Two decades of three-dimensional movement data from adult female northern elephant seals

Two decades of three-dimensional movement data from adult female northern elephant seals

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 colonie...

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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
Series:Scientific Data
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04084-4
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2052-4463

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