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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Animal behavior, Ornithology, Field activity logs

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Environment, Biota

Other Subject Keywords

Anesthesia, Birds, Tracking, Common Eider, Whimbrel, Northern Fulmar, Emperor Goose, Sandpipers, Migratory birds, Canada Goose, Bar-tailed Godwit, Telemetry, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Common Merganser, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Common Murre, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Surf Scoter, Animals/Vertebrates, Yellow-billed Loon, Red-necked Phalarope, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Glaucous-winged Gull, Brant, Pelagic Cormorant, Steller's Eider, Pigeon Guillemot, Loons, Radio tagging, Black-tailed Godwit, Harlequin Duck, Black Oystercatcher, Long-tailed Duck, Common Loon, Grebes, Surgery, Red-faced Cormorant, Spectacled Eider, Red-throated loon, Tundra Swan, Barrow's Goldeneye

Place Keywords

Point Thomson, Saint George, Simpson Lagoon, St. Mary's, Nome, Cape Espenberg, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, East Coast United States, Canada, Prince William Sound, Kaktovik, British Columbia, Old Chevak, Anchorage, Seward SeaLife Center, San Quintin Mexico, Helmrick's Homestead, Baja California Mexico, Northwest Territories, Selewik National Wildlife Refuge, Southeast Alaska, Kenai Peninsula, North Slope, Cold Bay, Colville River Delta, Deep Bay, Peard Bay, Aleutian Islands, Seward Peninsula, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, Prudhoe Bay, Stump Island, Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta, Chagulik Island, The Netherlands, Dutch Harbor, Bethel, King Salmon, Kenai River, Copper River Delta, Anchor River, Nelson Lagoon, New Zealand, Middleton Island, Juneau

Alaska Science Center Data Sheets from Intracoelomic Transmitter Implant and Liver Biopsy Surgeries in Birds, 1993-2012

These are surgery data sheets filled out during operations on many bird species by the USGS Alaska Science Center, 1993-2012. The majority of surgeries were to implant intracoelomic tracking transmitters, but a subset were to collect liver biopsy samples. The data sheets provide information about individual surgeries, including: data about each bird, the timing of steps during each operation, administration of the anesthesia (Propofol or Isoflurane), and conditions during surgery. Data were collected from waterfowl, seabirds and shorebird species from regions across Alaska, as well as parts of Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, and The Netherlands. The data are provided in PDF format of digitally scanned original field data. Because the data are in original form and were not digitized at the time of collection, not all data has undergone formal Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC). These are scanned originals and some text may be illegible. A comprehensive list of available data sheets is provided with this data release, 'intracoelomicTransmitters_eventIndex_mulcahy_1993-2012.csv'.

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Author(s) Daniel M. Mulcahy
Publication Date 2022-08-16
Beginning Date of Data 1993
Ending Date of Data 2012
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CWYQGU
Citation Mulcahy, D.M., 2022, Alaska Science Center Data Sheets from Intracoelomic Transmitter Implant and Liver Biopsy Surgeries in Birds, 1993-2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CWYQGU.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2023-04-14
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