Scientific Data (Dec 2024)
Two decades of three-dimensional movement data from adult female northern elephant seals
- Daniel P. Costa,
- Rachel R. Holser,
- Theresa R. Keates,
- Taiki Adachi,
- Roxanne S. Beltran,
- Cory D. Champagne,
- Daniel E. Crocker,
- Arina B. Favilla,
- Melinda A. Fowler,
- Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso,
- Chandra Goetsch,
- Jason L. Hassrick,
- Luis A. Hückstädt,
- Jessica M. Kendall-Bar,
- Sarah S. Kienle,
- Carey E. Kuhn,
- Jennifer L. Maresh,
- Sara M. Maxwell,
- Birgitte I. McDonald,
- Elizabeth A. McHuron,
- Patricia A. Morris,
- Yasuhiko Naito,
- Logan J. Pallin,
- Sarah H. Peterson,
- Patrick W. Robinson,
- Samantha E. Simmons,
- Akinori Takahashi,
- Nicole M. Teuschel,
- Michael S. Tift,
- Yann Tremblay,
- Stella Villegas-Amtmann,
- Ken Yoda
Affiliations
- Daniel P. Costa
- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
- Rachel R. Holser
- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
- Theresa R. Keates
- Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
- Taiki Adachi
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
- Roxanne S. Beltran
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
- Cory D. Champagne
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
- Daniel E. Crocker
- Department of Biology, Sonoma State University
- Arina B. Favilla
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
- Melinda A. Fowler
- Biology Department, Northeastern University
- Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso
- Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Coordinación Guaymas
- Chandra Goetsch
- CSS, Inc.
- Jason L. Hassrick
- ICF, Jones and Stokes, Inc., 980 9th Street, Suite 1200
- Luis A. Hückstädt
- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
- Jessica M. Kendall-Bar
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
- Sarah S. Kienle
- Department of Biology, Baylor University
- Carey E. Kuhn
- Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Jennifer L. Maresh
- Department of Biology, West Chester University
- Sara M. Maxwell
- School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington
- Birgitte I. McDonald
- Moss Landing Marine Labs, San Jose State University
- Elizabeth A. McHuron
- Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Patricia A. Morris
- UC Año Nuevo Natural Reserve, University of California
- Yasuhiko Naito
- National Institute of Polar Research
- Logan J. Pallin
- Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
- Sarah H. Peterson
- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
- Patrick W. Robinson
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
- Samantha E. Simmons
- SMRU Consulting, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews
- Akinori Takahashi
- National Institute of Polar Research
- Nicole M. Teuschel
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
- Michael S. Tift
- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Yann Tremblay
- Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
- Stella Villegas-Amtmann
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
- Ken Yoda
- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04084-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Abstract Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) have been integral to the development and progress of biologging technology and movement data analysis, which continue to improve our understanding of this and other species. Adult female elephant seals at Año Nuevo Reserve and other colonies along the west coast of North America were tracked annually from 2004 to 2020, resulting in a total of 653 instrument deployments. This paper outlines the compilation and curation process of these high-resolution diving and location data, now accessible in two Dryad repositories. The code used for data processing alongside the corresponding workflow is available through GitHub and Zenodo. This data set represents 3,844,927 dives and 596,815 locations collected from 475 individual seals with 178 repeat samplings over 17 years. We anticipate that these data will stimulate further analysis and investigation into elephant seal biology and aid in developing new analytical approaches for large marine predators.
