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AgNIC
Agriculture Network Information Center.
Database of agricultural information resources, including information on water. |
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AGRICOLA
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.
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AQUASTAT
UN. Food and Agriculture Organization. "The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) global information system of water and agriculture developed by the Land and Water Development Division of FAO. The objective of AQUASTAT is to provide users with comprehensive information on the state of agricultural water management across the world, with emphasis on developing countries and countries in transition." |
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APIRS Online: The Aquatic, Wetland, and Invasive Plants Database
University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
"A free online resource devoted to freshwater aquatic and wetland plants, as well as terrestrial and aquatic invasive plants. The database includes annotated citations for more than 65,000 research articles, books and reports about plant ecology, physiology, utilization and control. Items in many languages dating back to the 18th century are in this inclusive database." |
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Atlantic Coastal Information Portal
Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee. "An online catalogue of geospatial data. ACIP is Atlantic Canada’s window on the GeoConnections Discovery Portal, which enables the discovery of and access to geospatial data for Canada. ACIP was implemented in May 2005. It is the latest phase in the development of the Atlantic Coastal Database Directory which was initiated by the Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee (ACZISC) in 1992." |
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ChemBioFinder
CambridgeSoft Corporation.
A chemical database that provides physical property data and 2D chemical structures; also gives access to " the largest single list of chemical information sites (by at least double the size of the next-largest) that we [ChemFinder] are aware of." |
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Current Research Information Systems
USDA. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
Documentation and reporting system for publicly supported agricultural, food and nutrition, and forestry research in the United States. |
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Drinking Water Research Information Network
EPA. Office of Water.
"A portal to information on projects funded or performed by water research organizations, government agencies in the U.S., international research organizations and academic institutions focused on drinking water issues. It is a compilation of drinking water project information from partner organizations that creates a single source of ongoing research." |
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DUCKDATA
DOI. USGS. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
Bibliographic database for North American waterfowl and their wetland habitats.
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Measured Annual Nutrient loads from AGricultural Environments (MANAGE) Database
USDA. ARS. Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory.
Compilation of "measured annual nitrogen (N) and
phosphorus (P) load data representing field-scale transport
from agricultural land uses." Includes "measured nutrient
load data and corresponding watershed characteristics;
information to support water quality management, modeling,
and future
research design; and a platform allowing
user input of additional project-specific data." |
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Media Source Directory of (Environmental) Experts (in Eastern and Central Europe)
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe.
"Designed to help journalists get the information they need about the environment of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) by making it easier to find interview subjects. The database contains contact information for over 1,000 English-speaking environmental experts, with a variety of specialties, from 15 CEE countries." |
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National Contaminant Occurrence Database
EPA. Office of Water.
"EPA developed the NCOD to satisfy the statutory requirements set by Congress in the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to maintain a national drinking water contaminant occurrence database using samples data for both regulated and unregulated contaminants in public water systems. This site provides a listing of water sample analytical data that EPA is currently using and has used in the past for analysis, rulemaking, and rule evaluation. The data have been extensively checked for data quality and analyzed for national representative-ness." |
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National Environmental Methods Index
Environmental Protection Agency; DOI. United States Geological Survey.
Provides "a mechanism to compare and contrast the performance and relative cost of analytical, test, and sampling methods for environmental monitoring." The index can be used to compare methods based on analyte, media and performance data. NEMI is a project of the Methods and Data Comparability Board, developed with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey. |
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National Estuaries Restoration Inventory
DOC. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"Created to track estuary habitat restoration projects
across the nation. The purpose of the inventory is to
provide information on restoration projects in order
to improve restoration methods and to track acreage
restored toward the Act's one million-acre goal." [NOAA
requires certificate authorization for access to this
site.] |
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National Hydrography Dataset
DOI. United States Geological Survey.
"A comprehensive set of digital spatial data that contains information about surface water features such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, springs and wells. Within the NHD, surface water features are combined to form "reaches," which provide the framework for linking water-related data to the NHD surface water drainage network. These linkages enable the analysis and display of these water-related data in upstream and downstream order." |
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National Nutrient Database
EPA. Office of Water.
"Stores and analyzes nutrient water quality data and serves as an information resource for states, tribes, and others in establishing scientifically defensible numeric nutrient criteria. It contains ambient data from our Legacy STOrage and RETrieval (STORET) data system, the US Geological Survey's National Stream Quality Accounting Network data and National Water Quality Assessment data, and other relevant sources such as universities and states/tribes. The ultimate use of the data is to derive ecoregional waterbody-specific numeric nutrient criteria. We will also use this database to develop ecoregionally representative nutrient criteria for all waterbodies of the United States." |
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National Water Quality Standards Database
Environmental Protection Agency.
"Developed for the purposes of displaying water quality standards, including designated uses and criteria, for the Nation's surface waters." |
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Pesticide Properties Database
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
"A compendium of chemical and physical properties of 334 widely used pesticides. Information included in the database focuses on 16 of the most important properties that affect pesticide transport and degradation characteristics." |
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Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site
National Sea Grant College Program.
Project of the National Sea Grant College Program, produced by the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network. It is a national information center that contains a comprehensive collection of research publications and education materials produced by Sea Grant programs and other research institutions across the country on zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species. |
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STORET
Environmental Protection Agency.
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maintains two data management systems containing water quality information for the nation's waters: the Legacy Data Center (LDC), and STORET. The LDC contains historical water quality data dating back to the early part of the 20th century and collected up to the end of 1998. STORET contains data collected beginning in 1999, along with older data that has been properly documented and migrated from the LDC. Both systems contain raw biological, chemical, and physical data on surface and ground water collected by federal, state and local agencies, Indian Tribes, volunteer groups, academics, and others. All 50 States, territories, and jurisdictions of the U.S. are represented in these systems." |
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StreamStats
DOI. United States Geological Survey.
"A Web-based tool that allows users to obtain streamflow statistics, drainage-basin characteristics, and other information for user-selected sites on streams. StreamStats users can choose locations of interest from an interactive map and obtain information for these locations." (Data available for three states as of Aug 24, 2005.) |
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Technology Transfer Automated Retrieval System (TEKTRAN)
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Selected pre-publication notices of recent research results from the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; not solely a water resources database.
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TOXMAP
DHHS. National Library of Medicine.
"A Geographic Information System from the National Library of Medicine that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory." |
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University of Nebraska Water Quality Page
University of Nebraska.
The purpose of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Excellence in Water Quality Program is to provide high quality web-based information. |
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USGS Ground-Water Data for the Nation
DOI. United States Geological Survey.
Provided by the National Water Information System (NWIS),
this database consists of "more than 850,000 records
of wells, springs, test holes, tunnels, drains,
and excavations in the United States" --including
latitude/longitude, well depth data, and aquifer descriptions.
Surface
water and water quality data are also available. |
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USGS National Water Quality Assessment Data Warehouse
DOI. United States Geological Survey.
"Enables water resource managers, scientists, and the public to find data about the quality of the water at 2,800 stream sites and 5,000 wells in 46 states, according to the U. S. Geological Survey." |
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Water and Climate Bibliography
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security. "A comprehensive database of scientific literature pertaining to climate change and freshwater resources worldwide." |
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Western Waters Digital Library
Western Waters Digital Library.
Provides a searchable database of materials digitized from participating libraries. Covers water-related issues in the western United States. |
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