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Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

ecology

ISO 19115 Topic Category

oceans, biota

Other Subject Keywords

burrow, fish, Tufted puffins, forage fish, prey, chick diet, energy density

Place Keywords

Alaska Peninsula, North Pacific, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska

Tufted Puffin Chick Diets, North Pacific and Bering Sea, 2012-2014

This dataset describes Tufted puffin chick diets in August 2012-14 in the North Pacific and Bering Sea. Data on puffin chick-meals were collected to characterize forage communities and determine meal energy density. This dataset contains chick diet data and consist of: date, location, species, mass, total length, fork length and comments.

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Author(s) Sarah K Schoen orcid, Brielle Heflin orcid, John F Piatt orcid, Mayumi Arimitsu orcid, Gary S Drew orcid, David C Douglas orcid, Martin Renner
Publication Date 2018-02
Beginning Date of Data 2012-08-03
Ending Date of Data 2014-08-16
Data Contact
Sarah K. Schoen
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TQ60GV
Citation Schoen, S.K., Heflin, B., Piatt, J.F., Arimitsu, M., Drew, G.S., Douglas, D.C., and Renner, M., 2018, Tufted Puffin Chick Diets, North Pacific and Bering Sea, 2012-2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TQ60GV.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2020-11-25
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