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Monthly Waterbird Ferry Transects Blacks Harbour - North Head, Grand Manan

Entry ID: UAF_IAB_BlacksHarbourwaterbirdferrytransects

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Summary

Abstract: This data set contains monthly survey data from the Blacks Harbour / North
Head, Grand Manan Island ferry, lower Bay of Fundy, Canada. It covers
waterbird, seabird and some sea mammal data, collected with unlimited width
surveys (relative abundance) from one side of the ferry (PIROP protocol)
throughout the years 1997-1999.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 45.04

S: 44.76

E: -65.75

W: -66.81

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Falk Huettmann

Dataset Title: Monthly Waterbird Ferry Transects Blacks Harbour - North Head, Grand Manan

Dataset Release Date: 1998

Dataset Publisher: University of Alaska

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-08-15

Stop Date: 1999-02-27

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > New Brunswick

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > SEABIRDS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Quality Sightings are referenced to the observer, the specific cruise and ship name,
ship speed, time and date. Accuracy of bird ID and bird numbers are discussed
elsewhere (see references above). GPS instrumentation was not available to the
observers but is available from the ferry.

Methodology is consistent ...

Access Constraints By arrangement with data owners, Falk Huettmann and Ken MacIntosh

Use Constraints By arrangement with data owners, Falk Huettmann and Ken MacIntosh.

Ancillary Keywords

index of relative abundance

sea mammal surveys

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Data Center URL: http://mercury.bio.uaf.edu/iab/

Data Center Personnel
Name: FALK HUETTMANN Phone: +01-907-4747882 Fax: +01-907 4746967 Email: fhuettmann at alaska.edu Contact Address: 419 Irving I, PO Box 757000 City: Fairbanks Province or State: AK Postal Code: 99775-7000 Country: USA

Personnel

FALK HUETTMANN

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +01-907-4747882

Fax: +01-907 4746967

Email: fhuettmann at alaska.edu

Contact Address:

419 Irving I, PO Box 757000

City: Fairbanks

Province or State: AK

Postal Code: 99775-7000

Country: USA

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Brown, R.G.B. 1971. PIROP Instruction Manual. Canadian Wildlife Service,
Dartmouth.

Brown R.G.B. 1977. Atlas of eastern Canadian seabirds Supplement 1
Halifax-Bermuda transects. Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa.

Brown R.G.B. 1986. Revised Atlas of Eastern Canadian Seabirds. Bedford
Institute of Oceanography: Candian Wildlife Service, Ottawa.

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-10-24

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-21

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