Sea otter females with pups in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Sylvia Osterrieder

doi:10.15468/wsppxy

Sea otter females with pups in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Citation

Osterrieder, S. 2012. Sea otter females with pups in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/712) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/wsppxy accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-27.

Description

Original provider: Sylvia K. Osterrieder, Randall W. Davis Dataset credits: Sylvia K. Osterrieder, Randall W. Davis Abstract: In altricial mammals, the mother’s care and attendance are essential for the young to acquire survival skills. Not much is known about mother-pup behavior in the sea otter population of Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States. In these studies, firstly, water depth and location of feeding females with pups of different ages were recorded (global positioning system [GPS] locations of the sea otters are given in the map). Secondly, boat locations were noted when females with pups were observed for 24 hour activity budgets (GPS locations of the boat are given in the map). Weather, time and tidal conditions were also recorded and tested on the influence on sea otters behavior.

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Enhydra lutris kenyoni
common name: northern sea otter rank: subspecies

Geographic Coverages

Simpson Bay,Prince William Sound,Alaska

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Sylvia Osterrieder
originator
position: Primary contact
University of Rostock, Institute of Bioscience, Rostock, Germany
email: ost_sylvia@yahoo.de

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Sylvia Osterrieder
owner
position: Primary contact
University of Rostock, Institute of Bioscience, Rostock, Germany
email: ost_sylvia@yahoo.de

Sylvia Osterrieder
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University of Rostock, Institute of Bioscience, Rostock, Germany
email: ost_sylvia@yahoo.de