Data for calculating population, collision and displacement vulnerability among marine birds of the California Current System associated with offshore wind energy infrastructure (ver. 2.0, June 2017)

The U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center (USGS-WERC) was requested by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to create a database for marine birds of the California Current System (CCS) that would allow quantification and species ranking regarding vulnerability to offshore wind energy infrastructure (OWEI). This was needed so that resource managers could evaluate potential impacts associated with siting and construction of OWEI within the California Current System section of the Pacific Offshore Continental Shelf, including California, Oregon, and Washington. Along with its accompanying Open File Report (OFR), this comprehensive database can be used (and modified or updated) to quantify...

Categories: Data Release - Revised; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Biota, California, California Current System, Environment, Ocean wind energy, All tags... Oregon, Pacific Outer Continental Shelf, Renewable energy, Seabirds, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vulnerability assessment, Washington, Fewer tags

Marine Bird and Mammal Survey Data from Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long-term monitoring program, nearshore monitoring component. The dataset is comprised of six comma separated values (.csv) file exported from a relational database. The data consist of 1) summer marine bird and mammal densities, 2) winter marine bird and mammal densities, 3) summer marine bird and mammal observations, 4) winter marine bird and mammal observations, 5) summer marine bird and mammal survey strip transects, and 6) winter marine bird and mammal survey strip transects. Version History: First release: December 2017 Revised: July 2024 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, Coastal ecosystems, All tags... Community ecology, Ecology, Ecology, Environment, Environmental proxies, Field inventory and monitoring, Field sampling, Gulf of Alaska, Intertidal zone, Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Macroinvertebrates, Mammals, Marine ecosystems, Marine environment monitoring, Marine environments, Marine mammals, Nearshore ecology, Population density, Population trend, Relative abundance, Seabirds, Shorebirds, Spatial distribution, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Alcids - Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS)

Distribution of Alcid habitat in coastal British Columbia showing relative abundance (RA) by season and overall relative importance (RI). RI is based on project region and not on the province as a whole. British Columbia has been collecting coastal resource data in a systematic and synoptic manner since 1979. Resource information is collected using peer-reviewed provincial Resource Information Standards Committee which include standards for data management and analysis

Tags: Alcids, Auks, BC, BC data, Biology, All tags... Bird Colonies, Breeding, British Columbia, Canada, Feeding, Habitat, Marine Birds, NPLCC, Nesting, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Ornithology, Pelagic Birds, Seabirds, Staging, biota, Fewer tags

Child Item 2: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) - Raw Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 19 satellite transmitters attached to Northern Fulmars on their breeding range in the Bering Sea and northern Gulf of Alaska, 2001-2006. Five data files are included in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, All tags... Bering Sea, Biota, Birds, Breeding sites, Capture-recapture studies, Coastal ecosystems, Environment, Fulmarus glacialis, Gulf of Alaska, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Northern fulmar, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Pacific Ocean, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seabirds, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Tagging devices, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS:ASC325, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Child Item 1: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) - Processed Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 19 satellite transmitters attached to Northern Fulmars on their breeding range in the Bering Sea and northern Gulf of Alaska, 2001-2006. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: flag implausible location estimates and decode raw sensor data. Three Comma Separate Value (CSV) tables are included in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every Argos location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, All tags... Bering Sea, Biota, Birds, Breeding sites, Capture-recapture studies, Coastal ecosystems, Environment, Fulmarus glacialis, Gulf of Alaska, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Northern fulmar, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Pacific Ocean, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seabirds, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Tagging devices, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Diving Ducks - Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS)

Distribution of diving duck species habitat in coastal British Columbia showing relative abundance (RA) by season and overall relative importance (RI). RI is based on project region and not on the province as a whole. British Columbia has been collecting coastal resource data in a systematic and synoptic manner since 1979. Resource information is collected using peer-reviewed provincial Resource Information Standards Committee which include standards for data management and analysis

Tags: BC, BC data, Biology, British Columbia, Canada, All tags... Diving Ducks, Ducks, Habitat, Marine Birds, Moulting, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Ornithology, Overwintering, Seabirds, biota, Fewer tags

Database of Marine Mammal and Seabird Research Activity in the Pacific (US)

This database is a compilation of marine mammal and seabird information collected along the Pacific coast of the United States and U.S. territories in the Pacific from surveys that were solicited among regional research communities and persons. Information from standardized surveys was gathered from 2015 to 2018 and includes programs and researchers who collected information regarding seabirds since 1960. These data support the following publication: Adams, J., Lafferty, K.D., Kelsey, E.C., and Johnston, C.A. 2019. Synopsis of Research Programs that can Provide Baseline and Monitoring Information for Offshore Energy Activities in the Pacific Region: Seabird and Marine Mammal Surveys in the Pacific Region. U.S....

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, California, Ecology, Hawaii, Oregon, All tags... Pacific Islands, Research, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Washington, Wildlife Biology, biodiversity, biological informatics, biota, birds, costal zones, field methods, geographical information systems (GIS), inlandWaters, laboratory methods, location, mammals, marine ecosystem, marine mammals, oceans, seabirds, Fewer tags

Daily activity of Marbled Murrelets at inland forest sites in the Oregon Coast Range

Data set is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet containing observations of marbled murrelet activity in forest sites in the Oregon Coast Range. Data were collected in 1994, 1996 and 1997.

Tags: 2x4 Creek, Coast Range, Oregon, Spencer Creek, Valley of the Giants, All tags... accuracy assessment, activity patterns, behavioral ecology, monitoring, seabirds, Fewer tags

Marbled Murrelets - Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS)

Distribution of Marbeled Murrelet habitat in coastal British Columbia showing relative abundance (RA) by season and overall relative importance (RI). RI is based on project region and not on the province as a whole. British Columbia has been collecting coastal resource data in a systematic and synoptic manner since 1979. Resource information is collected using peer-reviewed provincial Resource Information Standards Committee which include standards for data management and analysis

Tags: BC, BC data, Biology, British Columbia, Canada, All tags... Habitat, Marbled Murrelets, Marine Birds, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Ornithology, Seabirds, biota, Fewer tags

Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata)

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Tufted Puffins, a seabird species that is found only in coastal and offshore areas of the North Pacific Ocean. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) - Processed Data" Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) - Raw Data" All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Barren Islands, All tags... Biota, Birds, Breeding sites, Capture-recapture studies, Coastal ecosystems, Environment, Fratercula cirrhata, Gulf of Alaska, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seabirds, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, Tufted puffin, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Pelagic Birds (unspecified) - Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS)

Distribution of unspecified pelagic bird species habitat in coastal British Columbia showing relative abundance (RA) by season and overall relative importance (RI). RI is based on project region and not on the province as a whole. British Columbia has been collecting coastal resource data in a systematic and synoptic manner since 1979. Resource information is collected using peer-reviewed provincial Resource Information Standards Committee which include standards for data management and analysis.

Tags: BC, BC data, Biology, British Columbia, Canada, All tags... Colonies, Feeding, Habitat, Marine Birds, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Ornithology, Pelagic Birds, Seabirds, Staging, biota, Fewer tags

Dabbling Ducks - Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS)

Distribution of dabbling duck species habitat in coastal British Columbia showing relative abundance (RA) by season and overall relative importance (RI). RI is based on project region and not on the province as a whole. British Columbia has been collecting coastal resource data in a systematic and synoptic manner since 1979. Resource information is collected using peer-reviewed provincial Resource Information Standards Committee which include standards for data management and analysis

Tags: BC, BC, BC data, BC data, Biology, All tags... Biology, British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada, Canada, Dabbling Ducks, Dabbling Ducks, Ducks, Ducks, Habitat, Habitat, Marine Birds, Marine Birds, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Ornithology, Ornithology, Overwintering, Overwintering, Seabirds, Seabirds, biota, biota, Fewer tags

Tracking Data for Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Northern Fulmars, a seabird species that breeds throughout northern ocean regions and spends the winter at-sea in the northern hemisphere. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) - Processed Data" Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) - Raw Data" All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, All tags... Bering Sea, Biota, Birds, Breeding sites, Capture-recapture studies, Coastal ecosystems, Environment, Fulmarus glacialis, Gulf of Alaska, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Northern fulmar, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Pacific Ocean, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seabirds, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Tagging devices, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Gulf Watch Alaska - Pelagic Ecosystems Forage Fish Component - Data from Prince William Sound: Distribution, Abundance, and Morphology of Fish, Zooplankton, and Predators and Oceanographic Conditions

This data package includes 10 child items with data about the distribution, abundance, and morphology of forage fish, zooplankton, and predators, and oceanographic conditions during summer surveys in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Version History: First release: April 2017 Revised: February 2021 (ver. 2.0) Revised: March 2023 (ver. 3.0) Revised: September 2024 (ver. 4.0)

Categories: Data; Tags: Acoustic backscatter, Age composition, Alaska, Animals/Invertebrates, Animals/Vertebrates, All tags... Aquatic Biology, Aquatic birds, Aquatic mammals, Bioenergetics, Biomass, Biota, Calorimetry, Capelin, Coastal ecosystems, Conductivity, Ecology, Environment, Euphausiids, Fish, Fisheries, Fishery technology, Food fishes, Food web, Forage fish, Gulf of Alaska, Hydroacoustics, Inorganic Nutrients, Macrozooplankton, Marine ecosystems, Marine fishery resources, Marine mammals, Oceans, Pacific Sand Lance, Pelagic habitat, Photosynthetically active radiation, Plankton, Prince William Sound, Salinity, Sandlance, Sea ducks, Seabirds, Temperature, Turbidity, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Zooplankton, Fewer tags

