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Sensitivity of Coastal Environments and Wildlife to Spilled Oil: Northwest Arctic, Alaska: BIRDS (Bird Polygons)
NW_Artic_BIRDS
2002-08
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NOAA/NMFS/EDM
40451
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40451
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Prepared by Research Planning, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division, Seattle, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska; Oil Spill Recovery Institute, Cordova, Alaska; Bering Straits Coastal Resources Service Area, Unalakleet, Alaska; Northwest Arctic Borough, Kotzebue, Alaska; Cominco Mining Company, Red Dog, Alaska; Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska CHADUX Oil Spill Cooperative, Anchorage, Alaska; NANA Regional Corporation, Kotzebue, Alaska; Alaskan Civil Air Patrol, Kotzebue, Alaska; and National Marine Fisheries Service, Juneau, Alaska.
This data set contains sensitive biological resource data for wading birds, shorebirds, waterfowl, raptors, diving birds, pelagic birds, and gulls/terns in Northwest Arctic, Alaska. Vector polygons in this data set represent locations of bird nesting, migratory staging, molting, and wintering sites. Species-specific abundance, seasonality, status, life history, and source information are stored in relational data tables (described below) designed to be used in conjunction with this spatial data layer. See also the NESTS (Nest Points) data layer, part of the larger Northwest Arctic database, for additional bird information.This data set comprises a portion of the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) data for Northwest Arctic, Alaska. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources.
The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources.
This project was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division, Seattle, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska; Oil Spill Recovery Institute, Cordova, Alaska; Bering Straits Coastal Resources Service Area, Unalakleet, Alaska; Northwest Arctic Borough, Kotzebue, Alaska; Cominco Mining Company, Red Dog, Alaska; Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska CHADUX Oil Spill Cooperative, Anchorage, Alaska; NANA Regional Corporation, Kotzebue, Alaska; Alaskan Civil Air Patrol, Kotzebue, Alaska; and National Marine Fisheries Service, Juneau, Alaska.
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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Coastal Zone Management
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Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Sensitivity of Coastal Environments and Wildlife to Spilled Oil: Northwest Arctic, Alaska: BIRDS (Bird Polygons) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40451.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Use Constraints: DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES.Besides the above warning, there are no use constraints on these data. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
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Distribution Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery of this product in computer-readable format, and will offer a replacement copy of the product when the product is determined unreadable by computer-input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition.
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
40451
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/40451.pdf
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NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort.
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The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ARC/INFO(r) (version 8.0.2) and ORACLE(r) RDBMS (version 8.0.5.0.0). The hardware configuration is Hewlett Packard workstations (models 715/50 and 712/80i) with UNIX operating system (HP-UX Release A.10.20), and PC's with Windows Operating System (NT4.0/2000).The Spatial_Data_Organization Information section refers only to the source files in the ARC export format. The following files are included in that data set: birds.e00, esi.e00, fish.e00, fishl.e00, habitats.e00, hydro.e00, index.e00, invert.e00, m_mammal.e00, m_mampt.e00, mgt.e00, nests.e00, socecon.e00, t_mammal.e00. Associated relational and desktop data tables provided in Arc export and text format are bio_lut, biofile, biores, breed, breed_dt, seasonal, soc_dat, soc_lut, sources, species, and status.
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| Currentness: The biological data were compiled during 2001-2002. The currentness dates for these data range from 1978 to 2002 and are documented in the Source_Information section.
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2017-08-07
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2017-08-07
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2017-08-07
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2017-08-07
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2017-08-07
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BREED
2017-08-07
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2017-08-07
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STATUS
2017-08-07
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
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http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
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dataset
Accuracy
A multi-stage error checking process is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. The process includes a standardized data entry methodology, hardcopy data review by in-house and external resource experts, a final Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process, and multiple automated logical consistency checks. Quantitative data (such as densities, counts, abundances, or concentrations) provided by resource experts for inclusion in the data set may vary widely in attribute accuracy, depending upon the methodology used to collect and compile such data. For a more detailed evaluation of source data attribute accuracy, contact the sources listed in the Lineage section.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Most of the spatial components of the biological data sets are developed using regional experts who estimate concentration areas. It is difficult to estimate the positional accuracy of such data, except to state that they are compiled on hardcopy basemaps with a scale of 1:250,000. Some of the spatial components of the biological data sets are developed from pre-existing digital sources and reflect the positional accuracy of these original data. See the Lineage and Process_Description sections for more information on the original data source and how these data were integrated or manipulated to create the final data set. Note that biological resource data by their very nature are considered "fuzzy", and this should be understood when considering the positional accuracy of vector digital objects representing these resources.
