Document of dataset 3506

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
Sea otter females with pups in Prince William Sound, Alaska
Abstract in English
In altricial mammals, the mother’s care and attendance are essential for the young to acquire survival skills. Not much is known about mother-pup behavior in the sea otter population of Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States. In these studies, firstly, water depth and location of feeding females with pups of different ages were recorded (global positioning system [GPS] locations of the sea otters are given in the map). Secondly, boat locations were noted when females with pups were observed for 24 hour activity budgets (GPS locations of the boat are given in the map). Weather, time and tidal conditions were also recorded and tested on the influence on sea otters behavior.
License
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Version
1

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
2008-05-06
End date
2008-08-18

Geographical coverage

Spatial
INE, USA, Alaska, Prince William Sound

Themes

theme
Biology > Mammals

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Enhydra lutris

Ownerships

contactPoint
Sylvia Osterrieder
contactPoint
Institute of Bioscience
contributor
Sylvia Osterrieder
contributor
Institute of Bioscience
contributor
Randall Davis
contributor
Department of Marine Biology

Dataset references

record
Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations

Document metadata

date created
2012-11-22
date modified
2012-11-22