Lipid Analyses for Pacific Herring, Invertebrates and Humpback Whales in the Gulf of Alaska, 2012-2021, Gulf Watch Alaska Pelagic Component

• Main Authors: Jan Straley, John Moran
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace
• Subjects: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA; Ammodytes hexapterus; Pacific sand lance; Clupea pallasii; Pacific herring, arenque del Pacífico; Eleginus gracilis; saffron cod; Euphausia pacifica; Gadus chalcogrammus; Walleye Pollock; Mallotus villosus; capelin, capelan; Megaptera; humpback whales; Thysanoessa inermis; Thysanoessa spinifera; Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates > Mammals > Cetaceans > Baleen Whales; Species Predation; Prince William Sound; Exxon Valdez; oil spill; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; EVOSTC; EVOS Gulf Watch; fatty acid composition; lipid; prey; energy content; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; baleen whales; Humpback Whale; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k32d_20230106T063258Z

This data is part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA), Pelagic component, which 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. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) Auke Bay Laboratories (ABL) Nutritional Ecology Laboratory maintain a database containing all of the biochemical data collected. The database includes seasonal information regarding size, age, location, date, developmental stage, and maturity status of all the specimens that have been examined in Prince William Sound (PWS). Samples range from phytoplankton to whales and seals. Depending on the objectives of specific studies, these data can be matched to measures of energy content, proximate, lipid class, and fatty acid composition. This dataset is a subset of the database in a single comma-separated values (csv) file format containing lipid analyses for capelin, herring, sandlance, pollock, Saffron cod, krill, and humpback whale tissue samples collected in 2012 to 2021 in PWS. Lipid analyses include bomb energy density, lipid content, fatty acid composition, protein content, moisture and ash context, and RNA/DNA measurements.