Alaska Phocid Morphometrics
Polar Ecosystems Program research projects focus primarily on abundance, trends, distribution, health and condition, and foraging behavior of phocids (harbor, bearded, ringed, spotted, and ribbon seals) in Alaska. This database represents a collection of morphometrics obtained from all of these species across a variety of research projects. Morphometric data were collected from seals that were captured and sampled in the north Pacific, Bering and Chukchi Seas, in 2004-2012, 2014, 2015. There are also morphometric data from ribbon, spotted, and bearded seals that were collected during a research cruise in 1991. Data collected include lengths, girths, mass, and blubber thickness.
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Alaska Phocid Morphometrics.csv
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
PDF -
GCMD Keyword Forum Page
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Full Metadata Record
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| description | Polar Ecosystems Program research projects focus primarily on abundance, trends, distribution, health and condition, and foraging behavior of phocids (harbor, bearded, ringed, spotted, and ribbon seals) in Alaska. This database represents a collection of morphometrics obtained from all of these species across a variety of research projects. Morphometric data were collected from seals that were captured and sampled in the north Pacific, Bering and Chukchi Seas, in 2004-2012, 2014, 2015. There are also morphometric data from ribbon, spotted, and bearded seals that were collected during a research cruise in 1991. Data collected include lengths, girths, mass, and blubber thickness. |
| distribution |
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| landingPage | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17350 |
| language |
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2026-03-04T19:17:17.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
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"name": "Alaska Fisheries Science Center",
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| spatial | -130.0,50.0,170.0,73.0 |
| temporal | 1991-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2015-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Alaska Phocid Morphometrics |
