Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Publication_Date: 04/15/2006 Publication_Time: Unknown Title: Digital collection of aerial photographs from the Common Murre Restoration Project, 2006 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: aerial photos Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD Publisher: NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center Other_Citation_Details: aerial photos digitized and archived as part of Climate Database Modernization Program task order, 2004 Online_Linkage: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov and/or http://www.lib.noaa.gov/ Description: Abstract: The Common Murre Restoration Project is a comprehensive seabird restoration effort aimed at enhancing depleted seabird populations in central California, specifically those of the common murre (Uria aalge). The main focus of the project is to reestablish a colony of murres on a small seastack called Devil's Slide Rock, located along the San Mateo coast near Pacifica. This breeding colony held close to 3,000 murres as recently as the early 1980s, but was wiped out as a result of human-caused mortality. Tens of thousands of murres in central California were drowned in gill nets between the late 1970s and mid-1980s. In the winter of 1986, the oil barge Apex Houston accidentally discharged some 26,000 gallons of oil while en route from San Francisco to Long Beach Harbor. About 9,900 seabirds were killed as a result of the spill, of which about 6,300 were murres. After the spill, no murres were known to breed on Devil's Slide Rock and the colony disappeared. Following the oil spill, a federal and state lawsuit against the Apex Houston Company resulted in a settlement of $6.4 million, of which $4.9 million was allocated for natural resource damages, primarily for Common Murres. A trustee council, made up of representatives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), was established to review, select, and oversee implementation of restoration actions for natural resources injured by the spill. The USFWS's San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex was chosen to lead the restoration efforts for murres. A restoration plan was written and finalized in 1995 after substantial public review, and the Common Murre Restoration Project was born. The murre restoration work is conducted cooperatively by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Humboldt State University, and the National Audubon Society with additional assistance from several other public and private institutions. To provide a baseline and to determine the efficacy of the restoration project, photographic slides have been taken during aerial surveys of bird colonies since the mid-1980s and inventoried by the SFBNWR. Purpose: In a cooperative data rescue effort, several collections of California coastal marine ecosystem surveys were scanned off photographic slides and indexed as part of the Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP) of the National Climatic Data Center in 2006. The project supported three NOAA Climate Mission Goal performance objectives as stated in the NOAA FY2005-FY2010 Strategic Plan: (1) Understand and predict the consequences of climate variability and change on marine ecosystems; (2) Describe and understand the state of the climate system through integrated observations, analysis, and data stewardship; and (3) Increase number and use of climate products and services to enhance public and private sector decision making. These data slides of critical coastal habitats and documented restoration efforts were digitized in archival format to prevent critical data loss from original media damage and degredation, and to facilitate their distribution and use by researchers world-wide. Supplemental_Information: CDMP Task Order Number L-24. Original slides scanned to archival quality at orignal size, 4,000 pixels wide, .TIF format with duplicate 600 pixel wide .JPG files. Citation for keywords utilized in this metadata record: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, S. Leicester, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, H. Weir, S. Ritz, C. Solomon, M. Holland, R. Bilodeau, T. Northcutt, R. Vogel. 2004. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 5.1.1 (online: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/Resources/valids/keyword_list.html) Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20060426 Beginning_Time: Unknown Ending_Date: 20060620 Ending_Time: Unknown Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.12 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.8 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.84 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.36 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Directory Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Coastal Habitat Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Conservation Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Rocky Coasts Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Habitat Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shorelines Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Oil Spill Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Birds Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: common murre Theme_Keyword: seabird Theme_Keyword: seabird colony Theme_Keyword: seabird habitat Theme_Keyword: seabird nesting Theme_Keyword: environmnental degradation Theme_Keyword: environmental restoration Theme_Keyword: species restoration Theme_Keyword: keystone species Theme_Keyword: breeding colony Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: California coast Place_Keyword: Pacific coast Place_Keyword: San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuges Place_Keyword: Devil's Slide Rock Place_Keyword: San Mateo cost Place_Keyword: Big Sur coast Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None. The San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuges and National Oceanographic Data Center would appreciate a reference as data source and data retrieval as applicable. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Gerry McChesney Contact_Organization: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Contact_Position: Scientist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: P.O. Box 524 City: Newark State_or_Province: Calfifornia Postal_Code: 94560 Country: U.S.A. Contact_Voice_Telephone: 510-792-0717 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Gerry_McChesney@r1.fws.gov Hours_of_Service: 9 AM - 5 PM, Pacific time Contact_Instructions: Phone/E-mail/Letter Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: redundant to archive image name Browse_Graphic_File_Description: web image matches archival quality image Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Data_Set_Credit: San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Security_Information: Security_Classification_System: None Security_Classification: Not applicable Security_Handling_Description: Not applicable Native_Data_Set_Environment: .TIF, .JPG Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: USFWS San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuges Complex Publication_Date: 12/01/2005 Publication_Time: Unknown Title: USFWS SFBNWR Common Murre Restoration Project website Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: website Publication_Information: Publication_Place: World Wide Web Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Other_Citation_Details: Common Murre Restoration Program website; includes .PDF of restoration plan, reports, images, and webcam Online_Linkage: http://www.fws.gov/sfbayrefuges/murre/murrehome.htm Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: To provide a baseline and to determine the efficacy of the restoration project, photographic slides have been taken during aerial surveys of bird colonies since the mid-1980s and inventoried by the SFBNWR. Completeness_Report: See Process Steps section of this metadata record. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: The Murre Project uses a technique known as social attraction to restore murre colonies. Murre decoys (including those of adults, chicks, and eggs) three-sided mirror boxes, and CD players projecting amplified murre calls have all been used to lure the highly colonial birds back to the rock. Social attraction equipment was first placed on Devil's Slide Rock in January 1996. That spring, six pairs of murres raised three chicks on Devil's Slide, the first breeding in ten years. The colony has been growing each year since, reaching 190 breeding pairs in 2004. Since 1998, social attraction equipment also has been placed on San Pedro Rock, about one mile north of Devil's Slide. This colony disappeared early in the twentieth century as a result of commercial harvesting of murre eggs for the San Francisco markets. Although small numbers of murres visit San Pedro Rock every year, recent breeding has yet to occur. Additional colony monitoring by the Murre Project was conducted at the Point Reyes Headlands in Point Reyes National Seashore from 1996-2002, and the Castle and Hurricane Point Rocks in the California Coastal National Monument along the Big Sur Coast from 1996 to the present. The project also administers an educational component for local elementary school children. To provide a baseline and to determine the efficacy of the restoration project, photographic slides have been taken during aerial surveys of bird colonies since the mid-1980s and inventoried by the SFBNWR. Process_Date: 01/31/1996 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Gerry McChesney Contact_Organization: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Contact_Position: Scientist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: P.O. Box 524 City: Newark State_or_Province: Calfifornia Postal_Code: 94560 Country: U.S.A. Contact_Voice_Telephone: 510-792-0717 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Gerry_McChesney@r1.fws.gov Hours_of_Service: 9 AM - 5 PM, Pacific time Contact_Instructions: Phone/E-mail/Letter Cloud_Cover: Unknown Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center Contact_Position: not applicable Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: SSMC3, 4th Floor, E/OC1 1315 East-West Highway City: Silver Spring State_or_Province: MD Postal_Code: 20910 Country: U.S.A Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3277 or 301-713-3280 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3301 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nodc.services@noaa.gov Hours_of_Service: 8:00 - 6:00 PM, EST Contact_Instructions: Phone/FAX/E-mail/letter during business hours Resource_Description: NODC Reference Number 0037160 Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, nor any of their contractors, subcontractors, nor their employees, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: *.TIF Format_Version_Number: 11/15/2005 Format_Specification: Pixel array: 4,000 pixels across the long dimension, excluding borders; Resolution: Calculated from the pixel array size to produce the desired dimensions, approximately 3,000 ppi for 35mm slides, Bit depth: 24-bit RGB mode Format_Information_Content: Archival quality .TIF files digitized from original 1996-2006 aerial images of common murre colony and restoration efforts; complete dataset comprised of app. 5,000 images. File_Decompression_Technique: None Transfer_Size: 351562.5 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/search/prod/ Access_Instructions: These data may be directly downloaded via the NODC's "Ocean Archive System". The system can be accessed through the NODC Home Page at www.nodc.noaa.gov or directly at: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/search/prod/. Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: PC, Mac, Unix, Linux; standard Internet browser; ability to view large .TIF images Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: JPEG (.JPG) Format_Version_Number: 11/15/2005 Format_Specification: The access image file parameters (duplicate .JPG files created for web use) for these slides are: Pixel array: 600 x 400 pixels; Resolution: 72 ppi; Bit depth: 24-bit RGB mode. Format_Information_Content: Duplicate web access files matching archival quality .TIF files of this dataset; dataset comprised of app. 5,000 images total. File_Decompression_Technique: none Transfer_Size: 500 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/search/prod/ Access_Instructions: These data may be directly downloaded via the NODC's "Ocean Archive System". The system can be accessed through the NODC Home Page at www.nodc.noaa.gov or directly at: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/search/prod/. Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: PC, Mac, Linux, Unix; standard Internet browser; ability to view .JPG files Fees: None Ordering_Instructions: Data may be directly downloaded through the NODC website at: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/search/prod/. NODC can be contacted directly for custom orders. (When requesting data from the NODC, the desired data set may be referred to by the 7-digit number given in the RESOURCE DESCRIPTION field of this metadata record). In addition, these data graphics may be directly downloaded from the NOAA Central Library at: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/ in the CDMP section of the website. Turnaround: Within 24 hours if downloaded via the Internet, depending on speed of user system Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: *.TIF Format_Version_Number: 11/15/2005 Format_Specification: Pixel array: 4,000 pixels across the long dimension, excluding borders; Resolution: Calculated from the pixel array size to produce the desired dimensions, approximately 3,000 ppi for 35mm slides, Bit depth: 24-bit RGB mode Format_Information_Content: Archival quality .TIF files digitized from original 1996-2006 aerial images of common murre colony and restoration efforts; complete dataset comprised of app. 5,000 images. File_Decompression_Technique: None Transfer_Size: 351562.5 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/ Access_Instructions: These data graphics may be directly downloaded from the NOAA Central Library at: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/ in the CDMP section of the library website Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: PC, Mac, Unix, Linux; standard Internet browser; ability to view large .TIF images Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: JPEG (.JPG) Format_Version_Number: 11/15/2005 Format_Specification: The access image file parameters (duplicate .JPG files created for web use) for these slides are: Pixel array: 600 x 400 pixels; Resolution: 72 ppi; Bit depth: 24-bit RGB mode Format_Information_Content: Duplicate web access files matching archival quality .TIF files of this dataset; dataset comprised of app. 5,000 images total File_Decompression_Technique: none Transfer_Size: 500 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/ Access_Instructions: These data graphics may be directly downloaded from the NOAA Central Library at: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/ in the CDMP section of the website Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: PC, Mac, Linux, Unix; standard Internet browser; ability to view .JPG files Fees: None Ordering_Instructions: These data graphics may be directly downloaded from the NOAA Central Library at: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/ in the CDMP section of the website. Data may also be directly downloaded through the NODC website at: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/search/prod/. NODC can be contacted directly for custom orders. (When requesting data from the NODC, the desired data set may be referred to by the 7-digit number given in the RESOURCE DESCRIPTION field of this metadata record). Turnaround: Within 24 hours if downloaded via the Internet, depending on speed of user system Custom_Order_Process: Contact the NODC User Services Group via phone/FAX/E-mail: nodc.services@noaa.gov Technical_Prerequisites: Ability to view and/or download very large graphic images or groups of images suggested for ease of use; or download single images. Available_Time_Period: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20060415 Beginning_Time: Unknown Ending_Date: Present Ending_Time: Unknown Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20051201 Metadata_Review_Date: 20051230 Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20060228 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Sheri Phillips Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC (National Oceanographic Data Center) Contact_Position: Oceanographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 1315 East-West Highway, E/OC1, SSMC3, 4th Floor City: Silver Spring State_or_Province: MD Postal_Code: 20910 Country: U.S.A. Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3280 x127 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3302 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sheri.phillips@noaa.gov Hours_of_Service: 9:30 AM - 6 PM Monday-Thursday Contact_Instructions: E-mail, phone, FAX, mail Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None Metadata_Security_Information: Metadata_Security_Classification_System: Not applicable Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None