gov.noaa.nodc:0140937 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2025-12-14T21:02:48Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Descriptions of marine mammal specimens in Marine Mammal Osteology Reference Collection, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1938-01-01 to 2015-12-05 (NCEI Accession 0140937) 2016-02-03 publication 2016-01-20 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0140937 NCEI Archive Management System 0140937 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Brian Fadely NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMFS/AFSC/MML) brian.fadely@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/marine-mammal-laboratory HTTPS NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMFS/AFSC/MML) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMFS/AFSC/MML) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/marine-mammal-laboratory HTTPS NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMFS/AFSC/MML) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center http://www.afsc.noaa.gov HTTP NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/AFSC) website Institution web page information author Jim Thomason NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/AFSC) jim.thomason@noaa.gov http://www.afsc.noaa.gov HTTP NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/AFSC) website Institution web page information pointOfContact NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMFS/AFSC/MML) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/marine-mammal-laboratory HTTPS NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMFS/AFSC/MML) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital The NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) Marine Mammal Osteology Collection consists of approximately 2500 specimens (skulls and post-cranial skeletons) from 43 species of marine mammals from around the world. Specimens have been collected for life history studies over the past 60 years on projects ranging from pelagic sealing in the 1950s, to collections of marine mammals taken incidentally in commercial fisheries, and those found dead on beaches and rookeries from Alaska to the Antarctic. The NMML Osteology Collection also houses vast numbers of teeth, primarily from northern fur seals taken during the commercial and subsistence harvests on the Pribilof Islands, Steller sea lions taken incidentally in the Alaska fisheries, and sperm whales collected from Pacific coast whaling stations in the 1950s and 60s. The majority of these teeth were initially collected for aging, but many have been used in recent years in stable isotope, nursing and growth layer/growth index studies. This database is an inventory of specimens and associated data contained within the osteological collection. These marine mammal osteological specimens have and continue to be collected from strandings, as incidental catches in commercial fisheries or (in earlier years) from directed research projects. Specimens continue to be used as comparative reference material, as well as for other research and education activities. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0140937 Preview graphic PNG 0140937 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2016-01-19 publication ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - AGE biological data LATITUDE LONGITUDE MARINE MAMMALS MARINE SPECIES INVENTORY SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX VERTEBRATES theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS flow injection analyzer instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological laboratory analyses theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS ALLEN EIKO MARU HARMONY LYMAN MORNING STAR USS TACOMA platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Bering Sea Chukchi Sea Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Alaska Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary North Pacific Ocean Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Sea of Okhotsk South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AFSC/MML > Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0140937 v1.1 was published. 2016-02-03T13:38:40Z NCEI Accession 0140937 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0140937/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0140937 v1.1 published 2016-02-03T13:38:40Z download dataset Data Type: Varies (measured); Units: Varies; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: na asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian flow injection analyzer flow injection analyzer automated chemical analysis instrument An instrument that performs flow injection analysis. Flow injection analysis (FIA) is an approach to chemical analysis that is accomplished by injecting a plug of sample into a flowing carrier stream. FIA is an automated method in which a sample is injected into a continuous flow of a carrier solution that mixes with other continuously flowing solutions before reaching a detector. Precision is dramatically increased when FIA is used instead of manual injections and as a result very specific FIA systems have been developed for a wide array of analytical techniques. https://www.bco-dmo.org/instrument/657 (accessed 2018-01-26) Laboratory instrument that analyzes multiple media for ions. The media include various solids and liquids. Models include: QuikChem 8000 Series FIA System ALLEN ALLEN EIKO MARU EIKO MARU HARMONY HARMONY LYMAN LYMAN MORNING STAR MORNING STAR USS TACOMA USS TACOMA