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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Migratory species, Coastal ecosystems, Ornithology, Animal tracking, Wildlife, Marine ecosystems

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Biota, Environment

Other Subject Keywords

Breeding area, Argos, Animals/Vertebrates, Seasonal movement, Tracking equipment, Tagging devices, Wintering area, Satellite transmitter, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Birds, PTT, Capture-recapture studies, Spectacled Eider, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Seasonal distribution, Species life history, Telemetry, Overwintering, Breeding sites

Place Keywords

North Slope, Peard Bay, Yukon Delta, Bering Sea, NPR-A, Beaufort Sea, Alaska, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Colville River Delta, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta, Chukchi Sea, Russia

Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri) - 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 217 satellite transmitters attached to Spectacled Eiders on their breeding range in arctic and western Alaska and northeastern Russia, 1993-2011. 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) Margaret R Petersen orcid, Matthew G Sexson, David C Douglas orcid
Publication Date 2020-07-29
Beginning Date of Data 1993-05-14
Ending Date of Data 2011-08-26
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9B091HG
Citation Petersen, M.R., Sexson, M.G., and Douglas, D.C., 2020, Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri) - Raw Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9B091HG.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2021-09-08
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Harvest Date: 2025-03-04T04:02:45.918Z