles, aigles de mer, anchois, anchovies, anglerfishes, anguilles, annelids, annélides, antozoário, anémones de mer, anêmona, arachnids, aracnídeo, araignées, aranhas, arañas, arthropodes, arthropods, arácnidos, aulopiforms, bait shrimp, balistes, batrachoidiforms, baudroies, blue mussel, bolacha da praia, bonnethead sharks, bony fishes, brown shrimp, brujas, butterfly rays, cabbagehead, camarón blanco, camarón blanco norteño, camarón café, camarón café norteño, camarón fijador, camarón moreno, camarón pardo, camarón rosado norteño, cannonball jelly, cannonball jellyfish, caravela, cartilaginous fishes, cazones, cazones aguijones, chabots, channeled whelk, cheliceriformes, chiens de mer, chordates, cifozoário, clawed lobsters, cloportes, cnidaires, cnidarians, cnidario, cods, coelenterates, coelentérés, colorful sea whip, common green sea turtle, condrictes, corais, coral, corals, coraux, cordado, cordés, cow-nose rays, cowfishes, cownose rays, crabes, crabs, crayfishes, crevette gambri, crevette ligubam de nord, crevette rodché, crevette royale grise, crevettes, crevettes pénaéïdes, crustaceans, crustacés, crustáceo, cup animals, dogfish sharks, eagle rays, echinoderms, edible blue mussel, eels, electric rays, equinoderma, equinodermata, esponja, estrela do mar, esturgeons, esturiones, filefishes, flatfishes, flounders, flower animals, gadiforms, golden shrimp, gorgônia, grenadiers, ground sharks, hagfishes, hakes, hammerhead sharks, harengs, herrings, hidra, hidrozoa, hidrozoário, homards, horseshoe crabs, hound sharks, houndsharks, hydraires, hydralike animals, hydroids, hydromedusae, hydrozoaires, hydrozoans, isopodes, isopods, jaquetones, jellyfish, jellyfishes, knobbed whelk, leatherjackets, limandes, lion's mane, lobsters, loggerhead sea turtle, mackerel sharks, mail-cheeked fishes, mangeurs d'hommes, marine turtles, meduza, merlus, minhoca, modern sea turtles, molluscs, mollusks, mollusques, molusco, moon jelly, morues, mourines, mullets, myxine du nord, myxines, méduses, neopterygians, northern brown shrimp, northern pink shrimp, northern quahog, northern white shrimp, ophidiiforms, osteíceto, ouriço do mar, paddlefishes, pastenagues, peixe cartilaginoso, peixe ósseo, penaeid shrimps, penaeoid shrimps, perch-like fishes, pillbugs, pink shrimp, pipefishes, plies, poisson épineux, poissons cartilagineux, poissons osseux, poissons plats, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes, poissons-scie, porbeagles, porifero, prawns, puffers, purple-spined sea urchin, pólipo, quelicerado, queliceriforme, raies, raies-papillons, rascasses, ray-finned fishes, rayas, rayas gavilán, rayas látigo, rayas mariposa, rays, red shrimp, redtail shrimp, reptiles, requiem sharks, requins, requins-marteaux, requins-renards, requins-taupes, right-handed hermit crabs, rock crabs, roughneck shrimp, répteis, salmons, sand dollars, sanguessuga, sawfishes, scoophead sharks, scorpion fishes, sculpins, sea anemones, sea scallop, sharks, short-tailed crabs, shrimp, skates, smooth dogfishes, smooth-hounds, soft corals, soles, sowbugs, spider crabs, spiders, spiny dogfishes, spiny rayed fishes, sponges, spoonfishes, spotted shrimp, squillid mantis shrimps, sticklebacks, stingrays, sturgeons, swimming crabs, tamburataca, terrapins, thecate hydroids, thresher sharks, tiburones gambuso, tiburones martillo, tiburones zorro, topes, torpedo electric rays, torpedo rays, torpedoes, torpedos, torpilles, tortoises, tortues, triggerfishes, true crabs, trunkfishes, tubarão, vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés, whip-tail stingrays, whiprays, whiptail stingrays, whiskery sharks, white sharks, white shrimp, água viva, águilas marinas, échinodermes, écrevisses, émissoles, éponges, Fewer tags

