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    • Data describing the use of a newly identified staging area on Patuxent River Naval Air Station by banded Common Terns.

    Metadata Updated: September 16, 2025

    These data describe the demographic composition of Common Terns at a newly identified staging area on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station and evaluates the importance of this location to the local breeding population. Specifically, we sought to identify the number of individuals using this potential staging area, the origins of those individuals, and the relative importance of this location to locally hatched juveniles.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 16, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 16, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/usgs-66cc9cf0d34e98e8a924357f
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-04T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:12
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/usgs-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 766e789b-25ec-4cc9-bdd5-1756fc70f744
    Harvest Source Id 2b80d118-ab3a-48ba-bd93-996bbacefac2
    Harvest Source Title DOI USGS DCAT-US
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -76.383562, 38.287444, -76.381202, 38.289263
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0ca192bbdd439d68f6c7865a4ecb89d535c2475e2ea409e44916f46459d97e0d
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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