Find research datasets worth reusing
Search datasets from major research repositories and use ShareScore to quickly assess how well each record supports discovery, access, and reuse.
18
datasets available to search
ShareScore release 0.9.0
Dataset results
18 results for “Adirondack”
Tree Ring Data from Rooster Hill in Adirondack State Park NY 1828-2015
Is it possible to reconstruct aboveground carbon/biomass from tree rings? If so, how far back in time can researchers go when using tree-ring data in the reconstruction of past biomass? Answers to these questions will have a significant impact on our understanding of dynamics in the terrestrial carbon sink. Long tree-ring records of biomass can reveal intra-annual to annual to multidecadal variations that cannot be resolved by forest census data that is not conducted at annual time steps. Additionally, while these dynamics might be resolved using remote sensing, most remotely-sensed products are only two decades or less in length. By having long records of carbon biomass, we can then identify not only the dominant drivers of biomass, but how the importance of these drivers might change during different eras as environmental factors change (e.g., climate, air pollution, disturbance). To test these and other questions, we collected tree-ring records from two 30m radius plots set Rooster Hill in New York State. We chose this location because it has oak dominated mixed forests that can be compared to the long-term forests being studied for carbon dynamics at the Harvard Forest. We can convert these data to biomass using allometric equations and compare tree-ring inferred aboveground biomass to the census data going back in time to understand forest recovery and carbon dynamics in a heavily disturbance forest.
Ants of the Adirondack Mountains High Peaks 2016
The ants of the Adirondack Mountains are rarely sampled, and it was of interest to inventory their diversity as part of a general biodiversity survey of the Adirondack Park in New York State. A first set of collections were done in 2016 in the “High Peaks” region (mountains over 1200 meters (4000 feet) high). Ants were collected haphazardly from nests encountered by Adirondack Mountain trail stewards during June and July 2016 when they were doing regular botanical inventories and trail maintenance. Eleven species were collected, with the cold-climate species Formica neorufibarbis and Camponotus herculeanus accounting for 75% of the nests encountered. The species composition of ants in the Adirondack High Peaks is similar to that of other alpine and subalpine habitats in adjacent New England.
Environmental, Taxonomic, and Stable Isotope Data from Aquatic Insects sampled from Beaver-Engineered Headwater Streams (Adirondack Park, NY; 2024).
This data package contains environmental and biological data from a field study examining aquatic insect assemblage composition and basal resource use in beaver-engineered headwater streams in Adirondack Park, New York. Data was collected from six streams across two watersheds; the Oswegatchie River Watershed and Upper Hudson River Watershed. Three streams were sampled within the Oswegatchie River Watershed; East Creek, Sucker Brook, and Chair Rock Creek located near the Cranberry Lake Biological Station in St. Lawrence County. Three streams were sampled from the Upper Hudson River Watershed; Big Sucker Brook, Little Sucker Brook, and Panther Brook located near SUNY ESF’s Newcomb Campus in Essex County. Site conditions were characterized using densiometer measurements of canopy cover, visual assessments of substrate composition, and river discharge measurements collected with an OTT MF Pro flow meter. Aquatic insect assemblages were sampled using multihabitat active sampling and Hester–Dendy and leaf-bag passive samplers, with specimens identified to genus and assigned to functional feeding groups. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes were analyzed for a subset of insect taxa and three basal resource pools; coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM), fine particulate organic matter (FPOM), and periphytic algae. The Bayesian mixing model MixSIAR was used to estimate the proportional contribution of these primary sources to aquatic insect biomass. All data was collected between June and August 2024.
