gov.noaa.nodc:0115356 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2025-03-31T21:10:41Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Atlantic Offshore Seabird Dataset Catalog, Atlantic Coast and Outer Continental Shelf, from 1938-01-01 to 2013-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0115356) 2014-10-07 publication 2013-12-31 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0115356 NCEI Archive Management System 0115356 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Allison Sussman United States Geological Survey (USGS) asussman@usgs.gov https://www.usgs.gov/ HTTPS United States Geological Survey (USGS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider United States Geological Survey (USGS) https://www.usgs.gov/ HTTPS United States Geological Survey (USGS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) http://www.boemre.gov/ HTTP Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) website Institution web page information contributor US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) contributor United States Geological Survey (USGS) https://www.usgs.gov/ HTTPS United States Geological Survey (USGS) website Institution web page information contributor Sussman, Allison United States Geological Survey (USGS) asussman@usgs.gov https://www.usgs.gov/ HTTPS United States Geological Survey (USGS) website Institution web page information author United States Geological Survey https://www.usgs.gov/ HTTPS United States Geological Survey (USGS) website Institution web page information author tableDigital Several bureaus within the Department of Interior compiled available information from seabird observation datasets from the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf into a single database, with the goal of conducting research and informing coastal and offshore planning activities. The cooperators were the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) Environmental Studies Program (www.boem.gov/Environmental-Stewardship/Environmental-Studies/Environmental-Studies.aspx), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Division of Migratory Bird Management (www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/) and the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (www.pwrc.usgs.gov). The resulting product is the Atlantic Offshore Seabird Dataset Catalog, which characterizes the survey effort and bird observations that have been collected across space and time. As of December 2013, the database contains over 70 datasets from 1906-2013 with about 300,000 records of seabird observations. The data is comprised of roughly 50 datasets from 1938-2013 with about 260,000 observation records. This archive is a subset of the main database, excluding datasets from surveys where the scientific design was not specifically designed to sample marine birds (e.g., coastal portions of National Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Counts). The full archive of scientific data contains information on individual observations as well as survey effort. Each observation record has a unique point location, date and time, species and observation count. There may also be biological information related to the sighting, such as animal age or behavior. The survey effort information (i.e., weather variables) may have been recorded for each individual observation but was more often recorded at the transect (line along which the plane or boat traveled) level. The dataset contains data primarily for seabirds, but some other observations accompanied bird data submissions and were not discarded: marine mammals, turtles, fish, and non-biological sightings such as other boats, fishing gear and trash. The data is in CSV format, with an associated file detailing the data structure in CSV format. A detailed metadata record in Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) format and a final report in .pdf format is included with these data. Data use must take into account use constraints (data limitations) listed within the included metadata record, and cite the Atlantic Offshore Seabird Dataset Catalog, USGS, 2013. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0115356 Preview graphic PNG 0115356 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2013-12-31 publication biological data BIRDS cetacean MARINE MAMMALS REPTILES species abundance SPECIES COUNT PER SAMPLE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION VERTEBRATES theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS visual observation instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological composition & location derived products survey - biological visual observation theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement United States Geological Survey US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS United States Geological Survey dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Bay of Fundy Biscayne Bay - Florida Chesapeake Bay Coastal Waters of Florida Delaware Bay Florida Bay - Florida Georges Bank Gulf of Maine Gulf of Mexico Gulf of St. Lawrence Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Massachusetts Bay Mid-Atlantic Bight New York Bight North American Coastline-North North American Coastline-South North Atlantic Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOI/BOEM DOI/USFWS > U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior DOI/USGS > U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0115356 v1.1 was published. 2014-10-07T19:46:19Z NCEI Accession 0115356 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0115356/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0115356 v1.1 published 2014-10-07T19:46:19Z download repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian visual observation visual observation not an instrument - maybe an observation type