Description
These data are in two tables relating to a die-off of Common Murres 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.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Metadata | XML | The metadata original format | Open resource |
| Digital Data | XML | Landing page for access to the data | Open resource |
Tags
- alaska
- alaska-peninsula
- aquatic-ecosystems
- biosphere
- biota
- coastal-ecosystems
- coastal-habitat
- die-off
- earth-science
- environment
- field-inventory-and-monitoring
- gulf-of-alaska
- kenai-fjords
- kenai-peninsula
- marine-ecosystems
- marine-habitat
- mortality
- mortality-event
- necropsy
- ornithology
- prince-william-sound
- specimen-collecting
- usgs-asc244
- wildlife-biology