SWL15 Marine Mammal Watch

Marine mammal observations were recorded along-track from the northern Bering Sea (175.21 W, 62.01 N) northward to Barrow Canyon at the boundary of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (158.46 W, 71.62 N) aboard R/V Sir Wilfrid Laurier, during a July, 2015 research cruise. Observations include individual mammal species identification and counts, ice-cover percent, sea state, visibility and weather. Marine Mammal Watch observations were made as part of the Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO) to more systematically track the broad biological response to sea ice retreat and associated environmental change. The spatially-explicit DBO network, five regional biological "hotspot" locations along a latitudinal gradient, is organized through the Pacific Arctic Group (PAG), an international collaboration sanctioned by the International Arctic Science Committee.

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  • Begin:  2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
    End:  2015-07-21T23:59:00Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2015-07-21T23:59:00Z
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Bounding Box North Lat 71.62000
Bounding Box South Lat 62.01000
Bounding Box West Long -175.21000
Bounding Box East Long -158.46000
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Documentation #1 : DBO2015Laurier_MMWatchMap_allData_labs.fw.png

Documentation #2 : SWL15_MMWatch_metadata.pdf
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Author Sue E. Moore
Jacqueline M. Grebmeier
Svein Vagle
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Publication Date 2015-09-23T20:49:52
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6C53HXH
Alternate Identifier 481.103
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category biota
oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:43:39Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::481.103
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Sue E. Moore, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Svein Vagle. (2015). SWL15 Marine Mammal Watch. 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6C53HXH. Accessed 24 October 2025.

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