Dataset: seals_general
Deployment: LMG0106

General information relative to Seal data collection

Co-Principal Investigator:

Jennifer Burns (University of Alaska, Anchorage, UAA)

Daniel P. Costa (University of California-Santa Cruz, UCSC)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Foraging Ecology of Crabeater Seals (Lobodon Carcinophagus) (Crabeater Seal Foraging)

U.S. GLOBEC Southern Ocean (SOGLOBEC)

Coordinated Deployments:

NBP0104

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/450358/data

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Description

Seal Studies, Southern Ocean GLOBEC,
General Seal Metadata

Reference: Laws, R. M., Baird A., Bryden M. M., 2003. Size and growth of the crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophagus (Mammalia: Carnivora). Journal of Zoology (London) 259, 103-108.

For additional details on sampling and analytical methods see:
Burns, Jennifer M., Daniel P. Costa, Michael A. Fedak, Mark A. Hindell, Corey J.A. Bradshaw, Nicholas C. Gales, Birgitte McDonald, Stephan J. Trumble, Daniel E. Crocker, 2004. Winter habitat use and foraging behavior of crabeater seals along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research II vol 51, pp 2279-2303.

Links to companion seal files:
Seal Physiology
Seal Morphometrics
Seal Predicted Mass
Seal Tracking Locations From Satellite Tags

Contact Information:
Jennifer Burns, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alaska
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-786-1527
afjmb4@uaa.alaska.edu

Daniel P. Costa Ph.D.
Long Marine Laboratory
University of California
100 Shaffer Rd
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Office: 831 459-2786
FAX: 831 459-3383
costa@biology.ucsc.edu

last updated April 25, 2006

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Seal Studies, Southern Ocean GLOBEC, General Seal Metadata.

Deployment-specific acquisition description

Seal Studies, Southern Ocean GLOBEC, General Seal Metadata.

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For additional details on sampling and analytical methods see: Burns, Jennifer M., Daniel P. Costa, Michael A. Fedak, Mark A. Hindell, Corey J.A. Bradshaw, Nicholas C. Gales, Birgitte McDonald, Stephan J. Trumble, Daniel E. Crocker, 2004. <a href='http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.07.021'>Winter habitat use and foraging behavior of crabeater seals along the Western Antarctic Peninsula.</a> Deep-Sea Research II vol 51, pp 2279-2303.

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
ANT-0003956	NSF Antarctic Sciences
ANT-9981683	NSF Antarctic Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
cruiseid	Cruise Identifier. (E.g., LMG0103, NPB0104)		cruiseid
year	year of cruise		year
tagid	seal tag identification, flipper tag		tagid
season	season of year as text, i.e. Fall		season
sealname	seal name or identification as text		sealname
srdl_tag	satellite relay data logger. instrument attached to seal.		srdl_tag
srdl_body	ID number for the Satellite tag unique to each instrument.		srdl_body
pttno	ID of satellite tag. Not unique because ARGOS recycles them year to year.		pttno
species	common seal name as text		species
month_local	month of year, local time (01-12)		month_local
day_local	day of month, local time (01-31)		day_local
event	event or operation number. unique ID.		event
lat	latitude, negative = South	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude, negative = West	decimal degrees	lon
time_capture	time of capture, 24 hour clock, local time	HHmm	time_capture
time_release	time of release, 24 hour clock, local time	HHmm	time_release
ageclass	age classification, estimated in field (i.e. adult, etc.)		ageclass
sex	classification by sex, (male/female)		sex
mass	body mass	kilograms	mass
len_std	standard length: straight line length, from tip of nose to tip of tail, measured above the dorsal surface (animal lying on its belly)	cm	len_std
len_curve	curved length: measured from nose to tip of tail following the curve of the animal's spine along the dorsal surface	cm	len_curve
girth_ax	girth at axilla	cm	girth_ax
girth_max	maximum body girth	cm	girth_max
girth_hip	girth at hips	cm	girth_hip
blubber	blubber sample collected (true/false)		blubber
muscle	muscle sample collected (true/false)		muscle
whisker	whisker sample collected (true/false)		whisker
body_fat	body fat concentration, reported as a decimal fraction, (body_comp * 100 = percent fat)		body_fat
mass_calc	calculated body mass	kilograms	mass_calc
mass_calc_err	calculated body mass error	kilograms	mass_calc_err
comments	comments as text		comment

Database

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Dataset: seals_general
Deployment: LMG0106

Seal Studies, Southern Ocean GLOBEC,
General Seal Metadata

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Dataset: seals_generalDeployment: LMG0106

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Dataset: seals_general
Deployment: LMG0106

Seal Studies, Southern Ocean GLOBEC,
General Seal Metadata