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Summary

Abstract

A "Survey page" is defined as ONLY one header and zero or more lines. (header mandatory, line(s) optional. This represents the main data collection of the research effort. A page is recorded by an observer when that observer conducts a physical survey of seals present at an island/islet. Actual data entry into database takes place later and not in chronological order.

Description

A "Survey page" is defined as ONLY one header and zero or more lines. (header mandatory, line(s) optional. This represents the main data collection of the research effort. A page is recorded by an observer when that observer conducts a physical survey of seals present at an island/islet. Actual data entry into database takes place later and not in chronological order. The MASTER_chk_headers/MASTER_chk_lines table set will contain ALL surveys ever collected at all locations. Each Header is significant as the data included at the top of physical Survey Page. The data in Header is relevant to each of the (survey page) Lines under it.

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
Atoll_Year
TEXT
The Atoll and Year when the survey was conducted
GEO_AREA
TEXT
Geographic area (atoll, island, sector, or beach) of the survey
CP_NUM
NUMBER
Computer Page number - An auto generated incrementing survey number for the Atoll Year
CENSUS_DATE
DATE
Date on which survey was taken in format YYYY/MM/DD
DATA_TYPE
TEXT
Survey type
PAGE
NUMBER
This page number relative to total pages in this survey
OF_PAGE
NUMBER
Total number of pages in this survey
REPORTED_BY
TEXT
For data received from source outside PSD/MMRP source. Who made the report (caller, if phoned in)
OBSERVER_NAME
TEXT
If outside source, full name of observer.
RECORDED_BY
TEXT
For data received from source outside PSD/MMRP source. Who took the report (operator, if phoned in)
TIME_BEGIN
DATE
The time at which the survey began. Format HH24MI
TIME_END
DATE
The time at which the survey was finished. Format HH24MI
DATA_TYPE_NUM
Number
This is the top tier in a potential 3 level set of data. This is a sequential number of this set of pages in a series of surveys of this data type. At multi-islet atolls (FFS, PHR, MDY, KUR) an ATOLL-WIDE survey requires at least one page of survey with the same (or next consecutive) date of this data type for each permanently emergent islet within the atoll. So, for example, an Atoll-wide survey at Kure would require at least one page each from Green island, Sand island and shark island, but not necessarily Stark Island.It is also possible that there would be more than one page in a set of a survey from a snigle islet, such as 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3, etc.This number essentially ties together all of the individual surveys and pages that comprise the atoll-wide survey.In a single islet data type, it is more simply a super-index in a sequential series of surveys of that data type , i.e. Patrol 1, Patrol 2, etc.This is optional for data type I, but required for types A,B,C and P. It is not applicable to data type T.
TEMP_IN_CGRADE
NUMBER
Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.
WIND_SPEED
NUMBER
Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.
WIND_DIRECTION
TEXT
Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.
CLOUD
NUMBER
Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.
PRECIP
NUMBER
Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.
ENTRY_COMPLETED
Yes/No
Non-data. A flag to indicate that the page has been completely entered and checked. Used by the application to change the page to read-only state.
DATE_ESTIMATED
TEXT
If the date was estimated rather than actually noted at the time of observation, this would be "TRUE". Primarily applicable to data type I
OBS_CONTACT
TEXT
If this data is "owned" by another agency or entity, this is the person to contact regarding this page.
DATA_OWNER
TEXT
Who actually "owns" this data, for example FWS or some museum or archive if historical data
PLATFORM_TYPE
TEXT
When data was recorded while observer was not standing onn the island, this is the platform on which the observer was embarked. It could be a vessel, aircraft, etc. This is the TYPE of platform.
PLATFORM_NAME
TEXT
When data was recorded while observer was not standing onn the island, this is the platform on which the observer was embarked. It could be a vessel, aircraft, etc. This is the actual name of the particular vessel.
NON_SPECIES
TEXT
This is about an interaction between a seal and an animal of another species, or an observation of a "seal" that was not in fact a Hawaiian Monk Seal.
