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Baltic seabirds transect surveys

Citation

Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University Baltic Seabirds Transect Surveys. In: OBIS-SEAMAP . OBIS-SEAMAP, http://seamap.env.duke.edu/, 2006-07-14 13:58:45-04, vector digital data. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/1971

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Archived data

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Description

Metadata information available at seamap.env.duke.edu/prod/services/datasets/show_xml_metadata.php?datasetid=358 more

The main purpose of our work was to investigate spatial structure and dynamics of the offshore seabird populations and to assess their status in specific conditions of the Baltic Sea marine ecosystem. The main tasks of our work were the following:

Study species composition, abundance and spatial distribution of seabird populations in different seasons of the year, distinguish dominating species and the most important seabird concentration areas in the eastern Baltic;
Study community structure of inter-specific assemblages and ecological adaptations of wintering seabird populations;
Study the processes of spatial dynamics and trends of spatial structure in regional seabird populations within the gradient of winter climatic conditions;
Study offshore migratory routes and temporary concentration areas of seabirds in the Baltic Proper.

Lineage

Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Birds

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal · ANE, Baltic · ANE, Baltic, Riga Gulf · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Marine birds · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · Baltic Sea · Gulf of Riga

Geographical coverage

Baltic Sea [Marine Regions]

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 17,6853; MinLat: 54,8318 - MaxLong: 24,3637; MaxLat: 58,8833 [WGS84]

Gulf of Riga [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

1992 - 1999

18 October 1992 - 8 March 1999 (EurOBIS harvested data)

Parameter

Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data)

Contributor

Nature Research Centre; Institute of Ecology (EKOI), more, data owner