{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center", "hasEmail": "mailto:gs-ak_asc_datamanagers@usgs.gov"}, "description": "This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Surf Scoters, a seaduck species that breeds throughout higher latitudes of Alaska and Canada and winters along coastal areas of North America.\n      Child Item 1: \"Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) - Processed Data\" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters.\n      Child Item 2: \"Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) - Raw Data\" -- All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The quality-controlled, \"Argos Processed Data\" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LUFGEF", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5e78fa06e4b01d509270e4e2.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_5e78fa06e4b01d509270e4e2", "keyword": ["Alaska", "Animal tracking", "Animals/Vertebrates", "Argos", "Auke Bay", "Bah\u00eda San Quint\u00edn", "Baja California", "Biota", "Birds", "Breeding area", "Breeding sites", "Distribution", "Ducks/Geese/Swans", "Ecological Dynamics", "Environment", "Field methods", "Field sampling", "Gastineau Channel", "Juneau", "Melanitta perspicillata", "Mexico", "Migration", "Migration (organisms)", "Migration pathway", "Migratory birds", "Migratory strategies", "Ornithology", "Outer Point", "Overwintering", "PTT", "Pacific Americas flyway", "Platform Transmitter Terminal", "Point Louisa", "Satellite transmitter", "Seasonal distribution", "Seasonal movement", "Species Life History", "Species Migration", "Surf Scoter", "Telemetry", "Tracking equipment", "USGS:5e78fa06e4b01d509270e4e2", "Wildlife", "Wintering area"], "modified": "2024-10-14T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-164.342, 27.875, -112.369, 70.584", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Tracking Data for Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata)"}