{"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": ["Surf Scoter", "Melanitta perspicillata", "Ecological Dynamics", "Animals/Vertebrates", "Gastineau Channel", "Wintering area", "Wildlife", "Overwintering", "Bah\u00eda San Quint\u00edn", "Migration pathway", "Argos", "Migration", "Migration (organisms)", "Species Migration", "Pacific Americas flyway", "Field methods", "USGS:5e78fa06e4b01d509270e4e2", "Outer Point", "Baja California", "Alaska", "Environment", "Platform Transmitter Terminal", "Ducks/Geese/Swans", "Seasonal distribution", "Biota", "Distribution", "Point Louisa", "Satellite transmitter", "PTT", "Migratory birds", "Animal tracking", "Migratory strategies", "Tracking equipment", "Telemetry", "Field sampling", "Breeding area", "Auke Bay", "Mexico", "Ornithology", "Species Life History", "Birds", "Juneau", "Breeding sites", "Seasonal movement"], "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)"}