Tracking Data for Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata)
Description
This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Surf Scoters, a seaduck species that breeds throughout higher latitudes of Alaska and Canada and winters along coastal areas of North America.
Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters.
Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) - 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 |
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55 |
Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LUFGEF |
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55 |
The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5e78fa06e4b01d509270e4e2.xml |
Tags
- environment
- outer-point
- seasonal-distribution
- alaska
- migration-organisms
- baja-california
- field-sampling
- seasonal-movement
- platform-transmitter-terminal
- telemetry
- distribution
- migration
- biota
- wildlife
- migratory-birds
- birds
- ducks-geese-swans
- mexico
- usgs-5e78fa06e4b01d509270e4e2
- gastineau-channel
- wintering-area
- field-methods
- species-life-history
- overwintering
- auke-bay
- ecological-dynamics
- melanitta-perspicillata
- breeding-area
- argos
- juneau
- migratory-strategies
- animal-tracking
- animals-vertebrates
- migration-pathway
- tracking-equipment
- pacific-americas-flyway
- ornithology
- surf-scoter
- bahia-san-quintin
- species-migration
- breeding-sites
- satellite-transmitter
- point-louisa
- ptt