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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Health and Disease, Sciences, Disease vectors, Genetics, Polymerase chain reaction, Life sciences, Wildlife biology, DNA Sequencing, Parasitology, Zoology

ISO 19115 Topic Category

biota

Other Subject Keywords

Biology, Hematozoa, Parasitic diseases, Aquatic birds, Biological Classification, Natural Science Disciplines, Birds, Ecological Dynamics, Vector borne diseases, Genetic variance, Blood Parasites, Species/Population Interactions, Waterfowl, Animals/Vertebrates, Disease, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Biosphere, Parasitology, Parasitism, Biological Science Disciplines, Pathologic Processes, Genetics, Genetic diversity

Place Keywords

Barrow, Tutakoke River, State of Alaska, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Arctic Coastal Plain, Peard Bay, Utqiagvik, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Punoarat Point, Big Slough, Colville River Delta

Blood Parasite Infection Data from Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri), Alaska, 2008-2012

This dataset includes two spreadsheets associated with a study of three genera of blood parasites (Leucocytozoon, Haemoproteus, Plasmodium) in 185 Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri) sampled in Alaska, 2008-2012. The first spreadsheet provides age, sex, location, and blood parasite (hematozoa) infection data for three different genera of blood parasites. Hematozoa DNA, from eider blood samples, was detected by amplifying a 479bp fragment of the Cytochrome-b gene using a nested PCR technique with primers specific for the three target hematozoa genera. Amplicons were sequenced and assigned to genera by the nucleotide BLAST function of the NCBI GenBank database. Infection data are provided as NCBI GenBank accession numbers for DNA sequences obtained from samples that tested positive for infection. The second spreadsheet provides the geographic coordinates of the five sampling sites.

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Author(s) John A Reed orcid
Publication Date 2018-06
Beginning Date of Data 2008-05
Ending Date of Data 2012-08
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CDBRDC
Citation Reed, J.A., 2018, Blood Parasite Infection Data from Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri), Alaska, 2008-2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CDBRDC.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2020-11-25
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