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Date published: August 4, 2017Status: ActiveNorth Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database
The North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD) includes more than 350,000 survey transects that were designed and conducted primarily to census seabirds at sea.
Contacts: Gary S Drew, Ph.D., John Piatt, Ph.D.
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Date published: May 10, 2018Status: ActiveSeabirds and Forage Fish Ecology
Alaska's coastal and offshore waters provide foraging habitat for an estimated 100 million birds comprising more than 90 different species; from loons and seaducks that nest inland, to petrels and puffins that breed on islands off shore. All these birds depend on the sea to provide a wide variety of food types— from clams, crabs and urchins nearshore— to krill, forage fish, and squid offshore...
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Date published: November 6, 2016Status: ActiveNPPSD Resources and Protocols
List of resources and protocols used by the North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD).
Contacts: Gary S Drew, Ph.D.