Inside Passage, British Columbia, Ferry Transects

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Falk Huettmann

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Inside Passage, British Columbia, Ferry Transects

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Fairbanks, Alaska

Publisher: University of Alaska

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Description:

Abstract:

This data set contains survey data from the Inside Passage in British Columbia, Canada. It covers waterbird, seabird and some sea mammal data, collected with DISTANCE Sampling surveys from one side of the ferry for July 1999.

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REFERENCE: Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P., Laake, J.L. Borchers, D.L. And Thomas, L., 2001, Introduction to Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, The book describes the concepts and analysis methods as well as covering aspects of survey design and giving several worked examples. It is an essential companion to the software. 484 pages. Buckland, S. T., D. R. Anderson, K. P. Burnham, and J. L. Laake, 1993, Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations, London, Chapman and Hall, 446 pages Huettmann, F., and K. MacIntosh, Results from ferry-based seabird surveys in the Bay of Fundy, Canada Huettmann, F. And Diamong, A.W., 1998, Seabird surveys and selected environmental data sets in the Bay of Fundy: findings and conclusions from monthly ferry transects Saint John - Digby - Saint John. In Coastal Monitoring and the Bay of Fundy: Proceedings of the Marine Atlantic Ecozone Science Workshop. edited by M.D. Burt and P.G. Wells, 1998, Proceedings of the Marine Atlantic Ecozone Science Workshop. St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, pp. 85-92. Morgan, K. Results from ferry-based seabird surveys Tsawassen-Sydney, Strait of Georgia, Canada. Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990701

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -133.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -131.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 55.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 52.0

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Theme:

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS

Theme_Keyword: Index Of Relative Abundance

Theme_Keyword: Sea Mammal Surveys

Theme_Keyword: Seabird Ecology

Theme_Keyword: Seabird Monitoring

Theme_Keyword: Seabird Surveys

Theme_Keyword: Bella Bella

Theme_Keyword: British Columbia

Theme_Keyword: Port Hardy

Theme_Keyword: Prince Rupert

Theme_Keyword: Western Canada

Theme_Keyword: Ancient Murrelet

Theme_Keyword: Black Oystercatcher

Theme_Keyword: Brachyramphus Marmoratus

Theme_Keyword: Brandt?s Cormorant

Theme_Keyword: Cassin's Auklet

Theme_Keyword: Cepphus Columba

Theme_Keyword: Cerorhinca Monocerata

Theme_Keyword: Common Murre

Theme_Keyword: Double-crested Cormorant

Theme_Keyword: Fratercula Corniculata

Theme_Keyword: Glaucous-winged Gull

Theme_Keyword: Haematopus Bachmani

Theme_Keyword: Harbour Porpoise

Theme_Keyword: Horned Puffin

Theme_Keyword: Larus Glaucescens

Theme_Keyword: Marbled Murrelet

Theme_Keyword: Pelagic Cormorant

Theme_Keyword: Phalacrocorax Auritus

Theme_Keyword: Phalacrocorax Pelagicus

Theme_Keyword: Phalacrocorax Penicillatus

Theme_Keyword: Phocoena Phocoena

Theme_Keyword: Pigeon Guillemot

Theme_Keyword: Ptychoramphus Aleuticus

Theme_Keyword: Rhinoceros Auklet

Theme_Keyword: Synthliboramphus Antiquus

Theme_Keyword: Thick-billed Murre

Theme_Keyword: Tufted Puffin

Theme_Keyword: Uria Aalge

Theme_Keyword: Uria Lomvia

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > BRITISH COLUMBIA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > WESTERN CANADA

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: By arrangement with data owner, Falk Huettmann

Use_Constraints:

By arrangement with data owner, Falk Huettmann.

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Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: PEGGY YEN

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Simon Fraser University, Department of Biological Sciences

Address: Centre for Wildlife Ecology

City: Burnaby

State_or_Province: British Columbia

Postal_Code: V5A 1S6

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 604-291-5618

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 604-291-3496

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Contact_Organization: UAK-F/BW/IAB > Institute of Arctic Biology, Biology & Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Contact_Person: FALK HUETTMANN

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 419 Irving I, PO Box 757000

City: Fairbanks

State_or_Province: AK

Postal_Code: 99775-7000

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +01-907-4747882

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +01-907 4746967

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fhuettmann@alaska.edu

Resource_Description: UAF_insidepassageBC

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http://mercury.bio.uaf.edu/iab/

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DATA CENTER URL

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Metadata in Biological Data Profile format.

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050729

Metadata_Review_Date: 20121212

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: TYLER B. STEVENS

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 614-6898

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tyler.B.Stevens@nasa.gov

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time