MMS CDAS Seabird Colonies

Minerals Management Service

Dataset credit

Minerals Management Service (MMS)
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact David Hyrenbach Duke University Marine Laboratory
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

This catalog of seabird colonies along the west coast of the United States during the year 1980, was compiled by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) and distributed as part of the Computerized Database Analysis System (CDAS) version 2.1 CD. This CD was prepared by Glenn Ford and Janet Casey from the Ecological Consulting Inc. (Portland, Oregon), and published in March 2001. The identity and number of seabirds breeding at each site, identified by a unique name and 6-digit code, is listed using two record types: presence/absence (P) and population abundance (A). Because these are annual counts, they are tagged with a unique time/date stamp of noon, July 1, 1980.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

[2020-10-01] The following invalid species names were corrected according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Caspian Tern: Sterna caspia (176924)) => Hydroprogne caspia (176935)
Elegant Tern: Sterna elegans (176925) => Thalasseus elegans (176931)
Sterna antillarum browni (202254) => Sternula antillarum browni (825084)

References

Pitman, R.L., J. Hodder, M.R. Graybill, and D.H. Varoujean. 1979. Catalog of Oregon seabird colonies. Report for U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Sowls, A.L., A.R. DeGange, J.W. Nelson, and G.S. Lester. 1980. Catalog of California seabird colonies. Report for U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Speich, S.M. and T.R. Wahl. 1986. Catalog of Washington seabird colonies. Report for U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Attributes

Overview

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
survey
lineno
colony_id
rectype
yearYear of observation
dateObserved date
timeTime of observation
latLatitude of observation
lonLongitude of observation
speciesSpecies observed
comu
pigu
caau
rhau
xamu
tupu
lesp
assp
ftsp
blsp
brpe
wegu
gwgu
hegu
dcco
brco
peco
unco
bloy
lete
fote
cate
elte
blsk
total
excluded
oidUnique ID number (generated by SEAMAP)
OBIS-SEAMAP ID271
Seabirds1,017
Marine mammals0
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species126
Non spatial0
Non species-704
Total439
Date, Begin1980-07-01
Date, End1980-07-01
Temporal prec.100000
Latitude32.56 - 48.39
Longitude-124.76 - -117.11
Coord. prec.5 decimal digits
PlatformShore
Data typeHabitat survey
EffortN/A
Traveled (km)0
0
Contr. through
Registered2005-02-24
Updated2020-10-01
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY (All)
Shared with None
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