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Movement Data for Migrating Geese Over the Northeast Pacific Ocean, 2018-2021

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Start Date
2018
End Date
2021

Citation

Weiser, E.L., Overton, C.T., Douglas, D.C., Casazza, M.L., Flint, P.L., 2024, Movement data for migrating geese over the northeast Pacific Ocean, 2018-2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VUN0Q9.

Summary

This dataset consists of one table with a record (row) for each goose location and columns containing location information and covariates. The dataset was used in an analysis of altitude selection and flight propensity in an accompanying paper (Weiser et al. 2024) and is being provided here to allow replication of that analysis. Goose locations (latitude, longitude, and altitude) were collected with GPS tags and represent three subspecies: Pacific Greater White-fronted Goose, Tule Greater White-fronted Goose, and Lesser Snow Goose. Covariates include weather information from ERA5 (Hersbach et al. 2022). In addition to the "used" locations (altitudes at which birds were recorded), the dataset also includes "available" locations: altitude [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Originator :
Emily L Weiser, Cory T Overton, David C Douglas, Michael L Casazza, Paul L Flint
Metadata Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Publisher :
Alaska Science Center
Distributor :
USGS ScienceBase Team
SDC Data Owner :
Alaska Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Purpose

These data were collected to document migration paths and behavior of geese across the northeast Pacific Ocean. This dataset includes only goose locations that occurred over open ocean (greater than 1 km from shore). The present analysis was conducted to develop an understanding of when and to what extent geese may be susceptible to colliding with offshore wind turbines that are expected to be built in the study area.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9VUN0Q9

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