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USGS Data Source

Alaska Science Center

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Marine ecosystems, Coastal ecosystems, Population dynamics, Wildlife

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Biota, Environment

Other Subject Keywords

Birds, Breeding sites, Rissa tridactyla, Animals/Vertebrates, Common Murres, Uria aalge, Indicator species, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Black-legged Kittiwakes

Place Keywords

Kachemak Bay, Cook Inlet, Alaska, Gulf of Alaska

Population Plots at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This dataset consists of one table with annual counts from population plots of Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres at two seabird nesting colonies on Gull and Chisik Islands in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

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Author(s)	Mayumi Arimitsu , Sarah K Schoen , John F Piatt , Caitlin E Marsteller
Publication Date	2021-05-20
Beginning Date of Data	1995
Ending Date of Data	2021
Data Contact	U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5066/P961LWWE
Citation	Arimitsu, M., Schoen, S.K., Piatt, J.F., and Marsteller, C.E., 2021, Population Plots at Two Seabird Colonies in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P961LWWE.
Metadata Contact	U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date	2024-04-18
Related Publication	There was no related primary publication associated with this data release.
Citations of these data	Loading https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/documents/regions/alaska-ocs-region/BOEM_2021-031.pdf Loading https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14177 Loading https://apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/REFM/docs/2020/GOAecosys.pdf Loading https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects-attachments/369/2020_StateofKachemakBay_HighRes_Finalv8.pdf
Access	public
License	http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/

Harvest Source: Alaska Science Center
Harvest Date: 2025-02-27T04:03:08.826Z