Table I.
Animal identification (ID), AMMTAPa ID, harvest date, sex, age, mass, length, girth and blubber thickness of spotted seals and sheefish sampled in Kotzebue, Alaska (2004–2005).
| Animal ID | Species | AMMTAP ID | Harvest date | Sex | Age in years [median (range)] |
Mass (kg) | Length (cm)b | Girth (cm)c | Blubber thickness (cm)d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOTZ-01-04 | Spotted Seal | 692-SPSL-015 | 25-Oct-2004 | Male | 6 (3–8) | 95.2 | 122/129 | 92/90 | 5.5 / 5.2 |
| KOTZ-02-04 | Spotted Seal | 692-SPSL-016 | 25-Oct-2004 | Female | 5 (4–6) | 87.1 | 119/125 | 93/80 | 3.5 / 3.6 |
| KOTZ-03-04 | Spotted Seal | 692-SPSL-017 | 25-Oct-2004 | Male | 5 (4–7) | 105.2 | 131/137 | 98/89 | 5.2 / 6.0 |
| KOTZ-04-04 | Spotted Seal | 692-SPSL-018 | 25-Oct-2004 | Male | 6 (5–8) | 57.0 | NAe | NAe | 4.0 / 4.0 |
| KOTZ-05-04 | Spotted Seal | 692-SPSL-019 | 25-Oct-2004 | Male | 3 (2–4) | 60.3 | 106/115 | 70/68 | 4.4 / 4.8 |
| KOTZ-01-05 | Sheefish | NA | 22-Mar-2005 | Male | 14 (14–19) | 5.2 | 83.0 | NA | NA |
| KOTZ-02-05 | Sheefish | NA | 22-Mar-2005 | Male | 15 (15–18) | 5.0 | 79.9 | NA | NA |
| KOTZ-03-05 | Sheefish | NA | 22-Mar-2005 | Female | 20 (19–21) | 5.2 | 81.0 | NA | NA |
| KOTZ-04-05 | Sheefish | NA | 22-Mar-2005 | Male | 22 (22–25) | 5.5 | 83.1 | NA | NA |
| KOTZ-05-05 | Sheefish | NA | 22-Mar-2005 | Female | 20 (19–23) | 6.5 | 87.7 | NA | NA |
| KOTZ-06-05 | Sheefish | NA | 22-Mar-2005 | Female | 22 (20–25) | 6.7 | 90.1 | NA | NA |
| KOTZ-07-05 | Sheefish | NA | 22-Mar-2005 | Female | 23 (23–23) | 4.8 | 86.6 | NA | NA |
| KOTZ-08-05 | Sheefish | NA | 22-Mar-2005 | Female | 17 (17–18) | 5.6 | 79.8 | NA | NA |
a
Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project (AMMTAP).
b
Spotted seal length is the straight line distance from tip of nose to base of tail/tip of the tail. Sheefish length was measured from tip of mandible to fork of tail.
c
Girth is reported here as axillary/umbilical (cm).
d
Blubber thickness is reported here as axillary/umbilical (cm), measured along the ventral midline.
e
No length or girth measurements available because body was distorted during transport and storage (could not be appropriately positioned for measurement).