Ocean migration and behavior of steelhead kelts in Alaskan OCS oil and gas lease areas, examined with satellite telemetry

• Main Authors: Michael Courtney, Andrew Seitz, Andre Boustany, Kyle Van Houtan, Emily Miller
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace
• Subjects: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; Oncorhynchus mykiss; rainbow trout, redband trout, truite arc-en-ciel, steelhead, trucha arcoiris; winter; fall; summer; spring; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS > SPECIES MIGRATION; EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL SCIENCE > ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR; Pop-up satellite Archival Tag; anadromous; Steelhead; Biotelemetry; Bering Sea; Fairbanks; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Seitz; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k6c9_20220201T222515Z

Although steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss is an iconic species found throughout the North Pacific rim, little is known about this species’ oceanic ecology. Understanding the marine distribution of steelhead in the North Pacific Ocean is important for understanding the potential interactions between hum...