Seabird Diving, Stress and Stable Isotopes, Pribilof and Bogoslof Islands, Patch Dynamics (B67 and B77)

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Alexander Kitaysky, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Publication_Date: Unpublished material

Title:

Seabird Diving, Stress and Stable Isotopes, Pribilof and Bogoslof Islands, Patch Dynamics (B67 and B77)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset contains information on stable isotope signatures (for estimates of seabird diets) and levels of corticosterone in seabird plasma (as a measure of nutritional stress). Additional information includes morphological measurements taken for birds sampled in this study are concurrently submitted by Vernon Byrd; inforamtion for individual birds presented here (and reported by Vernon Byrd) can be linked using USFWS band number (unique for each individual)
NOTE: for use of this dataset contact PI for detailed information

Purpose:

This data set has been developed to test the following objectives: Objective 1 Examine the effects of inter-annual climate variability on variations in nutritional stress of seabirds breeding in the ocean basin and continental shelf regions of the Bering Sea Objective 2 Examine the relationships between foraging (diving behavior), stress status, and diet composition Objective 3 Examine the relationships between foraging, stress, and diets to population processes

Supplemental_Information: Microsoft Excel 2003

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2008

Ending_Date: 2009

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

geographic coverage - major seabird colonies in the Aleutian Islands and eastern Bering Sea

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 164.25

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 175.56

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 64.04

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 52.10

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Ecosystem components

Theme_Keyword: Seabirds

Theme_Keyword: Fish Habitat

Theme_Keyword: Ecosystem Studies

Theme_Keyword: Indicators

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: corticosterone

Theme_Keyword: stable isotopes

Theme_Keyword: diet

Theme_Keyword: stress

Theme_Keyword: climate change

Theme_Keyword: seabird

Theme_Keyword: food web

Theme_Keyword: foraging

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NPRB Research Priorities

Theme_Keyword: Seabirds

Theme_Keyword: Endangered and stressed species

Theme_Keyword: Marine Ecosystem structure and processes

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: IOOS Core Variables

Theme_Keyword: Version 1

Theme_Keyword: Biology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: project_number:B67

Theme_Keyword: data_url:<http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/dss/id=245.B67-005>

Theme_Keyword: archive_url:<http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/bsierp>

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: LME

Place_Keyword: Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Bering Sea

Place_Keyword: Pribilof Islands

Place_Keyword: Aleutian Islands

Access_Constraints:

Access is restricted. (1) Access to these data is restricted during 2 years since publication of a final report; and no restriction for accessing this dataset thereafter (2) Data policy: <http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/best/program_management_plan.pdf>

Use_Constraints:

Use is restricted. (1) Must contact originator in writing and cite if used in publications, reports, presentations, etc. (2) Data policy: <http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/best/program_management_plan.pdf>

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Data format is in Microsoft Excel 2003

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

These data have been obtained by using various analytical techniques. For detailed information on instrument errors, calibration coefficients, calculations, etc.. see description in the corresponding Methods sections of NPRB Projects B67 and B77 BSIERP, final reports.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Although all individual values have been checked for consitency and verified for accuracy by hand, addition checkings of errors will be conducted before producing a final data set

Completeness_Report:

This data set represents complete information on measured parameters

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Updated metadata record to link it to the Alaska Marine Information System. Original filename: Metafile for annual reports NPRB BSIERP Projects B67 & B77 05.12.00 - Kitaysky UAF_20090519.xml New filename: B67_Kitaysky.xml

Process_Date: 20091022

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: 52.10 - 64.04 N 164.25 W - 175.56 E

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.01

Longitude_Resolution: 0.01

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal minutes

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: World Geodetic System of 1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.25722210088

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Stress and Isotope data

Entity_Type_Definition:

This dataset contains information on levels of corticosterone (stress hormone) in seabird plasma (as a measure of nutritional stress). Additional information includes morphological measurements taken for birds sampled in this study

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Alexander Kitaysky, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Year

Attribute_Definition: year of capture

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Integer

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Species

Attribute_Definition: species captured

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: BLKI

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)>

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TBMU

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Bird #

Attribute_Definition: colony-year- specific bird ID

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Colony

Attribute_Definition: name of the colony where the bird was captured

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Age (A=adult; C=chick)

Attribute_Definition: whether the captured bird was an adult or chick ("A, C")

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: A

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: adult

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date 1 (capture)

Attribute_Definition: date of year bird was captured and sampled

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2008-07-04 00-00-00

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2008-08-28 00-00-00

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Time

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Date/Time

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CORT 1 (ng/ml) at capture

Attribute_Definition:

baseline (refers to samples collected within three minutes after capture) concetration of corticosterone in plasma of the captured bird (titers in ng per ml of plasma); baseline CORT 1 refers to corticosterone titers at first capture

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.16

Range_Domain_Maximum: 36.31

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: ng/ml

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Real

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date 2 (re-capture)

Attribute_Definition: date of year bird was re-captured and re-sampled

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2008-07-04 00-00-00

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2008-08-28 00-00-00

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Time

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Date/Time

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CORT 2 (ng/ml) at re-capture

Attribute_Definition:

baseline (refers to samples collected within three minutes after capture) concetration of corticosterone in plasma of the captured bird (titers in ng per ml of plasma); baseline CORT 2 refers to corticosterone titers at re-capture

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.16

Range_Domain_Maximum: 36.31

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: ng/ml

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Real

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: d15N(0/00)

Attribute_Definition:

Nitrogen-15 stable isotope ratio in red-blood cells of the captured bird (conc in parts per thousand)

