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Original provider: Sylvia K. Osterrieder, Randall W. Davis Dataset credits: Sylvia K. Osterrieder, Randall W. Davis Abstract: 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.
Citation: Osterrieder, S. 2012. Sea otter females with pups in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/107143ce.
Published: October 07, 2025 at 23:05
URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_712
Sylvia Osterrieder
University of Rostock, Institute of Bioscience, Rostock, Germany
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
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| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 312 |
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| maximumDepthInMeters | 312 |
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| minimumDepthInMeters | 312 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
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| NO_DEPTH | 312 |
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| ON_LAND | 2 |
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