Data and Metadata for 'A regional analysis of long-term gray and harbor seal stranding events' and the seasonal migrants
NOAA’s Greater Atlantic Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network Database was examined for its utility as a potential long-term time series for the evaluation of phenological patterns and shifts. Although records from stranding events represent sick or injured animals, these data have been found to be...
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ftdatacite:10.21429/cjsa-ac35 2023-05-15T16:33:08+02:00 Data and Metadata for 'A regional analysis of long-term gray and harbor seal stranding events' and the seasonal migrants Staudinger, Michelle Jones, Katherine 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.21429/cjsa-ac35 https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5ff47aaad34ea5387df02f23 unknown National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers dataset Dataset 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.21429/cjsa-ac35 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z NOAA’s Greater Atlantic Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network Database was examined for its utility as a potential long-term time series for the evaluation of phenological patterns and shifts. Although records from stranding events represent sick or injured animals, these data have been found to be reasonably comparable to survey data and provide useful information on species’ distribution, abundance, and foraging ecology (Maldini et al., 2005; Staudinger et al., 2014; Johnston et al., 2012, 2015). In this study, we focused on stranding data of two marine mammal species, harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and gray seals (Halichoerus grypus). It was anticipated these data would also be good indicators of the areas and habitats that seal populations use on a seasonal and annual basis in the region. Viable stranding data from Maine to North Carolina included 1,571 gray seals and 4,399 harbor seals from 2001 to 2015. This paper presents a summary of the spatial and temporal patterns of these data, and suggests their suitability as supplemental data to other Gulf of Maine marine species phenological studies, such as the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium database modelling efforts. Dataset harbor seal North Atlantic North Atlantic right whale Phoca vitulina DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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NOAA’s Greater Atlantic Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network Database was examined for its utility as a potential long-term time series for the evaluation of phenological patterns and shifts. Although records from stranding events represent sick or injured animals, these data have been found to be reasonably comparable to survey data and provide useful information on species’ distribution, abundance, and foraging ecology (Maldini et al., 2005; Staudinger et al., 2014; Johnston et al., 2012, 2015). In this study, we focused on stranding data of two marine mammal species, harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and gray seals (Halichoerus grypus). It was anticipated these data would also be good indicators of the areas and habitats that seal populations use on a seasonal and annual basis in the region. Viable stranding data from Maine to North Carolina included 1,571 gray seals and 4,399 harbor seals from 2001 to 2015. This paper presents a summary of the spatial and temporal patterns of these data, and suggests their suitability as supplemental data to other Gulf of Maine marine species phenological studies, such as the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium database modelling efforts. |
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Data and Metadata for 'A regional analysis of long-term gray and harbor seal stranding events' and the seasonal migrants |
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Data and Metadata for 'A regional analysis of long-term gray and harbor seal stranding events' and the seasonal migrants |
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Data and Metadata for 'A regional analysis of long-term gray and harbor seal stranding events' and the seasonal migrants |
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Data and Metadata for 'A regional analysis of long-term gray and harbor seal stranding events' and the seasonal migrants |
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Data and Metadata for 'A regional analysis of long-term gray and harbor seal stranding events' and the seasonal migrants |
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data and metadata for 'a regional analysis of long-term gray and harbor seal stranding events' and the seasonal migrants |
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National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers |
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