cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k95womo
title: Relationships among climate variability, ocean productivity and demography of Aleutian Island, Alaska populations of three planktivorous seabirds, 1990-2008, Jones, I.

description: Due to their low trophic position, planktivorous seabirds’ demography is expected to vary with ocean climate, but causal mechanisms are
 poorly understood. Survival and productivity of least (Aethia pusilla), crested (A. cristatella), and whiskered auklets (A. pygmaea) were
 measured across a 586 km span of the Aleutians at Buldir, Kiska and Kasatochi Islands, Alaska during 1990-2008. Survival was inferred from
 resightings of least (n = 1258, 38623 resighting events) and crested auklets (n = 1008, 26821 resightings) and recaptures of whiskered auklets
 (n = 715, 1557 recaptures). Productivity was quantified from hatching and fledging success at least (3791), crested (2810), and whiskered
 auklet (1132) breeding crevices. Geospatial analysis indicated least auklet survival had positive correlations with Bering Sea spring sea
 level pressure (SLP), while crested auklet survival correlated positively with wintertime SLP and sea surface temperature (SST) of the
 northwestern Pacific, with survival correlating intra-specifically between Buldir and Kasatochi islands, and no inter-specific correlation.
 Whiskered auklet survival showed no correlation with SLP or SST. Productivity varied with island, species, a negative relationship with the
 Aleutian Low Pressure Index, a positive correlation with preceding winter SST in the western North Pacific, and negative correlations with SST
 in the Gulf of Alaska and spring SLP. Demographic patterns at Kiska appeared different from other islands, possibly due to activity of an
 introduced predator. Our data indicated that Aleutian auklet demography was correlated with ocean climate, with local factors and ecological
 differences among species also important in determining variation over nearly two decades.
 These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k9mriuy
title: Genetic data from western Alaska sockeye salmon, 1999-2002, NPRB Project R0205, Wilmot, R. L. and Seeb, J. E.

description: <br>These data are part of a study detailed in Habicht et al. (2005; North Pacific Research Board Final Report 205;\\
 http://doc.nprb.org/web/02_prjs/r0205_final.pdf).
 <br>This project funded the collection of additional baseline data on key western Alaska sockeye salmon stocks currently
 missing from the genetic baseline. Forty-nine allozyme and 13 microsatellie loci were isolated for each stock, completing a
 65-stock genetic baseline extending from Norton Sound in the north to the Aleutian Islands in the south. Data for this project
 were collected in 1999-2002.
 These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k9yed7r
title: Integration of marine bird and mammal observations with the Pacific continuous plankton recorder, 2002-2006, Sydeman, W.J. and Hyrenbach, K.D.

description: This dataset augments and enhances the existing PICES Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) program by providing observation data 
 of marine birds and mammals along a 7,500 km east-west CPR transect. Data were collected aboard a platform of opportunity (M/V Skaubryn). 
 Due to the large size of the M/V Skaubryn, modifications were made to the standardized marine bird survey techniques (Tasker et al. 1984,
 Buckland et al. 1993). Species-specific detection and identification curves revealed that the optimal strip-width for this vessel was 400m 
 (Hyrenbach et al., submitted). Marine mammals were recorded using line transect techniques; sightings from the centerline to the horizon were
 recorded, and the radial distance and the angle from the track were estimated (Heinemann 1981, Buckland et al. 1993). Data is provided as a 
 Microsoft Access database and spans years 2002 - 2006. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.s7snjd
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 173029 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "BasisOfRecord is Specimen",
 "Country is Honduras",
 "TaxonKey is Animalia"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 173029 records from 465 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0006837-250920141307145/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k9ydute
title: Winter Movements, Foraging Behavior and Habitat-Associations of Northern Fur Seal Pups on the Commander Islands 2007-2008, NPRB Project 0513, Andrews, R., Davis, R.

description: These data are filtered locations, stomach temperature records and histograms of dive durations and dive depths of northern fur seal pups tagged on the Commander Islands, Russia.
 A total of 35 northern fur seal pups were tagged with Mk10-AL satellite tags with stomach temperature recorders (Wildlife Computers) in late October 2007. The satellite tags were 
 attached to the mid-backs of each animal with epoxy, and stomach temperature pills were inserted into the stomachs of the animals while under gas anesthesia. The location data was 
 obtained from Service Argos between October 2007 and March 2008 and was filtered using a Douglas filter that removed locations where travel speeds exceed 2 m/s. The dataset is 
 in a spreadsheet (.csv) format. The Mk10 satellite tags were also programmed to obtain histogram data of the number of dives in different dive depth and dive duration bins within 
 6-hour time intervals. These data are also in spreadsheet format. The stomach temperature data are in csv format, but are separated into the respective months when data was collected. 
 These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k9xe4y7
title: Pelagic Seabird surveys in the Bering Sea, 1983 to 2004, Hunt et al.

