Whale broad-scale distribution southeastern Bering Sea 2008 (B66) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/245.B66-001 Summary Three marine mammal observers conducted visual surveys along transect lines sampled during the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) walleye pollock stock assessment cruise from 1 June to 30 July 2008. Whale sightings included fin (78), humpback (47), minke (7), sei (1), gray (1), sperm (4), killer (35), and Baird's beaked (2) as well as harbor (56) and Dall's (172) porpoise. Data from this project will be combined with oceanographic and prey data to analyze habitat selection, submitted to project B92 (Top predator hotspot persistence), and used to investigate if cetacean sightings match predator-prey fields predicted by the Forage and Euphausiid Abundance in Space and Time (FEAST) model (M.47). Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 245.B66-001 * doi:10.5065/D6MK69W1 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MK69W1 Versions 1.0 Citation Friday, N., et al. 2011. Whale broad-scale distribution southeastern Bering Sea 2008. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MK69W1 Accessed 29 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 * BSIERP: Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/BSIERP Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: 2 minute * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * biota * oceans Categories * Arctic * Biology * Mammals * Oceanography * Ship Based Platforms * Ships Instruments * Visual Observations Sites * Bering Sea GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES Documentation * B66_Friday.html [25 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/42301113E660/B66_Friday.html Related links * info: BEST Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/data-policy-1 * homepage: BSIERP Data Archive https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/bsierp Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2008-06-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2008-07-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 62.30 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 54.10 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 178.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -160.80 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Nancy Friday https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/882 Additional contact information * author: Nancy Friday https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/882 * author: Sue E. Moore https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1720 * author: Phillip Clapham https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1721 * author: Alex Zerbini https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1722 * originator: Nancy Friday https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/882 * principalInvestigator: Nancy Friday https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/882 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/245.B66-001?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/245.B66-001?format=isotc211