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DWH NRDA Colonial Waterbird Oiling Observation

Metadata Updated: November 25, 2025

Deepwater Horizon NRDA Bird Study #4 focused on colonial waterbirds. The goal of this study was to evaluate spill-related injury to colonial waterbirds under the following two objectives: 1) estimate the percentage of adult and sub-adult birds that are visibly-oiled within representative breeding colonies and roosting sites throughout the study area and 2) estimate the mortality rates of both oiled and unoiled adult birds via radio and satellite telemetry. Data were collected by personnel from the Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI), under contract to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, during the summer of 2010 through April of 2011. This dataset includes the Oiling Observation data collected as part of the first objective. BP personnel cooperatively participated in data collection through October of 2010. Additional details on the surveys and results pertaining to Bird Study #4 are provided in the End of Study Report (Estimating Oiling and Mortality of Breeding Colonial Waterbirds from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Bird Study #4).

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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 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 25, 2025

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Harvested from DOI FWS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 25, 2025
Publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Maintainer
Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/fws-servcat-103242
Data First Published 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Data Last Modified 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Category Generic Dataset
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:18
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Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/fws-data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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Harvest Source Title DOI FWS DCAT-US
Homepage URL https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/103242
Program Code 010:094, 010:028
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash ee436946f7fb21190722d9c587bdac2c0744693ec7e2464bd14b547db2746a0d
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