Bird capture, health, and telemetry data collected along Gulf of Mexico shorelines and Atlantic coast reference sites gathered from June 2010 through September 2013

This report contains bird capture, health, and telemetry data, and provides additional context for the posted dataset, including information about the collection, analysis, and organization of the data. Characteristics of this dataset include the following: 1) This dataset focuses on bird capture, health, and telemetry data, which were collected under three studies as part of the NRDA process. 2) This dataset combines results from three NRDA studies conducted cooperatively with the Trustees. 3) Before posting, extensive work was done independently by BP contractors to verify some aspects of the posted data (e.g., positional coordinates and field data). The focus of this data posting is bird capture, health, and telemetry data initially collected along Gulf of Mexico shorelines and Atlantic coast reference sites. Data from over 900 birds were gathered from June 2010 through September 2013 and are included in this publication. These observations were collected during three studies conducted as part of the NRDA investigations agreed to and executed cooperatively by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), other Trustees, and BP. This dataset includes data associated with: a) Capture and health observations including date, location, species, behavior, condition, and telemetry identification information. b) Telemetry observations including date and location of relocations, and, for birds that died during the study, recovery information. Sampling variations may exist across observers, methods, locations, and times.本报告涵盖鸟类捕获、健康状况与遥测数据，并为已发布的数据集提供补充背景信息，涵盖数据的采集、分析与组织方式。本数据集的特征如下：1）本数据集聚焦于鸟类捕获、健康状况及遥测数据，此类数据作为自然资源损害评估（NRDA）流程的一部分，依托三项研究采集获得；2）本数据集整合了三项与托管方合作开展的NRDA研究的成果；3）在本数据集发布前，英国石油公司（BP）的承包商已独立开展大量工作，对发布数据的部分内容（如位置坐标与野外采集数据）进行了验证。本次数据发布的核心为最初沿墨西哥湾海岸线及大西洋沿岸参照站点采集的鸟类捕获、健康状况与遥测数据。研究团队于2010年6月至2013年9月间累计采集了超过900只鸟类的相关数据，并将其纳入本出版物。上述观测数据源自三项研究，这些研究作为美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS）、其他托管方及英国石油公司（BP）共同商定并实施的NRDA调查的一部分开展。本数据集包含以下关联数据：a）捕获与健康观测数据，涵盖日期、地点、物种、行为、身体状况及遥测标识信息；b）遥测观测数据，包括重定位的日期与位置，以及研究期间死亡鸟类的回收信息。不同观测者、采集方法、采样地点与时间之间可能存在采样差异。