NON_SPECIES_DEFINI
TEXT
Whether the observer was definite about what the species actually was.
CONF_LEVEL
NUMBER
NEW. For recording how confident we are about the expertise/validity of the data given the observer's background.
CHECKING_LEVEL
NUMBER
NEW. How much of the checking "cleanup" process haas been completed at this time snapshot. This would be updated by trigger when data row has passed a particular checking program successfully.
METHOD
TEXT
How an observer not on island survey was conducted. Triggers a dialog to ask for platform type and platform name which are appropriate to the method of transportation of the observer, i.e. name of vessel if a boat, or registration number of a Helicopter, etc.
CREATED_BY
TEXT
Username that created the record
CREATE_DTM
DATE
System date/time of record creation
LAST_MOD_BY
TEXT
Username that last modified the record
LAST_MOD_DTM
DATE
System date/time of last modification of the record
ZOBS_ATLYR
TEXT
ZOBS Atoll Year
ZOBS_ISLYR
TEXT
ZOBS Island Year
NO_SEAL
Yes/No
No Seal observed
NO_ISLAND
Yes/No
No Island observed
MEMO_TEXT
Memo
Notes
LINE_NUM
NUMBER
The ordinal number of this line relative to the other lines on the same page.
FROM_LINE_NUM
NUMBER
The line number from which this line is continued to form a complete sighting. This is NULL if there is no continuation line needed to complete this sighting.
SIGHTING_TIME
DATE
The time (24 hr clock) in HHMM at which this sigting occurred. Must be equal to or between Begin and end times in related CHK_HEADER row.
SEAL_SIZE
TEXT
Size of seal
SEX
TEXT
Sex of seal
BEACH_POSITION
TEXT
Position relative to water at which seal is seen.
SEAL_CONDITION
TEXT
Condition of seal
IDENTIFIERS_UNCERTN
Yes/No
Whether the ID of the seal is uncertain
PERM_ID
TEXT
The Permanent ID recorded on the survey
PERM_QUES
TEXT
Code to indicate validity or origin of this PERM ID information
TEMP_ID
TEXT
Temp ID for this seal. May be up to 4 characters.
TEMP_QUES
TEXT
code to indicate validity, origin or persistence of this TEMP ID information
TAG_NUM
TEXT
Alphanumeric inscription on the observed tag. May be up to 10 chars.
TAG_POSITION
TEXT
Whether this tag was seen on left, right or both (two tags observed but only one number recorded) flipper of seal.
TAG_COLOR
TEXT
The color of this tag
TAG_WEB
TEXT
The intra-digital web of the flipper in which the tag is located
TAG_QUES
TEXT
Code to indicate validity, origin or completeness of this TAG information
MOLT_PERCENT
NUMBER
Percentage of pelage observed as molting at this time in increments of 10%
MOLT_QUES
NUMBER
How certain is the molting percent?
DISTURB_FACTOR
NUMBER
The degree to which this seal was disturbed by the observer
ASSOC_LINE_NUM
NUMBER
The line number of the other animal associated with this seal. MUST BE ON THIS SAME PAGE.
ASSOC_DISTANCE
NUMBER
How much distance between the associated animals?
ASSOC_BEH_1
TEXT
Behavior 1 observed in this association
ASSOC_BEH_2
TEXT
Behavior 2 observed in this association
ASSOC_BEH_3
TEXT
Behavior 3 observed in this association
ASSOC_BEH_4
TEXT
Behavior 4 observed in this association
NOTES_1
TEXT
Code to indicate some other condition or handwritten notes exist
NOTES_2
TEXT
Code to indicate some other condition or handwritten notes exist
EVENT_TYPE
TEXT
The type of event (if any) being observed or performed.
EVENT_CODE_1
TEXT
CODE based on Event_Type
EVENT_CODE_2
TEXT
CODE based on Event_Type
EVENT_CODE_3
TEXT
CODE based on Event_Type
EVENT_CODE_4
TEXT
CODE based on Event_Type
EVENT_CODE_5
TEXT
CODE based on Event_Type
EVENT_CODE_6
TEXT
CODE based on Event_Type
EVENT_CODE_7
TEXT
CODE based on Event_Type
EVENT_CODE_8
TEXT
CODE based on Event_Type
LONGITUDE
TEXT
Coordinate of this location.
LATITUDE
TEXT
Coordinate of this location.
EST_LENGTH
TEXT
Length of this seal is an estimate by an untrained observer if this column contains the value "E"
LINE_MEMO_TEXT
MEMO
A free-form text entry field allowing a memo to be attached to each line of survey lines

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Thea C Johanos
thea.johanos-kam@noaa.gov
(808)725-5709

Extents

Time Frame 1
1982-03-19 - Present

Item Identification

Title: Hawaiian Monk Seal Survey Data
Short Name: Surveys
Status: Completed
Abstract:

A "Survey page" is defined as ONLY one header and zero or more lines. (header mandatory, line(s) optional. This represents the main data collection of the research effort. A page is recorded by an observer when that observer conducts a physical survey of seals present at an island/islet. Actual data entry into database takes place later and not in chronological order.

