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| Dataset Title: | Skin-blubber biopsy samples and associated demographic data collected from cetaceans encountered along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), 2010 - present. \n 
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| Institution: | National Science Foundation (Dataset ID: CetaceanBiopsies) |
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Attributes {
s {
biopsy_id {
Float64 column_id 5349;
String column_name "col_5349";
String ioos_category "Identifier";
String long_name "Biopsy Id";
String lter_column_description "Unique identifier for sample collected";
String lter_column_name "Biopsy ID";
String lter_mscale "nominal";
}
species_code {
Float64 column_id 5350;
String column_name "col_5350";
String ioos_category "Taxonomy";
String long_name "Species Code";
String lter_column_description "Mn: Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Bb: Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis), Oo: Killer whale (Orcinus orca)";
String lter_column_name "Species";
String lter_mscale "nominal";
}
time {
String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
Float64 actual_range 1.2736224e+9, 1.4948928e+9;
String axis "T";
String calendar "proleptic_gregorian";
Float64 column_id 5351;
String column_name "col_5351";
String ioos_category "Time";
String long_name "Time";
String lter_column_description "Date that sample was collected";
String lter_column_name "Sample Date";
String lter_mscale "dateTime";
String standard_name "time";
String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
}
latitude {
String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
Float64 _FillValue 9.969209968386869e+36;
Float64 actual_range -68.0771166666666, -63.39167;
String axis "Y";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0;
Float64 column_id 5352;
String column_name "col_5352";
String ioos_category "Location";
String long_name "Latitude";
String lter_column_description "North/South position";
String lter_column_name "Latitude";
String lter_mscale "ratio";
String lter_num_type "real";
String lter_units "º";
String lter_units_string "degree";
String standard_name "latitude";
String units "degrees_north";
String units_conventions "EML-2.0.1,EML-2.1.0,EML-LTER";
}
longitude {
String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
Float64 _FillValue 9.969209968386869e+36;
Float64 actual_range -74.77098, -56.87333;
String axis "X";
Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0;
Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0;
Float64 column_id 5353;
String column_name "col_5353";
String ioos_category "Location";
String long_name "Longitude";
String lter_column_description "East/West position";
String lter_column_name "Longitude";
String lter_mscale "ratio";
String lter_num_type "real";
String lter_units "º";
String lter_units_string "degree";
String standard_name "longitude";
String units "degrees_east";
String units_conventions "EML-2.0.1,EML-2.1.0,EML-LTER";
}
sex {
Float64 column_id 5354;
String column_name "col_5354";
String ioos_category "Biology";
String long_name "Sex";
String lter_column_description "Male or Femail";
String lter_column_name "Genetic Sex";
String lter_mscale "nominal";
}
tag_id {
Float64 column_id 5355;
String column_name "col_5355";
String ioos_category "Identifier";
String long_name "Tag Id";
String lter_column_description "Tags deployed include both suction cup and satellite position tags";
String lter_column_name "Tag ID";
String lter_mscale "nominal";
}
photo_frames {
Float64 column_id 5356;
String column_name "col_5356";
String ioos_category "Unknown";
String long_name "Photo Frames";
String lter_column_description "Description of photos used for photo-identification";
String lter_column_name "Photo Frames";
String lter_mscale "nominal";
}
haplotype {
Float64 column_id 5357;
String column_name "col_5357";
String ioos_category "Unknown";
String long_name "Haplotype";
String lter_column_description "Genetic marker used to assess matrilineal breeding lines for population structure analyses. X=yes, Blank=No";
String lter_column_name "Haplotype";
String lter_mscale "nominal";
}
genotype {
Float64 column_id 5358;
String column_name "col_5358";
String ioos_category "Unknown";
String long_name "Genotype";
String lter_column_description "Assessed 10-15 microsatellite loci to determine individual genotype. X=yes, Blank=No";
String lter_column_name "Genotype";
String lter_mscale "nominal";
}
progresterone {
Float64 column_id 5359;
String column_name "col_5359";
String ioos_category "Unknown";
String long_name "Progresterone";
String lter_column_description "Values used to assess pregnancy in biopsied animals. Progesterone is quantified from a subsample of blubber. X=yes, Blank=No";
String lter_column_name "Progesterone";
String lter_mscale "nominal";
}
microbiome {
Float64 column_id 5360;
String column_name "col_5360";
String ioos_category "Unknown";
String long_name "Microbiome";
String lter_column_description "Description of proportion of varying microbial communities on skin. X=yes, Blank=No";
String lter_column_name "Microbiome";
String lter_mscale "nominal";
}
}
NC_GLOBAL {
String acknowledgement "Funding and support provided by the National Science Foundation";
String cdm_data_type "Point";
String comment "The Palmer, Antarctica, Long-Term Ecological Research project is a member site of the Long-Term Ecological Research program, a network of sites investigating diverse biomes. A team of researchers seeks to understand the structure and function of the Western Antarctic Peninsula's marine and terrestrial ecosystems in the context of seasonal-to-interannual atmospheric and sea ice dynamics, as well as long-term climate change. The PAL measurement system (or grid) is designed to study marine and terrestrial food webs consisting principally of diatom primary producers, the dominant herbivore Antarctic krill, and the apex predator Adelie penguin. An attenuated microbial food web is also a focus. PAL studies these ecosystems annually over a regional scale grid of oceanographic stations and seasonally at Palmer Station. \\n\\nPalmer Station is located on Anvers Island west of the Antarctic Peninula. The peninsula runs perpendicular to a strong climatic gradient between the cold, dry continental regime to the south, characteristic of the Antarctic interior, and the warm, moist, maritime regime to the north. North-south shifts in the gradient give rise to large environmental variability to climate change. Sea ice extent and variability affects ecosystem changes at all trophic levels. In addition to the long-term field and research activities, information management, graduate student training, education and outreach are an integral part of the program.";
String contributor_email "ari.friedlaender@oregonstate.edu";
String contributor_name "Ari Friedlaender";
String contributor_role "PrincipalInvestigator";
String contributor_role_vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/G04/current/";
String Conventions "CF-1.8, ACDD-1.3, COARDS";
String creator_country "USA";
String creator_email "kerfoot@marine.rutgers.edu";
String creator_institution "Rutgers University";
String creator_name "John Kerfoot";
String creator_sector "academic";
String creator_type "person";
String creator_url "https://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu";
String datazoo_dataset_id "271";
String datazoo_datatable_id "274";
String datazoo_datatable_label "Cetacean Sample Records";
String datazoo_datatable_name "Sample Records";
String date_created "2022-03-28T14:21:37Z";
String date_issued "2022-03-28T14:21:37Z";
String doi "https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/7c76321a5a230adda4ab475173c40928";
Float64 Easternmost_Easting -56.87333;
String featureType "Point";
String geospatial_bounds_crs "EPSG:4326";
String geospatial_bounds_vertical_crs "EPSG:5831";
Float64 geospatial_lat_max -63.39167;
Float64 geospatial_lat_min -68.0771166666666;
String geospatial_lat_resolution "0.00001 degree";
String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
Float64 geospatial_lon_max -56.87333;
Float64 geospatial_lon_min -74.77098;
String geospatial_lon_resolution "0.00001 degree";
String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
String geospatial_vertical_positive "down";
String geospatial_vertical_units "EPSG:5831";
String history
"/Users/kerfoot/data/lter/data/tsv/dat_274/dat_274.tsv
2025-05-04T15:48:50Z (local files)
2025-05-04T15:48:50Z http://pallter-data.marine.rutgers.edu/erddap/tabledap/CetaceanBiopsies.html";
String infoUrl "https://pal.lternet.edu/";
String institution "National Science Foundation";
String keywords "genetics, mammals, oceans, population and community properties, Population Studies, populations";
String keywords_vocabulary "LTER Controlled Vocabulary,LTER Core Areas";
String license "All data contained herein is licensed under the LTER Network Data Access Policy (https://lternet.edu/data-access-policy/). In accordance with scientific publishing conventions and professional etiquette, the consumer of these data (the \"Data User\") is expected to appropriately cite these data in any publication that results from their use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur and should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the data authors. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available \"as is.\" The Data User should be aware that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data.";
String license_link "https://lternet.edu/data-access-policy/";
String naming_authority "edu.rutgers.rucool";
Float64 Northernmost_Northing -63.39167;
String product_version "1.0";
String program "LTER";
String project "Palmer LTER";
String publisher_country "USA";
String publisher_email "kerfoot@marine.rutgers.edu";
String publisher_institution "Rutgers University";
String publisher_name "John Kerfoot";
String publisher_type "person";
String publisher_url "https://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu";
String references "https://pal.lternet.edu/";
String sea_name "Southern Ocean";
String source "/Users/kerfoot/data/lter/data/tsv/dat_274/dat_274.tsv";
String sourceUrl "(local files)";
Float64 Southernmost_Northing -68.0771166666666;
String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v77";
String summary "The collection of biopsy samples from cetaceans within the near-shore waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) has been led by Dr. Ari Friedlaender starting in 2010. The Friedlaender group just recently joined the Palmer LTER in 2015, but prior collection of samples was leveraged from previous National Science Foundation (NSF) support and existing collaborations with Antarctic tour operations. Collection methods have been kept consistent, as the research group attempts to sample every whale encountered. Our current data set consists of three targeted species for collection, the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis), and killer whales (Orcinus orca). Sample are kept frozen at -80°C until analysis following the completion of annual field work. Collection of these samples is still ongoing. The biopsy ID is the unique identifier for each collected sample and is used as the common field among the different analyses that are conducted on the sample to look at population and individual level demographic information. From these tissue samples, we can extract nuclear and mitochondrial DNA which provides us with information on the genetic sex, genotype (gene fingerprint), as well as haplotype of the individuals sampled. Additionally, from the blubber layer of the biopsy sample, our group can now successfully detect and quantify sex-steroid hormones, one of which is progesterone, that allows us to make inference on the pregnancy status of sampled individuals. Lastly, more recent work has begun to assess the microbial communities on the skin layer of the biopsy samples. Combined, these biological analyses provide an in depth understanding of the current population demographics and dynamics in these recovering marine species. \\n";
String time_coverage_end "2017-05-16T00:00:00Z";
String time_coverage_start "2010-05-12T00:00:00Z";
String title "Skin-blubber biopsy samples and associated demographic data collected from cetaceans encountered along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), 2010 - present. \\n";
Float64 Westernmost_Easting -74.77098;
}
}
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