Marine mammals
Marine Mammals Research
Recent data (2020-2022) related to USGS marine mammal research is listed below. A complete listing of USGS marine mammal data is available from the button below.
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sea Otter Blood and in Blue Mussels from the Aleutian Islands and Southeast Alaska
Morphometric and Reproductive Status Data for Sea Otters Collected or Captured in Alaska
Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Concentrations in Polar Bear Hair and Prey from the Alaska Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, 1978-2019
Fatty Acid Composition of Polar Bear Adipose Tissue and Ringed and Bearded Seal Blubber Collected in the Chukchi Sea, 2008-2017
Necropsy reference number and summary collection information for Washington state population of northern sea otters examined during 1989-2010
Serum Urea and Creatinine Levels of Spring-Caught Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Southern Beaufort and Chukchi Seas
Sex and Age Composition of Walrus Groups Hauled Out on Ice Floes in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, 2013-2015
Metabarcoding of Feces of Pacific Walruses and Autosomal DNA Sequence Data of Marine Invertebrates, 2012-2015, Alaska
Pacific Walrus Behavior Data and Associated Chukchi Sea Ice Observations and Projections for use with Bioenergetics Models to Forecast Walrus Body Condition
Multistate capture and search data from the southern Beaufort Sea polar bear population in Alaska, 2001-2016
Walrus used and available resource units for northeast Chukchi Sea, 2008-2012
Sea Otter Aerial Survey Data from Southeast Alaska, 2002-2003
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS marine mammal research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS marine mammal publications is available from the button below.
Polar bear foraging behavior
Genetics as a tool for conservation and management of West Indian manatee populations in Brazil
Reduced quality and synchronous collapse of forage species disrupts trophic transfer during a prolonged marine heatwave
Seal body condition and atmospheric circulation patterns influence polar bear body condition, recruitment, and feeding ecology in the Chukchi Sea
Heatwave-induced synchrony within forage fish portfolio disrupts energy flow to top pelagic predators
Reconstructing population dynamics of a threatened marine mammal using multiple data sets
Exposure to domoic acid is an ecological driver of cardiac disease in southern sea otters
Genetic connectivity of the West Indian manatee in the southern range and limited evidence of hybridization with Amazonian manatees
Diving and foraging behaviors
Examining the potential conflict between sea otter recovery and Dungeness crab fisheries in California
Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic
Analyses on subpopulation abundance and annual number of maternal dens for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the southern Beaufort Sea, Alaska
Software related to USGS marine mammal research is listed below.
Marine mammals
Marine Mammals Research
Recent data (2020-2022) related to USGS marine mammal research is listed below. A complete listing of USGS marine mammal data is available from the button below.
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sea Otter Blood and in Blue Mussels from the Aleutian Islands and Southeast Alaska
Morphometric and Reproductive Status Data for Sea Otters Collected or Captured in Alaska
Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Concentrations in Polar Bear Hair and Prey from the Alaska Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, 1978-2019
Fatty Acid Composition of Polar Bear Adipose Tissue and Ringed and Bearded Seal Blubber Collected in the Chukchi Sea, 2008-2017
Necropsy reference number and summary collection information for Washington state population of northern sea otters examined during 1989-2010
Serum Urea and Creatinine Levels of Spring-Caught Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Southern Beaufort and Chukchi Seas
Sex and Age Composition of Walrus Groups Hauled Out on Ice Floes in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, 2013-2015
Metabarcoding of Feces of Pacific Walruses and Autosomal DNA Sequence Data of Marine Invertebrates, 2012-2015, Alaska
Pacific Walrus Behavior Data and Associated Chukchi Sea Ice Observations and Projections for use with Bioenergetics Models to Forecast Walrus Body Condition
Multistate capture and search data from the southern Beaufort Sea polar bear population in Alaska, 2001-2016
Walrus used and available resource units for northeast Chukchi Sea, 2008-2012
Sea Otter Aerial Survey Data from Southeast Alaska, 2002-2003
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS marine mammal research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS marine mammal publications is available from the button below.
Polar bear foraging behavior
Genetics as a tool for conservation and management of West Indian manatee populations in Brazil
Reduced quality and synchronous collapse of forage species disrupts trophic transfer during a prolonged marine heatwave
Seal body condition and atmospheric circulation patterns influence polar bear body condition, recruitment, and feeding ecology in the Chukchi Sea
Heatwave-induced synchrony within forage fish portfolio disrupts energy flow to top pelagic predators
Reconstructing population dynamics of a threatened marine mammal using multiple data sets
Exposure to domoic acid is an ecological driver of cardiac disease in southern sea otters
Genetic connectivity of the West Indian manatee in the southern range and limited evidence of hybridization with Amazonian manatees
Diving and foraging behaviors
Examining the potential conflict between sea otter recovery and Dungeness crab fisheries in California
Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic
Analyses on subpopulation abundance and annual number of maternal dens for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the southern Beaufort Sea, Alaska
Software related to USGS marine mammal research is listed below.