©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.In 2009, the diving behavior of harbor seals was monitored near Protection Island, in WA state. Data include the percent of time spent by individual seals at different depth ranges. The diving data are summarized into four 6-hour time periods per day.
Related publications:
Thomas, AC; Lance, MM; Jeffries, SJ; Miner, BG; Acevedo-Gutierrez, A. 2011. Harbor seal foraging response to a seasonal resource pulse, spawning Pacific herring. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, v.441. p. 225. DOI: 10.3354/meps09370
Thomas, A. 2010. The behavioral response of harbor seals to seasonal prey pulses of spawning Pacific herring. MSc thesis, Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. Available from Alejandro Acevedo's lab website.
Acevedo-Gutierrez, A., Jeffries, S. J., Lance, M. M., Levin, P. S., Bromaghin, J. F., Kennish, J. M. (2012) Diving behavior of harbor seals, specifically the proportion of time spent per depth range, determined by satellite-linked time-depth recorder (TDR) and GPS receivers, for dives made by seals near Protection Island, WA, 2009. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 30 Nov 2012) Version Date 2012-11-30 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/3807 [access date]
Terms of Use
This dataset is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
If you wish to use this dataset, it is highly recommended that you contact the original principal investigators (PI). Should the relevant PI be unavailable, please contact BCO-DMO (info@bco-dmo.org) for additional guidance. For general guidance please see the BCO-DMO Terms of Use document.