51661 Entity Published / External 28586 Visual observations of Hawaiian monk seal behavioral interactions and contact rates to support NMFS efforts to mitigate the risk of possible disease outbreaks, collected on Oahu and Laysan Island during the period 2015-06-01 to 2015-09-01. Data Set Spreadsheet 2015 Behavior Study, conducted to collect data for social network analysis Beach NUMBER No No Active Indication whether seals were on the beach (1) or in the water (0) Wind TEXT No No Active Estimated wind speed/direction Behavior2 TEXT No No Active Codes for interaction behaviors Behavior3 TEXT No No Active Codes for interaction behaviors Behavior4 TEXT No No Active Codes for interaction behaviors Clouds NUMBER No No Active Estimated cloud cover Data_Type TEXT No No Active Describes the type of seal usage for the beach being observed: general, favored bachelor site (bach), favored mother-pup site (mompup), favored site for male-female pairs (mfpair) Date DATE No No Active Calendar date Distance NUMBER No No Active Distance class describing proximity of seals in the observed interaction Focal_area_size NUMBER No No Active In instances where seals were visible far down the beach, the focal observation area was constrained to what could be reliably observed, indicated here in meters Island_Beach TEXT No No Active Name of island sector (on Laysan) or beach (on Oahu) where observations took place Max_Seals_in_100m NUMBER No No Active Maximum number of seals observed within 100m of the observation area Notes TEXT No No Active Notes Observer TEXT No No Active Observer's initials Precip NUMBER No No Active Severity of precipitation from 0 (none) to 3 (heavy) SEAL1ID TEXT No No Active Identification of first seal in an interaction SEAL2ID TEXT No No Active SEAL2ID Identification of second seal in an interaction Seal1 TEXT No No Active Letter indicating first seal in an interaction Seal2 TEXT No No Active Letter indicating second seal in an interaction Sex1 TEXT No No Active Sex of first seal in an interaction Sex2 TEXT No No Active Sex of second seal in an interaction Size1 TEXT No No Active Size class (proxy for age) first seal in an interaction Size2 TEXT No No Active Size class (proxy for age) second seal in an interaction Temp NUMBER No No Active Temp Temperature Time TEXT No No Active Time of day of observation Behavior1 TEXT No No Active Codes for interaction behaviors gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:51661 Vikram Khurana 2018-02-27T20:34:24 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2022-08-09T17:11:39 2018-02-27 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5300 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1001 Public No 2018-02-27 1 Year 2019-02-27