Costa Lab at UCSC.     Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.     Institute of Marine Sciences, Long Marine Lab, University of California, Santa Cruz

Tablename: etags

Electronic tags deployed upon animals. One row for each tag deployed on the start sighting of the trip.

Field nameField typeField lengthField description
etag_entry_id integer None Unique record id number.
sighting_id integer None Refers to Sightings table.
tag_model_id integer None Number representing tag model, link to table tagmodels column tag_model_id.
argos_id_old double precision None If tag is a PTT, PTT number (Argos ID) assigned to tag for deployment.
vhf_frequency double precision None If tag is a radio locator tag, frequency of radio signal (MHz).
program_date timestamp without time zone None Date tag was programmed for deployment.
program_file_name character varying 254 The name of the programming journal file for this tag deployment.
data_file_path character varying 254 Directory path and filename of recovered tag data file on lab file server.
is_file_here boolean None True if data file was recovered and in data holdings.
data_lost boolean None True if the data was lost and cannot be recovered.
is_file_bad boolean None True if the data file from the recovered file was corrupted.
is_tag_lost boolean None True if the tag was lost at sea and cannot be recovered.
last_transmission_date timestamp without time zone None If transmittong tag (PTT), last known date of transmission.
file_type character varying 50 Extension of data file. Not really used.
clock_drift double precision None Difference between known time and tag internal time at recovery, in seconds.
comments text None Comments on this deployed tag.
iknos_command text None Iknos DA command line for this tag data file.
etag_code character varying 50 Manufacturer’s serial number of tag, or labs own serial number if manufacturer didn’t supply one.
start_tag timestamp without time zone None Date and time of the event when tag started transmitting.
stop_tag timestamp without time zone None Date and time of the event when tag stopped transmitting.
is_recovered_without_animal boolean None True if the tag was recovered without animal.
duty_cycle boolean None None
duty_cycle_comment character varying 254 None
argos_id bigint None If tag is a PTT, PTT number (Argos ID) assigned to tag for deployment.