Marine bird survey observation and density data from Northern Gulf of Alaska LTER cruises, 2018

• Main Authors: Kathy Kuletz, Daniel Cushing, Elizabeth Labunski
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace 2020
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; lter-nga; Northern Gulf of Alaska Long Term Ecological Research; NGA; NGA LTER; LTER; Movement of Organic Matter; Disturbance Patterns; Population Studies; LTER Core Areas; Seward Line; Environmental Drivers; EVOS Gulf Watch; population density; Marine Birds; Subarctic; Continental Shelf; marine mammal; Seabird; birds; LTER Controlled Vocabulary; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA; Loon; Grebe; Albatross; Shearwater; Cormorant; Wigeon; Scaup; Duck; Merganser; Plover; Sandpiper; Jaeger; Gull; Tern; Murrelet; Auklet; Porpoise; Whale; Pinnipeds; Diomedeidae; Albatrosses, albatros; Rissa tridactyla; Gaviota pata negra, Black-legged Kittiwake, Mouette tridactyle; Alcidae; Auks, Guillemots, Murrelets, Puffins, guillemots, Murres; Anatidae; Ducks, Geese, Swans, canards, cygnes, oies; Brachyramphus brevirostris; Kittlitz's Murrelet, Guillemot de Kittlitz; Laridae; Gulls, Terns, becs-en-ciseaux, goélands, labbes, mouettes, Skimmers; Procellariidae; Fulmars, Petrels, Shearwaters, fulmars, pétrels; summer; 2018; fall; spring; Gaviota; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Pétrels; Black-legged Kittiwake; Mouette tridactyle; rissa tridactyla; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k45w_2020_7_2_23391

This dataset documents marine bird observations and processed densities from Northern Gulf of Alaska (NGA) LTER cruises in the Spring, Summer, and Fall of 2018. The dataset contains 6 comma separated values (.csv format) files, 2 from each cruise. One file from each cruise documents direct observati...