Diets of Steller and California sea lions determined from scat collections in northwest Washington during 2010-2013 with genetic identification of salmon species

The attached excel file contains data from an analysis of the diet of Steller and California sea lions conducted in northwest Washington during 2010 through 2013. The data presented in this submission updates the data provided by Scordino et al. (2001) with new additional analyses on the salmon eaten by Steller and California sea lions. Salmon bones were sorted into three size classes (small, medium, and large) and were provided to the Institute of Science and Technology at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington for genetic analysis to determine the species of salmon consumed by the sea lions. The excel file also contains information on the sites at which scat samples were collected and data from our analysis of genotyping errors.

Scordino, Jonathan; Akmajian, Adrianne; Riemer, Susan (2021), “Steller and California sea lion count and diet data in northwest Washington, 2010-2013”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/npdzxcsfh9.1