SACN Osceola Boat Landing: 2019 River Bed Observations

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected hydroacoustic data of the St. Croix River adjacent to the Osceola (WI) boat ramp for hydrographic and benthic mapping prior to the reconstruction project implemented by the National Park Service (NPS). This dataset contains reference locations that were obtained while collecting ground-truth information for geologic substrate. For statistical analysis, the locations were selected using random point sampling. The shapefile contains sample location coordinates, a general description of interpreted surficial sediment type, and an indication of mussel presence/absence in the attribute table. These geospatial locations directly correspond to the "still-images" dataset.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: GPS measurement, Minnesota, St. Croix, Wisconsin, benthic ecosystems, All tags... habitats, mollusks, multibeam sonar, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, sea-floor characteristics, Fewer tags

1995 - 2007 Ecosystem History of South Florida's Estuaries Database (ver. 1.1, June 2022)

The 1995 - 2007 Ecosystem History of South Florida's Estuaries Database contains listings of all sites (modern and core), modern monitoring site survey information (water chemistry, floral and faunal data, bottom type, etc.), and published core data. Three general types of data are contained within this database: 1) Modern Field Data (1995-2007), 2) Master list of location information on all modern sites, and 3) Core data - faunal assemblages and location information. Data are available for modern sites and cores in the general areas of Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and the southwest (Florida) coastal mangrove estuaries. Specific sites in the Florida Bay area include Taylor Creek, Bob Allen Key, Russell Bank, Pass...

Categories: Data Release - Revised; Tags: 002, 004, 007, 008, 012, All tags... 014, Alinas Reef, Alligator Bay, Arsenicker Bank, Arsenicker Key, Arsenicker Shoal, Barnes Key, Big Cypress National Preserve, Big Lostmans Bay, Biscayne Bay, Black Creek Canal, Black Point, Black Point Creek Canal, Bob Allen Key, Bottle Key, Broad River, Broad River Bay, Broward County, Buchanan Bank, Butternut Key, Buttonwood Keys, C-111 Canal, Caesars Cut, Cape Sable, Card Bank, Central Everglades, Chicken Key, Chokoloskee Bay, Clive Key, Collier County, Convoy Point, Crab Keys, Crocodile Point, Dead Terrapin Basin, Dragover Bank, Duck Key, Everglades National Park, FL, Featherbed Bank, Florida, Florida Bay, Florida City Canal, Florida Keys, Gopher Pass, Goulds Canal, Gun Rock Point, Harney River, Huston River, Ironwood Channel, Jim Foot Key, Johnson Key, Lake Key, Lignumvitae Basin, Little Blackwater Sound, Little Madeira Bay, Long Sound, Lostmans River, Manatee Bay, McCormick Creek, Miami-Dade County, Middle Key Basin, Military Canal, Monroe County, Monroe Lake, Mowry Canal, Nest Key, North Canal, North Prong Otter Creek, North River, Old Dan Bank, Old Sweat Bank, Otter Creek, Oyster Bay, Park Key, Pass Key, Pavillion Key, Pelican Bank, Peterson Keys, Ponce de Leon Bay, Porjoe Key, Princeton Canal, Prong Creek, Rabbit Key, Rabbit Key Basin, Rankin Basin, Rankin Lake, Roberts River, Rodgers River Bay, Russell Key, SW Big Cypress, Samphire Keys, Schooner Bank, Shark River, Shell Creek, Sid Key, South East Coast, Sprigger Bank, Spy Key, Storter Bay, Tarpon Bay, Taylor Creek, Trout Creek, US, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Whipray Basin, White Water Bay, biology, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, conservation paleobiology, diatoms, ecology, ecology, ecosystem history, environment, estuary, foraminifera, gastropods, geography, geologic core, geology, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, mollusks, mollusks, oceans, ostracodes, paleoecology, paleontology, pelecypods, pollen, salinity, sedimentology, vegetation, Fewer tags

Temperature experiments with Actinonaias ligamentina and Cumberlandia monodonta

Data describe designed environmental DNA (eDNA) experiments for the estimation of eDNA shedding rates for the spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta) and mucket (Actinonaias ligamentina) from water samples collected in the laboratory at different water temperatures. Parameters described include descriptions of laboratory collected water samples that were tested to estimate concentration of spectaclecase, mucket or fatmucket DNA qPCR results, and associated quality assurance measurements.

