Monitoring Brown Bears in Alaska Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network, Data Quality Standards
Robison HL, Schmidt JH, Rattenbury KL. 2018. Monitoring Brown Bears in Alaska Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network, Data Quality Standards. National Park Service
The purpose of this report is to document the standards used by the National Park Service (NPS) Arctic Network (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring program for activities related to the collection, processing, analysis, and publication of brown bear monitoring data as described in Protocol for Monitoring Brown Bears: Arctic (ARCN) Inventory and Monitoring Network (Robison et al. 2017). This plan also serves as a guide for all ARCN personnel who are involved in protocol/program activities and as a resource for identifying memoranda, publications, and other literature that describe associated techniques and requirements in more detail. The format and content of this document borrows heavily from Wilson and Shepherd (2017) and Rattenbury and Schmidt (2017).
- Type
- Data Standard
- Authors
- Robison, Hillary; Schmidt, Joshua; Rattenbury, Kumi
- Date of Issue
- 2018
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ARCN , BELA , CAKR , GAAR , KOVA , NOAT
- Keywords
- alaska, bear, data quality, monitoring