Walrus Haulout Outlines Apparent from Aerial Survey Images Collected Near Point Lay Alaska, September 2024

Description

This dataset provides walrus haulout group outlines in a shapefile format. These data are based on visual interpretation of imagery from aerial surveys by a small uncrewed aerial system (sUAS) operated by the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center, over large groups of walruses resting onshore near Point Lay, Alaska during September of 2024.

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Name Format Description Link
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P1BFYBHG

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  • walrus
  • environment
  • alaska
  • coastal-ecosystems
  • field-inventory-and-monitoring
  • usgs-67a54d1fd34e63325c2b7de5
  • biota
  • wildlife
  • aerial-photography
  • marine-mammals
  • mammals
  • image-collections
  • chukchi-sea
  • odobenus-rosmarus-divergens
  • seals-sea-lions-walruses
  • pacific-walrus
  • aerial-surveys
  • animals-vertebrates
  • carnivores
  • marine-ecosystems
  • aquatic-ecosystems
  • point-lay

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