Ross seal dive and haul-out data from expeditions SCALE (MV SA Agulhas II, 2019), PS111 (RV Polarstern, 2018) and S55 (MV SA Agulhas II, 2016)@en

Ross seals (Ommatophoca rossii) were instrumented with satellite-linked position-temperature tags. Primary data were collected during spring and summer expeditions carried out by scientists of the Mammal Research Institute (MRI, University of Pretoria), South Africa and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. The expeditions were located north of the Lazarev Sea (SA Agulhas II Southern oCean seAsonaL Experiment Spring cruise, 2019) and in the eastern Weddell Sea and King Håkon VII Sea off Queen Maud Land (RV Polarstern PS111 expedition, 2018; SA Agulhas II SANAE 55 expedition, 2016). Processing of the primary data followed an established workflow (2018, 2016). Seals (n = 15) were captured along the ships' tracks and instrumented with Argos (CLS, Toulouse, France) satellite-linked dive recorders (SPLASH10-309A or SPLASH9) or location-only satellite tags (SPOT6) of different technical specifications (Wildlife Computers, Redmond, WA, USA) to investigate their haul-out and diving behaviour. Of the 15 seals tagged, five (S55: n = 3; PS111: n = 2) SPLASH10-309A (4) or SPLASH9 (1) dive recorders and five (S55: n = 3; SCALE: n = 2) SPOT 6 satellite tracking devices that also record the haul-out behaviour of animals revealed data for 35-348 days and were considered for analyses. All R-codes can be found under Github.罗斯海豹（Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii）被安装了卫星定位-温度联合标签。原始数据由南非比勒陀利亚大学哺乳动物研究所（Mammal Research Institute, MRI）与德国亥姆霍兹极地与海洋研究中心阿尔弗雷德·魏格纳研究所（Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, AWI）的科学家，在春季与夏季科考航次中采集完成。此次科考区域分为两处：一处位于拉扎列夫海以北（2019年SA Agulhas II号南大洋季节实验春季航次），另一处位于威德尔海东部及毛德皇后地外的哈康七世国王海（2018年RV Polarstern号PS111航次；2016年SA Agulhas II号SANAE 55航次）。原始数据的处理遵循已确立的标准化工作流程（2018、2016版）。研究人员沿科考船航线捕获了15只海豹，并为其安装了不同技术规格的Argos（法国图卢兹CLS公司）卫星链接式潜水记录仪（型号为SPLASH10-309A或SPLASH9），或仅定位型卫星标签（SPOT6，美国华盛顿州雷德蒙德Wildlife Computers公司），旨在探究其上岸停留行为与潜水习性。在被标记的15只海豹中，5只（S55航次3只、PS111航次2只）搭载了SPLASH10-309A（4只）或SPLASH9（1只）潜水记录仪，另有5只（S55航次3只、SCALE航次2只）搭载了可同步记录动物上岸停留行为的SPOT6卫星追踪设备；上述设备共返回35至348天的有效监测数据，可用于后续分析工作。所有相关R代码均可在GitHub平台获取。