Tracking Data for Red-Faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile) ...

• Main Authors: S.A. Hatch, V.A. Gill, D.M. Mulcahy, David C Douglas
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2020
• Subjects: Animals/Vertebrates; Wildlife; Coastal ecosystems; Marine ecosystems; Birds; Migratory birds; Seasonal distribution; Migratory rates/routes; Seasonal movement; Animal tracking; Species life history; Telemetry; Overwintering; Breeding sites; Capture-recapture studies; Tracking equipment; Ornithology; Migratory species; Satellite transmitter; Platform Transmitter Terminal; PTT; Argos; Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Attu Island; Pelicans and Allies; Red-faced Cormorant; Phalacrocorax urile; Pacific; Attu; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p902u2ro; https://www.usgs.gov/centers/asc/science/tracking-data-red-faced-cormorants-phalacrocorax-urile

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Red-faced Cormorants, a seabird species that is found only in the North Pacific Ocean, breeding and wintering from southern Alaska and throughout the Aleutian Islands to Far Eastern Russia. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile) - 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. ...