HLY-08-01 and HLY-08-02 Observations of Marine Mammals of Beringia [Ray, G.C.] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.081 Summary This dataset contains marine mammal observations onboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy during the Bering Sea Ecosystem Study-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BEST-BSIERP) 2008 0801 and 0802 cruises in the Bering Sea. BEST-BSIERP together are the Bering Sea project. The objective of this project has been to observe marine mammals in the context of their sea-ice "seascape" habitat. Emphasis has been placed on the winter-spring period during which Pacific walruses and ribbon seals use sea ice for reproduction, molting, rest, and as a platform for feeding and migration. The thesis is that marine mammals partition sea-ice habitat according to their life-history requirements: for Pacific walruses, "broken pack" and for ribbon seals "loose pack" provide this habitat. The data files are in Excel, csv and jpg format. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 102.081 * doi:10.5065/D6DV1GVN https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DV1GVN Versions 1.0 Citation Ray, G., et al. 2009. HLY-08-01 and HLY-08-02 Observations of Marine Mammals of Beringia. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DV1GVN Accessed 28 Mar 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 * BEST: Bering Ecosystem Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/BEST Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: no set schedule * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * biota * oceans Categories * Abundance * Arctic * Mammals * Oceanography * Sea Ice * Ship Based Platforms * Ships * USCGC Healy - HLY Instruments * Cameras * Visual Observations Events * HLY-08-01 * HLY-08-02 Sites * Bering Sea GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS Documentation * UCAR-Metadata.pdf [115 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41B9A740B9A/UCAR-Metadata.pdf Related links * companion: 102.080: HLY-07-01 and HLY-07-02 Observations of Marine Mammals of Beringia [Ray, G.C.] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.080 * companion: 102.082: HLY-06-01 Observations of Marine Mammals of Beringia [Ray, G.C.] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.082 * info: BEST Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/data-policy-1 * homepage: BEST Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/best * info: BEST Catalog https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/best/ Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2008-03-15 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2008-05-04 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 66.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 59.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -165.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: G. Carleton Ray https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/803 Additional contact information * author: G. Carleton Ray https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/803 * author: Gary L. Hufford https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1644 * author: Igor Krupnik https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1645 * author: Elizabeth Labunski https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1646 * originator: G. Carleton Ray https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/803 * principalInvestigator: G. Carleton Ray https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/803 * principalInvestigator: Gary L. Hufford https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1644 * principalInvestigator: Igor Krupnik https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1645 * principalInvestigator: Elizabeth Labunski https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1646 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.081?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.081?format=isotc211