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Marine Bird Sighting Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) Chukchi Sea research cruise on the vessel Norseman II, 05- 25 August 2017

Summary

This dataset contains seabird survey and associated environmental conditions data collected in the Chukchi Sea during the 9 August - 3 September 2015 and 5 August - 25 August 2017 Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruises. Seabirds were surveyed using line transect methods. Seabird observations were recorded directly into a laptop computer using software which logged the geographic coordinates of each sighting. Incidental sightings of marine mammal were also recorded. Supplementary environmental data are included for the beginning of each survey period. The dataset is two comma-separated values (csv) files. The file named dlog_2017_dwc_core.csv contains the count of observed marine birds and mammals by species, [...]

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dlog_2017_dwc_event.csv
“DarwinCore:event”
3.36 MB text/csv
dlog_2017_dwc_mof.csv
“DarwinCore:measurementOrFact”
55.08 MB text/csv
dlog_2017_dwc_occurrence.csv
“DarwinCore:occurrence”
302.7 KB text/csv

Purpose

Seabirds are important top predators in the region and feed on zooplankton and fishes, and in some species even benthic invertebrates. Several species also are of cultural relevance to the local communities living along the northern coast of Alaska.

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  • ambon_seabirds_2017

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