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Title: NODC Standard Format Marine Birds from Coastal Alaska and Puget Sound Data (1974 -1982): Marine Bird Sighting, Ship/Aircraft Census (F033) (NODC Accession 0014155)
Abstract: Marine Bird Sighting, Ship/Aircraft Census (F033) is one of a group of
seven datasets related to Marine Birds from Coastal Alaska and Puget
Sound Data (1974 -1982). Each dataset uses the NODC Taxonomic Code to
indicate species.

Marine Bird Sighting, Ship/Aircraft Census (F033) contains data from
field observations of marine birds made along ship or aircraft survey
tracks. These data are collected to provide information on population
density and distribution. Start and end position, date and elapsed time,
speed and course, platform type and observing techniques are reported
for each survey. Environmental information may include meteorological and
sea surface conditions, distances to the shoreline and shelf break, ice
characteristics within and outside each transect and surface debris,
including oil slicks. Species data may include age, sex, color, plumage,
number of individuals, direction of flight, behavior and food source
association. Any number of species may be reported within one
observation time span. These data were collected from 1975 - 1982 for
coastal Alaska and adjacent North Pacific Ocean.
Date received:
Start date: 19740101
End date: 19821231
Seanames: Arctic Ocean, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Coastal Waters of SE Alaska, Gulf of Alaska, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, North Pacific Ocean, Sea of Okhotsk, South Pacific Ocean
West boundary: -180
East boundary: -130
North boundary: 72
South boundary: 48
Observation types: biological, survey - biological, visual estimate, visual observation
Instrument types: deprecated, visual analysis, visual estimate, visual observation
Datatypes: BIRDS, NUTRIENTS
Submitter:
Submitting institution:
Collecting institutions:
Contributing projects: COASTAL OCEAN PROGRAM/COASTWATCH, MESA Puget Sound, OCSEAP
Platforms:
Number of observations:
Supplementary information:
Availability date:
Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2007-03-20 17:37:41+00
Editdate: 2007-03-30 12:27:50+00