Categories: Data; Tags: Columbia Environmental Research Center, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, eDNA, eDNA Shedding rates, environmental DNA, All tags... mollusks, Fewer tags

Radiocarbon age dating of biological material from cores collected off British Columbia, Canada and southeastern Alaska, U.S. along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault zone

Results of radiocarbon age dating of planktic foraminifera, benthic foraminifera, and pelecypod shell fragments collected from piston cores, trigger weight cores, and IKU grab samples obtained in 2015 and 2017 offshore British Columbia, Canada and southeastern Alaska, U.S. along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault zone.

Categories: Data; Tags: British Columbia, CMHRP, Canada, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Dixon Entrance, All tags... Habitat, Marine Geology, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, State of Alaska, Stratigraphy, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, animals, benthic foraminifera, carbon-14 analysis, chemical analysis, chemical oceanography, environment, foraminifera, fragile ecosystems, geochemistry, geoscientificInformation, invertebrates, marine chemistry, mollusks, oceans, organisms, planktic foraminifera, protists, radiometric dating, Fewer tags

Synthetic Organic Compounds in Water in Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada

This dataset presents the results of passive water sampling conducted at 2 sites in 2013 and 3 sites in 2014 in Lake Mead National Recreational Area. Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Samplers (POCIS) and Semipermeable Membrane Devices (SPMDs) were deployed in Las Vegas Bay and Overton Arm in 2013 and Las Vegas Bay, Boulder Basin, and Overton Arm in 2014. The samplers were analyzed for concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorines (DDT-type compounds and their degradates), polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), waste indicators (WW), and yeast estrogen screen (YES) by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at the Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)...

Categories: Data; Tags: Boulder Basin, Colorado River, Lake Mead, Lake Mead National Recreational Area, Las Vegas, All tags... Las Vegas Bay, Overton Arm, aquatic biology, aquatic ecosystems, benthic ecosystems, benthic reliance, biota, carbon 13, carbon isotope analysis, dissolved organic compounds, endocrine disrupting compounds, endocrinology, environment, field sampling, fish, food web, fragrances, gas chromatography, inlandWaters, invasive species, invertebrates, isotopes, isotopic analysis, light stable isotope analysis, mass spectroscopy, mollusks, nitrogen 15, organochlorines, periphyton, pesticides, plankton, polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), stable isotopes, surface water quality, synthetic organic compounds, trophic levels, waste indicators, wastewater discharge, yeast estrogen screen, Fewer tags

Invertebrate remains from the Dominican University of California archaeological site MRN-CA-254, Marin County, California

This data release indicates faunal presence or absence of shelly artifacts (invertebrate remains) from the Dominican University of California archaeological site MRN-CA-254, Marin County, California.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, CMHRP, Climatology, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Cultural Use, All tags... Ecology, Gathering from Shore, Habitat, Invertebrates, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay, San Rafael Bay, Stratigraphy, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, animals, archaeology, arthropods, biota, environment, invertebrates, mollusks, organisms, society, Fewer tags

Laboratory estimates of eDNA degradation rates for Actinonaias ligamentina eDNA

Data describe a designed environmental DNA (eDNA) experiment for the estimation of eDNA degradation rates for the mucket (Actinonaias ligamentina) from water samples collected in the laboratory. Samples were collected from experiments performed from November 01, 2019 to November 15, 2019 at the USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center, Missouri

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Columbia Environmental Research Center, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, eDNA degradation, All tags... environmental DNA, mollusks, Fewer tags

Gulf of Mexico Habitat and Species Vulnerability

The Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment utilized expert opinion that was gathered through the Standardized Index of Vulnerability and Value (SIVVA) tool, which is an Excel-based vulnerability and prioritization tool that enables assessors to provide input in a relatively short time and allows for relatively seamless compilation of results.The vulnerability of each ecosystem and associated species was conducted by subregion, excluding those subregions where the species did not occur in significant numbers. Assessors were asked to evaluate species based on the habitats they use in a particular subregion. Because vulnerability can vary with life-stage for many species, assessors were asked to consider the most vulnerable...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, All tags... Alabama, BARRIER ISLANDS, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIVALVES, Birds, Bivalves, COASTAL, COASTAL LANDFORMS, Complete, Conservation NGOs, Crustaceans, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Data, Data.gov Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF > OYSTER REEF, EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY INDEX (EVI), EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIAL BEHAVIOR > VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, FISH, Federal resource managers, Fishes, Florida, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, Gulf of Mexico, IBISES/SPOONBILLS, LAND SURFACE, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana, MANGROVE SWAMP, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARSHES, MOLLUSKS, Mississippi, OYSTERS, RAY-FINNED FISHES, REPTILES, Reptiles, SALMONS/TROUTS, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, TURTLES, Texas, WETLANDS, biota, biota, climate change, environment, environment, habitat alteration, hypoxia, invasive species, land use change, sea-level change, Fewer tags

