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Table1-Fadelyetal2005Argosdata.csv

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:56503 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External

Item Identification

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

	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).

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

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