Description of Specimens in the Marine Mammal Osteology Reference Collection

Description

The NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) Marine Mammal Osteology Collection consists of approximately 2500 specimens (skulls and post-cranial skeletons) from 43 species of marine mammals from around the world. Specimens have been collected for life history studies over the past 60 years on projects ranging from pelagic sealing in the 1950s, to collections of marine mammals taken incidentally in commercial fisheries, and those found dead on beaches and rookeries from Alaska to the Antarctic. The NMML Osteology Collection also houses vast numbers of teeth, primarily from northern fur seals taken during the commercial and subsistence harvests on the Pribilof Islands, Steller sea lions taken incidentally in the Alaska fisheries, and sperm whales collected from Pacific coast whaling stations in the 1950s and 60s. The majority of these teeth were initially collected for aging, but many have been used in recent years in stable isotope, nursing and growth layer\growth index studies. This database is an inventory of specimens and associated data contained within the osteological collection.

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Name Format Description Link
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/26909.pdf
45 Data access page hosted by NCEI. https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/download/140937.1.1.tar.gz
0 Descriptions of marine mammal specimens in Marine Mammal Osteology Reference Collection, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1938-01-01 to 2015-12-05 (NCEI Accession 0140937) https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0140937
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26909
0 AKFSC Home Page https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center
21 Description of NMML Osteological Collection in AFSC Quarterly Research Reports Apr-May-June 2009. http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/amj2009/divrptsNMML1.htm
45 Data access page hosted by NCEI. https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/download/140937.1.1.tar.gz
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26909
0 AKFSC Home Page https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center
21 Description of NMML Osteological Collection in AFSC Quarterly Research Reports Apr-May-June 2009. http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/amj2009/divrptsNMML1.htm
0 Descriptions of marine mammal specimens in Marine Mammal Osteology Reference Collection, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1938-01-01 to 2015-12-05 (NCEI Accession 0140937) https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0140937
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/26909.pdf
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
45 Data access page hosted by NCEI. https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/download/140937.1.1.tar.gz
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26909
0 AKFSC Home Page https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center
0 Descriptions of marine mammal specimens in Marine Mammal Osteology Reference Collection, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1938-01-01 to 2015-12-05 (NCEI Accession 0140937) https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0140937
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/26909.pdf
21 Description of NMML Osteological Collection in AFSC Quarterly Research Reports Apr-May-June 2009. https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/amj2009/divrptsNMML1.htm
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

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  • alaska fisheries science center
  • alaska
  • aleutian islands
  • incidental catch
  • bones
  • marine mammal
  • strandings
  • noaa
  • summer
  • gulf of alaska
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc
  • fall
  • bering sea
  • pacific ocean
  • alaska ecosystems program
  • winter
  • reference collection

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