SSLnonpupcounts2019.csv

Name of site, all capital letters, corresponds to site description table with geographic coordinates at NCEI Accession 0129877.

Numeric code corresponding to Steller sea lion metapopulation area:

4 = British Columbia, Canada

5 = Southeast Alaska,

6 = Eastern Gulf of Alaska

7 = Central Gulf of Alaska

8 = Western Gulf of Alaska

9 = Eastern Aleutian Islands

10 = Central Aleutian Islands

11 = Western Aleutian Islands

12 = Bering Sea

Numeric code identifying a trend site:

0 = not a trend site

1 = a trend site

Numeric code to identify if a haulout site is a rookery:

0 = not a rookery

1 = a rookery

2 = special case, rookery but not a trend site rookery

Numeric month of year; 1-12, 99 if unknown

Numeric day of month; 1-31, 99 if unknown

4 digit year

Count of non-pup Steller sea lions. Does not include newborn pups during the breeding season.

Numeric code describing count method:

1 = aerial photo (35mm) oblique

2 = medium-format (5 inch) vertical aerial photo

3 = aerial photo (digital) vertical

4 = aerial, visual estimate

5 = beach/ground count

6 = viewpoint observations

7 = count from skiff nearshore

8 = count from ship offshore

9 = other (explain in comments)

10 = UAV/UAS/drone

99 = unknown or not specified

Count source:

1 = NMFS/AFSC Marine Mammal Laboratory

2 = Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG)

3 = Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)

4 = Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)

5 = NMFS/Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

6 = Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)

7 = other (explain in comments)

99 = unknown or not specified

Coded; = "1" if replicate count (different day) during the same survey, "0" or blank otherwise. If there are replicate counts for a site, all counts for that site are marked "1". Beginning in 2010, there are multiple counts at the same site with the same date. These are the raw counts of more than one counter using aerial photos, and in these cases, the replicate field is marked 0. Note that starting in 2002, individual counters; counts during beach/ground counts are listed in the Comments, and again Replicate is 0.

Initials of counter (of photo/image), started in 2010.

Clarification of "counttype", "source", or "count" as necessary.