Visual observations of Hawaiian monk seal behavioral interactions and contact rates to support NMFS efforts to mitigate the risk of possible disease outbreaks, collected on Oahu and Laysan Island during the period 2015-06-01 to 2015-09-01.

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Infectious disease has the potential to pose serious risk to Hawaiian Monk Seal populations. HMSRP is currently researching and evaluating methods to minimize disease threats to this endangered population, including potential vaccination programs. Observation of seal behavior and social interactions will provide information critical to understanding contact rates between animals which will aid our efforts modeling epidemiological processes and planning vaccination or other disease risk mitigation strategies. To provide this crucial data on seal behavior and contact rates this project aims to: • Describe the haul-out patterns and numbers of seals using haul-out beaches on Oahu in the MHI and Laysan in the NWHI. • Document individual seal behavior and interactions between seals; o especially with regard to different types of potentially infectious contacts. o with attention to age/sex patterns that may help identify generalities of high-risk seals.

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Name Format Description Link
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
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/28586
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/28586.pdf
45 This accession is a table containing visual observations of Hawaiian monk seal behavioral interactions and contact rates collected on Oahu and Laysan Island from 2015-06-01 to 2015-09-01. Animal identities, associations, and behaviors were collected and analyzed in order to 1) describe the haul-out patterns and numbers of seals using haul-out beaches on Oahu in the MHI and Laysan in the NWHI, and 2) document individual seal behavior and interactions between seals, especially with regard to different types of potentially infectious contacts with attention to age/sex patterns that may help identify generalities of high-risk seals. These data are used to support NMFS monk seal recovery efforts which include modeling epidemiological processes and planning vaccination and other disease risk mitigation strategies. https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/xfer/PIFSC_PIRO_bulk_data_download_InPort_28586.tgz

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  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • hmsrp hawaiian monk seal survival enhancement special projects metadata portfolio
  • noaa
  • hawaiian monk seal
  • behavior
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service

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