Annual photographic survey summaries of killer whales in Alaska: 1984 - 2012
Killer whales were monitored in Prince William Sound, Alaska with funding from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council in 1989, 1990, and 1991 (damage assessment) and in 1993 (restoration monitoring). Monitoring was continued in 1995-2011 as part of the EVOS Trustee Council restoration pro...
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dataone:df35d.136.16 2024-10-03T18:46:12+00:00 Annual photographic survey summaries of killer whales in Alaska: 1984 - 2012 Craig Matkin Eva Saulitis Graeme Ellis Prince William Sound, Alaska ENVELOPE(-151.625,-143.875,61.375,58.75) BEGINDATE: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-04-11T23:00:00Z https://search.dataone.org/view/df35d.136.16 unknown Gulf of Alaska Data Portal prince william sound orca killer whale EVOSTC Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council EVOS Gulf Watch Projects Oil Spill Exxon Valdez Alaska Pelagic Mammals Orcinus orca orca Dataset dataone:urn:node:GOA 2024-10-03T18:06:08Z Killer whales were monitored in Prince William Sound, Alaska with funding from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council in 1989, 1990, and 1991 (damage assessment) and in 1993 (restoration monitoring). Monitoring was continued in 1995-2011 as part of the EVOS Trustee Council restoration program. The North Gulf Oceanic Society (NGOS) independently maintained a monitoring program in all other years since 1984. The goal of the photo monitoring has been to obtain identification photographs of all whales in all major resident pods and the AT1 transient group on an annual basis. Photo-identification techniques (after Bigg, et. al. 1990) were used to identify individual whales. The current photographic database includes tens of thousands of frames of film collected from 1984-2011 and is used to provide individual identifications for each encounter with whales. Vital rates for AB pod and all other frequently sighted resident pods have been calculated annually based on the photographic data. Publications: Matkin, C.O., G. Ellis, L. Barrett Lennard, H. Yurk, E. Saulitis, D. Scheel, P. Olesiuk, G. Ylitalo. 2003. Photographic and acoustic monitoring of killer whales in Prince William Sound and Kenai Fjords, Exxon Valdez Oil Spil Restoration Project Final Report (Restoration Project 030012 Final Report), North Gulf Oceanic Society, Homer, Alaska. Dataset Killer Whale Orca Orcinus orca Alaska Killer whale Gulf of Alaska Data Portal (via DataONE) Barrett ENVELOPE(-126.773,-126.773,54.428,54.428) ENVELOPE(-151.625,-143.875,61.375,58.75) |
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Killer whales were monitored in Prince William Sound, Alaska with funding from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council in 1989, 1990, and 1991 (damage assessment) and in 1993 (restoration monitoring). Monitoring was continued in 1995-2011 as part of the EVOS Trustee Council restoration program. The North Gulf Oceanic Society (NGOS) independently maintained a monitoring program in all other years since 1984. The goal of the photo monitoring has been to obtain identification photographs of all whales in all major resident pods and the AT1 transient group on an annual basis. Photo-identification techniques (after Bigg, et. al. 1990) were used to identify individual whales. The current photographic database includes tens of thousands of frames of film collected from 1984-2011 and is used to provide individual identifications for each encounter with whales. Vital rates for AB pod and all other frequently sighted resident pods have been calculated annually based on the photographic data. Publications: Matkin, C.O., G. Ellis, L. Barrett Lennard, H. Yurk, E. Saulitis, D. Scheel, P. Olesiuk, G. Ylitalo. 2003. Photographic and acoustic monitoring of killer whales in Prince William Sound and Kenai Fjords, Exxon Valdez Oil Spil Restoration Project Final Report (Restoration Project 030012 Final Report), North Gulf Oceanic Society, Homer, Alaska. |
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Annual photographic survey summaries of killer whales in Alaska: 1984 - 2012 |
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Annual photographic survey summaries of killer whales in Alaska: 1984 - 2012 |
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Annual photographic survey summaries of killer whales in Alaska: 1984 - 2012 |
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Annual photographic survey summaries of killer whales in Alaska: 1984 - 2012 |
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Annual photographic survey summaries of killer whales in Alaska: 1984 - 2012 |
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annual photographic survey summaries of killer whales in alaska: 1984 - 2012 |
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Prince William Sound, Alaska ENVELOPE(-151.625,-143.875,61.375,58.75) BEGINDATE: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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