Survival and natality rate observations of California sea lions at San Miguel Island, California conducted by Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1987-09-20 to 2014-09-25 (NCEI Accession 0145167)

The dataset contains initial capture and marking data for California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups at San Miguel Island, California and subsequent resighting of the marked animals throughout the time series. The data are used in mark-recapture analysis to estimate survival and natality rates.

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access_constraints ["Cite as: Melin, Sharon R.; DeLong, Robert L.; Orr, Anthony J.; Laake, Jeffrey L.; Harris, Jeffrey D. (2016). Survival and natality rate observations of California sea lions at San Miguel Island, California conducted by Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1987-09-20 to 2014-09-25 (NCEI Accession 0145167). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0145167. Accessed [date].", "Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose."]
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metadata-date 2021-05-29T19:45:31Z
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temporal-extent-end 2014-09-25
Groups
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  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
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  • birth-rate
  • california
  • california-sea-lion
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geoss
  • mark-recapture
  • natality
  • national
  • north-america
  • oceanography
  • pinniped
  • san-miguel-island
  • summer
  • united-states
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metadata_created 2025-11-21T15:10:06.609108
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T15:10:06.609112
notes The dataset contains initial capture and marking data for California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups at San Miguel Island, California and subsequent resighting of the marked animals throughout the time series. The data are used in mark-recapture analysis to estimate survival and natality rates.
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title Survival and natality rate observations of California sea lions at San Miguel Island, California conducted by Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1987-09-20 to 2014-09-25 (NCEI Accession 0145167)