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Food habits of California sea lions in Washington state, 1986-02-26 to 1999-10-18 (NCEI Accession 0145637)

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From 1986 to 1999, The National Marine Mammal Laboratories' California Current Ecosystem Program (AFSC/NOAA) collected fecal samples and stomachs of male California sea lions from Washington. Scat samples were collected primarily from haulout sites in Puget Sound and a few were collected along the northern-outer Washington coast. Stomach content samples were collected from dead/stranded California sea lions throughout Washington. The data contains prey identifications and analyses of samples including prey species composition, frequency of occurrence, and size of prey.
  • Cite as: Gearin, Patrick; Orr, Anthony; Jeffries, Steven; Hughes, Kirt (2016). Food habits of California sea lions in Washington state, 1986-02-26 to 1999-10-18 (NCEI Accession 0145637). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0145637. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1986-02-26 to 1999-10-18
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -125
East: -122
South: 46
North: 48.5
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General Documentation
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2016-04-19
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Submission Package ID: EWDEU8
Purpose The purpose of this dataset is to to examine food habits for male California sea lions in Washington to investigate changes in their diets, as well as to investigate potential impacts to commercial and/or sport fisheries.
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  • accessLevel: Public
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Gearin, Patrick; Orr, Anthony; Jeffries, Steven; Hughes, Kirt (2016). Food habits of California sea lions in Washington state, 1986-02-26 to 1999-10-18 (NCEI Accession 0145637). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0145637. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Originator Keywords
  • California sea lion
  • Diet
  • Male
  • Scat/Fecal sample
  • Stomachs
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Originator Place Names
  • Puget Sound
  • Washington
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Gearin, Patrick; Orr, Anthony; Jeffries, Steven; Hughes, Kirt (2016). Food habits of California sea lions in Washington state, 1986-02-26 to 1999-10-18 (NCEI Accession 0145637). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0145637. Accessed [date].
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  • Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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  • 2016-04-19T15:18:07Z - NCEI Accession 0145637 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • Data Type: Otolith size (measured); Units: mm; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: microscope micrometer.
Acquisition Information (collection)
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  • laboratory analysis
  • microscope
  • visual analysis
  • visual estimate
  • visual observation
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