UAF - North Water Polynya Seabird Surveys

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Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: George L. Hunt, Jr. University of California, Irvine
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: UAF - North Water Polynya Seabird Surveys
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: unknown
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Irvine, California
Publisher: University of California
Description:
Abstract:
To relate avian usage of the North Water polynya to the distribution, abundance and production of prey, we assessed seasonal changes in the distribution and relative abundance of seabirds. In order to assess the spatial distribution of seabirds in the North Water, we conducted surveys of seabirds from the bridge of the Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers whenever the icebreakers were underway. Bird specimens were also collected to carry out stable isotope analysis.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to assess the patterns of avian usage of the North Water polynya. We assessed the timing of arrival and the seasonal changes in the at-sea distribution of seabirds in the North Water polynya and related these parameters to oceanographic conditions. Oceanographic variables were collected by collaborators and are not part of this data set.
Supplemental_Information: (Additional information important to understand the data)
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 199708
Ending_Date: 199909
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Description_of_Geographic_Extent: North Water Polynya
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 79
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 75
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: seabird surveys
Theme_Keyword: marine ornithology
Theme_Keyword: relative abundance
Theme_Keyword: Polynya
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: IOOS Core Variables
Theme_Keyword: Version 1
Theme_Keyword: Biology
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: IOOS National Backbone Programs
Theme_Keyword: Version 1
Theme_Keyword: Alaska Ocean Observing System
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Core Variable Map
Theme_Keyword: Biology
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: AOOS Data Services
Theme_Keyword: Version 1
Theme_Keyword: dsid=ARCOD
Theme_Keyword: db=arcod
Theme_Keyword: archive=2007/0000034
Theme_Keyword: collectioncode=2005O1
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ArcOD Data Services
Theme_Keyword: Shortname=UAF-NorthWaterPolynyaSeabirdSurvey
Theme_Keyword: CollectionCode=2005O1
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Polynya
Place_Keyword: North Water Polynya
Place_Keyword: Ellesmere Island, Canada
Place_Keyword: Kane Basin
Place_Keyword: Greenland
Place_Keyword: High Arctic
Taxonomy:
Keywords/Taxon:
Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern fulmar
Taxonomic_Keywords: Fulmarus glacialis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Black-legged Kittiwake
Taxonomic_Keywords: Rissa tridactyla
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ross's Gull
Taxonomic_Keywords: Rhodestethia rosea
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ivory Gull
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pagophila eburnea
Taxonomic_Keywords: Glaucous Gull
Taxonomic_Keywords: Larus hyperboreus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Auks
Taxonomic_Keywords: Alcidae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Dovekie
Taxonomic_Keywords: Little Auk
Taxonomic_Keywords: Alle alle
Taxonomic_Keywords: Thick-billed Murre
Taxonomic_Keywords: Uria lomvia
Taxonomic_Keywords: Black Guillemot
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cepphus grylle
Taxonomic_System:
Taxonomic_Procedures:
During the surveys throughout the polynya some birds were collected under permit, for diets analysis, stable isotope analysis, fatty acid analysis, and contaminant analysis. For stable isotope data contact Keith Hobson at CWS, Saskatoon, for contaminant data contact Aaron Fisk. For diets and fatty acid analysis, contact George L. Hunt, Jr.
Taxonomic_Completeness: not applicable
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom
Taxon_Rank_Value: Animalia
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum
Taxon_Rank_Value: Chordata
Applicable_Common_Name: chordates
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Subphylum
Taxon_Rank_Value: Vertebrata
Applicable_Common_Name: vertebrates
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Class
Taxon_Rank_Value: Aves
Applicable_Common_Name: birds
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Order
Taxon_Rank_Value: Ciconiiformes
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Family
Taxon_Rank_Value: Procellariidae
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxon_Rank_Value: Fulmarus
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Taxon_Rank_Value: Fulmarus glacialis
Applicable_Common_Name: Northern Fulmar
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Family
Taxon_Rank_Value: Laridae
Applicable_Common_Name: murres
Applicable_Common_Name: puffins
Applicable_Common_Name: terns
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxon_Rank_Value: Rissa
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Taxon_Rank_Value: Rissa tridactyla
Applicable_Common_Name: Black-legged Kittiwake
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxon_Rank_Value: Rhodostethia
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Taxon_Rank_Value: Rhodostethia rosea
Applicable_Common_Name: Ross's Gull
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxon_Rank_Value: Pagophila
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Taxon_Rank_Value: Pagophila eburnea
Applicable_Common_Name: Ivory Gull
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxon_Rank_Value: Larus
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Taxon_Rank_Value: Larus hyperboreus
Applicable_Common_Name: Glaucous Gull
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxon_Rank_Value: Uria
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Taxon_Rank_Value: Uria lomvia
Applicable_Common_Name: Thick-billed murre
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxon_Rank_Value: Genus
Applicable_Common_Name: Cepphus grylle
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Taxon_Rank_Value: Cepphus grylle
Applicable_Common_Name: Black Guillemot
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Family
Taxon_Rank_Value: Alcidae
Applicable_Common_Name: auks
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxon_Rank_Value: Alle
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Taxon_Rank_Value: alle alle
Applicable_Common_Name: Dovekie
Applicable_Common_Name: Little auk
Access_Constraints:
This study was funded by National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs grant number OPP9725071 awarded to Dr. George L. Hunt, Jr. of the University of California, Irvine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. This data set was created as part of the international investigation of the North Water polynya which was initiated under the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board.
