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Porcupine Caribou Herd Satellite Collar Project, Eastern North Slope, Alaska and Yukon
Metadata
File Identifier:
12376_iso.xml
Metadata Language:
eng; CAN
:
utf8
Resource Type:
Dataset
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Polar Data Catalogue
Organisation Name:
Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
Role:
Point Of Contact
Contact Info:
Voice:
(519) 888-4567 x32689
Street Address:
200 University Avenue West, University of Waterloo
City:
Waterloo
Province/State:
Ontario
Postal Code/ZIP:
N2L 3G1
Country:
Canada
E-Mail Address:
pdc@uwaterloo.ca
Metadata Date:
2015-04-30
Metadata Standard Name:
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003
Metadata Standard Version:
2009-01-01
Data Identification
Abstract:
At the start of this project, 10 cow caribou were captured in October and November of 1997. The caribou were "adopted" and given names by school children in northern communities. The original caribou were named Dasher, Gus-Gus, Homer, Blixen, Lynetta, Cupid, Donner, Vixen, Lucky and Springy. Over time, we have tried to maintain a minimum of 7 satellite collared cow caribou, adding and replacing collars as caribou died, or collars went off the air. The collars on these caribou are of various ages, with different amounts of battery life remaining in them. We would like to keep tracking the same caribou, so as the batteries run low, we will have to recapture the caribou and replace the collars. We will try to maintain around 15 satellite collars, so we will add new caribou to the program as caribou die or their collars go off the air.
Purpose:
This is a cooperative project between a number of wildlife agencies and Boards to use satellite radio-collars on Porcupine Caribou to document the seasonal range use and migration patterns of the herd. The herd's total home range is approximately 260,000 km2, between Kaktovik, Alaska to Aklavik, NWT to Dawson City, Yukon. Most of this very large area is used quite often by the herd, however use of specific areas (other than during calving) is not always predictable.
Language:
eng; CAN
Citation:
Contact Info:
Title:
Porcupine Caribou Herd Satellite Collar Project, Eastern North Slope, Alaska and Yukon
Date:
Date:
2015-04-30
Date Type:
Publication Date
Individual Name:
Cooley, Dorothy
Role:
Principal Investigator
Individual Name:
Cooley, Dorothy
Role:
Point Of Contact:
Individual Name:
Polar Data Catalogue
Organisation Name:
Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
Role:
Point Of Contact
Contact Info:
Voice:
(519) 888-4567 x32689
Street Address:
200 University Avenue West, University of Waterloo
City:
Waterloo
Province/State:
Ontario
Postal Code/ZIP:
N2L 3G1
Country:
Canada
E-Mail Address:
pdc@uwaterloo.ca
Online Resource:
polardata.ca
Topic Category:
Environment and Conservation
Keyword Collection:
Keyword:
Abundance
Keyword:
Alaska
Keyword:
Caribou
Keyword:
Distribution
Keyword:
Mammals
Keyword:
Migration
Keyword:
Yukon
Associated Thesaurus:
Polar Data Catalogue Thesaurus (Canada)
Keyword:
Eastern North Slope, Northern Alaska, USA, and Yukon, Canada
Spatial Extent:
West Bounding Longitude:
-166.75
East Bounding Longitude:
-141
North Bounding Latitude:
71.25
South Bounding Latitude:
67
Legal Constraints:
Access Constraints:
Other Restrictions
Use Constraints:
Other Restrictions
Other Constraints:
Terms of Use of the Polar Data Catalogue: https://www.polardata.ca/pdcinput/public/termsofuse
Distribution
Distribution Format:
Format Name:
Digital file
Format Version:
1.0
Distributor:
Distributor Contact:
Individual Name:
Polar Data Catalogue
Organisation Name:
Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
Role:
Distributor
Contact Info:
Voice:
(519) 888-4567 x32689
Street Address:
200 University Avenue West, University of Waterloo
City:
Waterloo
Province/State:
Ontario
Postal Code/ZIP:
N2L 3G1
Country:
Canada
E-Mail Address:
pdc@uwaterloo.ca
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