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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Migratory species, Wildlife, Coastal ecosystems, Animal tracking, Marine ecosystems

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Environment, Biota

Other Subject Keywords

Carnivores, PTT, Telonics, Inc., Telemetry, Tracking equipment, Mammals, Breeding sites, H.A.B.I.T. Research, Ltd, Species life history, Tagging devices, Argos, Wildlife Computers, Inc., Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Migratory rates/routes, Animals/Vertebrates, Seasonal movement, Pacific walrus, Seals/Sea Lions/Walruses, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Capture-recapture studies, Odobenus rosmarus divergens, Overwintering

Place Keywords

Chukchi Sea, Anadyr Strait, Chirikov Basin, Bering Sea, Kuskokwim Bay, Chukotka, Russia, Long Strait, Bering Strait, Bristol Bay, Etolin Strait, Alaska

Tracking Data for Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Pacific walrus, a marine mammal that ranges between the Alaska Peninsula, up through the Bering and Chukchi seas, and over to Russia. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) - Raw Data" -- All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The quality-controlled, "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.

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Author(s) Chadwick V Jay orcid, Anthony S Fischbach orcid, Anatoly A. Kochnev, Susan Hills, David C Douglas orcid
Publication Date 2022-06-29
Beginning Date of Data 1987
Ending Date of Data 2019
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7FQ9TP6
Citation Jay, C.V., Fischbach, A.S., Kochnev, A.A., Hills, S., and Douglas, D.C., 2022, Tracking Data for Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7FQ9TP6.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2024-10-19
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