Notes:

Loaded by batch 4358, 02-12-2013 15:39

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None beach counts
None hawaiian monk seal
None hmsrp
None pifsc
None population assessment
None protected species
None psd
None surveys

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None hawaiian archipelago
None pacific region

Physical Location

Organization: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
City: Honolulu
State/Province: HI
Country: USA
Location Description:

1601 Kapiolani Blvd

Honolulu, HI

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
Active Version?: Yes
Schema Name: MSEAL
Description:

A "Survey page" is defined as ONLY one header and zero or more lines. (header mandatory, line(s) optional. This represents the main data collection of the research effort. A page is recorded by an observer when that observer conducts a physical survey of seals present at an island/islet. Actual data entry into database takes place later and not in chronological order. The MASTER_chk_headers/MASTER_chk_lines table set will contain ALL surveys ever collected at all locations. Each Header is significant as the data included at the top of physical Survey Page. The data in Header is relevant to each of the (survey page) Lines under it.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
Primary Key Atoll_Year TEXT The Atoll and Year when the survey was conducted
100
GEO_AREA TEXT Geographic area (atoll, island, sector, or beach) of the survey
100
Primary Key CP_NUM NUMBER Computer Page number - An auto generated incrementing survey number for the Atoll Year
100
CENSUS_DATE DATE Date on which survey was taken in format YYYY/MM/DD
100
DATA_TYPE TEXT Survey type
100
PAGE NUMBER This page number relative to total pages in this survey
100
OF_PAGE NUMBER Total number of pages in this survey
100
REPORTED_BY TEXT For data received from source outside PSD/MMRP source. Who made the report (caller, if phoned in)
100
OBSERVER_NAME TEXT If outside source, full name of observer.
100
RECORDED_BY TEXT For data received from source outside PSD/MMRP source. Who took the report (operator, if phoned in)
100
TIME_BEGIN DATE The time at which the survey began. Format HH24MI
100
TIME_END DATE The time at which the survey was finished. Format HH24MI
100
DATA_TYPE_NUM Number This is the top tier in a potential 3 level set of data. This is a sequential number of this set of pages in a series of surveys of this data type. At multi-islet atolls (FFS, PHR, MDY, KUR) an ATOLL-WIDE survey requires at least one page of survey with the same (or next consecutive) date of this data type for each permanently emergent islet within the atoll. So, for example, an Atoll-wide survey at Kure would require at least one page each from Green island, Sand island and shark island, but not necessarily Stark Island.It is also possible that there would be more than one page in a set of a survey from a snigle islet, such as 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3, etc.This number essentially ties together all of the individual surveys and pages that comprise the atoll-wide survey.In a single islet data type, it is more simply a super-index in a sequential series of surveys of that data type , i.e. Patrol 1, Patrol 2, etc.This is optional for data type I, but required for types A,B,C and P. It is not applicable to data type T.
100
TEMP_IN_CGRADE NUMBER Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.
100
WIND_SPEED NUMBER Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.
100
WIND_DIRECTION TEXT Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.
100
CLOUD NUMBER Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.
100
PRECIP NUMBER Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.
100
ENTRY_COMPLETED Yes/No Non-data. A flag to indicate that the page has been completely entered and checked. Used by the application to change the page to read-only state.
100
DATE_ESTIMATED TEXT If the date was estimated rather than actually noted at the time of observation, this would be "TRUE". Primarily applicable to data type I
100
OBS_CONTACT TEXT If this data is "owned" by another agency or entity, this is the person to contact regarding this page.
100
DATA_OWNER TEXT Who actually "owns" this data, for example FWS or some museum or archive if historical data
100
PLATFORM_TYPE TEXT When data was recorded while observer was not standing onn the island, this is the platform on which the observer was embarked. It could be a vessel, aircraft, etc. This is the TYPE of platform.
100
