USGS Multimedia Gallery for tag: Walrus

http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery for tag: Walrus http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Adult Female Walruses on Ice Floe with Young]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2012_n6Iu48Wkk1_11_13_2012_0 Adult female walruses on ice floe with young. Notice the radio tag borne on her her upper mid back.

This tag will monitor resting and foraging behavior and convey the information back to USGS scientists.

]]> <![CDATA[Adult Female Walrus on Ice Floe]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2012_n6Iu48Wkk1_11_13_2012_1 Adult female walrus on ice floe.

]]> <![CDATA[Radio Tagged Adult Female Walrus on Ice Floe]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2012_n6Iu48Wkk1_11_13_2012_2 Adult female walrus on ice floe photographed shortly after receiving a behavior monitoring satellite-linked radio tag from USGS researchers.

Data acquired from such radio-tags are providing insights on the distribution and behavior of Pacific walruses during a time when their summer sea ice habitat is rapidly changing.

]]> <![CDATA[Pacific Walruses Resting on Sea Ice]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2012_n6Iu48Wkk1_11_13_2012_3 Female walruses and their young must haul out of the water to rest between foraging bouts.

]]> <![CDATA[Adult Female Walruses on Ice Floe with Young]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2012_n6Iu48Wkk1_11_13_2012_4 Adult female walruses on ice floe with young.

]]> <![CDATA[Walrus on Chukchi Sea Shores with Skin Lesions]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_04_2012_hmd5GSr11Y_05_04_2012_0 Large numbers of walruses came ashore to rest near the community of Point Lay, Alaska when sea ice had dissipated from their offshore foraging grounds in the eastern Chukchi Sea during late August through October of 2011. Walruses in these groups cycled between this coastal resting area and their foraging grounds, both near-shore and offshore. USGS is tracking these walruses in an effort to understand the consequences of foraging from a coastal resting area relative to traditional behavior of foraging from offshore sea ice. Depicted in these photos are walruses observed on the edge of these groups that exhibited skin lesions. The lesions were distributed across the walruses bodies and were in various states of healing. (Photo taken during USGS research efforts permitted under US Fish and Wildlife Service Permit No. MA801652-3.)

]]> <![CDATA[Walrus on Chukchi Sea Shores with Skin Lesions]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_04_2012_hmd5GSr11Y_05_04_2012_1 Large numbers of walruses came ashore to rest near the community of Point Lay, Alaska when sea ice had dissipated from their offshore foraging grounds in the eastern Chukchi Sea during late August through October of 2011. Walruses in these groups cycled between this coastal resting area and their foraging grounds, both near-shore and offshore. USGS is tracking these walruses in an effort to understand the consequences of foraging from a coastal resting area relative to traditional behavior of foraging from offshore sea ice. Depicted in these photos are walruses observed on the edge of these groups that exhibited skin lesions. The lesions were distributed across the walruses bodies and were in various states of healing. (Photo taken during USGS research efforts permitted under US Fish and Wildlife Service Permit No. MA801652-3.)

]]> <![CDATA[Walrus on Chukchi Sea Shores with Skin Lesions]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_04_2012_hmd5GSr11Y_05_04_2012_2 Large numbers of walruses came ashore to rest near the community of Point Lay, Alaska when sea ice had dissipated from their offshore foraging grounds in the eastern Chukchi Sea during late August through October of 2011. Walruses in these groups cycled between this coastal resting area and their foraging grounds, both near-shore and offshore. USGS is tracking these walruses in an effort to understand the consequences of foraging from a coastal resting area relative to traditional behavior of foraging from offshore sea ice. Depicted in these photos are walruses observed on the edge of these groups that exhibited skin lesions. The lesions were distributed across the walruses bodies and were in various states of healing. (Photo taken during USGS research efforts permitted under US Fish and Wildlife Service Permit No. MA801652-3.)

]]> <![CDATA[Walrus on Chukchi Sea Shores with Skin Lesions]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_04_2012_hmd5GSr11Y_05_04_2012_3 Large numbers of walruses came ashore to rest near the community of Point Lay, Alaska when sea ice had dissipated from their offshore foraging grounds in the eastern Chukchi Sea during late August through October of 2011. Walruses in these groups cycled between this coastal resting area and their foraging grounds, both near-shore and offshore. USGS is tracking these walruses in an effort to understand the consequences of foraging from a coastal resting area relative to traditional behavior of foraging from offshore sea ice. Depicted in these photos are walruses observed on the edge of these groups that exhibited skin lesions. The lesions were distributed across the walruses bodies and were in various states of healing. (Photo taken during USGS research efforts permitted under US Fish and Wildlife Service Permit No. MA801652-3.)

]]> <![CDATA[Walrus on Chukchi Sea Shores with Skin Lesions]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_04_2012_hmd5GSr11Y_05_04_2012_4 Large numbers of walruses came ashore to rest near the community of Point Lay, Alaska when sea ice had dissipated from their offshore foraging grounds in the eastern Chukchi Sea during late August through October of 2011. Walruses in these groups cycled between this coastal resting area and their foraging grounds, both near-shore and offshore. USGS is tracking these walruses in an effort to understand the consequences of foraging from a coastal resting area relative to traditional behavior of foraging from offshore sea ice. Depicted in these photos are walruses observed on the edge of these groups that exhibited skin lesions. The lesions were distributed across the walruses bodies and were in various states of healing. (Photo taken during USGS research efforts permitted under US Fish and Wildlife Service Permit No. MA801652-3.)

]]> <![CDATA[Walrus on Chukchi Sea Shores with Skin Lesions]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_04_2012_hmd5GSr11Y_05_04_2012_5 Large numbers of walruses came ashore to rest near the community of Point Lay, Alaska when sea ice had dissipated from their offshore foraging grounds in the eastern Chukchi Sea during late August through October of 2011. Walruses in these groups cycled between this coastal resting area and their foraging grounds, both near-shore and offshore. USGS is tracking these walruses in an effort to understand the consequences of foraging from a coastal resting area relative to traditional behavior of foraging from offshore sea ice. Depicted in these photos are walruses observed on the edge of these groups that exhibited skin lesions. The lesions were distributed across the walruses bodies and were in various states of healing. (Photo taken during USGS research efforts permitted under US Fish and Wildlife Service Permit No. MA801652-3.)

]]> <![CDATA[Radio-Tagged Walrus]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_16_2011_jne5HTs22B_08_16_2011_0 USGS scientists can follow radio-tagged walruses remotely as they move around the Arctic Basin.

]]> <![CDATA[Scientists in Chukchi Sea]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_16_2011_jne5HTs22B_08_16_2011_1 Scientists travel to the Chukchi and Bering seas to radio-tag walruses.

]]> <![CDATA[Walruses in Chukchi Sea]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_16_2011_jne5HTs22B_08_16_2011_2 Walruses resting on an ice floe in the Chukchi sea.

]]> <![CDATA[Walruses in Chukchi Sea]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_16_2011_jne5HTs22B_08_16_2011_3 Walruses resting on an ice floe in the Chukchi sea.

]]> <![CDATA[Scientists Preparing to Radio-Tag Walruses]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_16_2011_jne5HTs22B_08_16_2011_4 Scientists prepare to radio-tag walruses in the Chukchi sea to track movements as sea ice is reduced in the region.

]]> <![CDATA[Radio-Tagged Walruses]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_16_2011_jne5HTs22B_08_16_2011_5 Scientists radio-tag walruses in the Chukchi and Bering seas to better understand their movements and foraging behavior.

]]> <![CDATA[Walrus High on the Barrier Island Beaches Near Pt Lay, AK]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_15_2010_qul8OBa44I_09_15_2010_0 <![CDATA[Cow with Her Yearling Calf on the Beach Near Pt. Lay, AK]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_15_2010_qul8OBa44I_09_15_2010_1 <![CDATA[Dan Monson on the Beach with Tagged Walrus Near Pt Lay, AK ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_15_2010_qul8OBa44I_09_15_2010_2 <![CDATA[Tony Fischbach on the Beach with Tagged Walrus Near Pt Lay, AK]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_15_2010_qul8OBa44I_09_15_2010_3 <![CDATA[Walrus Calf Looking out From the Group Near Pt Lay, AK ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_15_2010_qul8OBa44I_09_15_2010_4 <![CDATA[Walrus Resting in the Evening Sun Near Pt Lay, AK ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_15_2010_qul8OBa44I_09_15_2010_5 <![CDATA[Walrus Female And Pup On An Ice Floe, Next To Another Walrus]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_18_2010_h41Ogs6FEa_08_18_2010_6 <![CDATA[Walrus In The Water Up Close]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_18_2010_h41Ogs6FEa_08_18_2010_7