Child Item 2: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge) - 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 28 satellite transmitters attached to Common Murres on their breeding range in arctic and western Alaska, 1994-1996. 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...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Barren Islands, All tags... Bering Sea, Biota, Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Cape Lisburne, Cape Thompson, Capture-recapture studies, Chukchi Sea, Coastal ecosystems, Common murre, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Marine ecosystems, Middleton Island, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Fewer tags

Child Item 6: Population Plots at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P961LWWE This dataset consists of one table with annual counts from population plots of Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Version History: First release: May 2021 Revised: June 2021 (ver. 1.1) Revised: June 2022 (ver. 2.0) Revised: January 2024 (ver. 3.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic Biology, Biota, Birds, All tags... Black-legged Kittiwakes, Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Ecology, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Population dynamics, Rissa tridactyla, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Child Item 1: Predation of Common Murre Eggs at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P961LWWE This dataset consists of one table with egg predation data from Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Version History: First release: May 2021 Revised: June 2021 (ver. 1.1) Revised: June 2022 (ver. 2.0) Revised: January 2024 (ver. 3.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic Biology, Bald Eagle, Biota, All tags... Birds, Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Ecology, Egg production, Environment, Glaucous-winged Gull, Gulf of Alaska, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Herring Gull, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Larus argentatus, Larus glaucescens, Marine ecosystems, Nesting behavior, Nesting success, Population dynamics, Reproductive success, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Use/Feeding habitat, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Child Item 4: Nesting Productivity of Black-Legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P961LWWE This dataset consists of one table with annual nesting productivity estimates for Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Version History: First release: May 2021 Revised: June 2021 (ver. 1.1) Revised: June 2022 (ver. 2.0) Revised: January 2024 (ver. 3.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic Biology, Biota, Birds, All tags... Black-legged Kittiwakes, Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Ecology, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Population dynamics, Rissa tridactyla, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Child Item 7: Common Murre Disturbance Data on Gull Island, Kachemak Bay, Alaska

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P961LWWE This dataset consists of one table with predator disturbance information from the Common Murre breeding season (June-August) from 2016-2020 on Gull Island, Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Version History: First release: May 2021 Revised: June 2021 (ver. 1.1) Revised: June 2022 (ver. 2.0) Revised: January 2024 (ver. 3.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animal behavior, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic Biology, Bald Eagle, All tags... Biota, Birds, Breeding sites, Breeding success, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murre, Community dynamics, Community ecology, Cook Inlet, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Ecology, Ecosystem functions, Egg production, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Glaucous-winged Gull, Gulf of Alaska, Gull Island, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Herring Gull, Kachemak Bay, Larus argentatus, Larus glaucescens, Marine ecosystems, Nesting behavior, Reproduction, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Data from Common Murre Die-off Surveys and Necropsies Following the North Pacific Marine Heatwave, 2015-2016

These data are in two tables relating to a die-off of Common Murres (Uria aalge) in the north Pacific, 2015-2016. The tables provide: 1) beach survey locations, date, time, distance surveyed (kilometers), and number of Common Murre carcasses observed during surveys conducted along the coastline of Alaska to document the 2015-2016 die-off of Common Murres coincident with the North Pacific marine heatwave, and 2) Common Murre necropsy results from carcasses collected during the die-off, including: bird identification number, collection date, collection location, and body and tissues measurements. Version History: First release: January 2020 Revised: June 2024 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Alaska Peninsula, Aquatic ecosystems, Biota, Coastal ecosystems, All tags... Coastal habitat, Common Murre, Die-off, Environment, Field inventory and monitoring, Gulf of Alaska, Kenai Fjords, Kenai Peninsula, Marine ecosystems, Marine habitat, Mortality, Mortality event, Necropsy, Prince William Sound, Specimen collecting, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife biology, Fewer tags

Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge)

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Common Murres, a seabird species that is found in regions of the North Pacific and Atlantic oceans, often in dense breeding colonies on cliffs and in large flocks on the water. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge) - Processed Data" Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge) - 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... Bering Sea, Biota, Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Cape Lisburne, Cape Thompson, Capture-recapture studies, Chukchi Sea, Coastal ecosystems, Common murre, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Marine ecosystems, Middleton Island, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Fewer tags

Child Item 1: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge) - 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 28 satellite transmitters attached to Common Murres on their breeding range in arctic and western Alaska, 1994-1996. 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 plausibility check...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Barren Islands, All tags... Bering Sea, Biota, Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Cape Lisburne, Cape Thompson, Capture-recapture studies, Chukchi Sea, Coastal ecosystems, Common murre, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Marine ecosystems, Middleton Island, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Fewer tags

Child Item 5: Population Counts at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P961LWWE This dataset consists of one table with annual population counts (censuses) for Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Version History: First release: May 2021 Revised: June 2021 (ver. 1.1) Revised: June 2022 (ver. 2.0) Revised: January 2024 (ver. 3.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Aquatic Biology, Biota, Birds, All tags... Black-legged Kittiwakes, Breeding sites, Coastal ecosystems, Common Murres, Cook Inlet, Ecology, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Indicator species, Kachemak Bay, Marine ecosystems, Population dynamics, Rissa tridactyla, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags