This data set contains accurate information of Piping Plovers nest locations in the 2006 breeding season at Assateague Island National Seashore. These points were collected using GPS. Piping plovers are protected under the Endangered Species Act and their breeding activity is monitored closely.
The purpose of this data set is to provide Piping Plover nest locations for general maps, specialized maps, and other resource management tasks.
There is also Piping Plover nest and habitat data available for 1994-2005.
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7206 National Seashore Lane
ASIS Biological Science Technician
Nests were identified and comments were recorded by the biological science technician at Assateague Island National Seashore.
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GPS points were collected over piping plover nest locations in Assateague Island National Seashore in 2006. Point topology was created for this file.
Coordinates of every piping plover nest in the MD portion of Assateague Island, includes the North End and OSV zone in 2006.
A Trimble Pathfinder ProXR DGPS unit was used to record coordinate data at each nest site on the north end of Assateague Island (northern 10 km of the dataset) and in the OSV zone (all points south of the north end points). For the Trimble Pathfinder ProXR DGPS min. PDOP 6.0, min. SV 4. The precision of this GPS unit is within 1 meter.
+/- 1 meters for the points within the northern 10 km of the data; +/- 1 meter for the southern points.
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GPS, Biological Science Technician at ASIS
Nest sites were located during thorough searches of possible nesting areas on Assateague Island National Seashore. They were then visited on foot by the natural resources specialist/biological science technician. The GPS unit placed at each nest site and time was allowed for the unit to receive information from the satellites before coordinates for the location were recorded.
7206 National Seashore Lane
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Feature geometry.
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Unique numbers assigned during GPS data collection.
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Nest identification number, used in relational piping plover database.
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Year of data collection.
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Nest identification number, used during the field season.
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Outcome of nest
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Nest was abandonded, depredated, lost due to weather event, or lost for unknown reasons before it hatched.
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Piping plover chicks hatched from nest but none survived to fledging age.
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Piping plover chicks hatched from nest and at least one survived to fledging age.
Easting UTM coordinates, NAD 83, Zone 18N
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Northing UTM coordinates, NAD 83, Zone 18N
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7206 National Seashore Lane
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7206 National Seashore Lane