AFSC/NMML: Beluga whale Counts from Aerial Surveys in Cook Inlet, Alaska, 1993-2022
The National Marine Mammal Laboratory conducted aerial surveys to monitor the abundance and distribution of beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska. This database contains the counts of beluga whale groups made by the aerial observers during surveys from 1993-2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021 and 2022. Counts occurred concurrent with video collection during each pass near a beluga group.
Complete Metadata
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|
| identifier | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26317 |
| issued | 1993-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"aerial",
"count",
"Cook Inlet",
"DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AFSC > Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program"
]
|
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| language |
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|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 1993-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
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"name": "Alaska Fisheries Science Center",
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|
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| rights | otherRestrictions, unclassified |
| spatial | -149.0,59.0,-154.0,61.5 |
| temporal | 1993-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2022-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | AFSC/NMML: Beluga whale Counts from Aerial Surveys in Cook Inlet, Alaska, 1993-2022 |
