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Title: Table1-Fadelyetal2005Argosdata.csv
Status: On Going
Abstract:

This table contains processed location data for 30 juvenile Steller sea lions in the central/eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska, during 2000-2002. Data for the satellite depth recorders (Wildlife Computers, Redmond, WA, USA) were obtained through Service Argos (http://www.argos-system.org/). Data (including DS and DIAG files) either were decoded at the MML (AFSC, NMFS, NOAA) using SATPAK or DAP software (Wildlife Computers). All data were filtered using methods of McConnell et al. (1992) with a maximum transit rate of 2 m/s after deleting duplicate and “Z” locations, 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.

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
Active Version?: Yes
Description:

This table contains processed location data for 30 juvenile Steller sea lions in the central/eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska, during 2000-2002. Data for the satellite depth recorders (Wildlife Computers, Redmond, WA, USA) were obtained through Service Argos (http://www.argos-system.org/). Data (including DS and DIAG files) either were decoded at the MML (AFSC, NMFS, NOAA) using SATPAK or DAP software (Wildlife Computers). All data were filtered using methods of McConnell et al. (1992) with a maximum transit rate of 2 m/s after deleting duplicate and “Z” locations, 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.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
ptt integer The Argos decimal PTT (platform transmitter terminal) assigned to the instrument of a given animal.
100
dbid character Database ID; the unique identification number (UID; 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
100
region character Area describing larger metapopulation groupings of Steller sea lion complexes and sites. This is the region where the sea lion was captured and tagged, not of each Argos position fix. 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. Detailed information is available at the NOAA/NCEI website: Steller sea lion haulout and rookery locations in the United States for 2016-05-14 (NCEI Accession 0129877). For this dataset the abbreviations are: CAI: central Aleutian Islands EAI: eastern Aleutian Islands CGA: central Gulf of Alaska
100
sitename character 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.
100
age_class character General age class of sea lion
100
sex character Sex of sea lion
100
instr character Satellite transmitter instrument model deployed on corresponding animal.
100
property string Institution holding tag ownership
100
datetime string The Argos Date and Time of receipt of the associated data. Time is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is equivalent to UTC.
100
lq character 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.
100
latitude decimal Argos calculated latitude of associated ptt location (decimal degree).
100
longitude decimal Argos calculated longitude of associated ptt location (decimal degree).
100
wetdry integer Transmitter status at time of transmission whether wet (0) or dry (1); these values are reversed from typical instrument software output.
100
comments string Comment regarding disparity of dbid numbers between this dataset and that published by Fadely et al. (2005).

Attribute Details

ptt

CC ID: 842940
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: integer
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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

dbid

CC ID: 842941
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Database ID; the unique identification number (UID; 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

region

CC ID: 842942
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Area describing larger metapopulation groupings of Steller sea lion complexes and sites. This is the region where the sea lion was captured and tagged, not of each Argos position fix. 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. Detailed information is available at the NOAA/NCEI website: Steller sea lion haulout and rookery locations in the United States for 2016-05-14 (NCEI Accession 0129877).

For this dataset the abbreviations are:

CAI: central Aleutian Islands

EAI: eastern Aleutian Islands

CGA: central Gulf of Alaska

sitename

CC ID: 842943
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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.

age_class

CC ID: 842944
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

General age class of sea lion

sex

CC ID: 842945
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sex of sea lion

instr

CC ID: 842946
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Satellite transmitter instrument model deployed on corresponding animal.

property

CC ID: 842947
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: string
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Institution holding tag ownership

datetime

CC ID: 842949
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: string
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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

lq

CC ID: 842950
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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.

latitude

CC ID: 842952
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: decimal
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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

longitude

CC ID: 842954
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: decimal
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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

wetdry

CC ID: 842955
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: integer
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Transmitter status at time of transmission whether wet (0) or dry (1); these values are reversed from typical instrument software output.

comments

CC ID: 842957
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: string
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Comment regarding disparity of dbid numbers between this dataset and that published by Fadely et al. (2005).

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 56503
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:56503
Metadata Record Created By: Brian Fadely
Metadata Record Created: 2019-05-29 14:10+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2019-05-29
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-05-29
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-05-29