Multistate capture and search data from the southern Beaufort Sea polar bear population in Alaska, 2001-2016

This data release contains two tables of information on polar bear distributions in the southern Beaufort Sea during spring, from 2001 to 2016. One table provides location (classified into 5 broad regions) of individual bears during the spring. The other table presents the aerial search effort by ye...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bromaghin, Jeffrey F, Douglas, David C, Durner, George M, Simac, Kristin, Atwood, Todd C
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2020
Subjects:
Cryosphere, Animals/vertebrates, Mammals, Carnivores, Bears, Marine mammals, Threatened species, Spatial distribution, Spatial analysis, Aerial surveys, Capture-recapture studies, Wildlife, Marine ecosystems, Geospatial analysis, Animal tracking, Biological informatics, Ursus maritimus, Polar bears, PTT, Platform transmitter terminal, Argos System, Satellite telemetry
Beaufort Sea
polar bear
Ursus maritimus
Alaska
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p9a9e5up
https://alaska.usgs.gov/products/data.php?dataid=301
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Summary:This data release contains two tables of information on polar bear distributions in the southern Beaufort Sea during spring, from 2001 to 2016. One table provides location (classified into 5 broad regions) of individual bears during the spring. The other table presents the aerial search effort by year and area.

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