Description
This dataset consists of three tables related to abundance and distribution of northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in western Prince William Sound, Alaska, based on data collected during a series of population-wide aerial surveys in June 2022. The dataset consists of: (1) sea otter counts along strip transects, (2) sea otter counts in Intensive Search Unit (ISU) within the transects, and (3) transect coordinates.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Metadata | XML | The metadata original format | Open resource |
| Digital Data | XML | Landing page for access to the data | Open resource |
Tags
- abundance-organisms
- aerial-surveys
- alaska
- animals-vertebrates
- biota
- carnivores
- ecology
- ecosystem-monitoring
- enhydra-lutris-kenyoni
- environment
- mammals
- marine-mammals
- northern-sea-otters
- otters
- population-density
- population-dynamics
- prince-william-sound
- sea-otters
- spatial-distribution
- usgs-6672f7aed34e84915adbb502
- wildlife