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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Telemetry, Ornithology, Wildlife, Animal tracking

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Biota, Environment

Other Subject Keywords

Migration pathway, Migration, Pacific Americas flyway, Platform Transmitter Terminal, PTT, Animals/Vertebrates, Breeding sites, Birds, Red-throated Loon, Overwintering, Migration (organisms), Tracking equipment, Seasonal movement, Wintering area, Gavia stellata, East Asia flyway, Seasonal distribution, Loons, Species Migration, Satellite transmitter, Distribution, Argos, Breeding area, Ecological Dynamics, Migratory strategies, Species Life History, Migratory birds

Place Keywords

Point Lay, Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta, NPR-A, Alaska, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Seward Peninsula, North Slope, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, Copper River Delta, Yukon Delta

Tracking Data for Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata)

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Red-throated Loons, a species that breeds in coastal areas throughout Alaska and winters along the Pacific coasts of North America and Eurasia. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata) - 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.

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Author(s) Brian D Uher-Koch orcid, Joel A Schmutz orcid, David C Douglas orcid
Publication Date 2017-12-31
Beginning Date of Data 2000
Ending Date of Data 2010
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TH8KVH
Citation Uher-Koch, B.D., Schmutz, J.A., and Douglas, D.C., 2017, Tracking Data for Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TH8KVH.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2024-09-28
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