Dataset

Acoustic detections of Arctic mammals in the western Beaufort Sea 2010-2011

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Original provider: Kate Stafford, University of Washington Dataset credits: Kate Stafford, University of Washington Abstract: Passive acoustic data were collected from a mooring deployed at 71.412 N 152.0065 W in the Beaufort Sea. Sounds of bowhead and beluga whales and bearded seals were recorded seasonally. Bowhead and beluga whale sounds occurred in the fall, spring and summer. Bearded seals were recorded primarily in the winter.

Citation: Stafford, K. 2014. Acoustic detections of Arctic mammals in the western Beaufort Sea 2010-2011. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/a84c6544.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 00:55

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_914

Kate Stafford
University of Washington

5,819
occurrence records
3
taxa
3
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 5,819
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 5,819
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 5,819
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data