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 11.547

Range_Domain_Maximum: 15.582

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: parts per thousand

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Real

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: d13C(0/00)

Attribute_Definition:

Carbon-13 stable isotope ratio in red-blood cells of the captured bird (conc in parts per thousand)

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -20.388

Range_Domain_Maximum: -18.198

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: parts per thousand

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Real

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Band Prefix / Band Number

Attribute_Definition:

Unique Numerical code (prefix-number) of a standard USFWS metal leg band

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 714-10456

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1186-04128

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: number

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Real

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Bird species codes

Entity_Type_Definition: Bird species codes

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Alexander Kitaysky, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 4-letter species code

Attribute_Definition: refer to entity

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Scientific common name

Attribute_Definition: refer to entity

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Scientific Latin name

Attribute_Definition: refer to entity

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Coordinates for the colonies

Entity_Type_Definition: lattitude and longitude for each colony

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Alexander Kitaysky, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Coll Location

Attribute_Definition: geographical name

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lat Degrees

Attribute_Definition: latitude degrees

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 52

Range_Domain_Maximum: 64

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degree

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Real

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lat Minutes

Attribute_Definition: latitude minutes

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 4

Range_Domain_Maximum: 56

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: minute

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Real

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lon Degrees

Attribute_Definition: longitude degrees

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 164

Range_Domain_Maximum: 175

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degree

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Real

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lon Minutes

Attribute_Definition: longitude minutes

Attribute_Definition_Source: See entity type definition source

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2

Range_Domain_Maximum: 56

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: minute

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Real

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: BSIERP 0809 COMU & TBMU Diving Records

Entity_Type_Definition:

A dive-by-dive record of temperature-depth recorder dives for thick-billed murres on St. Paul and St. George (the Pribilofs) in 2008 and 2009 and for common and thick-billed murres on Bogoslof Island in 2009

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer Defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ColYr

Attribute_Definition:

A four-digit code indicating colony (island) and year of the dive

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SG08

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: St. George 2008

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SG09

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: St. George 2009

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SP08

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: St. Paul 2008

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SP09

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: St. Paul 2009

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bog09

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bogoslof 2009

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Year

Attribute_Definition: Year of diving

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2008

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2009

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Year

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Island

Attribute_Definition: Island on which the bird was captured & sampled

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: St. George Island

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: St. George Island in the Pribilofs

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: St. Paul Island

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bogoslof Island

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bogoslof Island in the Aleutians

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Species

Attribute_Definition: Common or thick-billed murre species codes

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: COMU

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: common murre

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TBMU

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: thick-billed murre

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BirdID

Attribute_Definition: A colony-year specific number indicating that specific bird

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: a two- or three-digit integer

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UniBird

Attribute_Definition: A unique number identifying this bird in this dataset

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 111

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Dive_bird

Attribute_Definition: A unique sequential number for each dive within the bird.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2736

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UniDive

Attribute_Definition: A unique number for each dive in the dataset

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 56818

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Dive_bout

Attribute_Definition: A number identifying each dive within each bout.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 560

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Bout

Attribute_Definition: Number identifying which bout this is within a bird’s bouts.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 104

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UniBout

Attribute_Definition: A unique number for this diving bout within the dataset

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 3829

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TripID

Attribute_Definition: A number or letter identifying each trip within each bird

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 26

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integers

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: "a"

Range_Domain_Maximum: "c"

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: letter

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UniTrip

Attribute_Definition: A unique number for each trip within the dataset

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 501

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DiveSTART

Attribute_Definition: A date and timestamp that the dive began.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 7/26/2008 21:18

Range_Domain_Maximum: 8/22/2009 11:42

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: date-time

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DiveEND

Attribute_Definition: A date and timestamp that the dive ended

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 7/26/2008 21:20

Range_Domain_Maximum: 8/22/2009 11:44

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: date-time

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DiveDur

Attribute_Definition: Duration of the dive, in seconds

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 284

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: seconds

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Pdivesurface

Attribute_Definition: Post-dive surface time, in seconds

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 179459

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: seconds

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Time.maxdepth

Attribute_Definition:

A date and timestamp of when the bird reached its maximum diving depth

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 7/26/2008 21:18

Range_Domain_Maximum: 8/22/2009 11:43

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: date-time

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MaxDepth

Attribute_Definition: Depth, in meters, of the deepest part of the dive

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 125.97

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: numeric

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ZZDur

Attribute_Definition:

Duration of the zig-zag time, which is the bottom of the dive, the deepest portion, in seconds

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 274

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: seconds

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SST

Attribute_Definition:

Sea-surface temperature associated with the time right after the dive bout ends (not dive-specific, bout-specific), in degrees Celsius

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.41

Range_Domain_Maximum: 13.4453

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Degrees Celsius

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DiveEfficiency

Attribute_Definition:

Dive efficiency: the duration of the zig-zag divided by the dive duration plus the post-dive surface time. This is not calculated for the dives at the end of a bout, as the post-dive surface times are too long for that.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.958

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: ratio

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Contact_Person: Earth Observing Laboratory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 3450 Mitchell Lane

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80301

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-497-8154

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: codiac@ucar.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: stott@ucar.edu

Distribution_Liability:

No warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with the data. The NCAR and NPRB shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: XLS

File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://beringsea.eol.ucar.edu>

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII

File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://beringsea.eol.ucar.edu>

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20090519

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Contact_Person: Earth Observing Laboratory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 3450 Mitchell Lane

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80301

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-497-8154

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: codiac@ucar.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: stott@ucar.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name:

FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999