Glacier Bay, Alaska murrelet monitoring annual reports (KM_F)
2009-2021. Glacier Bay, Alaska murrelet monitoring annual reports (KM_F). National Park Service
These technical reports summarize Glacier Bay murrelet monitoring operations and population estimates for each survey. Surveys are typically performed annually. This report is referenced in the protocol as deliverable KM_F, where it more fully described. Please refer to the synthesis and program review report for monitoring of Kittlitz's murrelets in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve which contains important findings that may affect the interpretation of abundance estimates (Hoekman, S. T. 2019. Kittlitz’s murrelet monitoring in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve 2010–2018: Synthesis and program review. Natural Resource Report NPS/SEAN/NRR—2019/1957. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2265288). The report summarizes the results of murrelet monitoring from 2010-2018, assesses monitoring performance and capacity to meet protocol objectives, and provides recommendations for potential enhancements to the monitoring protocol. Hoekman (2019) identifies misidentification and partial identification of murrelets which can bias abundance estimation and spatially-explicit density estimates, particularly for rare species, such as Kittlitz’s murrelets.
- Type
- Assemblage
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GLBA , SEAN
- Keywords
- Brachyramphus, Brachyramphus brevirostris, Brachyramphus marmoratus, distance sampling, Kittlitz's, Kittlitz's murrelets, marbled, marbled murrelets, murrelet
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds