SEAN Kittlitz's murrelet monitoring protocol as defined and revised over the life of the program (KM_H)
SEAN Kittlitz's murrelet monitoring protocol as defined and revised over the life of the program (KM_H)
This assemblage presents links to packages of documents. Each package is self-contained and complete. A package defines SEAN's murrelet monitoring program at a particular point in time. Whenever a group of monitoring components gets updated and put into production a new protocol package is generated, made available as a link in Data Store, and cataloged in this reference. Protocol packages are designated as deliverable KM_H in the protocol. A protocol package completely documents the detailed methods, parameters collected, locations, deliverable data products, data formats, data limitations, and quality control processes used. Components may include Narrative, Quality Assurance Plan, Data Quality Standards, Protocol Implementation Plan, and multiple Standard Operating Procedures. Each of the program's information products is stamped with a package identifier in order to fully document the methods in effect when the product was created. 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
- Units
- GLBA , SEAN
- Keywords
- Glacier Bay, Kittlitz's murrelet, marbled murrelet, monitoring, murrelet, protocol
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds