Sea Otter Aerial Survey Data from Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2017
type: Dataset
description: 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.
issued: 2025-11-19T21:29:34.218752
modified: 20220127
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
keyword: abundance-organisms
keyword: aerial-surveys
keyword: alaska
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: animals-vertebrates
keyword: biota
keyword: carnivores
keyword: ckan
keyword: cook-inlet
keyword: ecology
keyword: ecosystem-monitoring
keyword: enhydra-lutris-kenyoni
keyword: environment
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: mammals
keyword: marine-mammals
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: northern-sea-otters
keyword: otters
keyword: population-density
keyword: population-dynamics
keyword: sea-otters
keyword: spatial-distribution
keyword: united-states
keyword: usgs-asc434
keyword: wildlife
theme: {geospatial}

Digital Data
type: Distribution
description: Landing page for access to the data
format: XML
issued: 2022-07-28T19:34:45.665710
modified: 2025-11-19T21:29:34.202141
access URL: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Q4DA3T
media type: application/http

Original Metadata
type: Distribution
description: The metadata original format
format: XML
issued: 2022-07-28T19:34:45.665698
modified: 2025-11-19T21:29:34.201687
access URL: https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.ASC434.xml
media type: text/xml

US Migrating
type: Agent