Oil Industry Marine Mammal Ecology Data. Version 1.0 ...

• Main Authors: Aerts, L., Brueggeman, J., Cyr, A., Gumtow, R., Hetrick, W., Kirk, A., Lomac-MacNair, K., McFarland, A., Schudel, C., Seiser, P., Sitkiewicz, S., Snyder, D., Wahl, M., Watts, B.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory 2013
• Subjects: oceans; Biology; Arctic; Ship Based; Ships; Water-based Platforms > Vessels > Surface > Ships > > 1bb21d0f-bf48-42b5-8e09-cc0d58407e4a; Visual Observations; In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Photon/Optical Detectors > > > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > > 0982484f-4bb9-41dd-8841-931435cc138d; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > BEARS; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY; Chukchi Sea; PacMARS; Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis; Pacific; baleen whales; Chukchi; toothed whales; walrus*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/d60z71b4; https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.045

The purpose of the marine mammal ecology survey is to increase current knowledge of the movements, distribution and abundance of marine mammals during the open water season within the study areas. Vessel-based marine mammal data are collected as part of a multi-disciplinary environmental program during the open water season from the end of July to early October in the northeastern Chukchi Sea. Biologist observers, assisted by observers from the native communities, record all marine mammals sighted during daylight hours along north-south oriented transect lines. Besides species information, observers record other environmental data such as behavior, distance and movement of the animal relative to the vessel. The information obtained on marine mammal presence and distribution through visual observations augments the data collected through acoustic call detections. Combining the marine mammal data with information on the physical oceanography and of potential food organisms (plankton, benthos, and fish) ...