Root Biomass, Fine Root Production, Soil Mass, and Soil pH in Limed and Control Plots at the Woods Lake Watershed, Adirondack Park, NY, USA, 2021-2022
In 1989, 6.89 Mg/ha of pelletized lime (CaCO3) was applied by helicopter to two subcatchments at the Woods Lake Watershed in Adirondack Park, New York, USA to ameliorate ecosystem acidification. Two unlimed (control) subcatchments were paired with limed subcatchments. In the same year, 99 permanent plots (20 m x 20 m) were established. Between 2008 and 2010, tree inventory and soil physicochemical measurements were made in five plots in each of the four subcatchments (20 plots total). This dataset contains soil physicochemical properties (dry mass, depth, and pH); root biomass (<1 mm, 1-2 mm, and >2 mm diameter); and annual fine root production (<1 mm and 1-2 mm) measurements made between 2021 and 2022 in 19 of these same plots (5 plots per control subcatchment and 4 or 5 plots per limed subcatchment). Data include measurements for all properties for Oe, Oa, and 0-10 cm mineral soil samples collected from 5 locations within each plot.
High frequency temperature and dissolved oxygen data from 15 Adirondack lakes during the 2021 warm season
A full understanding of the contemporary status of lake dissolved oxygen and thermal habitat in the face of global change is enhanced by high-frequency monitoring that goes beyond periodic water column profiles of temperature and dissolved oxygen. The data contained herein were used to examine the relationship between both concurrent warming and increasing dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations, and oxythermal habitat status for cold-water species. To obtain high resolution oxythermal habitat characteristics, fifteen lakes in the Adirondack Park of northern New York state were monitored from mid-June to mid-October of 2021. Lakes were outfitted with high-frequency temperature and dissolved oxygen logger chains located in most cases at the deepest point of each lake. Temperature loggers were placed throughout the water column while dissolved oxygen loggers were positioned to best capture low-oxygen portions of the water column based on data from previous years. To enhance vertical resolution, high-frequency data were supplemented with periodic water column profiles. In addition, to provide a comprehensive regional perspective, we include historical DOC and depth data from more than 1,400 Adirondack lakes. Finally, to enhance understanding of fish response to temperature, we include body temperature data from tagged brook trout for two of our intensively monitored lakes during part of the 2023 stratified period.
Adirondack Public Good Events Database: Natural Resource, Environmental, Economic and Recreation Policy and Common Pool Resources for a Social-Ecological System in Adirondack Park, New York, USA, 1760-2020.
I assembled this dataset from various published sources to evaluate how the social-ecological system (SES) in Adirondack Park, New York changed through time and the interplay of public goods (Common Pool Resources, CPRs), public land rules and private land rights, and related concepts over 260 years (1760-2020). The database was the basis for a doctoral dissertation titled "Blue Lining: Assessing the Resilience of Adirondack Park, New York Using Polycentricity and Panarchy Frameworks." The goal of the dissertation was to assess patterns and changes in institutional rules, actors and arrangements before and after establishment of the public Adirondack Forest Preserve in 1885 and Adirondack Park in 1892 as those actors and rules were modified and as both internal and external events influenced the SES as it moved through different phases of the adaptive cycle through space and time (see panarchy). Using the database, I identified which organizations and events contributed to natural resource and CPR policy. The dissertation can be downloaded here: https://experts.esf.edu/esploro/outputs/99917370604826.
Lake ice surveys, 1874-2022, Adirondack Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program Project No. 8 by Adirondack Ecological Center of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Newcomb, New York. Environmental Data Initiative.
The objective of this dataset is to document ice-in and ice-out dates on several lakes on the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry's Huntington Wildlife Forest (HWF). Lakes include: Arbutus, Catlin, Deer, Military, Rich, Wolf and Lodo Pond; some records exist for Long Pond and other water bodies but they are not included here except in some comment fields.
Lake browning generates a spatiotemporal mismatch between DOC and limiting nutrients, 2018 spatial survey, modeled light limitation and whole-lake productivity changes in long-term Adirondack lake survey 1994-2012
This data set contains information on a spatial survey of dissolved organic matter (DOM) across lakes and wetlands in the Northeast and Midwest, USA and modeled long-term changes in light limitation and whole-lake productivity in a suite of lakes in the Adirondack State Park, New York, USA. Widespread long-term increases in DOM have been observed in many lakes in a process known as browning. This data set enables the assessment of potential changes in dissolved absorbance and dissolved organic nutrients associated with browning. This data set accompanies a manuscript in review at Limnology and Oceanography: Letters.
