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Bathymetry, topography, and sediment grain-size data from the Elwha River delta, Washington

Two dams on the Elwha River, Washington State, USA trapped over 20 million cubic meters of sediment, reducing downstream sediment fluxes and contributing to erosion of the river's coastal delta. The removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams between 2011 and 2014 induced massive increases in river sediment supply and provided an unprecedented opportunity to examine the response of a delta system

USGS Coral Photo ArchiveFlorida Keys Corals: A Photographic Record of Changes from 1959 to 2015

This data release contains time-series photographs taken of corals and coral habitats in the Florida Keys between 1959 and 2015 at Carysfort Reef and Grecian Rocks (a total of six sites). The original intent was to show coral reef recovery after Hurricane Donna devastated the area in 1960. Corals, especially elkhorn and staghorn coral, grew prolifically after the storm until the late 1970s, then b

Characterizing Uncertainty in Daily Streamflow Estimates at Ungauged Locations in Support of the Massachusetts Sustainable Yield Estimator: Data Release

This data set archives all inputs, outputs and scripts needed to reproduce the findings of W.H. Farmer and S. Levin in the 2017 Journal of the American Water Resources Association article entitled Characterizing Uncertainty in Daily Streamflow Estimates at Ungauged Locations in Support of the Massachusetts Sustainable Yield Estimator. Input data includes observed streamflow values, in cubic feet

Data from an Analysis of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Upper Klamath River, Lost River, and Klamath Straits Drain, Oregon and California, 201316

Concentrations of particulate organic carbon (POC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC), which together comprise total organic carbon, were measured in a reconnaissance study at sampling sites in the Upper Klamath River, Lost River, and Klamath Straits Drain in 201316. In addition, data for total nitrogen and chlorophyll a were collected. Optical absorbance and fluorescence properties of dissolved o

Land Use and Conservation Scenarios for California's 4th Climate Change Assessment

This dataset consists of modeled projections of land use and land cover for the State of California for the period 2001-2101. The Land Use and Carbon Scenario Simulator (LUCAS) model was initialized in 2001 and run forward on an annual time step to 2100. In total 9 simulations were run with 10 Monte Carlo replications of each simulation. Two base scenarios were selected from Sleeter et al., 2017 (

Baseline Coastal Oblique Aerial Photographs Collected at Breton Island and the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, January 22, 2011

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as part of the National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project, conducts baseline and storm-response photography missions to document and understand the changes in the vulnerability of the Nation's coasts to extreme storms and longer-term processes related to sediment supply and sea-level rise. On January 22, 2011, the USGS's NACCH project conducted an obli

Baseline Coastal Oblique Aerial Photographs Collected Ponte Vedra, Florida, to South Carolina/North Carolina Border, August 24, 2011

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as part of the National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project conducts baseline and storm-response photography missions to document and understand the changes in the vulnerability of the Nation's coasts to extreme storms and longer-term processes related to sediment supply and sea-level rise. On August 24, 2011, the USGS's NACCH project conducted an obliqu

Fiber-optic distributed temperature data collected along the streambed of the East River, Crested Butte, CO, USA

The data set includes temperature data from the base of the water column along the sediment interface of the East River near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA, in support of ongoing study regarding groundwater/surface water exchange. The data were collected from 08/09/2016 to 08/31/2016 using a fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing system that has 1.01 m spatial resolution along the linear fiber-

New record of California red-legged frogs (Rana draytonii) in Whitewater Canyon, Riverside County, CA, USA

In February 2017, a population of California red-legged frog Rana draytonii was discovered in the southern foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains of Riverside County, California, near the edge of the species historic distribution. A few days after the first sightings of R. draytonii at the Whitewater Preserve, we conducted a visual daytime search for frogs, tadpoles and egg masses followed by a

USGS bathymetric and hydrodynamic survey of Lake Michigan nearshore near Ogden Dunes/Burns Harbor, Indiana

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is evaluating the placement of dredged material in the nearshore areas of Lake Michigan as a means to replenish sand at selected beaches. In order to elucidate the physical processes in the nearshore environment that transport and distribute sand to the beach, the USACE-Chicago District and the US Geological Survey (USGS) developed a plan for a beach nourishm

USGS Measurements of Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (CA), 2016-2021 (ver. 4.0, March 2023)

The U.S. Geological Survey maintains a program of water-quality studies in San Francisco Bay (CA) that began in 1969. This U.S.G.S. Data Release is a continuation of the previously published 1969-2015 dataset (Cloern and Schraga, 2016; Schraga and Cloern, 2017), it will archive and make available all measurements from 2016 and thereafter. Each year, a data file containing the previous years data w

Female Faxonius (formerly Orconectes) quadruncus broodstock collected for toxicity testing

Broodstock individual Faxonius quadruncus were collected for culturing eggs until hatch. Hatchling crayfish were used to be used in toxicity testing to assess hazards of metals mixtures to young Faxonius quadruncus