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    "fn": "U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center",
    "hasEmail": "mailto:gs-ak_asc_datamanagers@usgs.gov"
  },
  "description": "This dataset consists of three tables related to abundance and distribution of northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in western Prince William Sound, Alaska, based on data collected during a series of population-wide aerial surveys in June 2017. 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.",
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      "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KNKOG1",
      "description": "Landing page for access to the data",
      "format": "XML",
      "mediaType": "application/http",
      "title": "Digital Data"
    },
    {
      "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
      "description": "The metadata original format",
      "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.ASC417.xml",
      "format": "XML",
      "mediaType": "text/xml",
      "title": "Original Metadata"
    }
  ],
  "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_ASC417",
  "keyword": [
    "Abundance (organisms)",
    "Aerial surveys",
    "Alaska",
    "Animals/Vertebrates",
    "Biota",
    "Carnivores",
    "Ecology",
    "Ecosystem monitoring",
    "Enhydra lutris kenyoni",
    "Environment",
    "Mammals",
    "Marine mammals",
    "Northern sea otters",
    "Otters",
    "Population density",
    "Population dynamics",
    "Prince William Sound",
    "Sea otters",
    "Spatial distribution",
    "USGS:ASC417",
    "Wildlife"
  ],
  "modified": "2025-04-14T00:00:00Z",
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "org:Organization",
    "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"
  },
  "spatial": "-148.83, 59.67, -145.50, 61.50",
  "theme": [
    "geospatial"
  ],
  "title": "Sea Otter Aerial Survey Data from Western Prince William Sound, Alaska, 2017"
}