Online-Only Table 2 The metadata extracted for each source.

From: A salmon diet database for the North Pacific Ocean

Column

Explanation

source_id

A unique number that is generated and assigned to each source (e.g., 1, 2, 3…etc.)

publication_year

Publication year in the format: YYYY

title

Title of the source

author1

First author of the source in the following format: M. C. Graham or M. Graham (first and middle names are abbreviated by initials and a period while last names are completely spelled out)

author2

Second author of the source in the following format: M. C. Graham or M. Graham (first and middle names are abbreviated by initials and a period while last names are completely spelled out)

author3

Third author of the source in the following format: M. C. Graham or M. Graham (first and middle names are abbreviated by initials and a period while last names are completely spelled out)

author4

Fourth author of the source in the following format: M. C. Graham or M. Graham (first and middle names are abbreviated by initials and a period while last names are completely spelled out)

author5

Fifth author of the source in the following format: M. C. Graham or M. Graham (first and middle names are abbreviated by initials and a period while last names are completely spelled out)

author6

Sixth author of the source in the following format: M. C. Graham or M. Graham (first and middle names are abbreviated by initials and a period while last names are completely spelled out)

author7

Seventh author of the source in the following format: M. C. Graham or M. Graham (first and middle names are abbreviated by initials and a period while last names are completely spelled out)

author8

Eighth author of the source in the following format: M. C. Graham or M. Graham (first and middle names are abbreviated by initials and a period while last names are completely spelled out)

author9

Ninth author of the source in the following format: M. C. Graham or M. Graham (first and middle names are abbreviated by initials and a period while last names are completely spelled out)

author10

Tenth author of the source in the following format: M. C. Graham or M. Graham (first and middle names are abbreviated by initials and a period while last names are completely spelled out)

url

URL associated with source, if applicable

citation

The full citation for the source

source_notes

Any additional notes about the source; for example, if the data might be overlapping with another source, this is indicated in this attribute

data_processing_notes

Notes about how the data were processed – in the lab or field, were quantities measured using scales or visually estimated, etc.

date_entered

The date the source was added to the database

entered_by

The full name of the person who entered the data (e.g., Caroline Graham)

  1. This table corresponds to the ‘Sources’ file in the figshare repository.