Killer Whale Ecotypes in the Juneau Area

The goal of this project was to identify the most common killer whale ecotype in the Juneau area. Over 400 photographs of killer whales taken from the years 2012-2015 were collected from Juneau photographers and marine naturalists on various whale watching boats. The photos were analyzed and the kil...

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Main Author: Luck, Emma
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Killer Whales
Killer Whale
Killer whale
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8058
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spelling ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/8058 2023-05-15T17:03:16+02:00 Killer Whale Ecotypes in the Juneau Area Luck, Emma 2017-07-15 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8058 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8058 Killer Whales Report 2017 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:36:58Z The goal of this project was to identify the most common killer whale ecotype in the Juneau area. Over 400 photographs of killer whales taken from the years 2012-2015 were collected from Juneau photographers and marine naturalists on various whale watching boats. The photos were analyzed and the killer whales were identified as either resident, transient, or offshore based on morphological characteristics. Additionally, the individual whales were compared to published killer whale identification catalogs and identified when possible. Heidi Pearson, Faculty Mentor Report Killer Whale Killer whale University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA
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Killer Whale Ecotypes in the Juneau Area
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description The goal of this project was to identify the most common killer whale ecotype in the Juneau area. Over 400 photographs of killer whales taken from the years 2012-2015 were collected from Juneau photographers and marine naturalists on various whale watching boats. The photos were analyzed and the killer whales were identified as either resident, transient, or offshore based on morphological characteristics. Additionally, the individual whales were compared to published killer whale identification catalogs and identified when possible. Heidi Pearson, Faculty Mentor
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author Luck, Emma
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title Killer Whale Ecotypes in the Juneau Area
title_short Killer Whale Ecotypes in the Juneau Area
title_full Killer Whale Ecotypes in the Juneau Area
title_fullStr Killer Whale Ecotypes in the Juneau Area
title_full_unstemmed Killer Whale Ecotypes in the Juneau Area
title_sort killer whale ecotypes in the juneau area
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Killer whale
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Killer whale
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