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Now called the Southeast Information Node, the Southeast regional focus connects data concerning the biological resources of states within the southeastern U.S. including Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.
As a geographic focus within the U.S. Geological Survey’s Biological Informatics Program, the Southeast regional focus uses information technology to index, manage, and visualize biological information, making it more accessible and interoperable for environmental policy/management decision-making, research, and education.
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For all 255 species, a digital distribution map reflecting NatureServe’s watershed distribution maps is displayed by a Virtual Globe map module. Each map is loaded by clicking a species name in the application. The digital maps can be downloaded for use with desktop versions of virtual globe mapping applications. For more about virtual globe mapping, visit the Virtual Globe Interactive Maps page.
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The species list can also be refined based on any of the 25 taxonomic families within five orders representing salamanders, frogs and toads, crocodilians, snakes, lizards, turtles & tortoises.
Finally, the species list can be refined by relative abundance reported by Alabama Partners for Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ALAPARC). ALAPARC’s original data established rankings for each species. Preserved in the dataset, ALAPARC’s rankings allow species grouping by the following classifications: “Abundant,” “Common,” “Uncommon,” “Rare,” “Likely,” “Occurs Nearby,” and “Likely extirpated.”
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The Southeast Information Node (SEIN) provides expertise on data hosting and publishing, and helps guide the USVH project through participation at regional, national, and international levels.
Through regional partnership, SEIN and the Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) support the United States Virtual Herbarium (USVH) project.
For questions about the USVH, to participate, or to join a Regional Network or Task Force, please Contact the USVH.
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Non-native Burmese pythons (Python molurus) have colonized Everglades National Park in South Florida. Can the invaders survive colder climates of other Southeast states? Find out with new invasive reptiles content.
Researchers in South Carolina built a secure outdoor enclosure for ten male Burmese pythons to learn if invasive snakes from the Florida Everglades can survive the colder winters of temperate Southeast climates. Learn more about the study and other southeastern U.S. invasive animals.
For more about Burmese pythons, search the NBII at https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/nbii/20120110022034/http://search.nbii.gov.
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Non-native species can become invasive, causing economic and/or ecological harm. Updated information is now available for identification, control, and management of the Southeast’s invasive animals, invasive microorganisms and pathogens, and invasive plants. Web-based invasive species management tools like identification guides, training materials, and map layers are also posted.
For more about invasive species, search the NBII at https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/nbii/20120110022034/http://search.nbii.gov.
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The Data Management Toolkit provides best practices for data generators to follow. These best practices were shaped by a case study of collaboration and data sharing among researchers studying the Roan Mountain massif, a high-elevation ecosystem in the Appalachian Mountains of upper east Tennessee. Diverse data generators include government agency biologists and scientists, the non-government community (NGO), and the academic community. These diverse stakeholders illustrate the need for tools, guidelines, and work flows for creating standardized data documentation that increases the value and longevity of scientific data.
For more about data management and metadata, search the NBII for more information or visit https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/nbii/20120110022034/http://metadata.nbii.gov.
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Virtual globes take two-dimensional flat maps to new heights by reproducing surface elevation in an interactive, three-dimensional virtual environment. River canyons, mountain peaks, and even cities can be explored in life-like three dimensions. Biological, geographic, and spatial information is brought to life with animations, photographs, satellite photography, and other interactive content provided by virtual globe map layers accessible from the Virtual Globe Interactive Maps page.
A simple search interface makes it easy to browse over 300 virtual globe interactive map layers accessible through the NBII. Browse maps about the Southeastern United States like the Georgia Habitats map or explore worldwide topics like the “Freshwater Ecoregions of the World” interactive map.
Mix and match map layers to explore interactions among topics. For example, the U.S. Geological Survey’s real-time streamflow map and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s current weather radar map can illustrate a strong rainstorm?s effect on streamflow in real time. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service interactive map of wetlands paired with Kentucky or Tennessee state wildlife management area interactive maps shows wetlands on state-managed lands. As more map layers become available, the possibilities for visualization of biodiversity data will continue to grow.
To view the maps, you’ll need a free virtual globe mapping program which you can find linked on the virtual globe interactive maps page.
For more mapping resources, check out Southeast Live Maps and Data or search the NBII for additional mapping resource available through the NBII.
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Water Mite Genera of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a collaboration with Dr. Andrea Radwell of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Along with intriguing magnified images of aquatic mites, scientific data including collection locations, host types, and taxonomy is available.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biologically diverse locations in the world. Owing to the park’s diverse habitat types and unique geologic history, species new to science are continually discovered. Water mites are no exception, making the park an ideal location for Dr. Radwell’s aquatic mite research expeditions. Based on Dr. Radwell’s research, maps pinpointing collections of representative genera are provided, as is Dr. Radwell’s unique perspective on the success of water mites in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The importance of water mites might be easily overlooked, but their usefulness as water quality indicators and their interactions with the aquatic ecosystem including other invertebrates such as freshwater sponges, dragonflies and caddisflies, bryozoans, cnidarians, and mussels, as well as fish and turtles certainly make water mites worth a closer look.
The aquatic mite images were photographed by Dr. Radwell using a process called auto montage. In this process, each specimen is photographed multiple times at high magnification focused at multiple depths of field. Computer software then assembles the set of differently focused images into one perfectly focused image. This allows highly detailed views of an organism without destroying it. In addition to the images, a video of an aquatic mite brings the world of the water mite to life.
For more about aquatic mites, search the NBII for additional online resources.
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