Completeness Report
These data represent a synthesis of expert knowledge and available hardcopy reports and digital data on bird nesting, migratory staging, molting, and wintering concentration areas. Refer to the NESTS (Nest Points) data layer for additional nesting information. These data do not necessarily represent all bird occurrences in the Northwest Arctic. The following species are included in this data set (Species_ID, Common Name, Scientific Name, if applicable): 3, Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata; 4, Red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena; 11, Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus; 12, Canada goose, Branta canadensis; 13, Brant, Branta bernicla; 14, Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons; 15, Snow goose, Chen caerulescens; 16, Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos; 17, Northern pintail, Anas acuta; 18, Green-winged teal, Anas crecca; 20, Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata; 22, Greater scaup, Aythya marila; 27, Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis; 29, White-winged scoter, Melanitta fusca; 30, Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata; 31, Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica; 33, Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator; 53, Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus; 55, Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus; 61, Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos; 63, Dunlin, Calidris alpina; 65, Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus; 66, Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri; 71, Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola; 73, Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres; 80, Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea; 81, Horned puffin, Fratercula corniculata; 84, Parakeet auklet, Aethia psittacula; 103, Common eider, Somateria mollissima; 156, Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla; 157, Emperor goose, Chen canagica; 158, King eider, Somateria spectabilis; 159, Stellers eider, Polysticta stelleri; 160, Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicaria; 161, Rock sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis; 164, American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica; 165, Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica; 169, American wigeon, Anas americana; 172, Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis; 197, Black scoter, Melanitta nigra; 199, Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus; 273, Geese; 289, Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica; 292, Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata; 302, Scoters, Melanitta spp.; 408, Yellow-billed loon, Gavia adamsii; 413, Bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis; 415, Spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri; 462, Loons, Gavia spp.; 543, Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva; 1003, Waterfowl; 1013, Dabbling ducks; 1014, Diving ducks; 1022, Seabirds.
Conceptual Consistency
A multi-stage error checking process, described in the above Attribute_Accuracy_Report, is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. This process includes multiple automated logical consistency checks that test the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies (such as dangles, unnecessary nodes, etc.), and ORACLE (r) to ARC/INFO(r) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS manager, where the data are written to CD-ROM and the metadata are written.After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to a number of quality and consistency checks. In the process of checking for topological and database consistencies, new ID's and RARNUM's or HUNUM's are also generated. The new ID's are a combination of atlas number, element number, and record number. In addition, the value used to represent the element is modified to reflect the type of feature being mapped. In the case of an element that is normally represented by a point or polygon, a value of 20 is added to the standard element value for mapping of linear features. In the case where an element usually mapped as a polygon is represented by a point, a value of 30 is added to the regular element value. The RARNUM's are also modified to include the atlas number, so multiple atlases can be combined and RARNUM's remain unique. RARNUM's are redefined on an element basis, so "resource at risk" groupings will contain only a single element. HUNUM's are also modified to include the atlas number.
Four main sources of data were used to depict bird distribution and seasonality for this data layer: 1) personal interviews with resource experts from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Park Service (NPS), Kotzebue IRA, and Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G); 2) numerous published and unpublished reports, maps, and survey data; 3) a 1989 book, Birds of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, by B. Kessel; and 4) a 2001 USFWS vector polygon "Spectacled Eider Wintering and Molting Concentration Areas" coverage.Information gathered during initial interviews and from hardcopy sources was compiled onto USGS 1:250,000 topographic quadrangles. The compiled data were digitized off the base maps into an ArcInfo system to create the BIRDS data layer. The 2001 USFWS vector polygon data were then incorporated into this data layer. All ESI, biology, and human-use data were plotted onto hardcopy draft maps. Following the creation of draft maps, a second set of interviews with resource experts was conducted. Participants who were unable to attend the meetings were sent a set of maps for review. Edits to the BIRDS data layer were made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps were created.Concentration information varied, and therefore for some species and locations, descriptive terms such as "very high" or "high" were used, while for others, numerical counts of nests or individuals were used. Concentration ranges, such as "1,000s" or "10,000s", were used in many cases, as exact concentrations vary from year to year. Concentration and seasonality information was provided by resource experts, or was extracted from published sources, reports, and survey data. In some cases, no quantitative abundance data were available.
2002-05-01T00:00:00
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy map | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
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Alaska habitat management guide, arctic region, map atlas. 19 maps.
1986-01-01
publication
Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G).
1986
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy text | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Avian community ecology of the Akulik-Inglutalik River Delta, Norton Bay, Alaska (Vol. 3 Biological Studies. Final Report. 87 pp.)
1978-01-01
publication
Shields, G.F. and L.J. Peyton
1978
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Bird concentration areas
Whiting, A. (Kotzebue IRA)
2002
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Bird concentration areas
Georgette, S. (ADF&G, Kotzebue)
2002
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Bird distribution and seasonality
Harris, R. (NPS, Nome)
2001
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy text | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Birds of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska; 330 pp
1989-01-01
publication
Kessel, B.
1989
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy table | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Coastal waterfowl survey on Selawik Island National Wildlife Refuge
USFWS, Kotzebue
2001
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy map | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Most Environmentally Sensitive Areas (MESA) maps
1997-01-01
publication
Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game (ADF&G).
1997
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Nesting seabird seasonality
Stephenson, S. (USFWS, Anchorage)
2001
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy text | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Profiles of important shorebird sites in Alaska. Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2001-000X.
2001-01-01
publication
Gill, R.E., Jr., T.L. Tibbitts, & C.M. Handel
2001
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Red-throated loon concentration areas
Schmutz, J. (USGS, Anchorage)
2001
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Shorebird nesting and staging areas
Gill, R. (USGS, Anchorage)
2002
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Spectacled eider critical habitat, wintering, and molting concentrations
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program
1993
1999
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Digital table | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Waterfowl breeding population surveys
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1993
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Waterfowl nesting and concentration areas
Larned, W. (USFWS, Soldotna)
2001
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Waterfowl nesting and concentration areas
Dau, C. (USFWS, Anchorage)
2002
Source Contribution: Bird information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Waterfowl seasonality
Moran, T. (USFWS, Kotzebue)
2001