Alaska Steller Sea Lion Non-pup Count Database
This database contains counts of adult and juvenile (non-pup) Steller sea lions on rookeries and haulouts in Alaska made between 1904 and 2019. Non-pup counts have been conducted throughout the year. Breeding season (June-mid July) non-pup counts are used for population trend analysis, while counts at other times are used for analyses of distribution and for other purposes. Non-pups are counted from the ground (by walking along the rookery), from cliff-side overlooks, and from aerial imagery (oblique and vertical orientation). Non-pup counts represent only a fraction of the total number of animals that may use a site. Sea lions haul-out less frequently in winter than in summer; thus, winter counts represent a smaller fraction of the total population than summer counts.
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| issued | 2015-04-23T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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"Aerial survey",
"Eumetopias jubatus",
"Steller sea lion",
"Survey",
"otariid",
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"population",
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"summer",
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2021-06-10T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| spatial | -131.0,52.0,172.0,63.0 |
| temporal | 1904-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/1904-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Alaska Steller Sea Lion Non-pup Count Database |
