Black Oystercatcher Nest and Diet Data from Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Prince William Sound, 2006-2022

Current Citation:
U.S. Geological Survey - Alaska Science Center, National Park Service - Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network, University of Alaska Fairbanks - College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, 2017, Black Oystercatcher nest and diet data from Kachemak Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Prince William Sound, 2006-2022 (ver 2.0, November 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7WH2N5Q

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Version 1.0 posted online April 25, 2017

Original Citation:
Coletti, H. A., Kloecker, K. A., Robinson, B. H., Esler, D. and Bodkin, J. L., 2017, Gulf Watch Alaska Nearshore Component: Black Oystercatcher Nest Density and Chick Diets Data from Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and Kenai Fjords National Park, 2006-2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7WH2N5Q.

Overview:
This data is part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long term monitoring program, nearshore monitoring component. Specifically, these data describe black oystercatcher nest site and chick provisioning observations conducted in the northern Gulf of Alaska within the GWA program. The data consists of three files: 1. black oystercatcher nest counts from transects surveyed in study areas, 2. black oystercatcher nest locations found along oystercatcher sampling transects and 3. species identification, counts, and sizes for hard-shelled prey remains collected from black oystercatcher nest sites.

Data:
ZIP packages containing Black Oystercatcher chick diet, nest details, and transect summary tables (.csv) and metadata (XML and HTML).

Black_Oystercatcher_Chick_Diet_2006-2016_Data.csv
Black_Oystercatcher_Nest_Details_2006-2016_Data.csv
Black_Oystercatcher_Transect_Summary_2006-2016_Data.csv


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Version 2.0 posted online November 2023

Changes to version 2.0: Combined data from version 1.0 with the new, not previously released data in version 1.0 (https://doi.org/10.5066/F71834N0).
	-The DOI for original data release 1 (10.5066/F7FN1498) is now the DOI for the consolidated data release. This will be a version 2 update.
	-Modified the metadata abstract, purpose, entities and attributes to reflect the same structure as recent nearshore data releases.

Data:
ZIP packages containing Black Oystercatcher chick diet, nest details, egg float stage, diet taxonomy, transect summary, and contributors tables (.csv) and metadata (XML and HTML).

KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2006-2023_Black_Oystercatcher_Chick_Diet.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2006-2023_Black_Oystercatcher_Contributors.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2006-2023_Black_Oystercatcher_Diet_Taxonomy.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2006-2023_Black_Oystercatcher_Nest_Details.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2006-2023_Black_Oystercatcher_Transect_Summary.csv
KBAYKATMKEFJWPWS_2017-2023_Black_Oystercatcher_Egg_Float_Stage.csv