Whale broad-scale distribution southeastern Bering Sea 2010. Version 1.0

This data set contains visual surveys along transect lines sampled during the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) walleye pollock stock assessment cruise. Data gathered estimate density and abundance of cetaceans in the survey area. Whale s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Friday, N., Moore, S., Clapham, P., Zerbini, A., Waite, J.
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory 2011
Subjects:
biota
oceans
Arctic
Oceanography
FOS Earth and related environmental sciences
Ships
In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS > SHIPS > > 1bb21d0f-bf48-42b5-8e09-cc0d58407e4a
Visual Observations
In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Photon/Optical Detectors > > > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > > 0982484f-4bb9-41dd-8841-931435cc138d
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS > 4a55497b-8e07-431a-9af9-fece001f1dd7
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > 7f066677-c0f8-4bb1-91de-13954494a927
BSIERP
Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program
Bering Sea
Pacific
Alaska
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/d6kk98s3
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/245.B66-002
Description
Summary:This data set contains visual surveys along transect lines sampled during the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) walleye pollock stock assessment cruise. Data gathered estimate density and abundance of cetaceans in the survey area. Whale sightings included fin (60), humpback (39), minke (21), sei (1), sperm (6), killer (23), and Baird's beaked (1) as well as Pacific white-sided dolphin (2), harbor (11) and Dallas (93) porpoise. Data were gathered from 06 June 2010 through 05 August 2010.

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