README.md

In jmlondon/aleutpvdata: Satellite Telemetry Data: Aleutian Islands harbor seals (2014-2017)

The aleutpvdata R Package and GitHub Repository

The goal of aleutpvdata is to provide collaborators and interested users easy access to data associated with the Aleutian Islands harbor seal research study. The focus, here, is on the satellite teleemtry data colected between 2014 and 2017.

Quick Start

The current only option for gaining access to the data in a usable format is to install the aleutpvdata R package via the devtools::install_github() function

if (!require('devtools')) install.packages('devtools')
devtools::install_github('jmlondon/aleutpvdata')

library(aleutpvdata)

# list the data sets in the aleutpv-data pkg
try(data(package = "aleutpvdata")) 

# for example, load the location data
data(tbl_locs)
head(tbl_locs)

Future plans will archive the raw and processed data files with the Arctic Data Center and DataONE for direct download and access.

Git Repository Organization

The git repository, hosted here on GitHub, serves two purposes:

1. host the R package structure that allows other users to install the data within the R software environment
2. host and document the provenance and workflow for downloading, processing, tidying satellite telemetry data associated with this project

The datapack-raw Directory

This directory is where the raw archive/zip files downloaded from the Wildlife Computers Data Portal are stored. They are not included within the git repository for efficiency. The eventual plan is for these files to be stored and archive on the Animal Telemetry Network and accessible via DataONE. Most users will have no need or interest in accessing these data files.

Any processing of data is all handled within the Rmarkdown (*.Rmd) files included within the directory.

The HTML generated from the Rmarkdown is available at 00-get-data.html

The datapack Directory

This directory is where the processed data are created and stored in comma-separated format.They are not included within the git repository for efficiency. The eventual plan is for these files to be stored and archive on the Arctic Data Center and accessible via DataONE. Most users who aren’t accessing these data through the R programming environment will want to work with these data files.

Any processing of data is all handled within the Rmarkdown (*.Rmd) files included within the directory.

The HTML generated from the Rmarkdown is available at 01-tidy-data.html

LHX Deployments in 2016

In 2016, 10 harbor seals were released with surgically implanted life-history tags (LHX). Below is a table of those animals and their unique speno

| SpeNo | Age | Sex | | :----------- | :-------- | :----- | | PV2014_2005 | adult | female | | PV2016_3011 | sub-adult | female | | PV2016_3012 | adult | female | | PV2016_3016 | sub-adult | female | | PV2016_3019 | sub-adult | male | | PV2016_3022 | adult | male | | PV2016_3027 | sub-adult | female | | PV2016_3031 | adult | male | | PV2016_3032 | sub-adult | male | | PV2016_3033 | sub-adult | female |

Table of LHX Surgery Animals

Citation – DRAFT: DO NOT CITE OR USE AT THIS TIME

This data package is under heavy development. Please do not cite this data or this repository at this time. Any use should be done in close coordination and communication with the package author.

Contributions

We welcome contributions from everyone. Before you get started, please see our contributor guidelines. Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.

NOAA/Dept. of Commerce Disclaimer

This repository is a scientific product and is not official communication of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the United States Department of Commerce. All NOAA GitHub project code is provided on an ‘as is’ basis and the user assumes responsibility for its use. Any claims against the Department of Commerce or Department of Commerce bureaus stemming from the use of this GitHub project will be governed by all applicable Federal law. Any reference to specific commercial products, processes, or services by service mark, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply their endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the Department of Commerce. The Department of Commerce seal and logo, or the seal and logo of a DOC bureau, shall not be used in any manner to imply endorsement of any commercial product or activity by DOC or the United States Government.

jmlondon/aleutpvdata documentation built on Aug. 3, 2019, 2:20 p.m.