description: This dataset consists of ship-based pelagic seabird (and marine mammal) surveys collected for various purposes by George L. Hunt, Jr. and co-workers. Surveys 
 in this data-set cover the years 1983 to 2004 and range from the northern Bering Sea (St. Matthews and St. Lawrence Islands) to the Pribilofs, inner shelf and Aleutian
 Archipelago. Seabirds (sitting and flying) and marine mammals were continously recorded in a 300 m transect to one side of the vessel. Surveys do not represent a random 
 sample but were designed to study specific features or processes. Start and end-positions (sometimes more) were manually entered for each transect. Data-entry software 
 added timestamps to each record. Positions for each observation were later interpolated from the timestamps. To calculate densities (seabirds per square km), surveys were 
 binned into 3 km (or shorter) section. The data is presented in form of two tables (comma-separated text files) formated for direct import into the North Pacific Pelagic 
 Seabird Database (NPPSD), maintained by USGS, Alaska Science Center. One table contains the positions and other data for each bin, the other table the sum of each species 
 encountered, separated by flying and swimming. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k940coi
title: COASST Alaska Beached Bird Data, May 2006-Aug 2007, Parrish, JK

description: COASST Alaska Beached Bird Data include beached bird data from the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST).
 COASST is a citizen science program in coastal Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California that trains people living in coastal communities
 to gather highly rigorous and independently verifiable data on beach-cast birds, human use of beaches, and beach oiling. Started in 1998,
 COASST now supports more than 400 volunteers monitoring over 250 coastal sites. In this pilot project, COASST was extended to six communities
 in Alaska (St. Paul, St. George, Cold Bay, Seward, Homer, Sitka), with the goals of determining whether COASST – and rigorous citizen science
 – could be maintained in Alaskan communities, whether data could be collected year round, and what the initial patterns in the data were as
 compared to other data sources. Between May 2006 and August 2007, COASST conducted 15 training sessions, established relationships with 14
 partner organizations, and recruited 55 participants to survey 29 year-round and 22 seasonal beaches. Over this time, 507 surveys were conducted,
 including data on 269 beached birds.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k99ecpu
title: Comparison of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in muscle and epidermis of subsistence-harvested bowhead, beluga and gray whales, Dehn, L.-A.

description: Whale samples (muscle and epidermis) were obtained during Native subsistence harvests in the Alaskan and Russian Arctic. 
 Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) tissues were collected between 1997 and 2006 during either spring or fall migration in the 
 communities of Barrow, Kaktovik, and Savoonga, Alaska. Further, the North Slope Borough, Department of Wildlife Management in 
 Barrow, Alaska made a sample of ancient bowhead whale skin available to this study. The sample was obtained from an ancient 
 ice-cellar in Gambell, Alaska in 2005. Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) tissues were sampled from 1996 to 1999 in the communities
 of Point Lay, Wainwright, Point Hope, Barrow and Kaktovik. Samples of subsistence-harvested gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) 
 were collected in 2001 in Lorino and Lavrentiya, Chukotka, Russia. Samples were also obtained from gray whales stranded along the 
 California coast during an unusual mortality event in 1999 and 2000. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k9yzqc0
title: Northern Fur Seal foraging, 2005-2006, Trites

description: This data set contains Telemetry data for northern fur seals in the summers of 2005 and 2006. We tagged lactating females
 with Drisen and Kern "Dead Reckoner" tags and Satellite PPT tags. The DeadReckoner tags recoreded Date, Time, Temperature, Depth
 (Pressure 1), Speed (Pressure 2), Light, Pitch (Voltage 1), Roll (Voltage 2), Earths Magnetic Field in 3 Dimensions and an unused
 "Hex" channel. The Satellite PPT tags recorded the approximate position of the animal using the ARGOS network. Three females were
 tagged in 2005 and 13 in 2006. This data locations cover much of the South Eastern Bering sea surronding the Pribilof Islands out
 to a radius of up to 400 km away from St. Paul Island. One of the deployments in 2005 and 8 of the Deployments in 2006 had Dead
 Reckoner tag malfunction errors that were significant enough to render the data unuseable. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k993egh
title: Response and Intervention System for Climate Change Induced Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) in Aleut Communities

description: Specimens were collected and analyzed from 21 communities extending the length of the Aleutian Islands where little
 baseline data is available on the prevalence of PSP toxin. Samples were collected between April 22, 2006 and December 17, 2007.
 Low levels of paralytic shellfish toxin were found. The field tests were confirmed by the Jellett Biotek laboratory, the Alaska
 Department of Environmental Conservation, and NOAA Marine Biotoxins Program. Comparative analysis showed JRT as an efficient
 method for rapid screening in order to eliminate shellfish containing low levels of toxin but this technique had a high
 percentage of false positives.
 Two communities, Sand Point in Alaska and Nikolskoye in Russia, participated in a traditional knowledge survey. The data were
 analyzed by sociologists from Westat Inc., Rockville, MD. The current understanding by the communities of safe practices of
 shellfish harvesting does not provide them with the means to determine the presence or absence of toxin.
 Employing chemical analyses and sociological surveys, the project established a baseline for PSP occurrence and harvesting
 practices that led to recommendations for setting up PSP monitoring by the communities. This is the first time such baseline
 study has been accomplished in the Aleut region in Alaska and on Bering Island in Russia. The findings of this project support
 the need for long-term monitoring for PSP in the region.
 These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k9ery1a
title: Biophysical Observations Aboard Alaska Marine Highway System Ferries dataset (NPRB Project 707); Gulf of Alaska; September 2004-November 2008; Cokelet, Mordy and Pegau

