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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Ornithology, Field methods, Wildlife biology, Field sampling, Telemetry, Animal tracking

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Biota, Environment

Other Subject Keywords

PTT, Migration pathway, Breeding area, Migratory strategies, Migratory birds, Distribution, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Birds, Biological Classification, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Seasonal distribution, Breeding sites, Wintering area, Seasonal movement, Argos, Migration, Satellite transmitter, Migration (organisms), Tracking equipment, Species Migration, Central flyway, Ecological Dynamics, Animals/Vertebrates, Species Life History, Overwintering

Place Keywords

Canada, Galveston Bay, Mexico, Texas, Saskatchewan, Bahamas, Louisiana, Beaumont, Vanscoy, Brooks, Livonia, Alberta, Gulf of Mexico, Port Barre, Cuba

Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) - Raw Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "rawData" folder of this data package. This data package contains all data collected by the Argos System from 42 satellite transmitters attached to Blue-winged Teal ducks on their breeding range in Saskatchewan and Alberta (August 2013) and spring staging areas in Texas and Louisiana (March 2015). Five data files are included in the "rawData" folder of this data package. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular CSV format. The fifth file, "deploymentAttributes", contains one record for each transmitter deployment in a CSV formatted table. The deployment attributes file contains information such as when the transmitter was attached to the animal, when tracking of a live animal ended, and a variety of variables describing the animal and transmitter. This table is identical to the "deploymentAttributes" table in the "processedData" folder of this data package.

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Author(s) Andy M Ramey orcid, C. Soos, P. Link, P. Walther, Lee Tibbitts orcid, David C Douglas orcid
Publication Date 2019-09-18
Beginning Date of Data 2013-08-11
Ending Date of Data 2017-02-28
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z9BA9F
Citation Ramey, A.M., Soos, C., Link, P., Walther, P., Tibbitts, L., and Douglas, D.C., 2019, Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) - Raw Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z9BA9F.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2020-11-25
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