Dataset

NPPSD Short-tailed Albatross Sightings

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: USGS Alaska Science Center & U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Dataset credits: North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database Abstract: This database was prepared by Jenny Wetzel and John Piatt at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Alaska Science Center for Greg Balogh, United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Endangered Species Office, Anchorage, as part of a collaborative USGS/FWS project to compile data on seabirds at sea. The North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD) is a work in progress (contact Gary Drew for information on the NPPSD). Updates to this database can be found on the NPPSD web site. For more information/updated versions of this database, please contact the primary contacts (John Piatt, Greg Balogh, or Gary Drew).

Citation: Hyrenbach, D., J. Piatt, G. Balogh and G. Drew. 2013. NPPSD Short-tailed Albatross Sightings. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/d53ed92c.

Published: October 09, 2025 at 14:50

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_311

Greg Balogh
USFWS Endangered Species Unit

Gary Drew
USGS Alaska Science Center - Biological Science Office

David Hyrenbach
Duke University Marine Laboratory

John Piatt
John Piatt

1,320
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 1,320
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 1,320
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 1,320
100.0%
ON_LAND 15
1.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data