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Bird Survey Grid, Great Lakes Region 2015

Identification Information

Citation
Title
Bird Survey Grid, Great Lakes Region 2015
Originator
Great Lakes Commission
Publication Date
2019-10-30
Edition
2019
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
This dataset was developed as part of a two-phase project by the Great Lakes Commission and collaborators, entitled Monitoring and Mapping Avian Resources Over Selected Areas of the Great Lakes and Outreach to Support Related Resource Management (2012-2014). This project was funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Visual aerial surveys for pelagic waterbirds were conducted over two fall and two spring migration seasons, with several additional surveys occurring during the winter months. Surveyors included: Biodiversity Research Institute (eastern Lake Erie, 2013-2014); Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University (Lake St. Clair, western Lake Erie, and Detroit River, 2012-2014); Michigan Natural Features Inventory (Lake Huron, 2012-2014); US Geological Survey (Lake Michigan, 2012-2014); and the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory (Lake Michigan, 2012-2014).Caution should be employed when using or interpreting these data, for reasons that include the following:1. Data were collected by multiple surveyors using differing survey methods. Survey locations, frequency, transect density, altitude, plane speed, and other methodologies may have varied, and these variations have the potential to cause variations in detection or identification rates of waterbirds between surveys and between surveyors.2. Many surveys did not include on-transect effort information (for example, GPS transects of survey effort, to enable clear identification of areas that were surveyed and where birds were not found). For surveys that did not include this information, approximate effort data were developed using idealized transects and observation locations, but this is a poor substitute for real effort data. The effort data associated with this dataset should be used with extreme caution, and it is recommended that they are not used for estimating bird densities.3. The majority of data do not include distance information, or include different distance bands between years or survey areas. This largely precludes the correction of counts to include estimates of animals that were present but not observed. As a result, these data cannot be used to estimate real or absolute abundance of pelagic waterbirds, but rather should only be used to develop estimates of relative abundance.4. Surveys were primarily conducted during fall and spring, and were designed to study open-water (pelagic) migratory waterbirds. These surveys did a poor job of capturing the presence of breeding birds and non-waterbirds, including passerines, shorebirds, and raptors.
Purpose
This data is intended for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. [The dataset represents a 0.083 degrees latitude by 0.083 degrees longitude (approximately 9.6 km by 12.6 km) sampling grid used for analysis the survey data. Total waterbirds observed per km of transect surveyed are summarized.]
Supplemental Information
For access to the most current data, please visit: [https://www.arcgis.com/home/search.html?q=owner%3A%22glc_esri%22restrict=false]
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2015-01-01T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-92.333333
East
-76
North
49
South
41.333333
ISO Topic Category
biota
Place Keyword
Great Lakes
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Place Keyword
Lake Erie
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Place Keyword
Lake Huron
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Place Keyword
Lake Michigan
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Place Keyword
Lake Ontario
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Place Keyword
Lake Superior
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Theme Keyword
Waterbirds
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
Access constraints Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor.
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
Great Lakes Commission
Point of Contact
Contact
Great Lakes Commission
Delivery Point
1300 Victors Way, Suite 1350
City
Ann Arbor
Administrative Area
MI
Postal Code
48108
Country
US
Phone
734-971-9135

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
4326
Code Space
EPSG
Version
9.7

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Process Step
Description
Provided access to archived data at UW-Madison.
Process Date
2019-10-30T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distributor
Great Lakes Commission
Online Access
https://web.s3.wisc.edu/rml-gisdata/GLRegion_Bird_Survey_Grid_2015.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
GeoData@Wisconsin
Function
download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
4846

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
783DC40E-DFE4-4C1B-87D8-28B90C3A51EA
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
Position Name
Metadata Technician
Delivery Point
550 N. Park Street
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53706
Country
US
Email
askmap@library.wisc.edu
Phone
(608) 262-1471
Metadata Date Stamp
2019-11-08
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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