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"@context": "http://schema.org/", "@type": "WebPage", "additionalType": "Research", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/alaska-science-center/science/tracking-data-pacific-loons-gavia-pacifica", "headline": "Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica)", "datePublished": "February 20, 2020", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brian Uher-Koch", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/brian-uher-koch", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-1885-0260" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Douglas", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/david-douglas", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0003-0186-1104" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "John M. Pearce, Ph.D.", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/john-m-pearce", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-8503-5485" } } ], "description": [ { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Return to Ecosystems >> Wildlife Tracking Data Collection" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Harrison, A.-L., Uher-Koch, B.D., Schmutz, J.A., and Douglas, D.C., 2020, Tracking data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica) (ver 1.0, February 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NNN2XY" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "These data packages contain the data collected from satellite transmitters attached to free-ranging animals. The packages include both raw and processed location and sensor data. The raw data includes data as originally retrieved from the Argos System. The processed data have been filtered for location plausibility, and sensor data have been decoded into standard measurement units. For most users, the processed data will be preferred." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Argos Satellite Telemetry Data" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Available here are tracking data of Pacific Loons, a species that breeds throughout much of Alaska and winters throughout the Pacific Ocean basin, along the costs of East Asia and the U.S. These data were collected to better understand timing of spring arrival, fall departure, and habitat use patterns on the North Slope of Alaska." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Pacific Loon Tracking Maps" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "These webpages contain five different types of browse maps and other visualizations of the tracking data." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "USGS Alaska Science Center scientists collect data from wildlife tracking devices to: determine locations of animals throughout their annual cycles, understand patterns of habitat use, quantify time spent on various behaviors, and identify geographic areas repeatedly used by wildlife that may indicate sites of importance to species and populations. Tracking data from other wildlife species can be found at: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VYSWEH" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "NOTE: Processed data contains both plausible (DAF_Filter=0) and implausible (DAF_Filter=1) locations as indicated by the column \u201cLocation_DAF_filter\u201d. Before using these data, we recommend excluding locations flagged as implausible or apply an alternative filtering method of your choice." } ], "funder": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Alaska Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/alaska-science-center" }, "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Birds" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Environmental Health" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Biology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Ecosystems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analysis" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Information Systems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analyses" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Argos" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science Technology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Geology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Energy" } ]
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