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest and Adirondack Mountains: In-stream large wood and riparian forest structure, 2002-2019
This dataset presents data on the in-stream large wood in 16 stream reaches in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest as well as the riparian forest structure and composition at these streams. It also provides data on the large wood in 13 stream reaches in old-growth forests in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
Small mammals surveys, 1981 - 1996, Adirondack Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program Project No. 10 by Adirondack Ecological Center of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Newcomb, New York. Environmental Data Initiative
Small mammals are important in forested ecosystems: they are key predators on seeds and invertebrates, provide food for larger predators and act as disease vectors. The objective of this study was to document small mammal abundance and population changes in managed and unmanaged forests of Huntington Wildlife Forest (HWF). Seven sites were sampled from 1981-1996. Fifty traps per site (250 total) were deployed for 4 nights and checked in the mornings. All captured small mammals were identified, sexed, weighed, and measured for reproductive condition, tagged, and brought into the lab for processing. Females with embryos or placental scars were noted in the lab. Over a five-year period, 671 deer mice; 261 woodland jumping mice, 594 southern redbacked voles, 248 short-tailed shrews, 373 masked shrews, 75 smoky shrews and small numbers of other species were captured and sexed/aged. According to Prachar and Sage (1988), weights of deer mice, redbacked voles, woodland jumping mice, short-tailed shrews, masked shrews and smoky shrews differed among years and age classes for 1983-1987. Weights differed between sexes for mice and voles but not shrews. Placental scar/embryo counts of mice and voles did not differ among years, habitats, mammal age classes or sexes. Reproductive rates of shrews exhibited patterns of fluctuation from 1983-1987.
Songbird surveys , 1952 - 1964, 1983 - 2008 Adirondack Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program Project No. 2 Breeding Birds by Adirondack Ecological Center of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Newcomb, New York. Environmental Data Initiative.
Study objectives were to (1) Document long-term trends in relative abundance and diversity of breeding forest birds (songbirds) in forest stands with different harvest histories and (2) Identify bird species that can be used as indicators of habitat change or degradation. Declines in neotropical migrants have been linked to changes in habitat quantity and quality across species' range. Songbirds that nest and forage in different habitat types or at different heights in the forest canopy may not be affected equally by forest change or management. We detected breeding songbirds using point-counts at Huntington Wildlife Forest (HWF) in the central Adirondack Mountains of New York during 1983-2000 and modeled on an original songbird point count dataset from Webb et al. (1977). Relative abundance (RA, the number of individual birds/count) was measured in sites with differing management histories, from an unmanaged >300-year-old stand to a stand cut with the shelterwood/overstory removal method just prior to sampling in 1983). Over eighty bird species were detected during the study duration. Songbird ecology and habitat characteristics can be used to understand long-term changes in relative abundance as related to forest change.
Red spruce foliar nutritional and metabolic responses to N, Ca, and N+Ca additions in a plot level study from Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest NH, Adirondack State Park, NY and Groton State Forest, VT from 1997-2000.
