Description
This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Red-throated Loons, a species that breeds in coastal areas throughout Alaska and winters along the Pacific coasts of North America and Eurasia.
Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters.
Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata) - 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
| 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
- animals-vertebrates
- animal-tracking
- argos
- biota
- birds
- breeding-area
- breeding-sites
- copper-river-delta
- distribution
- east-asia-flyway
- ecological-dynamics
- environment
- gavia-stellata
- loons
- migration
- migration-organisms
- migration-pathway
- migratory-birds
- migratory-strategies
- national-petroleum-reserve-alaska
- north-slope
- npr-a
- ornithology
- overwintering
- pacific-americas-flyway
- platform-transmitter-terminal
- point-lay
- ptt
- red-throated-loon
- satellite-transmitter
- seasonal-distribution
- seasonal-movement
- seward-peninsula
- species-life-history
- species-migration
- telemetry
- tracking-equipment
- usgs-5e4f05b9e4b0ff554f70cc88
- wildlife
- wintering-area
- yukon-delta
- yukon-delta-national-wildlife-refuge
- yukon-kuskokwim-river-delta