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Title: Food habits of California sea lions in Washington state, 1986-02-26 to 1999-10-18 (NCEI Accession 0145637)
Abstract: From 1986 to 1999, The National Marine Mammal Laboratories' California Current Ecosystem Program (AFSC/NOAA) collected fecal samples and stomachs of male California sea lions from Washington. Scat samples were collected primarily from haulout sites in Puget Sound and a few were collected along the northern-outer Washington coast. Stomach content samples were collected from dead/stranded California sea lions throughout Washington. The data contains prey identifications and analyses of samples including prey species composition, frequency of occurrence, and size of prey.
Date received: 20160310
Start date: 19860226
End date: 19991018
Seanames: North Pacific Ocean
West boundary: -125
East boundary: -122
North boundary: 48.5
South boundary: 46
Observation types: biological, laboratory analyses, manual sample collection, marine mammal observation, visual estimate, visual observation
Instrument types: laboratory analysis, microscope, visual analysis, visual estimate, visual observation
Datatypes: ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL, ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - STOMACH CONTENTS, biological data, cetacean, MARINE MAMMALS, STOMACH CONTENTS, STOMACH CONTENTS - PREY TAXONOMY, STOMACH CONTENTS - PREY WET WEIGHT
Submitter: Gearin, Patrick J.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Alaska Fisheries Science Center; Marine Mammal Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Alaska Fisheries Science Center; Marine Mammal Laboratory
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Number of observations:
Supplementary information: Submission Package ID: EWDEU8
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Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2016-03-21 19:05:04+00
Editdate: 2016-04-11 17:51:09+00