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Bowhead whale aerial abundance survey conducted by Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 2011-04-19 to 2011-06-11 (NCEI Accession 0133937)

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Aerial photographic surveys for bowhead whales were conducted near Point Barrow, Alaska, from 19 April to 6 June in 2011. Approximately 4,594 photographs containing 6,801 bowhead whale images were obtained (not accounting for resightings). The 2011 field season was very successful: we flew 36 out of 49 available days and conducted 49 flights in that time; we were grounded due to weather on 13 days. The longest period of time that we were grounded due to weather (low ceilings/fog) was three days. This occurred after the migration had slowed down, during a time when few whales passed the ice perches according to the ice-based visual survey. The 2011 migration was steady with several peaks (30 April, 4-5 May, 12 May), and then the migration rate slowed down considerably after 14 May. The photographs taken in 2011 are a significant contribution to the bowhead whale photographic catalogue. They will be used to calculate a population estimate that may be used for comparison with the 2011 ice-based estimate and will provide better precision in estimates of bowhead whale life-history parameters.
  • Cite as: Ferguson, Megan; Mocklin, Julie (2015). Bowhead whale aerial abundance survey conducted by Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 2011-04-19 to 2011-06-11 (NCEI Accession 0133937). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0133937. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2011-04-19 to 2011-06-11
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -164.42379
East: -148.41013
South: 68.987009
North: 71.974838
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General Documentation
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2015-10-16
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Submission Package ID: 5T50YA
Purpose To photograph bowhead whales from the Western Arctic (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort) stock during the annual spring migration past Barrow, Alaska in order to derive a capture-recapture abundance estimate.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Ferguson, Megan; Mocklin, Julie (2015). Bowhead whale aerial abundance survey conducted by Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 2011-04-19 to 2011-06-11 (NCEI Accession 0133937). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0133937. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors
  • Ferguson, Megan
  • Mocklin, Julie
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  • oceanography
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  • Cite as: Ferguson, Megan; Mocklin, Julie (2015). Bowhead whale aerial abundance survey conducted by Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 2011-04-19 to 2011-06-11 (NCEI Accession 0133937). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0133937. Accessed [date].
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Processing Steps
  • 2015-10-16T14:48:22Z - NCEI Accession 0133937 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • Data Type: LATITUDE (measured); Units: Decimal degrees; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: GPS.
  • Data Type: LONGITUDE (measured); Units: Decimal degrees; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: GPS.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • binoculars
  • GPS
  • visual observation
Platform
  • AIRCRAFT
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