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 21 Dec 2024.

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Acknowledgement
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please acknowledge NSF 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 > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS

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 <nancy.friday@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/882

Additional contact information
 * author: Nancy Friday <nancy.friday@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/882
 * author: Sue E. Moore <sue.moore@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1720
 * author: Phillip Clapham <Phillip.Clapham@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1721
 * author: Alex Zerbini <Alex.Zerbini@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1722
 * originator: Nancy Friday <nancy.friday@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/882
 * principalInvestigator: Nancy Friday <nancy.friday@noaa.gov>
   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