SOP 7: Annual Report (KM_G: Annual report creation) version 1.0, SEAN/GLBA Kittlitz's murrelet monitoring program
Hoekman S, Johnson W, Moynahan B, Sergeant C. 2010. SOP 7: Annual Report (KM_G: Annual report creation) version 1.0, SEAN/GLBA Kittlitz's murrelet monitoring program. NPS SEAN. Juneau, Alaska
The annual report disseminates up-to-date information from the SEAN murrelet monitoring program to NPS staff and resource managers, external scientists, and the general public. For each survey year, the report summarizes field efforts, present statistical analyses of survey data related to status, trend, and distribution for KIMU and MAMU populations in Glacier Bay. After July surveys and certification of data and data analyses, the Project Leader generates the annual report. Report generation requires substantial prior statistical analyses, as described in SOPs 11 and 12. Inputs for analyses are the current survey year’s transects (in KM_A: Target transects), observations and trackpoints (in KM_E: Cumulative observation database), and waypoints recording exceptional events (in KM-I: Waypoints). Analyses produce descriptive statistics summarizing survey effort and characteristics of the sample, estimates of component parameters used for population estimates (detection probability, group size, encounter rates), species-specific estimates of on-water density and abundance, and maps summarizing spatial distributions of populations. Outputs from the report generation process include data deliverables KM_J: Detection function and KM_K: Abundance estimates.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Hoekman, Steven; Johnson, William; Moynahan, Brendan; Sergeant, Christopher
- Date of Issue
- 2010
- Publisher
- NPS SEAN
- Units
- GLBA , SEAN
- Keywords
- Glacier Bay, Kittlitz's murrelet, marbled murrelet, murrelet, sop, standard operating procedure
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds