Metadata Identifier: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:17341

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Count Component Title Abstract
1 AFSC/NMML: North Pacific Killer whale genetic dataset, 1990-2010 The difficulties associated with detecting population boundaries have long constrained the conservation and management of highly mobile marine species, especially for wide-ranging cetaceans such as killer whales (Orcinus orca). In this study, we use molecular genetic data to test a priori hypotheses about population subdivisions generated from a decade of killer whale surveys across the northern North Pacific. A total of 462 skin biopsies were collected from free-swimming killer whales from 1990 to 2010 between the northern Gulf of Alaska in the east and the Sea of Okhotsk in the west, representing both the piscivorous resident and the mammal-eating Biggs (or transient) killer whales. Geographic patterns of genetic differentiation were supported by significant regions of genetic discontinuity providing evidence of population structuring within both lineages, and corroborating direct observations of restricted movements of individual whales. In the Aleutian Islands (Alaska), population strata were largely delimited by major oceanographic boundaries for resident killer whales. In contrast, subdivisions among Biggs killer whales indicated multiple genetic clusters in the Eastern Aleutians and Bering Sea. The presence of sympatric genetic clusters within Biggs whales suggests the presence of isolating mechanisms other than geographic distance within this highly mobile top predator.
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CI_Citation

Count Component Title Date Citation Identifier
1 AFSC/NMML: North Pacific Killer whale genetic dataset, 1990-2010

17341
1 No Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
    2017-04-24
1 InPort
    1 Killer whale genotypes
      2018-11-27
    1 MTDNA HAPLOTYPES
      2018-11-27
    1 NOAA/NMFS/EDM
      Unresolved Xlinks
      https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/32098 at: gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:contentInfo/gmd:MD_FeatureCatalogueDescription/gmd:featureCatalogueCitation
      https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/32099 at: gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:contentInfo/gmd:MD_FeatureCatalogueDescription/gmd:featureCatalogueCitation
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      CI_ResponsibleParty

      Count Component Individual Organization Position Email Role Linkage
      1 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17341
      1 Alaska Fisheries Science Center resourceProvider https://www.afsc.noaa.gov
      1 afsc.webmaster@noaa.gov originator https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center
      1 Clapham, Phillip phillip.clapham@noaa.gov pointOfContact
      1 GCMD Landing Page Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) custodian https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
      1 ncei.info@noaa.gov distributor https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
      1 Parsons, Kim kim.parsons@noaa.gov custodian
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      CI_OnlineResource

      Count Component Linkage Name Description Function
      1 https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0142202 https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0142202 download
      1 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2026. GCMD Keywords, Version 24. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information
      1 https://www.afsc.noaa.gov Website Website for this organization information
      1 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center Alaska Fisheries Science Center Website AKFSC Home Page information
      1 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17341 Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information
      1 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information
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      1 17341
      1 North Pacific waters between the Gulf of Alaska and the Sea of Okhotsk.
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      Count Component Description West East North South Start End
      1 144 -141 65 46 1990 2010
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      Count Component West East North South
      1 144 -141 65 46
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      Count Component Start End
      1 1990 2010
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      Count Component Use Limitation
      1 NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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      Count Component DateTime Description
      1 NA
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