NMML Killer Whale Vessel, Kodiak Island, 1993

Kimberly Goetz1, Janice Waite2, OBIS-SEAMAP3

1 Duke University, ; 2 National Marine Mammal Laboratory, ; 3 Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University, A328 LSRC building, 27708, Durham, United States

Corresponding author(s): Kimberly Goetz (ktg4@duke.edu)Janice Waite (Janice.Waite@noaa.gov), OBIS-SEAMAP (seamap-contact@duke.edu)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Dahlheim. M.E. 1994. Abundance and distribution of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Alaska, 1993. ﻿Annual report to the MMPA Assessment Program, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Abstract

Original provider:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Dataset credits:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Abstract:
From 13 July to 24 August, 1993, a part of a larger study, the waters surrounding the Kodiak Island were surveyed for killer whales (<i>Orcinus orca</i>) from the NOAA Glorita using line transect methodology. To provide adequate coverage throughout the area, the study was limited to areas of known killer whale concentrations. The vessel was 44.8 m (147 ft) long and had a bridge height of 8.8 m (29 feet).

Purpose:
The objectives of this study were as follows: 
1) Develop a photographic identification catalogue of each killer whale encountered, and its pod, to determine pod identity, distribution, and movements relative to annual survey effort, 
2) Obtain minimum population estimated of killer whales in the southeastern Bering Sea, central/eastern Aleutian Islands, western Gulf of Alaska (including Prince William Sound), and southeastern Alaska, and 
3) Establish baseline data for detecting annual changes in abundance.

Supplemental information:
This dataset and associated effort data were updated on September 8, 2005. Those who downloaded them before that date should renew them.

Keywords: Occurrence,Killer Whale,Orcinus orca,vessel survey,survey,abundance, Observation, Occurrence

General description

Purpose: The objectives of this study were as follows: 
1) Develop a photographic identification catalogue of each killer whale encountered, and its pod, to determine pod identity, distribution, and movements relative to annual survey effort, 
2) Obtain minimum population estimated of killer whales in the southeastern Bering Sea, central/eastern Aleutian Islands, western Gulf of Alaska (including Prince William Sound), and southeastern Alaska, and 
3) Establish baseline data for detecting annual changes in abundance.
Additional information: marine, harvested by iOBIS

Project details

Project title: NMML Killer Whale Vessel, Kodiak Island, 1993
Personnel: Kimberly Goetz, Janice Waite
Funding: NA

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_156

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Taxonomic ranks
Order: Cetacea, Cetacea, Cetacea
Family: Hyperoodontidae
Species: Phocoenoides dalli, Balaenoptera physalus, Phocoena phocoena, Megaptera novaeangliae, Orcinus orca, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Common names: Dall's Porpoise, Fin Whale, Harbor Porpoise, Humpback Whale, Killer Whale, Minke Whale, cetaceans, cetaceans, cetaceans

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Kodiak Island,Alaska
Coordinates: 56°13'51.6''N and 60°14'9.6''N Latitude; 157°25'4.8''W and 147°47'9.6''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: July 13, 1993 - August 1, 1993

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: OBIS-SEAMAP
Collection name: zd_156
Collection identifier: zd_156

Methods

Method step description: NA
Study extent description: NA
Sampling description: NA

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive NMML Killer Whale Vessel, Kodiak Island, 1993
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/archive.do?r=zd_156
Publication date of data: 2021-04-24
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

External datasets

Dataset description
Object name: OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Interactive map
Distribution: http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/156

Dataset description
Object name: FGDC Metadata
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: XML
Distribution: http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/156/xml

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2014-06-17
Hierarchy level: Dataset