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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Geospatial analysis, Animal tracking, Wildlife, Biological informatics, Marine ecosystems

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Biota, Environment

Other Subject Keywords

PTT, Bears, Spatial analysis, Satellite telemetry, Argos System, Animals/vertebrates, Aerial surveys, Cryosphere, Threatened species, Spatial distribution, Platform transmitter terminal, Capture-recapture studies, Marine mammals, Ursus maritimus, Carnivores, Mammals, Polar bears

Place Keywords

Beaufort Sea, Alaska

Multistate Capture and Search Data from the Southern Beaufort Sea Polar Bear Subpopulation in Alaska, 2001-2016

This data release contains two tables of information on polar bear distributions in the southern Beaufort Sea during spring, from 2001 to 2016. One table provides location (classified into 5 broad regions) of individual bears during the spring. The other table presents the aerial search effort by year and area.

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Author(s) Jeffrey F Bromaghin orcid, David C Douglas orcid, George M Durner orcid, Kristin Simac orcid, Todd C Atwood orcid
Publication Date 2020-06-12
Beginning Date of Data 2001
Ending Date of Data 2016
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A9E5UP
Citation Bromaghin, J.F., Douglas, D.C., Durner, G.M., Simac, K., and Atwood, T.C., 2020, Multistate Capture and Search Data from the Southern Beaufort Sea Polar Bear Subpopulation in Alaska, 2001-2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A9E5UP.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2023-05-01
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Harvest Source: Alaska Science Center
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