Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica)
type: Dataset
description: This data release includes 1 child item with tracking data for Pacific Loons, a species that breeds throughout much of Alaska and winters throughout the Pacific Ocean basin, along the coasts of East Asia and North America. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters.
issued: 2025-09-23T18:43:53.575520
modified: 2024-09-26T00:00:00+00:00
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
keyword: AmeriGEO
keyword: AmeriGEOSS
keyword: CKAN
keyword: GEO
keyword: GEOSS
keyword: National
keyword: North America
keyword: United States
keyword: alaska
keyword: animal-tracking
keyword: animals-vertebrates
keyword: argos
keyword: biota
keyword: birds
keyword: breeding-area
keyword: breeding-sites
keyword: colville-river-delta
keyword: distribution
keyword: ecological-dynamics
keyword: environment
keyword: gavia-pacifica
keyword: loons
keyword: migration
keyword: migration-organisms
keyword: migration-pathway
keyword: migratory-birds
keyword: migratory-strategies
keyword: north-slope
keyword: ornithology
keyword: overwintering
keyword: pacific-americas-flyway
keyword: pacific-loons
keyword: platform-transmitter-terminal
keyword: ptt
keyword: satellite-transmitter
keyword: seasonal-distribution
keyword: seasonal-movement
keyword: species-life-history
keyword: species-migration
keyword: staging-area
keyword: telemetry
keyword: tracking-equipment
keyword: usgs-5e4f083be4b0ff554f70cca5
keyword: wildlife
theme: {geospatial}

Original Metadata
type: Distribution
description: The metadata original format
format: XML
issued: 2025-09-17T05:26:09.281050
modified: 2025-09-23T18:43:53.531400
access URL: https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5e4f083be4b0ff554f70cca5.xml
media type: text/xml

Digital Data
type: Distribution
description: Landing page for access to the data
format: XML
issued: 2025-09-14T09:50:50.067490
modified: 2025-09-23T18:43:53.532305
access URL: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NNN2XY
media type: application/http

US Migrating
type: Agent