Marine Bird Sighting Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) Chukchi Sea research cruise on the vessel Norseman II from 2017-08-05 to 2017-08-25
Citation
Kuletz K, Cushing D, Iken K, Labunski E, Turner C (2020). Marine Bird Sighting Data, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) Chukchi Sea research cruise on the vessel Norseman II from 2017-08-05 to 2017-08-25. Version 1.1. United States Geological Survey. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/nvvifc accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-06-16. accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-09-29.Description
This dataset contains seabird survey and associated environmental conditions data collected in the Chukchi Sea during the 5 August - 25 August 2017 Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruises. Seabirds were surveyed using line transect methods. Seabird observations were recorded directly into a laptop computer using software which logged the geographic coordinates of each sighting. Incidental sightings of marine mammal were also recorded. Supplementary environmental data are included for the beginning of each survey period. The dataset is two comma-separated values (csv) files. The file named dlog_2017_dwc_core.csv contains the count of observed marine birds and mammals by species, their behavior, and the environmental conditions recorded during the surveys for the 2017 research cruise. The file named taxon_codes_2017.csv is an associated taxon code list of the observed species.This dataset was transformed from the native format into a table structure using Darwin Core term names as column names.Additional info
marine, harvest by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Chukchi Sea, Alaska, USA
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Kathy Kuletzoriginator
position: Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
email: kathy_kuletz@fws.gov
Daniel Cushing
originator
position: Biologist
Pole Star Ecological Research LLC
email: dan.cushing@polestarecological.com
Katrin Iken
originator
position: Professor
University of Alaska Fairbanks
email: kbiken@alaska.edu
Elizabeth Labunski
originator
position: Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
email: elizabeth_labunski@fws.gov
Chris Turner
metadata author
position: Data Librarian
Axiom Data Science
email: chris@axiomdatascience.com
Abigail Benson
publisher
email: albenson@usgs.gov
Daniel Cushing
administrative point of contact
position: Biologist
Pole Star Ecological Research LLC
email: dan.cushing@polestarecological.com