description: The current dataset consists of two NetCDF files: one with the nitrate measurements on a time axis with 600-s timesteps, and the second with the
 remaining measurements on a time axis with 10-s timesteps. Specifically it holds following measurements:
 (1) temperature and salinity – basic physical variables,
 (2) nitrate - an essential phytoplankton nutrient,
 (3) chlorophyll fluorescence – an indicator of phytoplanktonconcentration,
 (4) colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) fluorescence – an indicator of terrestrial runoff, and
 (5) optical beam transmittance – an indicator of suspended sediment.
 These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k91ckvz
title: Life history and population dynamics of four endemic Alaskan skates: determining essential biological information for effective management of bycatch and target species

description: In the Bering Sea, skates (Bathyraja spp.) are among the most common bycatch species taken in groundfish fisheries.
 The susceptibility of skates to fishing pressure has been well documented, however, life history information required for
 stock assessments and implementation of sustainable management plans is largely unknown for species occurring in Alaskan waters.
 To address this knowledge gap, the age, growth, longevity, reproductive biology, and demography of four common bathyrajid species
 (Bathyraja lindbergi, B. maculata, B. minispinosa, and B. taranetzi) were examined. The maximum age estimate for B. lindbergi and
 B. maculata was 32, B. minispinosa was 37, and B. taranetzi was 14. Multiple growth models were applied to evaluate growth
 characteristics. No significant differences were detected between the growth of females and males for B. lindbergi, B. maculata,
 or B. minispinosa. Three parameter von Bertalanffy growth functions generated estimates of k = 0.04 yr-1 L∞ = 131.9 cm TL for
 B. lindbergi, k = 0.036 yr-1 L∞ = 155.6 cm TL for B. maculata, k = 0.02 yr-1 L∞ = 146.9 cm TL for B. minispinosa, and k = 0.11
 yr-1 L∞ = 85.4 and k = 0.19 yr-1 L∞ = 66.4 cm TL for B. taranetzi females and males respectively. Median size at maturity was
 estimated to be 82.0, 95.5, 67.4, and 61.4 cm TL for female B. lindbergi, B. maculata, B. minispinosa, and B. taranetzi, respectively.
 Demographic models incorporating uncertainty in vital rates projected annual population growth rates of 11% for B. lindbergi, 8% for
 B. maculata, 10% for B. minispinosa, and 12% for B. taranetzi. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k9c13yn
title: Location-only satellite telemetry data for North Pacific Right Whales

description: This dataset contains ARGOS location data (latitude and longitude in decimal format) and associated time (date and time)
 and location quality (as defined by Argos System, www.argos-system.org) information. Data were collected using Wildlife Computers
 PTT-only SPOT 5 satellite transmitters and PTT identification is also provided with the data. Satellite transmitters were deployed
 on North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) in the eastern Bering Sea. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k9l0pwv
title: Fatty acid data for captive eiders and their prey at the Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska, NPRB Project 0724, Sep 2007 - Jan 2008

description: These data are part of a study detailed in Wang et al. (2009) NPRB Final Report 724.
 Between September 19, 2007 and January 16, 2008 we performed a feeding study with 8 adult male spectacled eiders
 (Somateria fischeri) and 8 adult male Steller's eiders (Polysticta stelleri) housed at the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) 
 in Seward, Alaska, USA to validate quantitative fatty acid (FA) signature analysis (QFASA) to estimate the diets of eiders.
 We collected adipose tissue biopsies from the eiders and prey samples to analyze for FAs. Sixty-nine days before the first 
 biopsy, the diet composition of the eiders consisted of approximately 88% Mazuri and 12% treats of krill, clams, silversides 
 and mussels which were standardized and rotated on a regular basis. On Day 0, all spectacled eiders were switched to a diet 
 of 56% krill and 44% Mazuri, and all Steller's eiders were switched to a diet of 66% krill and 34% Mazuri for 21 days. After
 which all spectacled eiders were switched to a diet of 52% silverside and 48% Mazuri, and all Steller's eiders were switched 
 to a diet of 66% silverside and 34% Mazuri for 29 days. Biopsies were taken on Day 0, 21, and 50. Data presented are the raw 
 FA data for individual spectacled and Steller's eiders and prey analyzed in this study. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.
DOI: 10.24431/ax1k9w5az6
title: Red King Crab Fisheries Rationalization Survey, Bering Sea and Aleutian Island Management Areas, 2009-2010, Macinko, S.

description: Crew who fished in the Bering Sea red king crab fishery in 2004—the year prior to the introduction of a catch shares program
 known as “crab rationalization”—were identified through a snowball sampling procedure. Locating crew from randomly selected vessels
 was more difficult than anticipated and as a result, random and non-randomly selected individuals were pooled together. Interviews
 were conducted with 32 individuals who had fished in the Bering Sea red king crab fishery. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.