Data and Tools

All data collected for the King Eider project are in the public domain. If you are interested in satellite telemetry, banding, biometric, or stable isotope data from our project, please contact us for more information.

Links to data access centers

OBIS Seamap: since January 2009 all King Eider satellite telemetry locations are publicly available at no cost from this distribution center. This includes >11.000 records from 2002 through December 2008.

Published Metadata

Oppel, S., and A. N. Powell (2008): Stable isotope ratios (C,N,S) from King Eider feathers, claws, muscle, body fat, blood plasma, and red blood cells collected in northern Alaska 2005-2007. [access metadata]

Oppel, S., and A. N. Powell (2008): King Eider egg stable isotopes (C,N,S) from northern Alaska 2005-2007. [access metadata]

Published Tools for sea duck research

Oppel, S., and A. N. Powell (2008): Assigning king eiders to wintering regions in the Bering Sea using stable isotopes of feathers and claws. Marine Ecology Progress Series 373: 149-156. [download program here]

Oppel, S., A. N. Powell, and D. M. O'Brien (2009): Using eggshell membranes as a non-invasive tool to investigate the source of nutrients in avian eggs. Journal of Ornithology 150: 109-115. [pdf, 250 kB]