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
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
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| maximumDepthInMeters | 1,320 |
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| minimumDepthInMeters | 1,320 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 1,320 |
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| ON_LAND | 15 |
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