North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD)

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center Marine Ecosystems Program
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog
• Subjects: Marine Bird; Marine Mammal; Seabird; Sea Ducks; biota; North Pacific; Alaska; Canada; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; Arctic Ocean; Sea of Japan; Sea of Okhotsk; Gavia; Podiceps; Aechmophorus; Phoebastria; Fulmarus; Puffinus; Pterodroma; Procellaria; Bulweria; Calonectris; Oceanites; Oceanodroma; Pelecanus; Ardea; Butorides; Egretta; Plegadis; Cygnus; Branta; Anser; Chen; Anas; Aix; Aythya; Bucephala; Clangula; Histrionicus; Polysticta; Somateria; Melanitta; Oxyura; Lophodytes; Mergus; Falco; Grus; Fulica; Haematopus; Charadrius; Pluvialis; Arenaria; Numenius; Bartramia; Actitis; Tringa; Calidris; Aphriza; Limnodromus; Tryngites; Limosa; Gallinago; Phalaropus; Stercorarius; Larus; Rhodostethia; Xema; Rissa; Pagophila; Sterna; Thalasseus; Hydroprogne; Anous; Procelsterna; Gygis; Chlidonias; Rynchops; Chroicocephalus; Leucophaeus; Onychoprion; Sternula; Uria; Alle; Cepphus; Brachyramphus; Synthliboramphus; Ptychoramphus; Aethia; Cerorhinca; Fratercula; Asio; Megaceryle; Cinclus; Sula; Morus; Phalacrocorax; Fregata; Accipiter; Buteo; Aquila; Haliaeetus; Circus; Pandion; Phaethon; Tursiops; Stenella; Delphinus; Lagenorhynchus; Lissodelphis; Grampus; Pseudorca; Globicephala; Orcinus; Delphinapterus; Physeter; Phocoena; Phocoenoides; Kogia; Berardius; Ziphius; Mesoplodon; Eschrichtius; Balaenoptera; Megaptera; Balaena; Eubalaena; Ursus; Enhydra; Lontra; Zalophus; Eumetopias; Callorhinus; Arctocephalus; Odobenus; Phoca; Erignathus; Mirounga; Pusa; Histriophoca; Gavia immer; Gavia adamsii; Gavia arctica; Gavia stellata; Gavia pacifica; Podiceps grisegena; Podiceps auritus; Podiceps nigricollis; Aechmophorus occidentalis; Aechmophorus clarkii; Phoebastria albatrus; Phoebastria immutabilis; Phoebastria nigripes; Fulmarus glacialis; Puffinus creatopus; Puffinus carneipes; Puffinus pacificus; Puffinus bulleri; Puffinus griseus; Puffinus tenuirostris; Puffinus puffinus; Puffinus auricularis; Puffinus lherminieri; Puffinus nativitatis; Puffinus opisthomelas; Pterodroma inexpectata; Pterodroma arminjoniana; Pterodroma neglecta; Pterodroma externa; Pterodroma alba; Pterodroma hypoleuca; Pterodroma nigripennis; Pterodroma solandri; Pterodroma longirostris; Pterodroma leucoptera; Pterodroma ultima; Pterodroma cervicalis; Pterodroma cookii; Pterodroma pycrofti; Pterodroma sandwichensis; Procellaria parkinsoni; Bulweria bulwerii; Calonectris leucomelas; Oceanites oceanicus; Oceanodroma furcata; Oceanodroma leucorhoa; Oceanodroma homochroa; Oceanodroma castro; Oceanodroma tethys; Oceanodroma melania; Oceanodroma tristrami; Oceanodroma monorhis; Oceanodroma microsoma; Pelecanus erythrorhynchos; Pelecanus occidentalis; Ardea herodias; Ardea alba; Butorides virescens; Egretta thula; Cygnus olor; Cygnus columbianus; Cygnus buccinator; Branta canadensis; Branta bernicla; Branta hutchinsii; Anser albifrons; Chen caerulescens; Chen canagica; Anas platyrhynchos; Anas rubripes; Anas strepera; Anas acuta; Anas crecca; Anas discors; Anas querquedula; Anas americana; Anas clypeata; Aix sponsa; Aythya americana; Aythya valisineria; Aythya marila; Aythya affinis; Bucephala clangula; Bucephala islandica; Bucephala albeola; Clangula hyemalis; Histrionicus histrionicus; Polysticta stelleri; Somateria mollissima; Somateria spectabilis; Somateria fischeri; Melanitta fusca; Melanitta perspicillata; Melanitta nigra; Oxyura jamaicensis; Lophodytes cucullatus; Mergus merganser; Mergus serrator; Falco rusticolus; Falco peregrinus; Falco columbarius; Grus canadensis; Fulica americana; Haematopus bachmani; Charadrius semipalmatus; Charadrius alexandrinus; Charadrius mongolus; Pluvialis dominica; Pluvialis squatarola; Pluvialis fulva; Arenaria interpres; Arenaria melanocephala; Numenius americanus; Numenius phaeopus; Bartramia longicauda; Actitis macularius; Tringa solitaria; Tringa glareola; Tringa melanoleuca; Tringa flavipes; Tringa incana; Tringa semipalmata; Calidris canutus; Calidris ptilocnemis; Calidris acuminata; Calidris melanotos; Calidris fuscicollis; Calidris bairdii; Calidris minutilla; Calidris alpina; Calidris pusilla; Calidris mauri; Calidris alba; Calidris himantopus; Aphriza virgata; Limnodromus griseus; Limnodromus scolopaceus; Tryngites subruficollis; Limosa fedoa; Limosa lapponica; Gallinago gallinago; Gallinago delicata; Phalaropus fulicarius; Phalaropus lobatus; Stercorarius pomarinus; Stercorarius