Oil Industry Marine Mammal Ecology Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.045 Summary The purpose of the marine mammal ecology survey is to increase current knowledge of the movements, distribution and abundance of marine mammals during the open water season within the study areas. Vessel-based marine mammal data are collected as part of a multi-disciplinary environmental program during the open water season from the end of July to early October in the northeastern Chukchi Sea. Biologist observers, assisted by observers from the native communities, record all marine mammals sighted during daylight hours along north-south oriented transect lines. Besides species information, observers record other environmental data such as behavior, distance and movement of the animal relative to the vessel. The information obtained on marine mammal presence and distribution through visual observations augments the data collected through acoustic call detections. Combining the marine mammal data with information on the physical oceanography and of potential food organisms (plankton, benthos, and fish) contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between marine mammals and their environment. This dataset is part of the Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis (PacMARS) Project. This dataset contains the original CSV files, metadata files, shapefiles, and geodatabase files in ZIP files. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 255.045 * doi:10.5065/D60Z71B4 https://doi.org/10.5065/D60Z71B4 Versions 1.0 Citation Aerts, L., et al. 2013. Oil Industry Marine Mammal Ecology Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D60Z71B4 Accessed 23 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * PacMARS: Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PacMARS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: no set schedule * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * oceans Categories * Abundance * Arctic * Biology * Mammals * Ship Based Platforms * Ships Instruments * Visual Observations Sites * Arctic * Chukchi Sea GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > BEARS * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY Documentation * 2011_Final_Marine_Mammals.pdf [11 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F791618AAA/2011_Final_Marine_Mammals.pdf * 2012_CSESP_MarineMammals_Final_Report.pdf [3 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F791BE9D06/2012_CSESP_MarineMammals_Final_Report.pdf * FR_2008_MAM_CanyonCreek_Marine_Mammal_Survey.pdf [3 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F791618ABC/FR_2008_MAM_CanyonCreek_Marine_Mammal_Survey.pdf * FR_2009_MAM_CanyonCreek_Marine_Mammal_Survey.pdf [3 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F791618AC5/FR_2009_MAM_CanyonCreek_Marine_Mammal_Survey.pdf * FR_2010_MAM_CSESP_MarMam_2010.pdf [11 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F791618ACE/FR_2010_MAM_CSESP_MarMam_2010.pdf * MMO_MM_EFT_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html [87 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F791708C9E/MMO_MM_EFT_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html * MMO_MM_OBS_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html [108 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F791708C9F/MMO_MM_OBS_2008_12_Metadata_Ed3.html Related links * homepage: PacMARS Home Page https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/list?project=364 * info: PacMARS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/pacmars/docs/data_policy-pacmars.pdf * info: Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/projects/csesp/ Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2008-07-23 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2011-10-14 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 72.00371 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 64.48332 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -167.97465 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -157.79164 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Christie Cowee https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1175 Additional contact information * author: Lisanne A. M. Aerts https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1203 * author: Jay Brueggeman https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1282 * author: Andrew Cyr https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1768 * author: R. Gumtow https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1778 * author: Willow Hetrick https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1773 * author: Alex V. Kirk https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1775 * author: Kate S. Lomac-MacNair https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1770 * author: Alexandra E. McFarland https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1771 * author: Carissa A. Schudel https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1776 * author: Pamela E. Seiser https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1772 * author: Sioned Sitkiewicz https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1774 * author: David Snyder https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1777 * principalInvestigator: Lisanne A. M. Aerts https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1203 * author: Melanie Wahl https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2002 * principalInvestigator: Jay Brueggeman https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1282 * author: Bridget H. Watts https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1769 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.045?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.045?format=isotc211