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Avian botulism type E in waterbirds of Lake Michigan, 2010-2013

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Start Date
2010
End Date
2013

Citation

Chipault, J.G., White, C.L., Blehert, D.S., Jennings, S.K., and Strom, S.M., 2015, Avian botulism type E in waterbirds of Lake Michigan, 2010-2013: U. S. Geological Survey data release, https:/doi.org/10.5066/F7GX48NM.

Summary

During 2010 to 2013, waterbird mortality surveillance programs used a shared protocol for shoreline walking surveys performed June to November at three areas in northern Lake Michigan. In 2010 and 2012, 1244 total carcasses (0.8 dead bird/km walked) and 2399 total carcasses (1.2 dead birds/km walked), respectively, were detected. Fewer carcasses were detected in 2011 (353 total carcasses, 0.2 dead bird/km walked) and 2013 (451 total carcasses, 0.3 dead bird/km walked). During 3 years, peak detection of carcasses occurred in October and involved primarily migratory diving and fish-eating birds, including long-tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis; 2010), common loons (Gavia immer; 2012), and red-breasted mergansers (Mergus serrator; 2013). [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
C. LeAnn White
Metadata Contact :
Kathy Wesenberg
Originator :
Jennifer G. Chipault, C. LeAnn White, David S. Blehert, Susan K. Jennings, Sean M. Strom
Publisher :
U. S. Geological Survey
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
National Wildlife Health Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Avian_botulism_type_E_in_waterbirds_of_Lake_Michigan_2010_2013.xml
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Chipault.2015.Avian botulism type E Lake Michigan waterbirds.Dead.csv 360.95 KB text/csv
Chipault.2015.Avian botulism type E Lake Michigan waterbirds.Dead.Dictionary.csv 1.2 KB text/csv
Chipault.2015.Avian botulism type E Lake Michigan waterbirds.Tested.csv 25.9 KB text/csv
Chipault.2015.Avian botulism type E Lake Michigan waterbirds.Tested.Dictionary.csv 1.96 KB text/csv
Chipault.2015.Avian botulism type E Lake Michigan waterbirds.Transects.csv 5.93 KB text/csv
Chipault.2015.Avian botulism type E Lake Michigan waterbirds.Transects.Dictionary.csv 1.36 KB text/csv
Chipault.2015.Avian botulism type E Lake Michigan waterbirds.Walks.csv 378.73 KB text/csv
Chipault.2015.Avian botulism type E Lake Michigan waterbirds.Walks.Dictionary.csv 4.31 KB text/csv

Purpose

The data were collected through a partnership among the United States Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC), the National Park Service's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Common Coast Research and Conservation using a standardized protocol for compiling avian mortality data and collecting carcasses found on Lake Michigan beaches. The data include the species affected, timing and location of carcass deposition, and botulinum neurotoxin type E exposure for examined carcasses from northern Lake Michigan during 2010 to 2013.

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