United States Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge20250314130845tabular digital dataSurvival estimates are needed for population models, and have been shown to be a particularly sensitive parameter in long-lived seabirds. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuges estimates and detect trends in average overwinter survival rates for adult least auklets (LEAU) on St. George Island. Annual survival of least auklets apparently covaries with broad-scale climate patterns (e.g., Jones et al. 2002) and is intended to provide insight into causes of population change.The organisms table represents individual birds that are part of the banded least auklet population at St. George. This table relates to the captures, resights, and bandHistory tables on the organismID field, with one-to-many-relationships.Records of organisms banded for LEAU at St. George Island. Data collected according to AMNWR protocol https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/133636.In workAnnually-169.815812-169.38070556.65682956.49904Noneseabirdsurvivalpopulation monitoringISO 19115 Topic CategoriesbiotaNoneAlaska Maritime National Wildlife RefugeSt. George IslandAlaskaNoneNoneUSFW R7 Alaska Maritime National Wildlife RefugeMatthew RustandBiologistmailingHomerAK99603USmatthew_rustand@fws.govUSFWS R7 I&MCaylen CumminsData managermailingAnchorageAK99503UScaylen_cummins@fws.govUSFWS R1, R7 & R8 Pacific Seabird ProgramRebecca ScullyData ManagerphysicalUnderwoodWA98651USrebecca_scully@fws.govUSFWS R1, R7 & R8 Pacific Seabird ProgramMarc RomanoCoordinatormailingAnchorageAK99503USmarc_romano@fws.govEsri ArcGIS 13.1.7.41833organismsRecord of the individual organisms in the surveyOBJECTIDInternal feature number.EsriSequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.organismIDA unique identifier for the individual bird, the first metal band put on the bird.AMNWRspeciesAmerican Ornithological Union (AOU) Bird Species List code and common name identifier for the taxon information for this recordAMNWRACGO - Aleutian Cackling GooseBLKI - Black-legged KittiwakeCAAU - Cassin's AukletCRAU - Crested AukletFTSP - Fork-tailed Storm-petrelLEAU - Least AukletLHSP - Leach's Storm-petrelPAAU - Parakeet AukletRFCO - Red-faced CormorantRHAU - Rhinoceros AukletRLKI - Red-legged KittiwakeTBMU - Thick-billed MurreWHAU - Whiskered Aukletyear_metal_bandedYear the metal band was put on the bird.AMNWRyear_deadYear bird was found dead.AMNWRyear_aux_bandedIn the first year, the bird enters a cohort in the survival study. Typically, it is the year the bird was first banded with the aux band. The exception is when a repeat aux band combination is installed. In this case, the year can not be identified until the bird's aux bands are updated so the individuals can be identified during resights.AMNWRCreationDateAutomated populated date the record was originated.ESRICreatorAutomated populated name of user originating the record.ESRIEditDateData and time the row of data was last edited.ESRIEditorName of user who last edited the row of data.ESRIcohort_yearThe year in which the bird is considered to have joined the resight study. Typically this is equivalent to the year that the bird was aux banded, but in come instances where a duplicate aux combo was deployed, that bird may not become resightable until it is rebanded.AMNWR20250314USFWS R7 I&MCaylen CumminsI&M Data ManagerphysicalAnchorageAK99503caylen_cummins@fws.govFGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local time