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OAS accession Detail for 8300058, meta_version: 9. Current meta_version is: 9
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| Title: | Marine bird specimen, marine bird sighting, and other data from NOAA Ship SURVEYOR as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 1979-07-24 to 1982-11-19 (NCEI Accession 8300058) |
| Abstract: | Marine bird specimen, marine bird sighting, and other data were collected from NOAA Ship SURVEYOR from 24 July 1979 to 19 November 1982. Data were collected by the University of California (UC) as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F031 Marine Bird Specimen and Feeding Studies and the F033 Marine Bird Sighting, Ship/Aircraft Census formats. An analog file for this accession is available. The F031 format contains data from laboratory examination of marine bird specimens collected in the field and analysis of food sample contents to determine prey species and characteristics. These data provide information on population dynamics and trophic relationships. Position, date and time are reported for each sample station, along with environmental data at the sample site including ice conditions, if appropriate. Environmental data may include air temperature and pressure, wind direction and speed, sea surface temperature, tide conditions and habitat and microenvironment descriptors. Species identification, general biological condition (e.g., age, sex, color), weight, and body dimensions are reported for each specimen (multiple specimens may be collected at each sample site). If food samples are taken, food sample source and characteristics are reported. From food sample analysis, prey species are identified and for each such species further detailed data may be presented including frequency distribution of prey or prey part length and weight. The F033 format 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. |
| Date received: | 19820506 |
| Start date: | 19790724 |
| End date: | 19821119 |
| Seanames: | Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, North Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | -179.98 |
| East boundary: | -141.191667 |
| North boundary: | 62.83 |
| South boundary: | 51.866667 |
| Observation types: | biological |
| Instrument types: | visual analysis |
| Datatypes: | BIRDS |
| Submitter: | Hunt Jr., George L. |
| Submitting institution: | University of California, Irvine |
| Collecting institutions: | University of California, Irvine |
| Contributing projects: | OCSEAP |
| Platforms: | Surveyor (31SU), UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES (3199) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this dataset include: Contact info: Agency: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - IRVINE PI: Hunt, George Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: IRVINE state: CA postal: 92717 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19830506 |
| Metadata version: | 9 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:33:15+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-10-16 21:31:53+00 |