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Food Web Data, Colorado River Corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 2006
Department of the Interior —
These data were compiled for a manuscript that examines the riverine food-web structure of the Colorado River below Glen Canyon dam to its confluence with Lake Mead.... -
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Assessment of Mercury, Mercury Stable Isotopes, and Trace Metals in Waters, Sediments, and Biota from Great Salt Lake, Utah
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Great Salt Lake (GSL) is a designated Site of Hemispheric Importance for migratory birds by the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. Elevated mercury (Hg)... -
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Total mercury, methylmercury, and isotopic composition in various life stages of boreal chorus frogs (Pseudacris maculata) at two subalpine ponds in the Rocky Mountains, CO, USA, 2015
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Mercury is an atmospherically transported contaminant found even in relatively pristine habitats. Once accumulated at the base of the food web, mercury can move... -
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Data describing a predatory fish invasion on a riverine food web.
Department of the Interior —
Catfishes are opportunistic feeders that are among the world's worst invasive species. Flathead catfish Pylodictus olivaris -- a large predatory catfish -- were first... -
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Western sandpiper diet composition in south San Francisco Bay, CA
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Diet composition can be influenced by age- and sex-related factors including an individual’s morphology, social status, and acquired skills; however, specialization... -
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Bat echolocation data recorded using Song Meter SM4 acoustic recorder and Echo Meter Touch 2 bat detector paired with insect prey availability, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 2022
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These data were compiled as part of an effort to compare the relative data quality and modeling performance of bat data recorded with two different acoustic... -
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Properties that influence pond-breeding salamander density and predation in midwestern United States ephemeral wetlands
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Ephemeral wetlands provide habitat for a variety of taxa and are often critical breeding locations for amphibians. Although the impacts of abiotic properties of... -
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Sediment Biogeochemistry and Subsequent Mercury Biomagnification in Wetland Food Webs of the San Francisco Bay, CA (ver. 2.0, December 2023)
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Methylmercury (MeHg) is a globally pervasive contaminant that biomagnifies in food webs and can reach toxic concentrations in consumers at higher trophic levels,... -
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Proximal and distal factors associated with the decline in secondary invertebrate prey production in the Colorado River, Glen Canyon, Arizona.
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Using a bioenergetic model, demographic data for the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) population were compiled and used to estimate total prey consumption in the... -
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Pacific Sand Lance Energy Density, Length, and Age, Prince William Sound, Alaska, 2012-2016
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This data set documents the age, length, dry mass energy density, and dry mass of age-0 and age-1 Pacific sand lance captured in Prince William Sound Alaska each July... -
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Great Lakes Research Vessel Operations 1958-2018: Reference. (ver. 3.0, April 2019)
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The RVCAT database contains data that have been collected on various vessel operations on the Great Lakes and select connecting waterways. This section of Reference... -
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Macrozooplankton Hydroacoustic Index Data from Prince William Sound, Alaska
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These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long term monitoring program, pelagic monitoring component. This dataset consists of one table, providing... -
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Food web fatty acids and stable isotopes in the Upper Mississippi River Basin 2013-2014: Data
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This dataset includes information from multiple taxa collected from four main reaches in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, including La Grange reach of Illinois... -
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Mercury concentrations and stable isotope ratios for California black rails and their invertebrate prey from wetlands of the San Francisco Bay, CA
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Methylmercury concentrations and stable isotope ratios were measured from back feathers of California black rails (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus) and six taxa... -
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Data from the Capture and Collection of Non-Die-Off Seabirds Across Alaska
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This data package contains one table with morphometric and diet information for "non-die-off" seabirds captured and collected in southcentral and southwest Alaska.... -
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White sturgeon fine-scale habitat model archive, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2017-2022
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The two-dimensional (2D) hydraulic flow model iRIC FaSTMECH (Nelson, 2003) was used to simulate hydraulic conditions in the Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, ID... -
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Data entry for PCB concentrations in riparian spiders (Tetragnathidae) consistently reflect concentrations in water and aquatic macroinvertebrates, but not sediment: Analysis of a seven-year field study
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency —
Five years of data over a seven-year investigation at a PCB contaminated-sediment site to investigate if concentrations in spiders were consistently correlated with... -
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Mercury and Methylmercury Stable Isotope Measurements in Giant Petrels
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Methylmercury (MeHg) and total mercury (HgT) stable isotope measurements were made by the USGS Mercury Research Lab (MRL) in different organs on the Giant Petrels... -
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Lake Erie Collaborative Science and Monitoring Initiative 2014
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In 2014, the USGS Lake Erie Biological Station participated in the Coordinated Science and Monitoring Initiative (CMSI) program, a program founded by the U.S.... -
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Assessment of mercury sources in Alaskan lake food webs (ver 1.1, September 2023)
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This data release includes results of raw water, soil, seston, and fish tissue samples collected from 14 lakes within Lake Clark National Park and Katmai National...