title: Whole blood sample from Delphinapterus leucas
organism: Delphinapterus leucas
description: Whole blood sample taken from a male beluga whale at Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA (Field ID: DLBB14-01; NMMTB ID: ACU249615A) in 2014 during Bristol Bay beluga whale health assessments in collaboration with the Alaska Sealife Center, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Georgia Aquarium, Shedd Aquarium and Mystic Aquarium. The sample was collected by the contributor and provided by the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank, which is maintained in the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and which is operated under the direction of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) with the collaboration of USGS, USFWS, BOEMRE (formerly MMS), and NIST through the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program and the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project.
attributes.tag: ecotype
attributes.value: Bristol Bay
attributes.tag: age
attributes.value: 15-17 years
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: adult
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: male
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: whole blood
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2014
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: USA: Bristol Bay, Alaska
attributes.tag: Field ID
attributes.value: DLBB14-01
attributes.tag: NMMTB ID
attributes.value: ACU249615A
attributes.tag: isolate
attributes.value: DLBB14-01
attributes.tag: specimen_voucher
attributes.value: NMMTB:ACU249615A
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal