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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

mammals, biological informatics, laboratory methods, biodiversity, geographical information systems (GIS), Research, birds, marine ecosystem, costal zones, field methods

ISO 19115 Topic Category

oceans, biota, inlandWaters, location

Other Subject Keywords

marine mammals, seabirds

Place Keywords

Pacific Islands, California, Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon

Database of Marine Mammal and Seabird Research Activity in the Pacific (US)

This database is a compilation of marine mammal and seabird information collected along the Pacific coast of the United States and U.S. territories in the Pacific from surveys that were solicited among regional research communities and persons. Information from standardized surveys was gathered from 2015 to 2018 and includes programs and researchers who collected information regarding seabirds since 1960.

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Author(s)	Kevin D Lafferty , Josh Adams , Cora A. Johnston, Emily C. Kelsey
Publication Date	2019-09-09
Beginning Date of Data	1960
Ending Date of Data	2018
Data Contact	U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Reasearch Center
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5066/F7X0669S
Citation	Lafferty, K.D., Adams, J., Johnston, C.A., and Kelsey, E.C., 2019, Database of Marine Mammal and Seabird Research Activity in the Pacific (US): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7X0669S.
Metadata Contact	Western Ecological Research Center
Metadata Date	2020-08-27
Related Publication	There was no related primary publication associated with this data release.
Citations of these data	Loading https://www.boem.gov/Pacific-Completed-Studies/
Access	public
License	http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/

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