Diving parameters of weanling Northern Elephant Seals in 2016 and 2018

A list of datasets containing diving parameters for:

• 4 individuals in 2018

Usage

data(data_nes)

Format

A list containing one list per year, that itself contains one dataset per individual.

DATA > YEAR > INDIVIDUAL

1. 2018 Dataset

   .id

   individual ID

   divenumber

   # of dive

   date

   date and time of the dive

   maxdepth

   maximum depth reached (m)

   dduration

   dive duration (s)

   botttime

   bottom duration (s)

   desctime

   descent duration (s)

   descrate

   descent rate (m/s)

   asctime

   ascent time (s)

   ascrate

   ascent rate (m/s)

   pdi

   post dive interval (s)

   dwigglesdesc

   # of wiggles in descent phase

   dwigglesbott

   # of wiggles in bottom phase

   dwigglesasc

   # of wiggles in ascent phase

   totvertdistbot

   vertical distance at the bottom (m)

   driftrate

   drift rate (m/s)

   divetype

   Dive type (transit, foraging, drift or benthic)

   day_departure

   # of days since departure

   lightatsurf

   light level at the surface

   lat

   latitude

   lon

   longitude

   dist_dep

   distance from the first data location point (m)

   sp

   species (nes)

   ssh

   sea surface height from Copernicus

   psu

   Practical Salinity Unit from Copernicus

   vel

   current velocity in m/s derived from Copernicus

   temp

   sea surface temperature from Copernicus

   bathy

   bathymetry from marmap package

   phase

   phase of the day (day or night)

Source

roxanne@ucsc.edu

Details

This dataset have been obtained using the following files:

• 2018070_nese0000annu_1790212_SubSample_iknos_DiveStat_RSB.csv

• 2018070_results-2-GPE3.csv

• 2018072_BothTrips_1790214_SubSample_iknos_DiveStat_RSB.csv

• 2018072_results-2-GPE3.csv

• 2018074_nese0000annu_1790218_SubSample_iknos_DiveStat_RSB.csv

• 2018080_nese0000annu_1790226_SubSample_iknos_DiveStat_RSB.csv

• 2018080_results-2-GPE3.csv