PLATFORM_NAME TEXT When data was recorded while observer was not standing onn the island, this is the platform on which the observer was embarked. It could be a vessel, aircraft, etc. This is the actual name of the particular vessel.
100
NON_SPECIES TEXT This is about an interaction between a seal and an animal of another species, or an observation of a "seal" that was not in fact a Hawaiian Monk Seal.
100
NON_SPECIES_DEFINI TEXT Whether the observer was definite about what the species actually was.
100
CONF_LEVEL NUMBER NEW. For recording how confident we are about the expertise/validity of the data given the observer's background.
100
CHECKING_LEVEL NUMBER NEW. How much of the checking "cleanup" process haas been completed at this time snapshot. This would be updated by trigger when data row has passed a particular checking program successfully.
100
METHOD TEXT How an observer not on island survey was conducted. Triggers a dialog to ask for platform type and platform name which are appropriate to the method of transportation of the observer, i.e. name of vessel if a boat, or registration number of a Helicopter, etc.
100
CREATED_BY TEXT Username that created the record
100
CREATE_DTM DATE System date/time of record creation
100
LAST_MOD_BY TEXT Username that last modified the record
100
LAST_MOD_DTM DATE System date/time of last modification of the record
100
ZOBS_ATLYR TEXT ZOBS Atoll Year
100
ZOBS_ISLYR TEXT ZOBS Island Year
100
NO_SEAL Yes/No No Seal observed
100
NO_ISLAND Yes/No No Island observed
100
MEMO_TEXT Memo Notes
100
LINE_NUM NUMBER The ordinal number of this line relative to the other lines on the same page.
100
FROM_LINE_NUM NUMBER The line number from which this line is continued to form a complete sighting. This is NULL if there is no continuation line needed to complete this sighting.
100
SIGHTING_TIME DATE The time (24 hr clock) in HHMM at which this sigting occurred. Must be equal to or between Begin and end times in related CHK_HEADER row.
100
SEAL_SIZE TEXT Size of seal
100
SEX TEXT Sex of seal
100
BEACH_POSITION TEXT Position relative to water at which seal is seen.
100
SEAL_CONDITION TEXT Condition of seal
100
IDENTIFIERS_UNCERTN Yes/No Whether the ID of the seal is uncertain
100
PERM_ID TEXT The Permanent ID recorded on the survey
100
PERM_QUES TEXT Code to indicate validity or origin of this PERM ID information
100
TEMP_ID TEXT Temp ID for this seal. May be up to 4 characters.
100
TEMP_QUES TEXT code to indicate validity, origin or persistence of this TEMP ID information
100
TAG_NUM TEXT Alphanumeric inscription on the observed tag. May be up to 10 chars.
100
TAG_POSITION TEXT Whether this tag was seen on left, right or both (two tags observed but only one number recorded) flipper of seal.
100
TAG_COLOR TEXT The color of this tag
100
TAG_WEB TEXT The intra-digital web of the flipper in which the tag is located
100
TAG_QUES TEXT Code to indicate validity, origin or completeness of this TAG information
100
MOLT_PERCENT NUMBER Percentage of pelage observed as molting at this time in increments of 10%
100
MOLT_QUES NUMBER How certain is the molting percent?
100
DISTURB_FACTOR NUMBER The degree to which this seal was disturbed by the observer
100
ASSOC_LINE_NUM NUMBER The line number of the other animal associated with this seal. MUST BE ON THIS SAME PAGE.
100
ASSOC_DISTANCE NUMBER How much distance between the associated animals?
100
ASSOC_BEH_1 TEXT Behavior 1 observed in this association
100
ASSOC_BEH_2 TEXT Behavior 2 observed in this association
100
ASSOC_BEH_3 TEXT Behavior 3 observed in this association
100
ASSOC_BEH_4 TEXT Behavior 4 observed in this association
100
NOTES_1 TEXT Code to indicate some other condition or handwritten notes exist
100
NOTES_2 TEXT Code to indicate some other condition or handwritten notes exist
100
EVENT_TYPE TEXT The type of event (if any) being observed or performed.
100
EVENT_CODE_1 TEXT CODE based on Event_Type
100
EVENT_CODE_2 TEXT CODE based on Event_Type
100
EVENT_CODE_3 TEXT CODE based on Event_Type
100
EVENT_CODE_4 TEXT CODE based on Event_Type
100
EVENT_CODE_5 TEXT CODE based on Event_Type
100
EVENT_CODE_6 TEXT CODE based on Event_Type
100
EVENT_CODE_7 TEXT CODE based on Event_Type
100
EVENT_CODE_8 TEXT CODE based on Event_Type
100
LONGITUDE TEXT Coordinate of this location.
100
LATITUDE TEXT Coordinate of this location.
100
EST_LENGTH TEXT Length of this seal is an estimate by an untrained observer if this column contains the value "E"
100
LINE_MEMO_TEXT MEMO A free-form text entry field allowing a memo to be attached to each line of survey lines

Attribute Details

Atoll_Year

CC ID: 844352
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: Yes
Primary Key: Yes
Status: Active
Description:

The Atoll and Year when the survey was conducted

GEO_AREA

CC ID: 844353
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Geographic area (atoll, island, sector, or beach) of the survey

CP_NUM

CC ID: 95466
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 10
Required: Yes
Primary Key: Yes
Precision: 10
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Computer Page number - An auto generated incrementing survey number for the Atoll Year

General Data Type: NUMBER

CENSUS_DATE

CC ID: 95467
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: DATE
Max Length: 7
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Date on which survey was taken in format YYYY/MM/DD

General Data Type: DATE

DATA_TYPE

CC ID: 95468
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Survey type

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

PAGE

CC ID: 95469
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

This page number relative to total pages in this survey

General Data Type: NUMBER

OF_PAGE

CC ID: 95470
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Total number of pages in this survey

General Data Type: NUMBER

REPORTED_BY

CC ID: 95471
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

For data received from source outside PSD/MMRP source. Who made the report (caller, if phoned in)

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

OBSERVER_NAME

CC ID: 95472
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

If outside source, full name of observer.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

RECORDED_BY

CC ID: 95473
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

For data received from source outside PSD/MMRP source. Who took the report (operator, if phoned in)

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

TIME_BEGIN

CC ID: 95474
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: DATE
Max Length: 7
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The time at which the survey began. Format HH24MI

General Data Type: DATE

TIME_END

CC ID: 95475
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: DATE
Max Length: 7
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The time at which the survey was finished. Format HH24MI

General Data Type: DATE

DATA_TYPE_NUM

CC ID: 95476
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: Number
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

This is the top tier in a potential 3 level set of data. This is a sequential number of this set of pages in a series of surveys of this data type. At multi-islet atolls (FFS, PHR, MDY, KUR) an ATOLL-WIDE survey requires at least one page of survey with the same (or next consecutive) date of this data type for each permanently emergent islet within the atoll. So, for example, an Atoll-wide survey at Kure would require at least one page each from Green island, Sand island and shark island, but not necessarily Stark Island.It is also possible that there would be more than one page in a set of a survey from a snigle islet, such as 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3, etc.This number essentially ties together all of the individual surveys and pages that comprise the atoll-wide survey.In a single islet data type, it is more simply a super-index in a sequential series of surveys of that data type , i.e. Patrol 1, Patrol 2, etc.This is optional for data type I, but required for types A,B,C and P. It is not applicable to data type T.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

TEMP_IN_CGRADE

CC ID: 95477
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.

General Data Type: NUMBER

WIND_SPEED

CC ID: 95478
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.

General Data Type: NUMBER

WIND_DIRECTION

CC ID: 95479
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

CLOUD

CC ID: 95480
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.

General Data Type: NUMBER

PRECIP

CC ID: 95481
Seq. Order: 21
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Part of the site-wide weather observation of the day on which the data were collected. This is a summary, rather than a momentary value.

General Data Type: NUMBER

ENTRY_COMPLETED

CC ID: 95482
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: Yes/No
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Non-data. A flag to indicate that the page has been completely entered and checked. Used by the application to change the page to read-only state.

General Data Type: NUMBER

DATE_ESTIMATED

CC ID: 95483
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

If the date was estimated rather than actually noted at the time of observation, this would be "TRUE". Primarily applicable to data type I

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

OBS_CONTACT

CC ID: 95484
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

If this data is "owned" by another agency or entity, this is the person to contact regarding this page.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

DATA_OWNER

CC ID: 95485
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Who actually "owns" this data, for example FWS or some museum or archive if historical data

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

PLATFORM_TYPE

CC ID: 95486
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

When data was recorded while observer was not standing onn the island, this is the platform on which the observer was embarked. It could be a vessel, aircraft, etc. This is the TYPE of platform.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

PLATFORM_NAME

CC ID: 95487
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

When data was recorded while observer was not standing onn the island, this is the platform on which the observer was embarked. It could be a vessel, aircraft, etc. This is the actual name of the particular vessel.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NON_SPECIES

CC ID: 95488
Seq. Order: 28
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 20
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

This is about an interaction between a seal and an animal of another species, or an observation of a "seal" that was not in fact a Hawaiian Monk Seal.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NON_SPECIES_DEFINI

CC ID: 95489
Seq. Order: 29
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Whether the observer was definite about what the species actually was.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

CONF_LEVEL

CC ID: 95490
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

NEW. For recording how confident we are about the expertise/validity of the data given the observer's background.

General Data Type: NUMBER

CHECKING_LEVEL

CC ID: 95491
Seq. Order: 31
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NEW. How much of the checking "cleanup" process haas been completed at this time snapshot. This would be updated by trigger when data row has passed a particular checking program successfully.

General Data Type: NUMBER

METHOD

CC ID: 95492
Seq. Order: 32
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

How an observer not on island survey was conducted. Triggers a dialog to ask for platform type and platform name which are appropriate to the method of transportation of the observer, i.e. name of vessel if a boat, or registration number of a Helicopter, etc.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

CREATED_BY

CC ID: 95493
Seq. Order: 33
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 30
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Username that created the record

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

CREATE_DTM

CC ID: 95494
Seq. Order: 34
Data Storage Type: DATE
Max Length: 7
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

System date/time of record creation

General Data Type: DATE

LAST_MOD_BY

CC ID: 95495
Seq. Order: 35
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 30
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Username that last modified the record

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

LAST_MOD_DTM

CC ID: 95496
Seq. Order: 36
Data Storage Type: DATE
Max Length: 7
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

System date/time of last modification of the record

General Data Type: DATE

ZOBS_ATLYR

CC ID: 95497
Seq. Order: 37
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 6
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

ZOBS Atoll Year

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

ZOBS_ISLYR

CC ID: 95498
Seq. Order: 38
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

ZOBS Island Year

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NO_SEAL

CC ID: 95499
Seq. Order: 39
Data Storage Type: Yes/No
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No Seal observed

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NO_ISLAND

CC ID: 95500
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: Yes/No
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No Island observed

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

MEMO_TEXT

CC ID: 95501
Seq. Order: 41
Data Storage Type: Memo
Max Length: 4000
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Notes

General Data Type: CLOB

LINE_NUM

CC ID: 844466
Seq. Order: 42
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The ordinal number of this line relative to the other lines on the same page.

FROM_LINE_NUM

CC ID: 844467
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The line number from which this line is continued to form a complete sighting. This is NULL if there is no continuation line needed to complete this sighting.

SIGHTING_TIME

CC ID: 844468
Data Storage Type: DATE
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The time (24 hr clock) in HHMM at which this sigting occurred. Must be equal to or between Begin and end times in related CHK_HEADER row.

SEAL_SIZE

CC ID: 844469
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Size of seal

SEX

CC ID: 844470
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sex of seal

BEACH_POSITION

CC ID: 844514
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Position relative to water at which seal is seen.

SEAL_CONDITION

CC ID: 844515
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Condition of seal

IDENTIFIERS_UNCERTN

CC ID: 844516
Data Storage Type: Yes/No
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Whether the ID of the seal is uncertain

PERM_ID

CC ID: 844517
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The Permanent ID recorded on the survey

PERM_QUES

CC ID: 844518
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code to indicate validity or origin of this PERM ID information

TEMP_ID

CC ID: 844519
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Temp ID for this seal. May be up to 4 characters.

TEMP_QUES

CC ID: 844520
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

code to indicate validity, origin or persistence of this TEMP ID information

TAG_NUM

CC ID: 844521
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Alphanumeric inscription on the observed tag. May be up to 10 chars.

