Marine Mammal Watch, Northern Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea, July, 2016

Marine mammal observations were recorded along-track from north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska in the Bering Sea (166.50 W, 53.90 N) northward to Barrow Canyon at the boundary of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (157.42 W, 71.18 N) aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Sir Wilfrid Laurier, during a July...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Sue
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
Subjects:
Mammal
Cetaceans
Seals
Sea Lions
Walruses
Bears
Alaska
Bering Sea
Chukchi Sea
Beaufort Sea
DBO Distributed Biological Observatory
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Barrow Canyon
Pacific
Barrow
Chukchi
International Arctic Science Committee
Pacific Arctic
Sea ice
walrus*
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a27p8td2j
https://arcticdata.io/catalog/#view/doi:10.18739/A27P8TD2J
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Summary:Marine mammal observations were recorded along-track from north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska in the Bering Sea (166.50 W, 53.90 N) northward to Barrow Canyon at the boundary of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (157.42 W, 71.18 N) aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Sir Wilfrid Laurier, during a July, 2016 research cruise. Observations include individual mammal species identification and counts, ice-cover percent, sea state, visibility and weather. Marine Mammal Watch observations were made as part of the Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO) to more systematically track the broad biological response to sea ice retreat and associated environmental change. The spatially-explicit DBO network, five regional biological "hotspot" locations along a latitudinal gradient, is organized through the Pacific Arctic Group (PAG), an international collaboration sanctioned by the International Arctic Science Committee.

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