Northern fur seal foraging behavior and prey fields in the Bering Sea, Alaska during July-October 2006

Description

These data were used by Kuhn et al. (2015) to investigate how conclusions about predator-prey relationships change with increasing temporal disparity between predator tracking periods and prey surveys. Northern fur seals (n = 20) from St. Paul Island (Alaska, USA) were equipped with satellite tracking transmitters and time-depth recorders from July to October 2006. Fur seal dive and movement metrics were examined in relation to the relative abundance of the fur seals’ primary prey, walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus), reported from the annual eastern Bering Sea groundfish survey. Relationships between foraging behavior metrics and prey abundance were examined within the Bering shelf survey grid cells at three time scales: within 2 weeks of the prey survey, within 1 month, and over the northern fur seal reproductive season (>4 months).

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Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30382
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/30382.pdf
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
8 Data table download: Northern_fur_seal_foraging_behavior_and_prey_fields_in_the_Bering_Sea__Alaska_during_July-October_2006.csv Note: Dataset migrated by Dan Woodrich (AFSC data management coordinator) on 12/15/2021. Contact: Daniel.woodrich@noaa.gov https://storage.cloud.google.com/nmfs_odp_afsc/MML/AEP/Northern%20fur%20seal%20foraging%20behavior%20and%20prey%20fields%20in%20the%20Bering%20Sea%2C%20Alaska%20during%20July-October%202006.csv
0 Online access to: Kuhn, C.E., Sterling, J.T., and T.K. Zeppelin. 2015. Linking northern fur seal behavior with prey distributions: the impact of temporal mismatch between predator studies and prey surveys. Animal Biotelemetry 3:26. doi:10.1186/s40317-015-0064-5 http://animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40317-015-0064-5
8 Project page. Note: Reference changed by Dan Woodrich (AFSC data management coordinator) on 12/15/2021. Contact: Daniel.woodrich@noaa.gov https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/nmfs_odp_afsc/MML/AEP/Northern%20fur%20seal%20foraging%20behavior%20and%20prey%20fields%20in%20the%20Bering%20Sea%2C%20Alaska%20during%20July-October%202006.csv

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  • alaska fisheries science center
  • walleye pollock
  • pinniped
  • noaa
  • callorhinus ursinus
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service
  • foraging
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc
  • northern fur seal
  • otariid
  • alaska ecosystems program

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