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DWH NRDA Piping Plover Subsite Visitation

Metadata Updated: January 25, 2026

This dataset includes the information collected during re-sighting of banded piping plovers at various geographical locations along Gulf of Mexico shorelines. It includes degree of oiling information for re-sighted banded plovers and notes on oil cleanup activities occurring at the plover habitat sites. Data collection for the Piping Plover Subsite Visitation effort occurred from the fall of 2010 through the spring of 2011. Data were collected primarily by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) personnel under the direction of the Department of the Interior (DOI). Assessments focused on documenting the abundance and extent of oiling of piping plovers, and documenting all banded piping plovers in reference and spill-impacted coastal sites along the northern Gulf of Mexico. Additional information collected during these surveys includes trapping information, GPS data, and photographs. The four primary goals of this study were to evaluate over-winter survival at oiled and unoiled areas in 2010, to evaluate winter population abundance and distribution in the area of potential impact (as compared to reference areas) through April 2011, to evaluate oiling of piping plovers in the impact area in 2010/2011, and to re-sight piping plovers at their winter breeding grounds. Additional details on the surveys and results are provided in the End of Study Report (Determining Injury to the Piping Plover from the Deepwater Horizon (MC 252) Oil Spill: Bird Study #7, 2011).

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.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 25, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI FWS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 25, 2026
Publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Maintainer
Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/FWS_ServCat_103252
Data First Published 2011-04-13T00:00:00Z
Data Last Modified 2011-04-13T00:00:00Z
Category Generic Dataset
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:18
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/fws-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 eaae8805-9022-4a5a-86b7-d74278130362
Harvest Source Id f51f1f6c-4e4a-4e0a-b4e3-a5577c6dcc19
Harvest Source Title DOI FWS DCAT-US
Homepage URL https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/103252
Program Code 010:028, 010:094
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 7a4a1f7fc67c24e0e502b3c66ada0405fb9284f2fc2f553a911f2c69be858eac
Source Schema Version 1.1
Temporal 2010-08-29/2011-04-13

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