Nonindigenous aquatic species and potential spread after Hurricane Harvey-revised map

Description

This refined map was created to help assess possible spread of nonindigenous aquatic species distributions due to flooding associated with Hurricane Harvey. Storm surge and flood events can assist expansion and dissemination of nonindigenous aquatic species through the connection of adjacent watersheds, backflow of water upstream of impoundments, increased downstream flow, and creation of freshwater bridges along coastal regions. This map will help natural resource managers determine potential new locations for individual species, or to develop a watch list of possible new species within a watershed. These data include a subset of data from the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, that fall within the general area of the 2017 Hurricane Harvey flooding.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.59c57e5be4b017cf313d5a63.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/F71835G5

Tags

  • environment
  • nonnative-species
  • ais
  • hurricanes
  • plants
  • biota
  • nonindigenous
  • invasives
  • vertebrates
  • fish
  • crustaceans
  • amphibians
  • flooding
  • animals
  • texas
  • non-native
  • ans
  • reptiles
  • introduced-species
  • mollusks
  • inlandwaters
  • usgs-59c57e5be4b017cf313d5a63
  • gis
  • non-indigenous
  • invertebrates
  • houston
  • louisiana
  • storm
  • turtles
  • frogs

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