Estimating the Number of Walrus in Svalbard from Aerial Surveys and Behavioural Data from Satellite Telemetry

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Lydersen, Christian, Aars, Jon
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: BIOTA; biology; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; Arctic; Jan Mayen; Svalbard; Tusk The; North Atlantic; walrus*
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/a1576857-6778-55f7-af0d-cded18429df0

The purpose of this study was to estimate the number of walruses in Svalbard during the ice-free summer period by (1) counting walruses on land at all known haul-out sites using aerial digital-photographic images and 2) developing a model based on the analysis of behavioural data collected from sate...