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Tracking Data for Red-Faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile)

August 21, 2020
This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Red-faced Cormorants, a seabird species that is found only in the North Pacific Ocean, breeding and wintering from southern Alaska and throughout the Aleutian Islands to Far Eastern Russia.
Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters.
Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Red-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile) - Raw Data" -- All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The quality-controlled, "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.
Publication Year 2020
Title Tracking Data for Red-Faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile)
DOI 10.5066/P902U2RO
Authors S.A. Hatch, V.A. Gill, D.M. Mulcahy, David C Douglas
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Alaska Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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