Sea Otter Aerial Survey Data from Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2017

This dataset consists of three tables related to abundance and distribution of northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, based on data collected during a series of population-wide aerial surveys in May 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.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
bureauCode {010:12}
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
identifier USGS:ASC434
metadata_type geospatial
modified 20220127
old-spatial -154.50, 58.83, -150.50, 60.50
publisher U.S. Geological Survey
publisher_hierarchy Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 4e783f6568b7190b11e93e9aaa341f72b981e07b
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-154.50, 58.83], [-154.50, 60.50], [ -150.50, 60.50], [ -150.50, 58.83], [-154.50, 58.83]]]}
theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • abundance-organisms
  • aerial-surveys
  • alaska
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • animals-vertebrates
  • biota
  • carnivores
  • ckan
  • cook-inlet
  • ecology
  • ecosystem-monitoring
  • enhydra-lutris-kenyoni
  • environment
  • geo
  • geoss
  • mammals
  • marine-mammals
  • national
  • north-america
  • northern-sea-otters
  • otters
  • population-density
  • population-dynamics
  • sea-otters
  • spatial-distribution
  • united-states
  • usgs-asc434
  • wildlife
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
maintainer_email ascweb@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-19T21:29:34.218752
metadata_modified 2025-11-19T21:29:34.218758
notes This dataset consists of three tables related to abundance and distribution of northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, based on data collected during a series of population-wide aerial surveys in May 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.
num_resources 2
num_tags 29
title Sea Otter Aerial Survey Data from Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2017