Databases

GIS Layers

Progress Reports and Posters

Literature Reviews and Protocols

Publications and Reports Using NPPSD Data

Presentations

Databases

• Short-tailed Albatross Database (STAL ver. 2005.06.07) (Excel file 506k)

GIS Layers

• Marine Ecoregions data layer

Progress Reports and Posters

• Piatt, J.F., G.S. Drew, and D.B. Irons. 2006. Atlas of seabird distribution at sea in Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. DRAFT Report. (PDF 5,410k)
• Drew, G. S. and J. F. Piatt. 2005. North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD): Compiling Datasets and Creating an Archive, Accessible Database, and Pelagic Seabird Atlas. Final Report for the North Pacific Marine Research Institute (NPMRI). U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. (PDF 6020k)
  • Appendix 2. NPPSD Users Manual. (PDF 2580k)
• Drew, G. S. and J. F. Piatt. 2004. North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD): Compiling Datasets and Creating an Archive, Accessible Database, and Pelagic Seabird Atlas. Semi-Annual Report (January 1 – June 30, 2003) of Project NPMRI 18 (T2110) to the North Pacific Marine Research Institute. U.S Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. (PDF 949k)
• Drew, G. S. and J. F. Piatt. 2004. North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD): Compiling Datasets and Creating an Archive, Accessible Database, and Pelagic Seabird Atlas. Semi-Annual Report (July 1 – December 31, 2003) of Project NPMRI 18 (T2110) to the North Pacific Marine Research Institute. U.S Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. (PDF 2180k)
• Drew, G. S. and J. F. Piatt. 2003. North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD): Compiling Datasets and Creating an Archive, Accessible Database, and Pelagic Seabird Atlas. Semi-Annual Report (January 1 – June 30, 2003) of Project NPMRI 18 (T2110) to the North Pacific Marine Research Institute. U.S Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. (PDF 422k)
• Piatt, J. F., and G. S. Drew. 2003. North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD): Compiling Datasets and Creating an Archive, Accessible Database, and Pelagic Seabird Atlas. Semi-Annual Report (July 1 – December 31, 2002) of Project NPMRI 18 (T2110) to the North Pacific Marine Research Institute. U.S Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. (PDF 667k)
• North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database: Progress and Prospects - Poster presented at the "Marine Science in the Northeast Pacific Symposium" in Anchorage, Alaska in January, 2003. - (PDF 3600k)
• Drew, G. S., D. B. Irons, J. F. Piatt, J. Johnson, and S. Stephensen. The North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database (NPPSD): Status, Examples and Progress Towards Integration, British Columbia, Canada, February 2003. - abstract of poster presentation.

Literature Reviews and Protocols

• NPPSD Taxonomic Code List for Pelagic Bird and Mammal Surveys, Version 1.0 - HTML version | Excel file (55k)

• Compilation of Literature on Methods for Conducting Pelagic Bird Surveys - HTML version | Word document (42k)

Publications and Reports Using NPPSD Data

• Drew , G.S. and J.F. Piatt. 2008. Using geographic information systems to compare non-uniform marine bird surveys: detecting the decline of Kittlitz’s murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Auk: 178-182. (PDF 821k)

• Edward F. Melvin, Michelle D. Wainstein, Kimberly S. Dietrich, Kelly L. Ames, Tracee O. Geernaert and Loveday L. Conquest. 2006. The Distribution of Seabirds on the Alaskan Longline Fishing Grounds: Implications for Seabird Avoidance Regulations. (PDF 2380k)

• Zimmerman, C. E., N. Hillgruber, S. E. Burril, M. A. St. Peters, and J. D. Wetzel. 2005. Offshore marine observation of willow ptarmigan, including water landings, Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska. Wilson Bulletin. 117(1):12-14. (PDF 845k)

• Piatt, J.F. and G.S. Drew. 2004. Preliminary assessment of marine bird abundance and species composition in the vicinity of the Selendang Ayu grounding, based on historical data from the North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database. (PDF 6,150 kb)

• Anonymous 2004. Three species get Tri-national Protection. The NPPSD provided Pink-footed Shearwater records from the North Pacific to the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Washington, D.C. Report pending.

• Piatt, J.F., and A.M. Springer. 2004. Advection, pelagic food webs, and the biogeography of seabirds in Beringia. Marine Ornithology 31: 141-154. (PDF 1500k)

• Hunt, G. L. Jr., G. S. Drew, J. Jahncke, and J. F. Piatt. 2005. Prey consumption and energy transfer by marine birds in the Gulf of Alaska. Deep-Sea Research II, 52:781-797. (PDF 897k)

• Minerals Management Service. 2003. Pelagic Seabird Densities and Distribution of Seabird Colonies. P. 263 in Vol. III Cook Inlet Planning Area, Oil and gas Lease Sales 191 and 199, Final Environmental Impact Statement. Alaska OCS Region, MMS 2003-055, Anchorage, Alaska.

• Livingston, P. (ed). 2002. Ecosystem considerations for 2003. Appendix D, in 2002 Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports. National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA. (PDF 1210k)

• Piatt, J. F. (ed). 2002. Response of seabirds to fluctuations in forage fish density. EVOSTC Restoration Project 01163M and OCS Study MMS 2002-068 Final Report. U.S. Geological Survey. 459 pp.

• Hunt, G.L. Jr., H. Kato and S.M. McKinnell. 2000. Predation by Marine Birds and Mammals in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean. PICES Scientific Report No. 14, 2000, North Pacific Marine Science Organization, Sydney, BC, Canada (PDF 1240k)

Presentations

• Surveying the Past: North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database. G. S. Drew, John F. Piatt Keynote address: Marine Science in Alaska: 2004 Symposium. January, 2005. (Powerpoint file 9,986 kb)