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Tracking Data for Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans)

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2011
End Date
2014

Citation

Matsuoka, T.D., Patil, V.P., Hupp, J.W., Leach, A.G., Reed, J.A., Sedinger, J.S., Ward, D.H., 2024, Tracking data for Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) (ver 1.0, June 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P134RIKG.

Summary

This data package contains all location data collected by light-level geolocators attached to 68 Black Brant at breeding areas in Alaska. The data include: a deployment attributes file with details of each brant at the time of capture, the raw light-level data in ASCII files as downloaded and decompressed, and twice-daily estimated locations.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Originator :
Toshio D Matsuoka, Vijay P Patil, Jerry W Hupp, Alan G Leach, John A Reed, James S Sedinger, David H Ward
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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blackBrant_USGS_ASC_lightLevelGeolocator_metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		59.22 KB application/fgdc+xml
blackBrant_USGS_ASC_lightLevelGeolocator_deploymentAttributes.xlsx 23.39 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
blackBrant_USGS_ASC_lightLevelGeolocator_estimatedLocations.csv 7.86 MB text/csv
blackBrant_USGS_ASC_lightLevelGeolocator_metadata.html 128.19 KB text/html
blackBrant_USGS_ASC_lightLevelGeolocator_refinedStationaryLocations.csv 68.8 KB text/csv
versionHistory.txt 926 Bytes text/plain
blackBrant_USGS_ASC_lightLevelGeolocator_rawData.zip 46.63 MB application/zip

Purpose

These data were collected to better understand the timing and patterns of migratory movement of Black Brant between breeding areas in Alaska and wintering areas along the Pacific coast North America.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P134RIKG

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