SWL15 Marine Mammal Watch. Version 1.0

• Main Authors: Moore, S., Grebmeier, J., Vagle, S.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory 2015
• Subjects: biota; oceans; Biology; Surface; Arctic; Ships; In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS > SHIPS > > 1bb21d0f-bf48-42b5-8e09-cc0d58407e4a; CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier - SWL; EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES > PRESENT WEATHER > 020585ff-91fb-421b-ba24-305d657c2231; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES > 1e2a4882-d1e9-4e1a-a2a5-efc449133bf5; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES > 35cf1beb-a654-4ceb-ab6b-7e505c2144e7; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES > 5e0ce993-df7c-46e2-9942-3a242df75705; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY > 9337898d-68dc-43d7-93a9-6afdb4ab1784; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE > 11aca777-8a01-42ce-b076-b3059c3d8cae; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > BEARS > 6831004a-34d7-42f5-a903-6c84a5e7590f; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION > ICE FRACTION > a3f36d7c-4eed-4d7a-8902-a5fcdc1b6261; DBO; Distributed Biological Observatory; Barrow Canyon; Bering Sea; Pacific; baleen whales; Chukchi; International Arctic Science Committee; Pacific Arctic; Sea ice; toothed whales; walrus*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/d6c53hxh; https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/481.103

Marine mammal observations were recorded along-track from the northern Bering Sea (175.21 W, 62.01 N) northward to Barrow Canyon at the boundary of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (158.46 W, 71.62 N) aboard R/V Sir Wilfrid Laurier, during a July, 2015 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.