Cladophora biomass and supporting data collected in the Great Lakes, 2022

This dataset records Cladophora and associated benthic algae, collectively Cladophora community or submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), biomass collected during the growing season of 2022 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, 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 PAR, temperature, specific conductivity,...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, CTD measurement, Ecology, Great Lakes Region, Lake Erie, All tags... Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Limnology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, algae, algal blooms, aquatic biology, aquatic vegetation, benthos, biota, environment, eutrophication, field sampling, freshwater ecosystems, habitat alteration and disturbance, inlandWaters, invasive species, mollusks, nuisance species, nutrient content (water), optical methods, oxygen content (water), phosphorus, submerged aquatic vegetation, surface water quality, suspended material (water), turbidity, water pH, water sampling, water temperature, Fewer tags

Nonindigenous aquatic species and potential spread after Hurricane Harvey-revised map

This refined map was created to help assess possible spread of nonindigenous aquatic species distributions due to flooding associated with Hurricane Harvey. Storm surge and flood events can assist expansion and dissemination of nonindigenous aquatic species through the connection of adjacent watersheds, backflow of water upstream of impoundments, increased downstream flow, and creation of freshwater bridges along coastal regions. This map will help natural resource managers determine potential new locations for individual species, or to develop a watch list of possible new species within a watershed. These data include a subset of data from the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, that fall within the general...

Categories: Data; Tags: AIS, ANS, GIS, Houston, Louisiana, All tags... Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), amphibians, animals, biota, biota, crustaceans, environment, fish, flooding, frogs, hurricanes, hurricanes, inlandWaters, introduced species, invasives, invertebrates, mollusks, non-indigenous, non-native, nonindigenous, nonnative species, plants, reptiles, storm, turtles, vertebrates, Fewer tags

Midwest Regional Mussel Hotspots and Species Richness Estimates

Spatial patterns in mussel richness and endemism (i.e., weighted and corrected weighted endemism) at stream reach, HUC4, HUC6, and HUC8 spatial scales were characterized. Stream SR was estimated by summing the total number of mussel species predicted within each stream. Stream-level weighted endemism was calculated by weighting each species’ presence in the stream by the inverse of the total number of streams it was predicted to occupy, then summing across all species predicted present within the stream. This biodiversity metric therefore provides context about the range extent of the species predicted within the stream (e.g., higher values indicate either high richness or the presence of several range-restricted...

Categories: Data; Tags: ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOSPHERE, BIVALVES, Data, All tags... Data.gov USFWS Science Applications, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOSYSTEMS, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, MOLLUSKS, MUSSELS, SA Science Catalog, Science Keywords, Science Keywords, biota, completed, Fewer tags

Chemical and Biological Data from a Study on Evaluation of Chronic Effects of Potassium Chloride and Nickel on Survival, Growth, and Reproduction of a Unionid Mussel (Lampsilis siliquoidea)

We conducted multiple toxicity tests to (1) evaluate the survival and growth of juvenile mussels (Fatmucket, Lampsilis siliquoidea) in a standard 4-week and a longer-term 12-week exposures following a method refined from the standard method using two common reference toxicants (potassium chloride [KCl] and nickel [Ni]); (2) evaluate reproductive endpoints from reproductive KCl and Ni toxicity tests. Reproductive toxicity tests started with Fatmucket brooding mature glochidia to five concentrations of K and Ni for 6 weeks. Subsamples of glochidia were then removed from the adults to determine (1) the viability of brooded glochidia; (2) the viability of free glochidia in a 24-h additional exposure; and (3) success...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Boone County, MO, Columbia Environmental Research Center, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... ecotoxicology, freshwater mussels, life stages, major ion toxicity, metals, mollusks, standard methods, test duration, Fewer tags

Toxicity Testing Review, Derived from published literature and reports

The dataset is derived from a search of published books, papers, and reports on toxicity studies with Dreissena spp. mussels. Specific information was extracted from each paper on the study design, collection, handling, test methods, and reporting parameters.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, North America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, inlandWaters, All tags... invasive species, mollusks, standard methods, toxicology, Fewer tags