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  5. Sea otter carcass recovery rates from Bering Island, some Western Aleutian Islands, the Alaskan Peninsula and Prince William Sound, 1971-2009

Sea otter carcass recovery rates from Bering Island, some Western Aleutian Islands, the Alaskan Peninsula and Prince William Sound, 1971-2009

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1971
End Date
2009

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Kenner, M.C., Kloecker, K.A., Tinker, M.T., Esslinger, G.G., Monson, D.H., Murray, M.J., Bodkin, J.L., Estes, J.A., and Young, M., 2021, Sea otter survey data, carcass recovery data, and blood chemistry data from southwest Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CZXVMQ.

Summary

The table presents summary data of sea otter skulls found on carcass searches conducted along stretches of shoreline at islands or locations along a longitudinal span encompassing the sea otter population decline. Numbers of skulls encountered, length of shoreline searched, population density calculated from survey data, as well as skulls per kilometer and per-capita recovery rate are presented. The data are arranged in west to east order from Bering Island to Prince William Sound.

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Originator :
Michael C Kenner, George G Esslinger, Daniel H Monson, James L Bodkin
Metadata Contact :
Michael C Kenner
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey data release
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Sea otter carcass recovery rates from Bering Island, some Western Aleutian Islands, the Alaskan Peninsula and Prince William Sound, 1971-2009.xml
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Carcasses.xlsx 11.37 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Purpose

The data were collected to examine whether the sea otter population decline in southwest Alaska was reflected in carcass deposition rates along the shoreline as would be expected if it resulted from disease, starvation or some anthropogenic interactions.

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