Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content
  • Feedback

    • USGS Alaska Science Center Adult Shorebird Morphological Measurement Data

    Metadata Updated: July 6, 2024

    This dataset consists of three tables, 1) taxonomy, 2) contributors, and 3) shorebird morphological measurements collected from various species captured from 1977-2021. In addition, photographs of plumage patterns are available for several species. Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey - Alaska Science Center, along with collaborators from many government agencies and research institutions, have studied shorebirds at numerous sites across North America, the Pacific Ocean, Australia, and New Zealand. This release includes over 10,000 observations relating to 35 shorebird species.

    Access & Use Information

    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.

    Downloads & Resources

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 19, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI EDI

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 19, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
    @Id http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/6bbb287ebf2a5e481543dcd3c5c23dee
    Identifier USGS:ASC508
    Data Last Modified 20231020
    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://datainventory.doi.gov/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 7f9f09ea-e559-431a-8730-326224466c5a
    Harvest Source Id 52bfcc16-6e15-478f-809a-b1bc76f1aeda
    Harvest Source Title DOI EDI
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0,-46.07,180.0,71.96
    Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 8e4fb677b94667c5758fc0aa2b3c0f22afa68f4679d4302af2f1efc29c0147b7
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -180.0, -46.07, -180.0, 71.96, 180.0, 71.96, 180.0, -46.07, -180.0, -46.07}

    Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.