17598 AFSC/NMML/CCEP: Harbor seal demography in Washington; capture, tagging, branding data from 1981 to 2007 Data Set Published / External 23110 California Current Ecosystems Program Project In Work 2016 The National Marine Mammal Laboratories' California Current Ecosystem Program (AFSC/NOAA) in collaboration with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife captured and sampled Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) to study the demography of this species in Washington. This database provides capture, recapture, branding and resighting information for harbor seals in Washington from 1981 to 2007. Datasets include: Captures, Recapture, and Resight. Captures and Recapture information includes speno, date, age-class, age qualifier, sex, weight, length, health, tag number, brand number, location for all age classes and axial girth for pups and subadults. It also notes if samples were taken for disease screening (blood and swabs), contaminants (blubber), genetics (skin) and if animals were instrumented and with what type(s) of instrument. Resights information includes speno, date, tag, brand, reproductive information, location. The purpose of this data set is to link harbor seal capture, recapture, branding and resighting data to provide longitudinal information on known-age survival, mortality, longevity, recruitment, and natality as well as annual natality rates for harbor seals in Washington and to document changes in these rates over time. Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 4973, 04-25-2014 13:48 The following FGDC sections are not currently supported in InPort, but were preserved and will be included in the FGDC export: - Taxonomy (FGDC:taxonomy) - Entity Attribute Information (FGDC:eainfo) Cite data as: Huber, H. R., Jeffries, S. J., Lambourn, D. M. 2016. Harbor seal demography in Washington; capture, tagging, branding data collected from 1981-04-09 to 2007-11-20 (NCEI Accession 0140930). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category biota Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans Theme Age-specific natality Theme Demography Theme Hot-iron branding Theme Length Theme Life history Theme Longitudinal studies Theme Pacific harbor seal Theme Repoductive success Theme Reproduction Theme Survival Theme Tagging Theme Weight Spatial Puget Sound Spatial Washington State coast Alaska Fisheries Science Center Seattle WA USA Data Set CSV Files As Needed Table (digital) Tables include information about individuals during initial Capture, after Resighing(s), and after Recapture(s). See "Child Items" for more detailed information. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. NOAA denies liability if the data are misused. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Whereas every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. Steve Jeffries, Dyanna Lambourn, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife N/A N/A N/A 30102 Captures Published / External In Work Table containing pertinent information gathered at the time of animal capture (e.g. date, species, sex, length). Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 7988, 01-13-2016 17:39 NA COHORT Unknown No No Active year of birth AGEQ Unknown No No Active NA SPEN0 Unknown No No Active unique identifier TAGTYPE Unknown No No Active RT= roto TAG COLOR Unknown No No Active y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange TAG# Unknown No No Active tag number PATCHTYPE Unknown No No Active N, NP = Neoprene; bn= beanie; TDR= TDR floatation PATCOLOR Unknown No No Active NA PATCH# Unknown No No Active patch number MARKTYPE Unknown No No Active B= Brand; Head tx = head transmitter MARKCOLOR Unknown No No Active y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange MARK# Unknown No No Active brand #, patch# or other mark # TXTYPE Unknown No No Active head mount, flipper mount, back mount TX# Unknown No No Active frequency of transmitter SPECIES Unknown No No Active Pv = harbor seal DAY Unknown No No Active mm/dd/yyyy AGECLASS Unknown No No Active A= adult; S=subadult; Y= yearling; P=pup SEX Unknown No No Active F=female; M= male SITECODE Unknown No No Active NA LENGTH Unknown No No Active in cm WEIGHT Unknown No No Active in kg GIRTH Unknown No No Active in cm PELAGE PATTERN Unknown No No Active light on dark or dark on light PREG Unknown No No Active NA LACT Unknown No No Active NA MOLT Unknown No No Active NA RELATIVE Unknown No No Active tag or brand number of mother or pup COMMENTS Unknown No No Active remarks up to 250 characters STCOLORL Unknown No No Active y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange STNOL Unknown No No Active streaner number left STCOLORR Unknown No No Active y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange STNOR Unknown No No Active streamer number right BLOOD Unknown No No Active NA GENETICS Unknown No No Active NA BIOPSY Unknown No No Active NA SWAB Unknown No No Active type of swab; nasal, rectal, mouth, lesion TETRA Unknown No No Active yes or no plus dosage CONDITION Unknown No No Active A= alive, D= dead 30103 Recapture Published / External In Work Table containing pertinent information collected at the time of an animal's recapture. Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 7988, 01-13-2016 17:39 NA SPENO Unknown No No Active unique identifier TAGCOLOR Unknown No No Active y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange NEW TAG# Unknown No No Active number of new replacement tag SEX Unknown No No Active F=female; M= male BRAND# Unknown No No Active number of brand NEWPATCH# Unknown No No Active number of nerw patch NEWSTCOLORL Unknown No No Active NA NEWSTCOLORR Unknown No No Active NA DAY Unknown No No Active mm/dd/yyyy SITECODE Unknown No No Active NA AGE Unknown No No Active present year minus cohort year AGEQ Unknown No No Active NA COHORT Unknown No No Active year of birth OLDTAG Unknown No No Active number of replaced tag LENGTH Unknown No No Active length in cm WEIGHT Unknown No No Active weight in kg GIRTH Unknown No No Active axilary girth in cm BLOOD Unknown No No Active Y= yes;N= no BIOPSY Unknown No No Active Y= yes;N= no GENETICS Unknown No No Active Y= yes;N= no SWAB Unknown No No Active type of swab: nasal, rectal, skin lesion PREGNANT Unknown No No Active Y= yes;N= no LACTATING Unknown No No Active Y= yes;N= no TETRA Unknown No No Active tetracycline dose Y= yes;N= no CONDITION Unknown No No Active A= alive, D= dead HEALTH Unknown No No Active G= good, B= bad; D = dead RELATIVE Unknown No No Active tag number, brand 3 or speno of mother or pup MOLT Unknown No No Active Y= yes;N= no PELAGE PATTERN Unknown No No Active light on dark or dark on light CAUSE OF DEATH Unknown No No Active cause of death or unk for unknown NECROPSY FORM Unknown No No Active number of WDFW necopsy form TRANSMITER TYPE Unknown No No Active head moun, flipper mount, back mount TRANSMITER # Unknown No No Active frequency of transmitter COMMENTS Unknown No No Active explanatory text or notes 30104 Resight Published / External In Work Table containing pertinent information collected when a marked animal was resighted during survey efforts (e.g. date, location, sex, marker id, observer). Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 7988, 01-13-2016 17:39 NA SPENO Unknown No No Active unique identifier TAGCOLOR Unknown No No Active y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange TAG# Unknown No No Active number of tag BRAND# Unknown No No Active number of brand DAY Unknown No No Active mm/dd/yyyy SITECODE Unknown No No Active NA AGE Unknown No No Active present year minus cohort year AGEQ Unknown No No Active NA COHORT Unknown No No Active year of birth IDMETHOD Unknown No No Active B=brand; T= tag, S= streamers; p= patch; M = more than one method of id SEX Unknown No No Active F=female; M= male CONDITION Unknown No No Active A= alive, D= dead STATUS Unknown No No Active p or pg= pregnant; PP= post partum; NP= not pregnant; unk= status unknown PUP Unknown No No Active pup present Y= yes;N= no HEALTH Unknown No No Active G= good, B= bad; D = dead OBSERVER Unknown No No Active initials of observer: DML= Dyanna Lambourn, HRH= Harriet Huber, SJJ= Steve Jeffries COMMENTS Unknown No No Active explanatory text or notes PHOTO Unknown No No Active Y or YES = photo taken of brand for confIrmation Data Steward 2015 Person Huber, Harriet harriet.huber@noaa.gov Distributor 2015 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI ncei.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. Online Resource https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ Metadata Contact 2014 Person Orr, Tony tony.orr@noaa.gov Originator 2014 Person Huber, Harriet harriet.huber@noaa.gov Point of Contact 2015 Person Delong, Robert robert.delong@noaa.gov Point of Contact 2015 Person Huber, Harriet harriet.huber@noaa.gov -125.2 -122 49.2 46 Western Washington State, coastal (Columbia River, Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor, Cape Elizabeth to Cape Flattery) and inland waters (Strait of Juan de Fuca, Georgia Basin, San Juan Islands, south Puget Sound, Hood Canal). Range 1981 2007 Unclassified None. None. The dataset is archived with the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data is suggested. Communication and collaboration with dataset authors is strongly encouraged prior to use. The dataset is available for download via the NCEI Ocean Archive System at http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0140930. There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed. User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested. Data must be cited as: Huber, H. R., Jeffries, S. J., Lambourn, D. M. 2016. Harbor seal demography in Washington; capture, tagging, branding data collected from 1981-04-09 to 2007-11-20 (NCEI Accession 0140930). