Child Item 1: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Yellow-billed Loons (Gavia adamsii) - Processed Data

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Publication Date: 2019-12-02
Start Date: 2002-07-04
End Date: 2019-06-23

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Schmutz, J.A., Uher-Koch, B.D., Douglas, D.C., 2019, Tracking data for Yellow-billed Loons (Gavia adamsii) (ver 1.0, December 2019): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9UKHJ22.

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This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 92 satellite transmitters attached to adult Yellow-billed Loons on their breeding range in Arctic Alaska and Canada, 2002-2017. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: flag implausible location estimates and decode raw sensor data. Three Comma Separate Value (CSV) tables are included in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check. Each record [...]

Summary

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 92 satellite transmitters attached to adult Yellow-billed Loons on their breeding range in Arctic Alaska and Canada, 2002-2017. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: flag implausible location estimates and decode raw sensor data. Three Comma Separate Value (CSV) tables are included in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check. Each record also includes a 'Tracking_Status' variable that denotes whether the location was collected from a live animal, a dead animal, or shed transmitter, 2) the "decodedSensor" table contains decoded sensor data such as a transmitter's temperature, battery voltage, and motion (activity), and 3) the "deploymentAttributes" table contains one record for each transmitter deployment in a CSV formatted table. The deployment attributes file contains information such as when the transmitter was attached to the animal, when tracking of a live animal ended, and a variety of variables describing the animal and transmitter. This table is identical to the "deploymentAttributes" table in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release.

Contacts

Point of Contact :: Alaska Science Center
Originator :: Joel A Schmutz, Brian D Uher-Koch, David C Douglas
Metadata Contact :: Alaska Science Center
Publisher :: Alaska Science Center
Distributor :: USGS ScienceBase Team, Movebank
SDC Data Owner :: Alaska Science Center
USGS Mission Area :: Ecosystems

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yellowBilledLoon_USGS_ASC_argos_processedData_metadata.xml Original FGDC Metadata	View	108.5 KB	application/fgdc+xml
yellowBilledLoon_USGS_ASC_argos_decodedSensor.csv		47.91 MB	text/csv
yellowBilledLoon_USGS_ASC_argos_deploymentAttributes.csv		26.24 KB	text/csv
yellowBilledLoon_USGS_ASC_argos_diag_filteredLocations.csv		27.92 MB	text/csv
yellowBilledLoon_USGS_ASC_argos_processedData_metadata.html		234.69 KB	text/html
supplementaryMaterial.zip		4.51 MB	application/zip
versionHistory.txt		664 Bytes	text/plain
yellowBilledLoon_USGS_ASC_argos_README.pdf		311.86 KB	application/pdf

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Poessel, S.A., Uher-Koch, B.D., Pearce, J.M., Schmutz, J.A., Harrison, A.L., Douglas, D.C., von Biela, V.R., Katzner, T.E., 2020. Movements and habitat use of loons for assessment of conservation buffer zones in the Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska. Global Ecology and Conservation 22:e00980, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00980	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00980
Schmutz, J.A., Wright, K.G., DeSorbo, C.R., Fair, J., Evers, D.C., Uher-Koch, B.D., Mulcahy, D.M., 2014. Size and retention of breeding territories of Yellow-billed Loons (Gavia adamsii) in Alaska and Canada. Waterbirds 37(sp1):53–63, https://doi.org/10.1675/063.037.sp108	https://doi.org/10.1675/063.037.sp108
Evers, D.C., Schmutz, J.A., Basu, N., DeSorbo, C.R., Fair, J., Gray, C.E., Paruk, J.D., Perkins, M., Regan, K., Uher-Koch, B.D., Wright, K.G., 2014. Historic and contemporary mercury exposure and potential risk to Yellow-billed Loons (Gavia adamsii) breeding in Alaska and Canada. Waterbirds 37(sp1):147–159, https://doi.org/10.1675/063.037.sp117	https://doi.org/10.1675/063.037.sp117
Schmutz, J.A., 2009, Model-based predictions of the effects of harvest mortality on population size and trend of Yellow-billed Loons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1040, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091040	https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091040

Purpose

These data were collected to better understand the timing and patterns of migratory movements of Yellow-billed Loons between breeding areas in Alaska and northwestern Canada and wintering areas along the north Pacific coast.

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