USGS: Biology arrow iconStatus & Trends Home arrow iconMethods and Tools arrow iconGIS+Inland Waters

Reports & Publications

None
Have a suggestion for new material?


Management and Research Applications of Long-Range Surveillance Radar Data for Birds, Bats, and Flying Insects

This publication is intended to provide a summary of long-range surveillance radar technology and applications of these data to questions about movement patterns of birds and other flying wildlife based on publications that provide more detailed information (Buurma, 1995; Gauthreaux and Belser, 2003a, b; Gauthreaux and others, 2003; Diehl and More...

  • cover image of publication

Progress on the Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program

This web resource describes the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) Program, which has produced a set of models, including spatially explicit species index models, population demography models, and ecosystem process models that are designed to evaluate the ecological effects of hydrologic scenarios on More...

  • ATLSS High Resolution Multi-Source Topography (HMDT).

Smart River GIS for Improved Decision Making

Smart River GIS allows simultaneous views of river hydraulics, species specific habitat, and fish population simulations, for a better understanding of complex ecological interactions. Scientists used existing data sets from the South Platte River in Colorado to develop a prototype, with multiple layers of geographic information system, GIS, More...

  • 2-d animation image