Tracking Data for Pelagic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
Description
This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Pelagic Cormorants, a seabird species that breeds throughout the northern Pacific Ocean and spends the winter in East Asia and throughout coastal portions of western North America.
Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Pelagic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters.
Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Pelagic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) - Raw Data" -- All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The quality-controlled, "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.
Resources
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Description |
Link |
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The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.66fe21e0d34e5fcd6608fc2c.xml |
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55 |
Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Y5PQY3 |
Tags
- environment
- seasonal-distribution
- alaska
- coastal-ecosystems
- seasonal-movement
- platform-transmitter-terminal
- telemetry
- biota
- wildlife
- migratory-birds
- pelagic-cormorant
- birds
- gulf-of-alaska
- species-life-history
- capture-recapture-studies
- phalacrocorax-pelagicus
- migratory-species
- overwintering
- argos
- animal-tracking
- usgs-66fe21e0d34e5fcd6608fc2c
- animals-vertebrates
- pelicans-and-allies
- tracking-equipment
- marine-ecosystems
- middleton-island
- ornithology
- migratory-rates-routes
- attu-island
- breeding-sites
- satellite-transmitter
- ptt