TAG_POSITION

CC ID: 844522
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Whether this tag was seen on left, right or both (two tags observed but only one number recorded) flipper of seal.

TAG_COLOR

CC ID: 844523
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The color of this tag

TAG_WEB

CC ID: 844524
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The intra-digital web of the flipper in which the tag is located

TAG_QUES

CC ID: 844525
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code to indicate validity, origin or completeness of this TAG information

MOLT_PERCENT

CC ID: 844526
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Percentage of pelage observed as molting at this time in increments of 10%

MOLT_QUES

CC ID: 844527
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

How certain is the molting percent?

DISTURB_FACTOR

CC ID: 844528
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The degree to which this seal was disturbed by the observer

ASSOC_LINE_NUM

CC ID: 844529
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The line number of the other animal associated with this seal. MUST BE ON THIS SAME PAGE.

ASSOC_DISTANCE

CC ID: 844530
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

How much distance between the associated animals?

ASSOC_BEH_1

CC ID: 844531
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Behavior 1 observed in this association

ASSOC_BEH_2

CC ID: 844532
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Behavior 2 observed in this association

ASSOC_BEH_3

CC ID: 844533
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Behavior 3 observed in this association

ASSOC_BEH_4

CC ID: 844597
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Behavior 4 observed in this association

NOTES_1

CC ID: 844598
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code to indicate some other condition or handwritten notes exist

NOTES_2

CC ID: 844599
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code to indicate some other condition or handwritten notes exist

EVENT_TYPE

CC ID: 844600
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The type of event (if any) being observed or performed.

EVENT_CODE_1

CC ID: 844601
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

CODE based on Event_Type

EVENT_CODE_2

CC ID: 844602
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

CODE based on Event_Type

EVENT_CODE_3

CC ID: 844603
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

CODE based on Event_Type

EVENT_CODE_4

CC ID: 844604
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

CODE based on Event_Type

EVENT_CODE_5

CC ID: 844605
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

CODE based on Event_Type

EVENT_CODE_6

CC ID: 844606
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

CODE based on Event_Type

EVENT_CODE_7

CC ID: 844607
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

CODE based on Event_Type

EVENT_CODE_8

CC ID: 844608
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

CODE based on Event_Type

LONGITUDE

CC ID: 844609
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Coordinate of this location.

LATITUDE

CC ID: 844610
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Coordinate of this location.

EST_LENGTH

CC ID: 844611
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length of this seal is an estimate by an untrained observer if this column contains the value "E"

LINE_MEMO_TEXT

CC ID: 844690
Data Storage Type: MEMO
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A free-form text entry field allowing a memo to be attached to each line of survey lines

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 103259
Date Effective From: 2007-06-14
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Johanos, Thea C
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: thea.johanos-kam@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5709

Originator

CC ID: 103260
Date Effective From: 2007-06-14
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone: 808-725-5360
URL: https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 103258
Date Effective From: 2007-06-14
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Johanos, Thea C
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: thea.johanos-kam@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5709

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 103261
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1982-03-19

Access Information

Security Class: Restricted
Data Access Policy:

NMFS/PIFSC, Protected Species Division, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program Data Access, Sharing, and Dissemination Guidelines

Data Access Procedure:

Requestor will be asked to submit a request to Thea Johanos (thea.johanos-kam@noaa.gov)

Data Access Constraints:

NMFS/PIFSC, Protected Species Division, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program Data Access, Sharing, and Dissemination Guidelines

Data Use Constraints:

Use of the data set must be cleared with NMFS/PIFSC, Protected Species Division. These data are PRELIMINARY and have not be completely screened for accuracy. NOAA can not be held liable for use of these data in a manner other than for perusal of preliminary data. The developers of these data are concerned with assuring its proper use. Before data are used to draw specific scientific conclusions, potential users are requested to contact NMFS/PIFSC, Protected Species Division for background on the data. Acknowledgement of the data should be cited. Different versions of the dataset may exist. The user must be sure to use the appropriate data set for the time period of interest. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable, NOAA cannot assume liablility for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 18277
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18277
Metadata Record Created By: Vikram Khurana
Metadata Record Created: 2013-02-12 15:39+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-10-20 02:17+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2019-05-29
Owner Org: PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
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Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-05-29
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-05-29