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Title: Counts of Alaska Steller sea lion adult and juvenile (non-pup) conducted on rookeries and haul-outs in Alaska Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, and others from 1904-01-01 to 2015-07-18 (NCEI Accession 0128190)
Abstract: This dataset contains counts of adult and juvenile (non-pup) Steller sea lions on rookeries and haul-outs in Alaska made between 1904 and 2015. Non-pup counts have been conducted throughout the year. Breeding season (June-mid July) non-pup counts are used for population trend analysis, while counts at other times are used for analyses of distribution and for other purposes. Non-pups are counted from the ground (by walking along the rookery), from cliff-side overlooks, and from aerial imagery (oblique and vertical orientation). Non-pup counts represent only a fraction of the total number of animals that may use a site. Sea lions haulout less frequently in winter than in summer; thus, winter counts represent a smaller fraction of the total population than summer counts.
Date received: 20160519
Start date: 19040101
End date: 20150718
Seanames: Bering Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Gulf of Alaska, North Pacific Ocean, Prince William Sound (Gulf of Alaska)
West boundary: 172
East boundary: -131
North boundary: 63
South boundary: 52
Observation types: biological, in situ, marine mammal observation, survey, survey - biological, visual observation
Instrument types: visual observation
Datatypes: ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - COUNTS, biological data, MARINE MAMMALS
Submitter: Fadely, Brian
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Alaska Fisheries Science Center; Marine Mammal Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Alaska Fisheries Science Center; Marine Mammal Laboratory
Contributing projects: STELLER SEA LION RESEARCH
Platforms: AIRCRAFT (3191)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-251.pdf
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-321.pdf

The file "SSLnonpupcounts2016.csv" contains counts from Alaska of non-pup (adult and juvenile) Steller sea lions in the NMML database. The counts were made between 1904 and 2015. This file includes counts obtained during breeding season aerial surveys, as well as counts obtained during winter aerial surveys, boat surveys, cliff counts, and other miscellaneous counts.

The non-pup count data file (SSLnonpupcounts2016.csv) is in ASCII text format and fields are comma-delimited (.csv). It contains the following fields:

SITENAME

REGIONNUMB:
4 = British Columbia, Canada
5 = Southeast Alaska,
6 = Eastern Gulf of Alaska
7 = Central Gulf of Alaska
8 = Western Gulf of Alaska
9 = Eastern Aleutian Islands
10 = Central Aleutian Islands
11 = Western Aleutian Islands
12 = Bering Sea

TRENDSITE 0 - not a trend site, 1 - is a trend site

ROOKERY 0 - not a rookery, 1 - is a rookery, 2 - special case, rookery but not a trend rookery.

MONTH 1-12, 99 is unknown/missing

DAY 1-31, 99 is unknown/missing
YEAR

COUNT: (Does not include newborn pups during the breeding season)

COUNTTYPE:
1 = aerial photo (35mm) oblique
2 = medium-format (5 inch) vertical aerial photo
3 = aerial photo (digital) vertical
4 = aerial, visual estimate
5 = beach/ground count
6 = viewpoint observations
7 = count from skiff nearshore
8 = count from ship offshore
9 = other (explain in comments)
10 = UAV
99 = unknown or not specified

SOURCE:
1 = NMFS/National Marine Mammal Laboratory
2 = Alaska Department of Fish and Game
3 = Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
4 = Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
5 = NMFS/Southwest Fisheries Science Center
6 = Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans
7 = other (explain in comments)
99 = unknown or not specified

REPLICATE: R if replicate count (different day) during same survey, N otherwise. If there are replicate counts for a site, all counts for that site are marked R. There are multiple counts at the same site with the same date. These are the raw counts of more than one counter using aerial photos, and in these cases, the replicate field is marked N.

COUNTER: initials of counter (photo, slide, from skiff etc...)

COMMENTS: (Clarification of COUNTTYPE, SOURCE, or COUNT as necessary)

In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Availability date:
Metadata version: 14
Keydate: 2015-05-20 21:45:03+00
Editdate: 2024-02-18 16:29:09+00