Historical Humpback Whale Abundance Estimates in Prince William Sound, Alaska: 1978 - 2009

• Main Authors: Suzanne Teerlink, Terrance Quinn, Jan Straley, Olga Von Ziegesar
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Gulf of Alaska Data Portal
• Subjects: Exxon Valdez; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; humpback whale; evostc; oil spill; Alaska; Prince William Sound; population; abundance estimates; mark-recapture; photoidentification; Megaptera novaeangliae; novaeangliae; Fairbanks; Pacific; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/df35d.124.16

The principal objectives of this study were to analyze historical data on humpback whales (late 1970s to present) collected by research organization Eye of the Whale and others to develop time series of abundance for humpback whales in Prince William Sound. This historical data is proprietary and wa...