A5015322988- Research Data Management Practices
- Geological Modeling and Analysis
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Data Quality and Management
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Water Quality and Resources Studies
- Environmental Monitoring and Data Management
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Radioactive element chemistry and processing
- Selenium in Biological Systems
United States Geological Survey
2012-2021
Science Analytics and Synthesis
2013-2021
Denver Federal Center
2021
United States Department of the Interior
2017-2020
Entertainment Industries Council
2017
The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) is the world's most comprehensive online, open-access database of marine species distributions. OBIS grows with millions new observations every year. Contributions come from a network hundreds institutions, projects and individuals common goals: to build scientific knowledge base that open public for discovery exploration detect trends changes inform society as essential elements in conservation management sustainable development. Until now,...
Maintaining healthy, productive ecosystems in the face of pervasive and accelerating human impacts including climate change requires globally coordinated sustained observations marine biodiversity. Global coordination is predicated on an understanding scope capacity existing monitoring programs, extent to which they use standardized, interoperable practices for data management. also identification gaps spatial ecosystem coverage, how these correspond management priorities information needs....
This mini-review paper analyses the achievements of Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), as a distributed global data system and community contributors users. We highlight some issues challenges identify ways OBIS is trying to address these with developing standards, protocols best practices, applying new innovative technologies, improving human capacity through training, establishing beneficial partnerships. With release second generation (OBIS 2.0), we now have more solid...
First posted August 4, 2020 For additional information, contact: Director, Southwest Biological Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey2255 N. Gemini DriveFlagstaff, AZ 86001Contact Pubs Warehouse Natural resource managers are coping with rapid changes in both environmental conditions and ecosystems. Enabled by recent advances data collection assimilation, short-term ecological forecasting may be a powerful tool to help anticipate impending near-term ecosystem or dynamics. Managers use the...
Abstract Fluid circulation in the Earth's crust plays an essential role surface, near and deep crustal processes. Flow pathways are driven by hydraulic gradients but controlled material permeability, which varies over many orders of magnitude changes time. Although millions measurements properties have been made, including geophysical imaging borehole tests, this vast amount data information has not integrated into a comprehensive knowledge system. A community infrastructure is needed to...
Scientific data stewardship is an important part of long-term preservation and the use/reuse digital research data. It critical for ensuring trustworthiness data, products, services, which decision-making. Recent U.S. federal government directives scientific organization guidelines have levied specific requirements, increasing need a more formal approach to that activities support compliance verification reporting. However, many science centers lack integrated, systematic, holistic framework...
First posted June 30, 2017 For additional information, contact: John Wesley Powell Center U.S. Geological Survey2150 Centre AvenueBuilding CFort Collins, CO 80526-8118https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/ The Survey (USGS) has a long history of advancing the traditional Earth science disciplines and identifying opportunities to integrate USGS across address complex societal problems. strategy for 2007–2017 laid out key challenges in disciplinary interdisciplinary arenas, culminating call increased...
Survey Science in the Decade 2007-2017.It provided a view of future, establishing science goals that reflected USGS's fundamental mission areas societal impact such as energy and minerals, climate land use change, ecosystems, natural hazards, environmental health, water.Intended to inform long-term program planning, strategy emphasizes how USGS can make substantial contributions well-being Nation world.In 2010, I realigned management budget structure, changing it from structure associated...
The use of scientific web applications (SWApps) across biological and environmental sciences has grown exponentially over the past decade or so. Although quantitative evidence for such increased in practice is scant, collectively, we have observed that these tools become more commonplace teaching, outreach, science coproduction (e.g., as decision support tools). Despite popularity SWApps, researchers often receive little no training creating tools. rolling out SWApps can be a relatively...
First posted August 18, 2016 For additional information, contact: Director, Western Fisheries Research Center U.S. Geological Survey 6505 NE 65th Street Seattle, Washington 98115 http://wfrc.usgs.gov/ The removal of dams has recently increased over historical levels due to aging infrastructure, changing societal needs, and modern safety standards rendering some obsolete. Where possibilities for river restoration, or improved safety, exceed the benefits retaining a dam, is more often being...
We aim to inform the development of decision support tools for resource managers who need examine large complex ecosystems and make recommendations in face many tradeoffs conflicting drivers. take a semantic technology approach, leveraging background ontologies growing body open linked data. In previous work, we designed implemented semantically-enabled environmental monitoring framework called SemantEco used it build water quality portal named SemantAqua. this significantly extend include...
First posted April 15, 2013 For additional information, contact: Core Science SystemsU.S. Geological Survey12201 Sunrise Valley DriveReston, VA 20192 Systems is a new mission of the U.S. Survey (USGS) that resulted from 2007 Strategy, “Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges: in Decade 2007–2017.” This report describes vision and outlines strategy to facilitate integrated characterization understanding complex Earth system. The suggested actions are bold far-reaching, describing conceptual model...
First posted October 28, 2016 For additional information, contact: Director, Core Science Analytics and Synthesis U.S. Geological Survey 108 National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/ The Community for Data Integration (CDI) continued to experience success in fiscal year 2015. CDI community members have been sharing, learning, collaborating through monthly forums, workshops, working groups, funded projects. In 2015, coordinated 10...
First posted October 2, 2015 For additional information, contact: Director, Core Science Analytics and Synthesis U.S. Geological Survey 108 National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/ The (USGS) researches Earth science to help address complex issues affecting society the environment. In 2006, USGS held first Scientific Information Management Workshop bring together staff from across organization discuss data information management...
In response to increasing concern about the quality of irrigation drainage and its potential effects on fish, wildlife, human health, U.S. Department Interior formed an interbureau task group prepare a plan for investigating water- problems projects sponsored by Interior. The San Juan River area in northwestern New Mexico was one areas designated study. Investigators collected water, bottom-sediment, soil, biological samples at more than 50 sites during 1993-94. Sample included (1) located...
First posted November 29, 2021 For additional information, contact: Director, U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley DriveReston, VA 20192 Managers of our Nation’s resources face unprecedented challenges driven by the convergence increasing, competing societal demands and a changing climate that affects stability, vulnerability, predictability those resources. To help meet these challenges, scientific community must take advantage all available technologies, data, integrative Earth...
First posted May 19, 2017 For additional information, contact: Core Science Analytics and SynthesisU.S. Geological Survey108 National Center12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,Reston, VA 20192 The Community for Data Integration (CDI) represents a dynamic community of practice focused on advancing science data information management integration capabilities across the U.S. Survey CDI community. This annual report describes various presentations, activities, outcomes monthly forums, working groups,...