NODC Standard Format Marine Mammals of Coastal Alaska Data (1975-1981): Marine Mammal Specimens (F025) (NODC Accession 0014150)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0014150; 14150; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - AGE; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - CAUSE OF DEATH; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - COUNTS; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - DIVE TIMES; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MARKS OR TAGS; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - STOMACH CONTENTS; cloud amount/frequency; cloud types; DEBRIS; GLARE; GLARE - DIRECTION; GLARE - TYPE; HABITAT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE; ICE - CHARACTERISTICS; ICE - COVERAGE; ICE - DEFORMATION; ICE - TYPE; SEA STATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX; TAXONOMIC CODE; VISIBILITY; WATER COLOR; water depth; WEATHER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED; meteorological sensors; visual estimate; visual observation; biological; meteorological; physical; US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center; COASTAL OCEAN PROGRAM/COASTWATCH; OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (OCSEAP); Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Gulf of Alaska; North Pacific Ocean; oceanography; Arctic; Pacific; Chukchi; Alaska
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NODC maintains data in three NODC Standard Format Marine Mammal Data Sets: Marine Mammal Sighting and Census (F127); Marine Mammal Specimens (F025); Marine Mammal Sighting 2 (F026). These data type formats are designed to support studies of biological populations and ecosystems that are subject to impact from oil and gas development, marine pollution and other environmental disturbances. Information on marine animal populations, activities, migratory routes and breeding locales are obtained from either surface ship or aircraft surveys. The Marine Mammal Specimens (F025) data type contains data from examinations of marine mammal specimens. The data are collected to define behavior, population dynamics and trophic relationships of marine mammals. In addition to species, position, time and environmental conditions at the collection site, data for each specimen may include weight and body dimensions, sex and reproductive status, age, primary cause of death and analysis of stomach contents. The species of both the specimen and its ingested prey are encoded using the NODC Taxonomic Code. Comments may be reported in a free-text record. F025 contains data for 1975 - 1981. For further information on these data, contact Francis H. Fay (see personnel section).