| State Biodiversity Database Survey |
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| Contact: Julie A. Michaelson (Database Manager) |
| Organization: AK Natural Heritage Program |
| State: AK |
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| NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?) |
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| NAME | Julie A. Michaelson |
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| TITLE | Database Manager |
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| AGENCY/ORGANIZATION | AK Natural Heritage Program |
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| ADDRESS | 707 A St, Suite 208 |
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| CITY, STATE, ZIP | Anchorage, AK 99501 |
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| TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE | Phone: (907)257-2781 |
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| | Fax: (907)257-2789 |
| EMAIL/FTP/WWW | ANJAM1@UAA.alaska.edu |
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| ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) | Alaska Natural Heritage Program (University of Alaska, Anchorage)
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| DATABASE NAME | Alaska Biological Conservation Database
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| DATABASE ACRONYMS | |
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| DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set): |
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| The Alaska Biological Conservation database is an assembly of
statewide biological information on rare species and critical
habitats that include a textual relational database linked to a
spatial GIS system that graphically defines geographic
relationships of these data.
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| PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| To provide a consolidation of biological information for the state of Alaska
for rare species and critical habitats, and to disseminate this information to
public and private database users.
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| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.): |
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| DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: | late 1800's - present, 1996 |
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| IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): | Yes |
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| EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: | |
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| Dates vary depending on species.
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| HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED? |
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| Continually Updated
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| WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: | |
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| COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: | |
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SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.): | |
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| Alaska | |
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| BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS: |
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| THEME |
SPECIES |
TYPE |
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| Species Distribution |
Mammals |
Bibliography |
| Population Levels/Density |
Fish |
Surveys |
| Management |
Birds |
Museum Collections |
| Life History |
Reptiles |
Summary Data |
| Habitat Associations |
Amphibians |
Anecdotal |
| Wetlands Maps |
Plants |
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| Soil Maps |
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| Habitat Maps |
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| Other; see comments |
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PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location): |
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE |
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| Cooperative agreements |
| Copyright agreements |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: |
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| Database application is copyrighted by the The Nature
Conservancy. Some restrictions apply for location data
related to Federally listed species under 1973 U.S.
Endangered Species Act. Some source restrictions apply to
particular data.
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| Citation requirements |
| Copyright agreements |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS: |
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Copyright: on database application.
Depends on dataset requested.
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| DATA ACCURACY: |
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| DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?): |
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| Variable depending on source. Data quality is documented for
each record.
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| QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED: |
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| Routine quality control performed on database.
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| ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE: |
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| DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING: |
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| DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?): |
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| YES, point/location information |
| YES, vector/polygon information |
| YES, by administrative boundary; see comments |
| YES, by place; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING: |
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Administrative boundary: land ownership and management.
Place: Ecoregion
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| ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured): |
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All rare species in Alaska to include vascular plants, terrestrial mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
Marine mammals. A few invertebrate species lists are
consolidated.
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| DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set): |
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| Julie Lenz, Systems Analyst
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| Alaska Natural Heritage Program
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| 707 A Street
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| Anchorage, AK 99501
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| Phone:( 907)257-2782 Fax:( 907)257-2789 |
| Email/FTP/WWW Address: ANJKM@UAA.alaska.edu |
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| CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.): |
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| On-line/Internet. |
| Local use only; see comments. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM: |
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| Local use: electronic or hard copy/
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| DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.): |
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| Approx. 3 GB
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| ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
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| Published Documents
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| Data Dictionaries |
| Accuracy |
| Precision |
| Collection Protocols |
| Mem. of Agreemt w/other Agencies |
| COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: |
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