This page contains links to online databases that may be related to water and agriculture. These databases contain such information as bibliographic citations, current research, streamflow data, species information, and chemical and toxicology data. For information on water-related databases available to USDA employees, see WQIC's Water Quality Information on Digitop page.
Databases
AGRICOLAUSDA. 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.
Agricultural Research Service Water Database
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Collection of precipitation and streamflow data from small agricultural watersheds in the United States.
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."
AQUASTATUN. 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."
Beach Advisory and Closing On-line Notification (BEACON)Environmental Protection Agency
"BEACON is EPA's application to make state beach advisory and closing data available to the public. EPA created BEACON to meet the Agency's Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act requirements. The BEACH Act (section 406(e)) requires EPA to make a national coastal recreation water pollution occurrence database, which contains state reported beach monitoring and notification data available to the public by electronic means."
BioData - Aquatic Bioassessment Data for the NationDOI. United States Geological Survey.
"Retrieval system which provides access to aquatic bioassessment data (biological community and physical habitat data) collected by USGS scientists from stream ecosystems across the nation."
ChemBioFinderCambridgeSoft 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."
Coastal and Ocean Information Network Atlantic (COINAtlantic)Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee.
"Provides open access to data, information and applications relevant to Atlantic Canada" through the COINAtlantic Search Utility (CSU) and Map Gallery.
Current Research Information System
USDA. National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Documentation and reporting system for publicly supported agricultural, food and nutrition, and forestry research in the United States.
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."
Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity (DSSTox) Database Network"DSSTox provides a public forum for publishing downloadable, structure-searchable, standardized chemical structure files associated with chemical inventories or toxicity data sets of environmental relevance..." The network is "helping to build a public data foundation for improved structure-activity and predictive toxicology capabilities."
DUCKDATA
DOI. USGS. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
Bibliographic database for North American waterfowl and their wetland habitats.
Enviro-Science e-Print ServiceEPA. Environmental Information Management System.
Provides access to "manuscripts of journal articles and book chapters, conference papers, presentations, posters, and selected technical reports in environmental management science."
Environmental Fate Data Base (EFDB)Syracuse Research Corporation.
The purpose of this database is "1. To allow rapid access to all available fate data on a given chemical without having to resort to expensive, time consuming, and inefficient primary literature searches; 2. To identify critical gaps in the available information to facilitate planning of research needs; and 3. To provide a data source for constructing structure-activity correlations for degradability and transport of chemicals in the environment."
EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)Environmental Protection Agency
"ECHO provides fast, integrated searches of EPA and state data for 800,000+ regulated facilities; integrates inspection, violation, and enforcement for the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and hazardous waste laws; includes Safe Drinking Water Act data, Toxics Release Inventory data, National Emissions Inventory data, and Water Quality Data."
EPA's Section 319 Nonpoint Source Grants DatabaseEPA. Grants Reporting and Tracking System.
EPA's Nonpoint Source Grants Reporting and Tracking System (GRTS) is the primary tool for management and oversight of state Nonpoint Source (NPS) Management Programs under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act. Use the GRTS database to find information about NPS pollution control projects.
EXTOXNET (Extension Toxiocology NETwork)Oregon State University.
Information available includes toxicology newsletters and fact sheets and keyword searchable Pesticide Information Profiles and Toxicology Information Briefs.
FishBase
FishBase.org
"Global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes. FishBase is a relational database with information to cater todifferent professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science."
Freshwater Biological Traits Database (Traits)Environmental Protection Agency
"The Freshwater Biological Traits Database currently contains traits data for 3,857 North American macroinvertebrate taxa, and includes habitat, life history, mobility, morphology and ecological trait data. These data were compiled for a project on climate change effects on river and stream ecosystems. The traits data were gathered from multiple sources, which are listed on the web site under, "Data Source". Data gathering efforts focused on data that were published or otherwise well-documented by trustworthy sources, accessible, appropriate for the regions being studied, in a standardized format that could be analyzed or easily converted to a format that could be analyzed, and ecologically relevant to the gradients being considered."
Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)Environmental Protection Agency.
"HERO contains the key studies EPA uses to develop environmental risk assessments for the public. EPA uses risk assessments to characterize the nature and magnitude of health risks to humans and the ecosystem from pollutants and chemicals in the environment. "
Human Health Benchmarks for PesticidesEnvironmental Protection Agency.
"Advanced testing methods now allow pesticides to be detected in water at very low levels. These small amounts of pesticides detected in drinking water or source water for drinking water do not necessarily indicate a health risk. The EPA has developed human health benchmarks for approximately 350 pesticides to enable our partners to better determine whether the detection of a pesticide in drinking water or source waters for drinking water may indicate a potential health risk."
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Database for Risk AssessmentEnvironmental Protection Agency.
"A compilation of electronic reports on specific substances found in the environment and their potential to cause human health effects. (IRIS) was initially developed for EPAstaff in response to a growing demand for consistent information on substances for use in risk assessments, decision-making and regulatory activities. The information in (IRIS) is intended for those without extensive training in toxicology, but with some knowledge of health sciences."
International Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) DatabaseWright Water Engineers, Inc. and Geosyntec Consultants.
"A database of over 400 BMP studies, performance analysis results, tools for use in BMP performance studies, monitoring guidance and other study-related publications. The overall purpose of the project is to provide scientifically sound information to improve the design, selection and performance of BMPs."
Little River Watershed (Georgia) Precipitation and Streamflow DataUSDA. ARS. Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory.
Archived data sets from the Agricultural Research Service, Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory in Tifton, Georgia.
Measured Annual Nutrient loads from AGricultural Environments (MANAGE) DatabaseUSDA. 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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