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Bird and Mammal Census (CalCOFI, NMFS, CPR)

Title
Bird and mammal observations aboard CalCOFI (1987-2021, ongoing), NMFS (1996-2021, ongoing) and CPR (2003-2006, completed) cruises.

Abstract
The data included in this dataset are bird and mammal observations from aboard research cruises. There are six tables of data: a transect log and observation log pairing for each of the three types of cruises. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) cruises are conducted quarterly off the coast of southern and central California. National Marine Fisheries (NMFS) cruises are a part of the Rockfish Recruitment Survey off the coast of southern and central California. Data were also collected aboard North Pacific Continuous Plankton Recorder (NPCPR) cruises from June 2002 through May 2006. Observations of birds and mammals include both number and behavior in addition to temporal and spatial information recorded along the cruise transect. Data are collected in order to research the interdependent aspects of the marine environment, including the effects of natural and human based climate change, and the broad implications and influences of ocean currents, weather patterns, fishing practices and coastal development on marine food webs and ecosystem processes.

Species and behavior definitions for data codes are available in the "Supplemental Documents" section.
Keywords
habitats, marine, birds, census, populations

LTER Data System Record
http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/4ee1bd702acb11786277192a41626800
Projects
Farallon Institute Advanced Ecosystem Research
CalCOFI - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
California Current Ecosystem LTER

Creators
Sydeman, Bill ( wsydeman@faralloninstitute.org)

Contact
CCE LTER Information Manager (ccelter.im@gmail.com)

Other Personnel
Thompson, Sarah Data technician

Data

table CalCOFI cruise transect log
Log of transect datetimes and locations. Records from this table join "CalCOFI cruise observations" table on GIS key field. 		Rows: 59943
Columns: 20 		View / Download
table CalCOFI cruise observations
Bird and mammal counts. This table joins to "CalCOFI cruise transect log" table on the GIS Key field. 		Rows: 82445
Columns: 4 		View / Download
table NMFS cruise transect log
Log of transect datetimes and locations. Records from this table join "NMFS cruise observations" table on GIS key field. 		Rows: 16425
Columns: 20 		View / Download
table NMFS cruise observations
Bird and mammal counts. This table joins to "NMFS cruise transect log" table on the GIS Key field. 		Rows: 76883
Columns: 4 		View / Download
table CPR cruise transect log
Log of transect datetimes and locations. Records from this table join "CPR cruise observations" table on GIS key field. 		Rows: 7038
Columns: 20 		View / Download
table CPR cruise observations
Bird and mammal counts. This table joins to "CPR cruise transect log" table on the GIS Key field. 		Rows: 22983
Columns: 4 		View / Download

References

P.P.W. Yen, W.J. Sydeman, S.J. Bograd, K.D. Hyrenbach, Spring-time distributions of migratory marine birds in the southern California Current: Oceanic eddy associations and coastal habitat hotspots over 17 years, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Volume 53, Issues 3–4, February 2006, Pages 399-418, ISSN 0967-0645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.01.013.

Files

All Species Code List (12.27kB)
CSV file containing all pertinent species information for codes entered in data records.

Behavior Code List (74.00B)
CSV file containing behavior definitions for codes in data records

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