Vessel line-transect surveys of Arctic marine mammals in the Chuckchi Sea, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise on the vessel Norseman II from 2017-08-05 to - 2017-08-25

Kate Stafford; Katrin Iken; Sue Moore

doi:10.15468/rvlbkl

Vessel line-transect surveys of Arctic marine mammals in the Chuckchi Sea, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise on the vessel Norseman II from 2017-08-05 to - 2017-08-25

Citation

United States Geological Survey: Vessel line-transect surveys of Arctic marine mammals in the Chuckchi Sea, Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise on the vessel Norseman II from 2017-08-05 to - 2017-08-25 https://doi.org/10.15468/rvlbkl accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-18.

Description

This dataset contains marine mammal observation data conducted during shipboard transects in the Chukchi Sea during the 5 August - 25 August 2017 Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) research cruise. The dataset is two comma-separated values (csv) files exported from the marine bird and mammal observation software WinCruz from the entire survey. One data file contains the dates,times, latitude, longitude, species and best-high-low estimates of numbers for cetacean (whales) and pinniped (seals, seal lions, and walrus) sightings. The second data file contains the track of the ship (as geographic coordinates) and the Beaufort sea state at two minute intervals as a measurement of effort. This dataset was transformed from the native format into a table structure using Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A, occurrence core) term names as column names.

Additional info

marine, harvest by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Chukchi Sea, Alaska, USA

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Kate Stafford
originator
position: Senior Principal Oceanographer
University of Washington
email: stafford@apl.washington.edu

Katrin Iken
originator
position: Professor
University of Alaska Fairbanks
email: kbiken@alaska.edu

Sue Moore
originator
position: Research Scientist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
email: sue.moore@noaa.gov
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3104-1740

Chris Turner
metadata author
position: Data Librarian
Axiom Data Science
email: chris@axiomdatascience.com

Abigail Benson
publisher
position: Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
email: albenson@usgs.gov

Kate Stafford
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Principal Oceanographer
University of Washington
email: stafford@apl.washington.edu