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Sea Otter surveys from selected Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska and Bering Island, Russia between 1959-2015
The data table consists of a compilation of sea otter survey results from Bering Island, Russia and select Western Aleutian Islands conducted between 1959 and 2015. The counts were reduced to sea otters per kilometer of coastline for temporal comparability. A correction factor of 3.6 was applied to aerial survey totals to yield results comparable to skiff based surveys. The data table provides the island, year, mode (aerial, skiff, or ground), and shore length covered in each survey. Counts of independent otters and pups are provided if available. Total otters counted or calculated with the correction factor and the calculated linear density are also provided.
| Author(s) |
Michael C Kenner |
| Publication Date | 2021-03-22 |
| Beginning Date of Data | 1959 |
| Ending Date of Data | 2015 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CZXVMQ |
| Citation | Kenner, M.C., Kloecker, K., Tinker, M.T., Esslinger, G.G., Monson, D.H., Murray, M.J., Bodkin, J.L., Estes, J.A., and Young, M., 2021, Sea Otter surveys from selected Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska and Bering Island, Russia between 1959-2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CZXVMQ. |
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| Metadata Date | 2021-03-22 |
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| Citations of these data | Loading https://doi.org/10.5066/F789141P |
| Access | public |
| License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
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