These data sets are prepared by INSROP Project II.4.2
Project supervisor is :
Vidar Bakken
Norwegian Polar Institute
Hjalmar Johansonsgt. 14
N-9005 Tromsø
Norway
Russian contact person on this dataset is :
Maria Gavrilo
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
38 Bering St.
St. Petersburg
199 397 Russia
Three Valued Ecosystem Components were selected for the marine birds;
Seabirds, Marine wildfowl and Waders in feeding and resting areas.
The VEC seabirds consists of species in the orders Gaviiformes,
Procellariiformes and Pelecaniformes, and in the suborders Lari and Alcae in the order
Charadriiformes. The species were data have been collected includes Black-legged
Kittiwake, Ivory Gull and Brünnichs Guillemot.
The VEC Marine wildfowl consists of species in the order Anseriformes and
includes both true marine species as well as species living close to the sea only
parts of the year. The species were data have been collected includes Emperor
Goose, Barnacle Goose, Common Eider, King Eider, Spectacled Eider, Steller's
Eider and Long-tailed Duck.
The VEC Waders in feeding and resting areas include species in the suborder
Charadrii in the order Charadriiformes. The NSR area is inhabited by many wader
species that often have special feeding and resting areas along the NSR, which
they use in connection with migration.
For further documentation see INSROP Working Paper No. 60 - 1996 (Selection of
marine birds valued ecosystem components and description of impact hypotheses
in the NSR), INSROP Working Paper No. 99 - 1998 (Northern Sea Route Dynamic
Environmental Atlas) and INSROP Working Paper No. 123 - 1998 (The Distribution,
Population Status and ecology of Marine Birds selected as Valued Ecosystem
Components in the Northern sea Route Area.)
The definition of the content in the fields [Status] are different from
species to species and are defined in the legend-files <species>.avl. The data set
containes information on number of birds, date of presence, observation dates,
reliability (see lookup-table rel.lut) and reference to the data observation.
The following table lists the shapefiles and what information they include.
barn_ba.shp Barnacle Goose (breeding areas)
barn_nba.shp Barnacle Goose (nonbreeding areas)
barn_bp.shp Barnacle Goose (breeding locations)
barn_nbp.shp Barnacle Goose (nonbreeding locations)
beang_ba.shp Bean Goose (breeding areas)
beang_nba.shp Bean Goose (nonbreeding areas)
beang_bp.shp Bean Goose (breeding locations)
beang_nbp.shp Bean Goose (nonbreeding location)
brent_ba.shp Brent Goose (breeding areas)
brent_nba.shp Brent Goose (nonbreeding areas)
brent_bp.shp Brent Goose (breeding locations)
brent_nbp.shp Brent Goose (nonbreeding locations)
com_ba.shp Common Eider (breeding areas)
com_bp.shp Common Eider (breeding locations)
com_nba.shp Common Eider (nonbreeding areas)
com_nbp.shp Common Eider (nonbreeding locations)
emp_ba.shp Emperor Goose (breeding areas)
emp_nba.shp Emperor Goose (nonbreeding areas)
emp_bp.shp Emperor Goose (breeding locations)
emp_nbp.shp Emperor Goose (nonbreeding locations)
ivorg_bp.shp Ivory Gull (breeding locations)
ivorg_nbp.shp Ivory Gull (nonbreeding locations)
ivorg_ba.shp Ivory Gull (breeding areas)
ivorg_nba.shp Ivory Gull (nonbreeding areas)
king_ba.shp King Eider (breeding areas)
king_nba.shp King Eider (nonbreeding areas)
king_bp.shp King Eider (breeding locations)
king_nbp.shp King Eider (nonbreeding locations
kitt_bp.shp Kittiwake (breeding locations)
kitt_nbp.shp Kittiwake (nonbreeding locations)
kitt_nba.shp Kittiwake (nonbreeding areas)
long_ba.shp Long-tailed Duck (breeding areas)
long_nba.shp Long-tailed Duck (nonbreeding areas)
long_nbp.shp Long-tailed Duck (nonbreeding locations)
long_bp.shp Long-tailed Duck (breeding locations)
spec_ba.shp Spectacled Eider (breeding areas)
spec_nba.shp Spectacled Eider (nonbreeding areas)
spec_b_p.shp Spectacled Eider (breeding locations)
spec_nb_p.shp Spectacled Eider (nonbreeding locations)
stel_ba.shp Steller's Eider (breeding areas)
stel_nba.shp Steller's Eider (nonbreeding areas)
stell_bp.shp Steller's Eider (breeding locations)
stell_nbp.shp Steller's Eider (nonbreeding locations)
urlom_bp.shp Brunnich's Guillemot (breeding locations)
urlom_nb_p.shp Brunnich's Guillemot (nonbreeding locations)
urlom_nba.shp Brunnich's Guillemot (nonbreeding areas)
wfront_ba.shp White-fronted Goose (breeding areas)
wfront_nba.shp White-fronted Goose (nonbreeding areas)
wfron_bp.shp White-fronted Goose (breeding locations)
wfron_nbp.shp White-fronted Goose (nonbreeding locations)
duck_a.shp Marine Ducks (areas)
duck_p.shp Marine Ducks (point locations)
Colonies.shp Seabird colonies
wader_a.shp Wader feeding and resting
wader_p.shp Wader feeding and resting areas
Path: <NSR_DATA>\mabirds\nsrbird
GeoDataset type: Shapefile with Point features.
Coordinate system: Latitude/longitude in decimal degrees
* NSR marine birds
Fields: [<Name>] -- <Alias> (type of field)
[Id] -- "Id" (Numeric, no decimals)
[No_species] -- "No_species" (Numeric, no decimals)
[Newfield] -- "Newfield" (Numeric, no decimals)
[Status] -- "Status" (String, max. 9 characters)
[Name] -- "Name of the locality" (String, max. 9 characters)
[Latitude] -- "Latitude" (String, max. 9 characters)
[Longitude] -- "Longitude" (String, max. 9 characters)
[Num_mean] -- "Numerical mean value" (Numeric, 2 decimals)
[Num_min] -- "Numerical minimum value" (Numeric, 2 decimals)
[Num_max] -- "Numerical maximum value" (Numeric, 2 decimals)
[Unit] -- "Unit" (String, max. 9 characters)
[Trend] -- "Trend" (Numeric, no decimals)
[Season] -- "Season" (String, max. 9 characters)
[First] -- "Earliest date of presence" (String, max. 9 characters)
[Last] -- "Latest date of presence" (String, max. 9 characters)
[Start] -- "Year of first observation" (String, max. 9 characters)
[Finish] -- "Year of last observation" (String, max. 9 characters)
[Rel] -- "Reliability of data" (Numeric, no decimals)
[Reference] -- "Reference to data observation" (String, max. 9 characters)
INSROP marine birds