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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Population dynamics, Relative abundance analysis, Marine ecosystems, Wildlife, Biological informatics

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Biota, Environment

Other Subject Keywords

Birds, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Species distribution model, Marine ecosystems, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Species life history, Use/Feeding habitat, Animals/Vertebrates, Coastal ecosystems, Seabirds

Place Keywords

Cook Inlet, Alaska

Gridded Seabird Density Estimates in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

This data set provides monthly (March–October) gridded density estimates for seabirds in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Gridded density estimates were produced by applying spatiotemporal modeling of at-sea survey data collected between 1975 and 2021 of seabird at-sea surveys available in the North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD; Drew and Piatt 2015). We modeled joint dynamic species distributions of dark shearwaters (Ardenna spp., including A. grisea and A. tenuirostris), black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), common murre (Uria aalge), pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba), Kittlitz’s murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris), marbled murrelet (B. marmoratus), horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), and tufted puffin (F. cirrhata). Together these species compose 77% of all birds counted on surveys in lower Cook Inlet

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Author(s) Mayumi Arimitsu orcid, John F Piatt orcid, James T Thorson orcid, Kathy Kuletz orcid, Gary S Drew orcid, Sarah K Schoen orcid, Daniel A. Cushing, Caitlin Kroeger orcid, William J. Sydeman orcid
Publication Date 2023-01-03
Beginning Date of Data 1975-03-01
Ending Date of Data 2021-07-31
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P94NDFRI
Citation Arimitsu, M., Piatt, J.F., Thorson, J.T., Kuletz, K., Drew, G.S., Schoen, S.K., Cushing, D.A., Kroeger, C., and Sydeman, W.J., 2023, Gridded Seabird Density Estimates in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94NDFRI.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2023-01-31
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