Use_Constraints:
None, data available upon request, available with permission from principle investigator, George L. Hunt, Jr.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: George L. Hunt, Jr.
Contact_Organization:
University of California, Irvine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 321 Steinhaus Hall
City: Irvine
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 92697
Contact_Voice_Telephone:
949 824-4747 949 824-6322
Data_Set_Credit:
George L. Hunt, Jr., Principle Investigator; Nina J. Karnovsky, graduate student; Field Assistance: Pauline Akeeagok, Dennis Andriashek, Wendy Calvert, John Carlson, Aaron Fisk, Keith Hobson, Meike Hoist, Nick Lunn, Ian Stirling, Jen Zamon.
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Excel sheets
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Falk Huettmann
Publication_Date: in press
Title:
Estimation of Carbon flux to Dovekies (Alle alle) in the North Water Journal of Deep Sea Research
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Journal of Deep Sea Research
Issue_Identification: in press
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Sightings are referenced to the observer, the cruise, ship name, date and time. Birds were counted within 300m off of one side of the ship whenever the ship was underway. Weather conditions and ocean conditions were recorded simultaneously and it was noted when sightability decreased to less than 300m. Position was recorded from ship's GPS.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Strip width was regularly checked using the Heineman method (Heineman 1981). Ship speed and course and position were recorded regularly. Birds behavior (flying, sitting on the water, feeding) were noted for each bird sighting. Some inconsistencies in the estimation of how much area was surveyed (based on ships speed and course) when ship changed course to avoid ice or had to back up to crash through ice.
Completeness_Report:
Transects with confirmed absence are reported. Absolute densities are possible to estimate because bird flight direction and ship speed and direction were recorded.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Latitude and Longitude (seconds) were recorded at the beginning and end of each transect and updated about every ten minutes. Exact locations can be obtained through extrapolation of distance traveled during these intervals knowing the course and ship's speed.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Altitudinal variations were minor. Height f bridge above water varied slightly with swells and ice conditions. Strip width was calibrated for each observer based on their height above the water.
Lineage:
Methodology:
Methodology_Type: Field
Methodology_Description:
Birds were counted from the bridge of a ship within 300m one side of the ship whenever the ship was underway. Weather conditions and ocean conditions were recorded simultaneously and it was noted when sightability decreased to less than 300m. Position was recorded from ship's GPS. Strip width was regularly checked using the Heineman method (Heineman 1981). Ship speed and course and position were recorded regularly. Birds behavior (flying, sitting on the water, feeding) were noted for each bird sighting. Some inconsistencies in the estimation of how much area was surveyed (based on ships speed and course) when ship changed course to avoid ice or had to back up to crash through ice.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
We conducted surveys from the bridge of Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers whenever the icebreakers were underway; the CCGS Louis St. Laurent in August 1997 and the CCGS Pierre Radisson in April-July 1998 and August-September 1999. We counted all birds within a 300m wide arc from the bow on the side of the ship with the best visibility. Data were entered directly into a notebook computer by the observer. We determined the boundary of the area in which the birds were counted by using the method of Heineman (1981). We noted the birds' behavior (Flying, sitting on the water, etc). as well as the ship's speed and course. As each bird sighting is entered into the computer, a time stamp is given to each record.
Process_Date: Unknown
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: ships log
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Distance and Bearing
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Seabird database
Entity_Type_Definition: Database that includes all observations.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Association
Attribute_Definition:
when groups of birds are together in a flock, they receive the same time stamp.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Barometric Pressure
Attribute_Definition: barometric pressure in millibars
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Behavior
Attribute_Definition: code for bird behavior
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: clouds
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 2/10 to 3/10 cloud cover
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: completely overcast
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: course
Attribute_Definition:
course made good (CMG) actual course of ship (not what course ship is set at)
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: cruise
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: NOW 99
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: North Water 1999
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Direction
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute_Label: Ice Cover
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 50% ice coverage
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 100% with no openings
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Latitude
Attribute_Definition: degree, minutes, tenths
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 90
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Longitude
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: -180
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees, minutes, tenths
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Notes
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: Sea State
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Time
Attribute_Definition:
When any data is entered it receives a time stamp from the computer so that a time is associated with each record
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Label: weather
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: George L. Hunt, Jr. And Nina J. Karnovsky
Contact_Organization: University of California, Irvine
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 321 Steinhaus Hall
City: Irvine
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 92697-2525
Contact_Voice_Telephone:
949 824-4747 949 824-6322
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the University of California, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a University of California server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The University of California shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20060130
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Nina J. Karnovsky, George L. Hunt, Jr. And Falk Huettmann
Contact_Organization: University of California, Irvine
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 321 Steinhaus Hall
City: Irvine
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92697-2525
Contact_Voice_Telephone:
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Metadata_Standard_Name:
FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999
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