Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata)
Description
This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Tufted Puffins, a seabird species that is found only in coastal and offshore areas of the North Pacific Ocean.
Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters.
Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) - 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/P9L9EIUI |
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55 |
The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.670098d8d34e80be174aec51.xml |
Tags
- environment
- seasonal-distribution
- tufted-puffin
- alaska
- coastal-ecosystems
- seasonal-movement
- platform-transmitter-terminal
- telemetry
- biota
- wildlife
- migratory-birds
- birds
- gulf-of-alaska
- species-life-history
- usgs-670098d8d34e80be174aec51
- capture-recapture-studies
- barren-islands
- migratory-species
- waders-gulls-auks-and-allies
- seabirds
- overwintering
- argos
- animal-tracking
- fratercula-cirrhata
- animals-vertebrates
- tracking-equipment
- marine-ecosystems
- ornithology
- migratory-rates-routes
- breeding-sites
- satellite-transmitter
- ptt