USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

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Web Service, OGC Web Map Service 1.3.0
Keywords
Natural Resources Regulatory Monitoring Modeling Outer Continental Shelf Coast Biology Marine Atlantic Offshore Seabirds
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None
Access constraints
At this time, data use must take into account use constraints (data limitations) listed here, and cite the Atlantic Offshore Seabird Dataset Catalog. USGS, 2011. Use_Constraints: Seabirds provide unique challenges even when using estimation techniques to sample populations (e.g., Tasker et al. 1984, Spear et al. 1992). To date, there has been little consistency among survey designs. Surveys have varied by the type of vessel from which they are conducted (ship, plane), the methodology that counts are made, the width of the area being counted, and equipment used, among many other differences. Under such circumstances, comparing results and making inferences can be difficult. Because these estimates of effort-adjusted counts do not account for detection probability, they are likely biased by factors that affect this parameter such as weather, survey method, observer, or other environmental variables (MacKenzie et al. 2006).
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Data provider

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (unverified)

Contact information:

Mark Wimer

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Physical & Mailing:
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 12100 Beech Forest Road Laurel, MD 20708-4038, 20192 Laurel, United States of America

Email: 

Phone: 301-497-5596

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This is the species data layer showing seasonal naive species occurrence. ?Naive? means that these species counts should not be taken as a direct index of relative abundance, since absence of detections does not imply the species does not occur there. Counts (detections) were adjusted using the five-minute equivalent effort units; however due to biases in methods, these maps combining multiple surveys should be used as ?presence? maps that strongly reflect survey effort. The data encompass all years but is split out by season for each species; only one species and one season are shown at a time. This layer displays occurrence for Northern Gannet, Greater Shearwater, Long-tailed Duck, and Dovekie for the winter, spring, summer, and fall seasons.

Available map layers (16)

Dovekie_Fall (1)

Dovekie_Fall

Dovekie_Spring (2)

Dovekie_Spring

Dovekie_Summer (3)

Dovekie_Summer

Dovekie_Winter (4)

Dovekie_Winter

LongtailedDuck_Fall (6)

LongtailedDuck_Fall

LongtailedDuck_Spring (7)

LongtailedDuck_Spring

LongtailedDuck_Summer (8)

LongtailedDuck_Summer

LongtailedDuck_Winter (9)

LongtailedDuck_Winter

GreaterShearwater_Fall (11)

GreaterShearwater_Fall

GreaterShearwater_Spring (12)

GreaterShearwater_Spring

GreaterShearwater_Summer (13)

GreaterShearwater_Summer

GreaterShearwater_Winter (14)

GreaterShearwater_Winter

NorthernGannet_Fall (16)

NorthernGannet_Fall

NorthernGannet_Spring (17)

NorthernGannet_Spring

NorthernGannet_Summer (18)

NorthernGannet_Summer

NorthernGannet_Winter (19)

NorthernGannet_Winter

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Last updated 2025-05-11 01:40:06 UTC.