SWL15 Marine Mammal Watch https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/481.103 Summary Marine mammal observations were recorded along-track from the northern Bering Sea (175.21 W, 62.01 N) northward to Barrow Canyon at the boundary of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (158.46 W, 71.62 N) aboard R/V Sir Wilfrid Laurier, during a July, 2015 research cruise. Observations include individual mammal species identification and counts, ice-cover percent, sea state, visibility and weather. Marine Mammal Watch observations were made as part of the Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO) to more systematically track the broad biological response to sea ice retreat and associated environmental change. The spatially-explicit DBO network, five regional biological "hotspot" locations along a latitudinal gradient, is organized through the Pacific Arctic Group (PAG), an international collaboration sanctioned by the International Arctic Science Committee. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 481.103 * doi:10.5065/D6C53HXH https://doi.org/10.5065/D6C53HXH Versions 1.0 Citation Moore, S., Grebmeier, J., Vagle, S. 2015. SWL15 Marine Mammal Watch. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6C53HXH Accessed 19 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 * DBO: Distributed Biological Observatory https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DBO Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Progress: completed * Language: English Grant Code NSF 1204082 ISO Topic Categories * biota * oceans Categories * Arctic * Biology * Mammals * Marine Mammal Survey * Marine Mammal Watch * Ship * Ship Based * Surface Platforms * CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier - SWL * Ships Instruments * Visual Observations Sites * DBO Site 1 * DBO Site 2 * DBO Site 3 * DBO Site 4 * DBO Site 5 GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION > ICE FRACTION * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES > PRESENT WEATHER * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > BEARS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY Documentation * DBO2015Laurier_MMWatchMap_allData_labs.fw.png [201 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/529D5C2EC76DE/DBO2015Laurier_MMWatchMap_allData_labs.fw.png * SWL15_MMWatch_metadata.pdf [129 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/529D5C2EC76BB/SWL15_MMWatch_metadata.pdf Related links * homepage: DBO Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/dbo * info: DBO Project Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/dbo/DBO_Data_Policy_Final.pdf Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2015-07-14 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2015-07-21 23:59:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 71.62 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 62.01 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -175.21 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -158.46 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Sue E. Moore https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1720 Additional contact information * principalInvestigator: Sue E. Moore https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1720 * principalInvestigator: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/421 * principalInvestigator: Svein Vagle https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1956 * author: Sue E. Moore https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1720 * author: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/421 * author: Svein Vagle https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1956 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/481.103?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/481.103?format=isotc211