Sea Otter Diet Data, Long-term Monitoring of Ecological Communities in Kachemak Bay, 2008-2015: Gulf Watch Alaska, Nearshore Component

• Main Authors: Angela Doroff, Katrin Iken, Molly McCammon, Kris Holderied, Katrina Hoffman
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace
• Subjects: Lontra canadensis; river otter, Nutria-de río norteamericana, northern river otter, loutre de rivière, North American River Otter, common otter, loutre de Canada, nutria del Canada, nutria norteamericana; Enhydra lutris kenyoni; northern sea otter; EVOS Gulf Watch; Exxon Valdez; oil spill; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; EVOSTC; Kachemak Bay; benthic habitat; prey consumption; scat analysis; scat; sea otter; diet analysis; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA; American River; Canada; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Kachemak; Alaska; Lontra; Loutre
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431/rw1k1e

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA), Nearshore component of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, project numbers 12120114-L, 13120114-L, 14120114-L, and 16120114-L. Gulf Watch Alaska is the long-term ecosystem monitoring program of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council for the marine ecosystem affected by the 1989 oil spill. This dataset is three comma-separated value (csv) files exported from Microsoft Excel. The data contains information on sea otter diet as described from scat samples that were systematically collected in Kachemak Bay during winter and spring from 2008 to 2015. Scat samples were dried and the volume percent of prey estimated to the nearest discernable taxonomic level.