Lander et al Table 1 Argos data.csv

The Argos decimal Ptt (platform transmitter terminal) assigned to the instrument of a given animal.

Database ID; the unique identification number (or name) assigned to each study animal. Numeral dbids are associated with the Alaska Ecosystems Program’s (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/tags/alaska-ecosystems-program) Telemetry Database (MML or ADFG property), whereas names are associated with University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA) property.

The Argos Date and Time of receipt of the associated data. Time is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is equivalent to UTC.

Location Quality; Designates the location quality (measurement of accuracy) associated with a corresponding position calculated by Service Argos (see: http://www.argos-system.org/manual/3-location/34_location_classes.htm) for a full description.

Argos calculated latitude of associated ptt location (decimal degree).

Argos calculated longitude of associated ptt location (decimal degree).

Locations were filtered using the algorithm described in McConnell et al. (1992) using the R package Argosfilter (0.63; Freitas 2012). See http://127.0.0.1:24491/library/argosfilter/html/vmask.html for a full description.

Area describing larger metapopulation groupings of Steller sea lion complexes and sites. Regions are commonly referred to in MML data products and manuscripts, and in NMFS policy and management documents. Steller sea lion metapopulation structure in Alaska is described by: York AE, Merrick RL, and Loughlin TR (1996). An analysis of the Steller sea lion metapopulation in Alaska. In: Metapopulations and Wildlife Conservation, Island Press, Washington DC 259-292.

A descriptive name specific to the site (location) of animal capture for instrumentation. All capital letters, corresponds to sitenames listed in the "Site Description" table of the Alaska Ecosystems Program’s Steller sea lion database with geographic coordinates found at NCEI Accession 0129877.The "SITENAME" is consistent among the MML’s data products and publications.

general age class of captured sea lion

sex of sea lion

Satellite transmitter instrument make (and in some cases model) deployed on corresponding animal. All satellite transmitters had data archiving abilities.

Indicates ownership of corresponding instrument

Additional notes denoted for corresponding sea lion.