��<HTML> <HEAD> <SCRIPT><!-- function fix(e) { var par = e.parentNode; e.id = ""; e.style.marginLeft = "0.42in"; var pos = e.innerText.indexOf("\n"); if (pos > 0) { while (pos > 0) { var t = e.childNodes(0); var n = document.createElement("PRE"); var s = t.splitText(pos); e.insertAdjacentElement("afterEnd", n); n.appendChild(s); n.style.marginLeft = "0.42in"; e = n; pos = e.innerText.indexOf("\n"); } var count = (par.children.length); for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) { e = par.children(i); if (e.tagName == "PRE") { pos = e.innerText.indexOf(">"); if (pos != 0) { n = document.createElement("DD"); e.insertAdjacentElement("afterEnd", n); n.innerText = e.innerText; e.removeNode(true); } } } if (par.children.tags("PRE").length > 0) { count = (par.children.length); for (i = 0; i < count; i++) { e = par.children(i); if (e.tagName == "PRE") { e.id = ""; if (i < (count-1)) { var e2 = par.children(i + 1); if (e2.tagName == "PRE") { e.insertAdjacentText("beforeEnd", e2.innerText+"\n"); e2.removeNode(true); count = count-1; i = i-1; } } } } } } else { n = document.createElement("DD"); par.appendChild(n); n.innerText = e.innerText; e.removeNode(true); } } --></SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY oncontextmenu="return true"> <A name="Top" /> <H1>Bowhead Whale Subsistence Sensitivity Mapping</H1> <H2>Metadata:</H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="#Identification_Information">Identification_Information</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#Data_Quality_Information">Data_Quality_Information</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#Spatial_Data_Organization_Information">Spatial_Data_Organization_Information</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#Spatial_Reference_Information">Spatial_Reference_Information</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#Entity_and_Attribute_Information">Entity_and_Attribute_Information</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="#35046336"> Distribution_Information </A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="#Metadata_Reference_Information">Metadata_Reference_Information</A></LI> </UL> <A name="Identification_Information"><HR /></A> <DL> <DT><I>Identification_Information:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Citation:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Citation_Information:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Originator:</I> North Slope Borough Planning and Community Services GIS Division</DT> <DT><I>Originator:</I> North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management</DT> <DT><I>Originator:</I> Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commision</DT> <DT><I>Publication_Date:</I> 2003</DT> <DT><I>Title:</I></DT> <DD>Bowhead Whale Subsistence Sensitivity Mapping</DD> <DT><I>Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:</I> vector digital data</DT> <DT><I>Other_Citation_Details:</I></DT> <DD>Moore, S.E. and Reeves, R.R., 1993, Distribution and Movement. In: Burns, J.J. Montague, J.J. and Cowles, C.J. (eds.) 'The Bowhead Whale.' Special publication No. 2 of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. 787 pp. Richardson, W.J. (ed.), 1999. Marine mammal and acoustical monitoring of Western Geophysical's open warer program in the Alaska Beafort Sea, 1998. LGL Rep. TA2230-3. Rep. from LGL Ltd., King City, Ont., and Greenridge Sciences Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, for Western Geophysical, Houston, TX, and Nat. Mar. Fish. Serv., Anchorage, AT., and Silver Spring, MD. 390 pp.</DD> <DT><I>Online_Linkage:</I> <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://arctic.cbl.umces.edu/web-content/AICC_page/"> http://arctic.cbl.umces.edu/web-content/AICC_page/</A> </DT> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Description:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><I>Abstract:</I></DT> <PRE ID="original">The Bowhead Whale Subsistence Sensitivity mapping project includes GIS data on migration routes; seasonal ranges; hunting and search areas, and other areas highly sensitive to seasonal disturbance.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DIV> <DT><I>Purpose:</I></DT> <PRE ID="original">The data and associated map are intended to be used as a guide in the planning and execution of research in arctic marine environments. It is an important resource for the Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC).</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DIV> <DT><I>Supplemental_Information:</I></DT> <PRE ID="original">This map was prepared as a joint project of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission and the U.S. National Science Foundation with the assistance of the North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management, the North Slope Borough Planning and Community Services GIS Division and the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium with funding from the National Science Foundation.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Time_Period_of_Content:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Time_Period_Information:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Single_Date/Time:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Calendar_Date:</I> 2003</DT> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DIV> <DT><I>Currentness_Reference:</I></DT> <PRE ID="original">publication date</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Status:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Progress:</I> Complete</DT> <DT><I>Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:</I> As needed</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Spatial_Domain:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Bounding_Coordinates:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>West_Bounding_Coordinate:</I> -179</DT> <DT><I>East_Bounding_Coordinate:</I> -116</DT> <DT><I>North_Bounding_Coordinate:</I> 75</DT> <DT><I>South_Bounding_Coordinate:</I> 60</DT> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Keywords:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Theme:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:</I> NASA GCMD</DT> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword:</I> Data Analysis And Visualization &gt; Geographic Information Systems &gt; Web-based Geographic Information Systems</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Theme:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:</I> NASA GCMD</DT> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword:</I> Data Analysis And Visualization &gt; Global Positioning Systems</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Theme:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:</I> NASA GCMD</DT> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword:</I> Data Management/Data Handling &gt; Data Mining</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Theme:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:</I> ISO 19115 Topic Categories</DT> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword:</I> geoscientificInformation</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Theme:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:</I> ISO 19115 Topic Categories</DT> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword:</I> location</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Theme:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:</I> ISO 19115 Topic Categories</DT> <DT><I>Theme_Keyword:</I> climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><I>Place:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><I>Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:</I> Orth, D. 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This project is made possible with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF Award OPP-0454996) and the US Geological Survey (USGS Award Number: 03HQAG0177).</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DT><I>Native_Data_Set_Environment:</I></DT> <DD>Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.0 (Build 6002) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000</DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <A name="Data_Quality_Information"><HR /></A> <DL> <DT><I>Data_Quality_Information:</I></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><I>Logical_Consistency_Report:</I></DT> <PRE ID="original">This data set is topologically correct.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DIV> <DT><I>Completeness_Report:</I></DT> <PRE ID="original">The GIS data and associated cartography were completed with the best available data in 2003. 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