Data rescue and curation of modern and historic collections of Alaskan sea otter and walrus specimens at the UA Museum, from 1945 to 2022

• Main Authors: Aren Gunderson, Kyndall Hildebrandt, Link Olson
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace 2022
• Subjects: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA; Odobenus rosmarus; Enhydra lutris; Erignathus barbatus; phoque barbu, squareflipper, ugruk, Bearded Seal; Histriophoca fasciata; Ribbon Seal; Pusa hispida; Ringed Seal; Phoca; hair seals, harbor seals; Cetacea; cetaceans, whales, dolphins, marine mammals, porpoises, baleia, cetáceo, golfinho, baleines, cétacés, dauphins, mammfères marins, marsouins; Phocidae; earless seals, true seals; Nutria marina, Sea Otter; morse, Walrus; 1945-2022; Quaternary; database; data rescue; archived data; sea otter; walrus; marine mammals; Specimen-based research; Museum; Gulf of Alaska; North Pacific Ocean; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Aleutian Islands; climate change; biodiversity; Alaska; museum specimen; marine birds and mammals; Pacific; Morse; Dauphins; Barbu; bearded seal; Phoque barbu; ringed seal; morse; walrus*
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k6ce_20220601T213432Z

Specimen data are recorded at the site of collection by the collectors and in the lab by museum technicians. This dataset includes specimen data and metadata from those specimens and specimen parts newly processed into the UA Museum Mammal Collection as part of this NPRB project 1913. This project h...