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Communication and collaboration with data set authors is strongly encouraged. None. Metadata are subject to revision at any time and information within the metadata record should not be cited without author consent. Whereas every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0140930 0140930 NODC/NCEI page with links to data download sites. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2001.tb01271.x/pdf Online Resource PDF Huber, H.R., S.J. Jeffries, R.F. Brown, R.L. DeLong, and G. VanBlaricom. 2001. Correcting aerial survey counts of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) in Washington and Oregon." Marine Mammal Science 17.2: 276-293. http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/share/AquaticMammalsIssueArchives/1993/Aquatic_Mammals_19_1/19-01_Jeffries.pdf Online Resource PDF Jeffries, S.J., R.F. Brown, and J.T. Harvey. 1993. Techniques for capturing, handling and marking harbor seals. Aquatic Mammals 19: 21-21. Description of capturing methods. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjz-2012-0047#.VkKOELerTmE Online Resource PDF Huber, H.R., B.R. Dickerson, S.J. Jeffries, and D.M. Lambourn. 2012. Genetic analysis of Washington State harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) using microsatellites. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90.12: 1361-1369. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z09-141#.VkKFqLerTmE Online Resource PDF Huber, H.R., S.J. Jeffries, D.M. Lambourn, and B.R. Dickerson. 2010. Population substructure of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) in Washington State using mtDNA. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88.3: 280-288. MS Access No brands on pups less than 20 kg. No brands or handling on near-term females. Capture and Recapture data are proofed for consistency and logic in the field and after collection. Resight data are run through a consistency program in the field that checks for misreads in brand numbers, flagging brands that do not exist, are dead animals, or have not been seen for more than two years. No 0 No No Yes Unknown Data not automatically processed NCEI-MD Unknown IT Security and Contingency Plan for the system establishes procedures and applies to the functions, operations, and resources necessary to recover and restore data as hosted in the Western Regional Support Center in Seattle, Washington, following a disruption. Capture methods were by beach seine or tangle net or 'run and grab;' methods are described in Jeffries et al. 1993. Branding in south Puget Sound took place between 1993 and 2011. Hot brands of 1 to 3 digits, using rolled stainless steel branding irons, were applied with even pressure for 3 to 4 seconds on both sides of subadult and adult animals that were physically restrained. Only pups greater than 20 kg were branded. After 2009. pups were branded on one side only. Harbor seal resights were made in south Puget Sound at Gertrude Island, Eagle Island, Woodard Bay, and Commencement Bay on land and from small boats using blinds, boats, and vehicles provided by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Observations of tagged and branded harbor seals took place at least 3 days/week at Gertrude Island between 15 June and 15 September and at least 1 day/week 16 Sept to 1 November from 1994 to 2011. After 2011, resighting observations were more irregular. 30102 Entity 30103 Entity 30104 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:17598 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2013-01-14T16:38:49 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:17 2018-11-27 Alaska Fisheries Science Center AFSC 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA https://www.afsc.noaa.gov 0700-1700 Pacific Time 1001 Public No No 2018-11-27 1 Year 2019-11-27 Kingdom Animalia Genus Phoca Species vitulina Harbor seal All brands NA AFSC COHORT year of birth AFSC 1991 2011 AGEQ A=actual, based on known year of birth, either tag, brand as pup or yearling; E= estimated, based on lenth/weight AFSC unknown SPENO unique identifier AFSC 85 2698 MARK# brand #, patch# or other mark # AFSC unknown DAY mm/dd/yyyy AFSC 8/23/1993 9/27/2011 BRAND YEAR year branded AFSC 1993 2011 AGECLASS A= adult; S=subadult; Y= yearling; P=pup AFSC unknown SEX F=female; M= male AFSC unknown SITECODE NA AFSC 10 10.07 CAPTURES NA AFSC COHORT year of birth AFSC 1976 2011 AGEQ A=actual, based on known year of birth, either tag, brand as pup or yearling; E= estimated, based on lenth/weight AFSC unknown SPEN0 unique identifier AFSC 1 9999 TAGTYPE RT= roto AFSC unknown TAG COLOR y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange AFSC unknown TAG# NA AFSC 0 1908 PATCHTYPE NA AFSC unknown PATCOLOR NA AFSC unknown PATCH# NA AFSC unknown MARKTYPE NA AFSC unknown MARKCOLOR NA AFSC unknown MARK# brand #, patch# or other mark # AFSC unknown TXTYPE head mount, flipper mount, back mount AFSC unknown TX# NA AFSC unknown SPECIES NA AFSC unknown DAY mm/dd/yyyy AFSC 19810409 20110927 AGECLASS A= adult; S=subadult; Y= yearling; P=pup AFSC unknown SEX F=female; M= male AFSC unknown SITECODE NA AFSC 1.04 15.02 LENGTH in cm AFSC 55 1618 WEIGHT in kg AFSC 5 134.5 GIRTH in cm AFSC 20 733.5 PELAGE PATTERN light on dark or dark on light AFSC unknown PREG NA AFSC unknown LACT NA AFSC unknown MOLT NA AFSC unknown RELATIVE tag or brand number of mother or pup AFSC unknown COMMENTS remarks up to 250 characters AFSC unknown STCOLORL y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange AFSC unknown STNOL streamer number left AFSC unknown STCOLORR y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange AFSC unknown STNOR streamer number right AFSC unknown BLOOD NA AFSC unknown GENETICS NA AFSC unknown BIOPSY NA AFSC unknown SWAB type of swab; nasal, rectal, mouth, lesion AFSC unknown TETRA yes or no plus dosage AFSC unknown CONDITION A= alive, D= dead AFSC unknown RECAPTURE NA AFSC SPENO unique identifier AFSC 23 2669 TAGCOLOR y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange AFSC unknown NEW TAG# number of new replacement tag AFSC 114 1869 SEX F=female; M= male AFSC unknown BRAND# number of brand AFSC unknown NEWPATCH# number of nerw patch AFSC unknown NEWSTCOLORL NA AFSC unknown NEWSTCOLORR NA AFSC unknown DAY mm/dd/yyyy AFSC 19810621 20111020 SITECODE NA AFSC 1 14 AGE present year minus cohort year AFSC 0 21 AGEQ A=actual, based on known year of birth, either tag, brand as pup or yearling; E= estimated, based on lenth/weight AFSC unknown COHORT year of birth AFSC 1976 2011 OLDTAG number of replaced tag AFSC 114 1838 LENGTH length in cm AFSC 66 174 WEIGHT weight in kg AFSC 6.6 167 GIRTH axilary girth in cm AFSC 31 698 BLOOD Y= yes;N= no AFSC unknown BIOPSY Y= yes;N= no AFSC unknown GENETICS Y= yes;N= no AFSC unknown SWAB type of swab: nasal, rectal, skin lesion AFSC unknown PREGNANT Y= yes;N= no AFSC unknown LACTATING Y= yes;N= no AFSC unknown TETRA tetracycline dose Y= yes;N= no AFSC unknown CONDITION A= alive, D= dead AFSC unknown HEALTH G= good, B= bad; D = dead AFSC unknown RELATIVE tag number, brand 3 or speno of mother or pup AFSC unknown MOLT Y= yes;N= no AFSC unknown PELAGE PATTERN light on dark or dark on light AFSC unknown CAUSE OF DEATH cause of death or unk for unknown AFSC unknown NECROPSY FORM number of WDFW necopsy form AFSC unknown TRANSMITER TYPE head moun, flipper mount, back mount AFSC unknown TRANSMITER # frequency of transmitter AFSC unknown COMMENTS explanatory text or notes AFSC unknown RESIGHT NA AFSC SPENO unique identifier AFSC 41 2693 TAGCOLOR y or yl= yellow; B or bl = blue; W or wh = white; G or gr =green; R or rd = red; O or or = orange AFSC unknown TAG# number of tag AFSC 346 2665 BRAND# number of brand AFSC unknown DAY mm/dd/yyyy AFSC 19930730 20111025 SITECODE NA AFSC 0 10.99 AGE present year minus cohort year AFSC 0 98 AGEQ A=actual, based on known year of birth, either tag, brand as pup or yearling; E= estimated, based on lenth/weight AFSC unknown COHORT year of birth AFSC 1980 2011 IDMETHOD B=brand; T= tag, S= streamers; p= patch; M = more than one method of id AFSC unknown SEX F=female; M= male AFSC unknown CONDITION A= alive, D= dead AFSC unknown STATUS p or pg= pregnant; PP= post partum; NP= not pregnant; unk= status unknown AFSC unknown PUP pup present Y= yes;N= no AFSC unknown HEALTH G= good, B= bad; D = dead AFSC unknown OBSERVER initials of observer: DML= Dyanna Lambourn, HRH= Harriet Huber, SJJ= Steve Jeffries AFSC unknown COMMENTS explanatory text or notes AFSC unknown PHOTO Y or YES = photo taken of brand for confIrmation AFSC unknown