Northern fur seal pup weights, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 1957-present

This database contains northern fur seal pup mass and length data by date, island, rookery and sex on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, collected between 1957-2016. Mass has been used as an index of condition and can be on indicator of the health of the individual, the population and of the ecosystem.

The pup weights database serves as a repository for northern fur seal pup condition data. The primary purpose of the database is long term monitoring studies of the Pribilof Islands fur seal pup condition.

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Cite dataset as: Alaska Ecosystem Program. 2019. Northern fur seal pup weights, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 1957-present. NOAA Fisheries Open Data Portal: https://noaa-fisheries-afsc.data.socrata.com/Ecosystem-Science/Alaska-Pribilof-Island-northern-fur-seal-pup-weigh/t77b-uhtm.

All Prib Pup wt 1957 to 2016.csv is a comma-delimited flat file and includes columns of ID (index), mo (month), day, yr (year), time, island, rkname (3 letter abbreviation), rookery (numeric code), sex, wgt (mass), plen (dorsal length), tagmark, tagno (tag number), sheared, tagged, and handled.

Header row of the file contains the column names.

Mo: month

Day: day of month

Yr: Year

Time: military time

Island: 1 - St. Paul, 2 - St. George

Rkname: 3 letter code for rookery, listed in caps above

Rookery: St. Paul Island -- 1 - Lukanin – LUK, 2 - Kitovi – KIT, 3 - Reef – REE, 4 - Gorbatch GOR, 5 - Ardiguen – ARD, 6 - Morjovi – MOR, 7 - Vostochni – VOS, 8 - Polovina – POL, 9 - Little Polovina – LPO, 10 - Polovina Cliffs – PCL, 11 - Tolstoi – TOL, 12 - Zapadni Reef – ZAR, 13 - Little Zapadni – LZA, 14 - Zapadni – ZAP, 15 - Sivutch - SIV , Sea Lion Rock, 16 - Lagoon – LAG, 17 - Northeast Point – NEP.

St. George Island -- 21 - South – SOU, 22 - North – NOR, 23 - East Reef – ERE, 24 - East Cliffs – ECL, 25 - Staraya Artil – STA, and 26 - Zapadni (St. George) – SGZ.

Bogoslof Island – 30 – Bogoslof – BOG

San Miguel Island, CA -- 41 - Adams Cove – ADC, 42 - Castle Rock - CAS

Sex: m - male, f - female

Wgt: kg's, nearest tenth or .2 kg, depends on year

plen: cm's, dorsal length to nearest centimeter

Tagmark: u – untagged, f - fixed tag, 1965 code "C" believe is for checkmark only, 1966 code "S" believe stands for sheared

Tagno: tag number, 00 00000 if untagged, or blank, some anomalies here

Sheared: N - non-sheared, Y - sheared

Tagged: Y - if tagged prior to tagging, N - otherwise

Handled: Y - if handled prior to weighing, N - otherwise.

Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. While 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.

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User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy.

User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. While 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. Communication and collaboration with data set authors is strongly encouraged. Cite dataset as:

Alaska Ecosystem Program. 2019. Northern fur seal pup weights, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 1957-present. NOAA Fisheries Open Data Portal: https://noaa-fisheries-afsc.data.socrata.com/Ecosystem-Science/Alaska-Pribilof-Island-northern-fur-seal-pup-weigh/t77b-uhtm.

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Metadata are subject to revision at any time and information within the metadata record should not be cited without author consent. While 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.

Data are maintained in Microsoft Access and queried to produce the CSV file for this dataset.

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Data have been edit checked to original field notes where possible. Much of the historic data has been through several different software formats. Data since 1992 has been, at a minimum, double checked against original field notes.

Data not automatically processed.

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