Plot Level Ca, N, Ca+N Study Background: Three mature red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) – balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) stands with closed canopies from across the northeastern United States were selected to assess the effects of N and Ca additions on forest growth. These sites included Groton, VT (Groton State Forest), Big Moose Lake, NY (Adirondack State Park) and Watershed 9 in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH. Site descriptions can be found in the pdf file included in this dataset. Full site descriptions have been published in Kulmatiski et al, 2007, Nitrogen and calcium additions increase forest growth in northeastern USA spruce–fir forests, Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 1574-1585. This publication also provides more in-depth site and soil descriptions. In 1992, three replicate 30 m by 30 m plots were randomly assigned to each of four treatment levels: control (control), Ca addition (Ca), N addition (N), or Ca + N addition (Ca + N) in NY and NH (for a total of 12 plots at each site). In VT, only control and Ca treatments were established due to limited space and research goals (for a total of 6 plots). Beginning in July 1992 through July 2000, N amendments (100 kilograms of NH4NO3-N per hectare per year), Ca amendments (80 kilograms of CaSO4-Ca plus 80 kilograms of CaCl2-Ca per hectare per year), and Ca + N (same dosage as separate applications) amendments were hand broadcast as commercial grade salts. Applications were made in June, July, and August to each plot in each year. SUMMARY: The main objectives of this study were to evaluate changes over time (1997-2000) in foliar metabolism of mature red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) trees in response to additions of nitrogen, Ca, or N +Ca supplementation. N was applied as NH4NO3 and Ca was applied as gypsum [CaSO4 .2H2O (2X) + CaCl2 .2H2O (1X)] and Ca + N treatment was a combination of both at the same concentrations Three sites received these treatments; Groton, VT (Groton State Forest), Bi
Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) drumming surveys, 1987-2017, Adirondack Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program Project No. 9 by Adirondack Ecological Center of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Newcomb, New York. Environmental Data Initiative
The objective is to document long-term population trends of ruffed grouse in a northern hardwood ecosystem. The survey area is the Huntington Wildlife Forest, a 6,000 ha field station which receives no hunting pressure. Routes are surveyed starting an hour prior to sunrise on 2-5 mornings each year between April 14 and May 9 (occasionally later), on days when wind and rain are minimal to absent. Counts are standardized relative to weather conditions and timing. Observers count the number of individual ruffed grouse heard drumming (""drummers"") at 32-50 route stations during a 4-minute period. Trends at stations over time as well as overall drummer index are calculated and compared to independent datasets.
Seed Production Survey, 1988-2009, Adirondack Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program Project No. 26 by Adirondack Ecological Center of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Newcomb, New York, USA
The purpose of this project is to 1) estimate number of seeds per unit area in a mature northern hardwood/mixed conifer forest stand and 2) document changes over time in selected tree and shrub seed production. Permanent seed traps were established in 1988 in two forest types. Seed traps (13.9 L [5 gal] capacity buckets) are installed 0.5 m off the ground on two metal stakes in the center of each forested plot. Buckets are open to the tree canopy and have small (< 2cm) holes near the bottom edges for drainage. Fifty collection buckets are placed approximately 30 m (100 feet) apart and distributed along painted grid lines in the Huntington Wildlife Forest Natural Area. Twenty-five plots are northern hardwood upland forest (dominated by sugar maple, American beech and yellow birch with some conifers) and 25 plots are in the mixed hardwood/conifer lakeshore forest type (dominated by red maple, yellow birch, red spruce and eastern hemlock). Tree and shrub seeds are collected annually during two periods: July to November (Fall) and November to July (Spring). The spring and autumn collections are based on tree species’ seed phenology. If a bucket was tipped over due to disturbance by a bear or some other factor, it was censored from the survey for that year. Mice or other seed predators that were physically found/present in buckets also resulted in sample censoring. Animal scat or partly-consumed seeds are not censored, as these may have fallen from the tree canopy during seed predators’ normal activities.
White-tailed Deer Population Study, 1962-2008, Adirondack Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program by Adirondack Ecological Center of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Newcomb, New York, USA
From 1962-2008, White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were studied at the SUNY ESF Huntington Wildlife Forest (HWF) and adjacent private and public lands in Essex and Hamilton Counties, New York, USA. Social group membership, migration and dispersal, reproductive biology, and many other objectives were studied over the course of the study period. Deer were captured, individually marked with ear tags or streamers, fitted with radio collars (later, GPS collars), and released to be tracked for a variety of research objectives. Deer were located by visual observation, recapture, and/or their location was estimated with ground, air or tower-based radio telemetry. Physical condition of deer was recorded at capture and at subsequent recapture or visual observation select variables were documented (e.g., deer group size; presence of fawns with does). Physiological, demographic, social organization, home range and behavior data were collected. HWF is a no-hunting area but deer could be harvested if they moved to huntable parts of the study area; there was a managed hunt on HWF in 1966-1970 and in 1984 to meet deer density and forest management objectives at that time. Unmarked deer were incorporated into the dataset if they were roadkilled, harvested or otherwise encountered during field activity; these deer did not receive individual identifications but may have been incorporated into select projects.
Adirondack Lakes Survey (NY): summer surface chemistry datat, 1984-1987
Reported water chemistry data are from the intensive lake chemistry survey conducted between the months of July and August from 1984 – 1987 as part of the larger Adirondack lakes survey of chemistry and fish. This intensive sampling took place in the summer when most Adirondack waters are typically stratified. When possible, the middle or deepest part of the lake was sampled to avoid the effects of littoral zones and inlet streams. Samples in isothermal waters were collected 1.5 meters below the surface or at mid-depth when the waters were less than 1.5 meters deep. In stratified waters, a sample was collected at 1.5 meters below the surface and also half way between the thermocline and the bottom. Chemical analysis was conducted at the Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation (ALSC) laboratory in Ray Brook following EPA guidelines.
Adirondack Lakes Long Term Monitoring (NY), 1992-2011
This data release represents raw values through final quality assurance. Eight of the original 17 ALTM lake sampling sites established by Syracuse University in 1982 were located some distance downstream from the main lakes usually in proximity to a road. These sites included: Black Pond, Bubb Lake, Cascade Lake, Constable Lake, Otter Lake, Squash Pond, West Pond and Windfall Pond. In 1993, the expanded ALTM project began to collect additional samples upstream of the original roadside sites at the main lake outlets. The ALTM lakes are sampled monthly. Lakes with no outlets and those accessed by helicopter are sampled at the deepest part of hte lake at a depth of 0.5 m with a Kemmerer sampler. All other sites are sampled at the outlet by surface grab method. Samples are analyzed at the ALSC laboratory in Ray Brook, NY. There are 4 lakes with recent liming histories: 030172 Little Clear; 040576 Woods; 040905 Barnes and 060182 Little Simon.
Weather Data, 1940-2016, Adirondack Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program by Adirondack Ecological Center of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Newcomb, New York, USA
These datasets include information collected from 1940 to 2016 in or around Huntington Wildlife Forest at the Adirondack Ecological Center in Newcomb, New York. Data were collected daily and include minimum and maximum daily temperature, precipitation, snowfall, and sometimes additional measurements (e.g., wind direction, weather events). These data were collected as part of the Adirondack Long Term Ecological Monitoring Program (ALTEMP).
ScienceDex guides
Understand access before you commit
These curated guides explain access requirements, typical timelines, costs, and reuse considerations for widely used research datasets.
Allen Brain Atlas
Allen Brain Atlas is an Allen Institute collection of brain map atlases, datasets, APIs, and analysis tools covering mouse, human, and non-human primate brain resources.
Annotated Behaviour and Observability Dataset (ABODe)
ABODe is a University of Edinburgh DataShare dataset for behavior classification in group-housed mice using home-cage video, identities, bounding boxes, ground-plate positions, and annotator labels.
DANDI Archive for NWB datasets
DANDI is a BRAIN Initiative archive for publishing and sharing neurophysiology data, including electrophysiology, optophysiology, and behavioral data packaged as NWB and related standards.
International Brain Laboratory public data
The International Brain Laboratory public data releases expose standardized mouse decision-making experiments, including Neuropixels recordings, widefield calcium imaging, behavior, and session metadata accessed through the ONE API.
OpenNeuro
OpenNeuro is a free, open platform for sharing neuroimaging datasets, with public search, dataset pages, and download paths for web, S3, DataLad, and the OpenNeuro CLI.