USFWS Joint Venture Sea Duck Key Habitat Sites Atlas v2 feature layer [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] Full Details

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Title:

USFWS Joint Venture Sea Duck Key Habitat Sites Atlas v2 feature layer [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

Description:

This geodataset describes 85 sites throughout North America that constitute important sea duck habitats. Version 2 includes fields for species and seasonality for a total of 558 rows. It is intended to heighten awareness of valuable sea duck habitats, aid in prioritizing habitat conservation and protection efforts, and help in evaluating environmental assessments. Criteria for inclusion in this atlas were strict, relative to criteria used for other bird habitat designations, to highlight those habitats most critical to sea ducks during at least one season. To be included in this atlas, sites had to meet the following minimum criteria: (1a) The area supports at least 5% of the continental population of a sea duck species, or (1b) The area supports, or has recently supported, a total of 20,000 sea ducks (any species) during any season, and (2) The density of sea ducks within the area is at least 10 birds per square kilometer. It is important to note that abundance was estimated or calculated using a variety of methods and sources. Each site description includes an explanation of how abundance estimates were treated, whether indices were adjusted by estimates of detection, and how they should be interpreted. Due to the paucity of survey-based abundance estimates for sea ducks in many areas and in various seasons, expert opinion was often used as a basis for abundance estimates. Key habitat site descriptions include a synopsis of sea duck abundance and temporal importance of the site to sea ducks, as well as sensitivities or potential conflicts that may impact sea ducks or their habitats.Full metadata and data asset available on USGS ScienceBase:https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/646ea436d34e4e58932cf63ahttps://doi.org/10.7944/P9KHRJKWPoint of Contact: Kate Martin (kate_martin@fws.gov)Curator: Tammy Patterson (tamatha_patterson@fws.gov)

Creator:

Department of the Interior

Provider:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open Data

Resource Class:

Datasets and Web services

Resource Type:

Vector data

Temporal Coverage:

Last modified 2023-10-27

Date Issued:

2023-10-27

Place:

United States

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Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Language:

English

Date Added:

2023-10-31