DataSheet_1_Patterns of winter occurrence of three sympatric killer whale populations off eastern Vancouver Island, Canada, based on passive acoustic monitoring.docx

• Main Authors: James F. Pilkington, Eva H. Stredulinsky, Katherine Gavrilchuk, Sheila J. Thornton, John K. B. Ford, Thomas Doniol-Valcroze
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; passive acoustic monitoring; habitat use; residence; Strait of Georgia; killer whale; Orcinus orca; Canada; British Columbia; Killer Whale; Orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1204908.s001; https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/DataSheet_1_Patterns_of_winter_occurrence_of_three_sympatric_killer_whale_populations_off_eastern_Vancouver_Island_Canada_based_on_passive_acoustic_monitoring_docx/23917980

Understanding habitat use patterns of animal populations across space and time is fundamental to identifying ecological requirements, and informing threat mitigation and conservation strategies. Persistent data gaps tend to occur with cryptic species in difficult-to-access environments, where the us...