Birds from the Northern California Current observed from the R/V New Horizon during NH0005 and NH0007 in the Northeast Pacific in 2000 (NEP project)

<p><strong>GLOBEC NEP Northern California Current Bird Data<br />
R/V New Horizon cruises NH0005 and 0007</strong></p>

<p><strong>NOTES:</strong><br />
(1) Please see companion file named <a href=\"http://globec.whoi.edu/jg/serv/globec/nep/metabirds.html0%7Bdir=globec.whoi.edu/jg/dir/globec/nep/,info=globec.whoi.edu/jg/info/globec/nep/metabirds%7D\" target=\"_blank\">'metabirds'</a>, which is supporting data for Bird Observations.<br />
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(2) The following documentation is extracted from:<br />
David G. Ainley, Larry B. Spear, Cynthia T. Tynan, John A. Barth, Stephen D. Pierce, R. Glenn Ford and Timothy J. Cowles, 2005. Physical and biological variables affecting seabird distributions during the upwelling season of the northern California Current. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Volume 52, Issues 1-2, January 2005, Pages 123-143<br />
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As a part of the GLOBEC-Northeast Pacific project, we investigated variation in the abundance of marine birds in the context of biological and physical habitat conditions in the northern portion of the California Current System (CCS) during cruises during the upwelling season 2000. Continuous surveys of seabirds were conducted simultaneously in June (onset of upwelling) and August (mature phase of upwelling).<br />
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(3) Caution. Wind speed and direction may not be corrected for ship motion.<br />
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(4) Additional documentation, in the form of references, was provided by Dr. Ainley.<br />
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L.B. Spear, N. Nur &amp; D.G. Ainley. 1992. Estimating absolute densities of flying seabirds using analyses of relative movement. Auk 109:385-389.<br />
L.B. Spear &amp; D.G. Ainley. 1997. Flight behaviour of seabirds in relation to wind direction and wing morphology. Ibis 139: 221-233.<br />
L.B. Spear &amp; D.G. Ainley. 1997. Flight speed of seabirds in relation to wind speed and direction. Ibis 139: 234-251.<br />
L.B. Spear, D.G. Ainley, B.D. Hardesty, S.N.G. Howell &amp; S.G. Webb. 2004. Reducing biases affecting at-sea surveys of seabirds: use of multiple observer teams. Marine Ornithology 32: 147-157.</p>

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<table border=\"1\">
<caption><strong>Species Codes</strong></caption>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Code</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AKCA</td>
<td>Cassin's Auklet</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AKPA</td>
<td>Parakeet Auklet</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AKRH</td>
<td>Rhinoceros Auklet</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ALBF</td>
<td>Black-footed Albatross</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ALLA</td>
<td>Laysan Albatross</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>COBR</td>
<td>Brandt's Cormorant</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>COPE</td>
<td>Pelagic Cormorant</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>FUNO</td>
<td>Northern Fulmar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GUCA</td>
<td>California Gull</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GUGW</td>
<td>Glaucous-winged Gull</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GUHR</td>
<td>Heermann's Gull</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GUPI</td>
<td>Pigeon Guillemot</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GURB</td>
<td>Ring-bill Gull</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GUSA</td>
<td>Sabine's Gull</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GUWE</td>
<td>Western Gull</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>JALT</td>
<td>Long-tailed Jaeger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>JAPA</td>
<td>Parasitic Jaeger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>JAPO</td>
<td>Pomarine Jaeger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>LOAR</td>
<td>Pacific Loon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>LOCO</td>
<td>Common Loon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MUCO</td>
<td>Common Murre</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MUMA</td>
<td>Marbled Murrelet</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MUXA</td>
<td>Xantus' Murrelet</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PELB</td>
<td>Brown Pelican</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PHNO</td>
<td>Red-necked Phalarope</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PHRE</td>
<td>Red Phalarope</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SHFF</td>
<td>Flesh-footed Shearwater</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SHPF</td>
<td>Pink-footed Shearwater</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SHSO</td>
<td>Sooty Shearwater</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SKMA</td>
<td>South Polar Skua</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>STFT</td>
<td>Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>STLE</td>
<td>Leach's Storm-Petrel</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TEAR</td>
<td>Arctic Tern</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

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<table border=\"1\">
<caption><strong>Behavior Codes</strong></caption>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Code</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Flying directionally</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Sitting on water</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Feeding</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<p>Any questions about the data, please contact the PIs:<br />
David G. Ainley: <a href=\"mailto:[e-mail]\">[e-mail]</a><br />
Cyndy Tynan: <a href=\"mailto:[e-mail]\">[e-mail]</a></p>

<p><em>updated Sept 08. 2005; gfh</em></p>