Dataset: seals_morphometrics
Deployment: LMG0205

Seal morphometrics

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:

NBP0204

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/451776/data

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Description

Seal Studies, Southern Ocean GLOBEC, Seal Morphometrics Data

* Blubber depths determined by ultrasound

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:
General Seal Background Information
Seal Physiology - bloodwork
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

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Funding

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

Instruments

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Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
year	year cruise occurs		year
tagid	SealTagID = Flipper Tag		tagid
sealname	name as text		sealname
month_local	month of year (1-12), local time		month_local
day_local	day of month (1-31), local time		day_local
species	common name of organism, text		species
event	Event or operation number. Unique ID.		event
ageclass	Age class as estimated in field, (text i.e. adult)		ageclass
sex	Sex of organism (as text i.e. male)		sex
ul_pelvis	Lateral blubber depth* at the pelvis	cm	ul_pelvis
len_to_ears	Length from tip of tail to ears, along dorsal surface	cm	len_to_ears
ul_mid	Lateral blubber depth* at a point midway between the hips and the sternum	cm	ul_mid
len_curve	curved length: measured from tip of nose to tip of tail, measured following the curve of the animal's spine along the dorsal surface	cm	len_curve
ul_stern	Lateral blubber depth* at the sternum	cm	ul_stern
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
ul_ax	Lateral blubber depth* at the axilla (armpit)	cm	ul_ax
girth_ank	Girth at the ankle	cm	girth_ank
ul_neck	Lateral blubber depth* at the neck	cm	ul_neck
girth_pel	Girth at the pelvis	cm	girth_pel
uv_pelvis	Ventral blubber depth* at the pelvis	cm	uv_pelvis
girth_mid	Girth at a point midway between the hips and the sternum	cm	girth_mid
uv_mid	Ventral blubber depth* at a point midway between the hips and the sternum	cm	uv_mid
girth_stern	Girth at the sternum	cm	girth_stern
uv_stern	Ventral blubber depth* at the sternum	cm	uv_stern
girth_ax	Girth at the axilla	cm	girth_ax
uv_ax	Ventral blubber depth* at the axilla	cm	uv_ax
girth_neck	Girth at the neck	cm	girth_neck
uv_neck	Ventral blubber depth* at the neck	cm	uv_neck
girth_ears	Girth at the ears	cm	girth_ears
len_to_ank	Length from tip of tail to ankle, along dorsal surface	cm	len_to_ank
ud_pelvis	Dorsal blubber depth* at the pelvis	cm	ud_pelvis
len_to_pel	Length from tip of tail to pelvis, along dorsal surface	cm	len_to_pel
ud_mid	Dorsal blubber depth* at a point midway between the hips and the sternum	cm	ud_mid
len_to_mid	Length from tip of tail to point midway between the hips and the sternum, along dorsal surface	cm	len_to_mid
ud_stern	Dorsal blubber depth* at the sternum	cm	ud_stern
len_to_stern	Length from tip of tail to sternum, along dorsal surface	cm	len_to_stern
ud_ax	Dorsal blubber depth* at the axilla (armpit)	cm	ud_ax
len_to_ax	Length from tip of tail to axilla (armpit), along dorsal surface	cm	len_to_ax
ud_neck	Dorsal blubber depth* at the neck	cm	ud_neck
len_to_neck	Length from tip of tail to neck, along dorsal surface	cm	len_to_neck
mass	Mass of seal	kg	mass

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Dataset: seals_morphometrics
Deployment: LMG0205