parasiticus; Stercorarius longicaudus; Stercorarius maccormicki; Larus hyperboreus; Larus glaucoides; Larus glaucescens; Larus marinus; Larus schistisagus; Larus occidentalis; Larus argentatus; Larus thayeri; Larus californicus; Larus delawarensis; Larus crassirostris; Larus canus; Larus heermanni; Larus dominicanus; Rhodostethia rosea; Xema sabini; Rissa brevirostris; Rissa tridactyla; Pagophila eburnea; Sterna trudeaui; Sterna forsteri; Sterna hirundo; Sterna paradisaea; Thalasseus elegans; Thalasseus maximus; Hydroprogne caspia; Anous stolidus; Anous minutus; Procelsterna cerulea; Gygis alba; Chlidonias niger; Chroicocephalus philadelphia; Chroicocephalus ridibundus; Leucophaeus atricilla; Leucophaeus pipixcan; Onychoprion aleuticus; Onychoprion fuscatus; Onychoprion lunatus; Sternula antillarum; Uria aalge; Uria lomvia; Alle alle; Cepphus grylle; Cepphus columba; Cepphus carbo; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Brachyramphus brevirostris; Brachyramphus perdix; Synthliboramphus antiquus; Synthliboramphus wumizusume; Synthliboramphus craveri; Synthliboramphus hypoleucus; Ptychoramphus aleuticus; Aethia cristatella; Aethia pusilla; Aethia pygmaea; Aethia psittacula; Cerorhinca monocerata; Fratercula corniculata; Fratercula cirrhata; Asio flammeus; Megaceryle alcyon; Cinclus mexicanus; Sula dactylatra; Sula leucogaster; Sula sula; Morus bassanus; Phalacrocorax carbo; Phalacrocorax auritus; Phalacrocorax penicillatus; Phalacrocorax pelagicus; Phalacrocorax urile; Fregata minor; Fregata ariel; Accipiter gentilis; Accipiter striatus; Buteo jamaicensis; Aquila chrysaetos; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Haliaeetus pelagicus; Circus cyaneus; Pandion haliaetus; Phaethon aethereus; Phaethon lepturus; Phaethon rubricauda; Tursiops truncatus; Stenella longirostris; Stenella coeruleoalba; Delphinus delphis; Delphinus capensis; Lagenorhynchus obliquidens; Lissodelphis borealis; Grampus griseus; Pseudorca crassidens; Globicephala macrorhynchus; Orcinus orca; Delphinapterus leucas; Physeter macrocephalus; Phocoena phocoena; Phocoenoides dalli; Kogia breviceps; Berardius bairdii; Ziphius cavirostris; Eschrichtius robustus; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Balaenoptera borealis; Balaenoptera physalus; Balaenoptera musculus; Megaptera novaeangliae; Balaena mysticetus; Eubalaena japonica; Ursus maritimus; Enhydra lutris; Lontra canadensis; Zalophus californianus; Eumetopias jubatus; Callorhinus ursinus; Arctocephalus townsendi; Odobenus rosmarus; Phoca largha; Phoca vitulina; Erignathus barbatus; Mirounga angustirostris; Pusa hispida; Histriophoca fasciata; Arctic; Okhotsk; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; British Columbia; Olor; Melania; Chukchi; fratercula; Orca; rissa tridactyla; uria
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/3c666fb6-6855-4697-9081-92c1edfe2ea2

The North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD) was created in 2005 to consolidate data on the oceanic distribution of marine bird species in the North Pacific. Most of these data were collected on surveys by counting species within defined areas and at known locations (that is, on strip transects). The NPPSD also contains observations of other bird species and marine mammals. The original NPPSD combined data from 465 surveys conducted between 1973 and 2002, primarily in waters adjacent to Alaska. These surveys included 61,195 sample transects with location, environment, and metadata information, and the data were organized in a flat-file format. In developing NPPSD 2.0, our goals were to add new datasets, to make significant improvements to database functionality and to provide the database online. NPPSD 2.0 includes data from a broader geographic range within the North Pacific, including new observations made offshore of the Russian Federation, Japan, Korea, British Columbia (Canada), Oregon, and California. These data were imported into a relational database, proofed, and structured in a common format. NPPSD 2.0 contains 351,674 samples (transects) collected between 1973 and 2012, representing a total sampled area of 270,259 square kilometers, and extends the time series of samples in some areas—notably the Bering Sea—to four decades. It contains observations of 16,988,138 birds and 235,545 marine mammals and is available from https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7WQ01T3. Supplementary materials include an updated set of standardized taxonomic codes, reference maps that show the spatial and temporal distribution of the survey efforts and a query tool.