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Sea Otter Aerial Survey Data from Lower Cook Inlet and the Outer Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 2002

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Publication Date
Start Date
2002-05-22
End Date
2002-08-07

Citation

Esslinger, G.G., Monson, D.H., 2024, Sea otter aerial survey data from lower Cook Inlet and the outer Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1SRUDRG.

Summary

This dataset consists of three tables related to abundance and distribution of northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in lower Cook Inlet and the outer Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, based on data collected during a series of aerial surveys from May-Aug 2002. The dataset consists of: (1) sea otter counts along strip transects, (2) sea otter counts in Intensive Search Unit (ISU) within the transects, and (3) transect coordinates. **NOTE: 2002 data from survey sections in Kenai Fjords National Park are also included in another USGS data release available at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7CJ8BN7

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Originator :
George G Esslinger, Daniel H Monson
Metadata Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Publisher :
Alaska Science Center
Distributor :
USGS ScienceBase Team
SDC Data Owner :
Alaska Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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seaOtter_aerialSurvey_CIKP_esslinger_2002_metadata_final.html 87.27 KB text/html
seaOtter_aerialSurvey_CIKP_esslinger_2002_metadata_final.xml
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seaOtter_aerialSurveyISUCounts_CIKP_esslinger_2002.csv 6.43 KB text/csv
seaOtter_aerialSurveyTransectCoords_CIKP_esslinger_2002.csv 26.5 KB text/csv
seaOtter_aerialSurveyTransectCounts_CIKP_esslinger_2002.csv 36.38 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected to assess changes in the abundance and distribution of sea otters in the waters throughout lower Cook Inlet and the outer Kenai Peninsula, Alaska in 2002.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P1SRUDRG

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