Child Item 2: Marine Bird and Mammal Surveys in Gulf of Alaska Fjords, 2004-2011

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7K072DR. These data describe marine bird and mammal surveys conducted in glacial fjords of coastal Alaska. Data were collected to document the at-sea distribution and abundance of marine birds and mammals in Glacier Bay National Park (2004), Prince William Sound (2010), Icy Bay (2011) and Yakutat Bay (2011). Following standard US Fish and Wildlife protocols for strip surveys.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic birds, Aquatic mammals, Biota, All tags... Birds, DLOG, Ecology, Ecosystem monitoring, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Glacier Bay, Gulf of Alaska, Icy Bay, Marine ecosystems, Marine mammals, Oceans, Prince William Sound, Sea ducks, Seabirds, Strip transects, Transects, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Yakutat Bay, Fewer tags

Bird Species Checklists from USGS Alaska Science Center Field Camps

These data are daily summary checklists of all bird species observed at U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center (ASC) field camps. Data include species observation details such as observers, dates, location, and number of individuals seen. Field camps were located in Northern, Western, Interior, Southwest, Southcentral, and Southeast Alaska, Baja California Sur Mexico, and northern Russia. The data are organized in eight child items (one for each region), each with checklists in a tabular format. Version History: First release: May 2021 Revised: February 2022 (ver. 2.0) Revised: February 2023 (ver. 3.0)

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alaska, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Animals/Vertebrates, Bahia San Quintin, Baja California Sur, All tags... Biota, Birds, Coastal ecosystems, Cranes, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Ecology, Environment, Fowl, Game birds, Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Laguna San Ignacio, Loons, Mexico, Migration (organisms), Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Owls, Perching Birds, Raptors, Russia, Sakha Republic, Sandpipers, Santa Rosalia, Seabirds, Seasonal distribution, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Tundra ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Waterfowl, Wetland ecosystems, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

SUPERSEDED: Data Associated with Algal Toxin Testing of Seabirds from the Bering and Chukchi Seas, 2017

This data release has been SUPERSEDED. No data are provided here. Data from HABs sampling data releases have been appended to U.S. Geological Survey data release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MLNP9H. This data set is comprised of three tables with results of algal toxin screening for saxitoxin and domoic acid. We used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to screen seabirds in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, 2017.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Animals/Vertebrates, Bering Sea, Biota, All tags... Birds, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Chukchi Sea, Domoic acid, Environment, Environmental Health, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, HABS, Harmful algal bloom, Health and disease, Immunologic techniques, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory species, Saxitoxin, Seabirds, Toxicity, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, Wildlife disease, Fewer tags

Child Item 2: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) - Raw Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 5 satellite transmitters attached to Tufted puffins on the Barren Islands in the northern Gulf of Alaska, 1995. Five data files are included in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular CSV format....

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Barren Islands, All tags... Biota, Birds, Breeding sites, Capture-recapture studies, Coastal ecosystems, Environment, Fratercula cirrhata, Gulf of Alaska, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seabirds, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, Tufted puffin, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Annual Marbled Murrelet Abundance and Productivity Surveys Off Central California (Zone 6), 1999-2021 (ver. 4.0, May 2022)

Since 2017, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center (USGS WERC) partnered with California State Parks to continue long-term, annual at-sea surveys to estimate at-sea abundance and juvenile (i.e. hatch-year) productivity of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Zone 6 (central California: San Francisco Bay to Monterey Bay). Marbled Murrelets have been listed as Endangered by the State of California and Threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 1992. Marbled Murrelets have been surveyed at sea off central California since 1995 (Becker et al. 1997), and standardized surveys to estimate abundance and productivity have been conducted...

Categories: Data Release - Revised; Tags: At-Sea Abundance, California, Marbled Murrelet, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, All tags... birds, birds, distance sampling, environment, field methods, field observation, location, mammals, marine ecosystems, marine mammals, oceans, sampling, seabirds, Fewer tags

SUPERSEDED: Data Associated with Algal Toxin Testing of Common Murres (Uria aalge) and Forage Fish in Alaska, 2015–2017

This data release has been SUPERSEDED. No data are provided here. Data from HABs sampling data releases have been appended to U.S. Geological Survey data release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MLNP9H. This data set is comprised of two tables with results of algal toxin screening for saxitoxin and domoic acid. We used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to screen seabirds, forage fish, and marine invertebrates from the Gulf of Alaska, 2015-2017.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Algal blooms, Animals/Invertebrates, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic birds, All tags... Aquatic ecosystems, Biological Classification, Biosphere, Biota, Birds, Birds, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Diagnosis, Domoic acid, Earth Science, Environmental Health, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Fish, Forage fish, Gulf of Alaska, HABS, Harmful algal bloom, Harmful algal bloom, Health, Health and disease, Immunologic techniques, Life sciences, Marine ecosystems, Pathology, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Saxitoxin, Seabirds, Toxicity, Toxins, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waders/Gulls/Auks and allies, Water quality, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, Wildlife disease, Fewer tags