SOP for Conducting Coastline Surveys of Birds and Mammals, Animal Carcasses, Debris and Other Resources ? Version 1. 1 Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network |
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| National Park Service Staff, |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4910-9830-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $13.99 |
Book Description:
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Collecting observational data while walking beaches has proven useful in monitoring change in the marine environment. Beach surveys have been used to document patterns in the distribution and relative abundance of birds and mammals closely associated with marine shorelines, carcasses of marine birds and mammals, and debris on beaches. The utility of shoreline survey data is exemplified by collections of sea otter carcasses from beaches in Prince William Sound that have been made for...
More DescriptionCollecting observational data while walking beaches has proven useful in monitoring change in the marine environment. Beach surveys have been used to document patterns in the distribution and relative abundance of birds and mammals closely associated with marine shorelines, carcasses of marine birds and mammals, and debris on beaches. The utility of shoreline survey data is exemplified by collections of sea otter carcasses from beaches in Prince William Sound that have been made for over a decade (Monson et al. 2000), teeth extracted from the skulls of sea otters have been used to provide age estimates for sea otters, and the age-at-death data have been modeled to provide histories of sea otter survival rates.