26481 Data Set Published / External 30208 Protected Resources Marine Mammals (Beaufort) Project Completed 2021-07 The NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center conducted a common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) photo-identification mark-recapture and biological sampling project in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida from 24 July to 30 August in 2007. A model-averaged estimate of the superpopulation of bottlenose dolphins in and around Choctawhatchee Bay was 232 (SE = 13) animals. Estimated resident abundance was 179 (SE = 8), which was lower than the number of unique animals encountered (n=188). This data collection includes dorsal fin photographs and sighting histories for unique photo-identified individual dolphins, including information about spatial distribution, mark characteristics, biological samples obtained, and GIS data such as survey track and waypoint files. To estimate the population size of the Choctawhatchee Bay, FL Tursiops truncatus stock. Cite as: Gorgone, Antoinette; Jugovich, Amelia; Byrd, Barbie; Hansen, Larry; Conn, Paul (2021). Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) photographic identification catalog collected for mark-recapture abundance estimation and biological sampling from small boats in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, from 2007-07-24 to 2007-08-30 (NCEI Accession 0237742). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/74m0-s591. Accessed [date]. 10.25921/74m0-s591 Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Services, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MARINE MAMMALS Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > INDICATOR SPECIES Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAMICS Theme World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Tursiops truncatus Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA Instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords CAMERA > CAMERA Instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords GPS > Global Positioning System Theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0237742 Theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 237742 Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS BIOLOGICAL DATA Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS Biopsy Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS MARINE MAMMALS Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS MARINE SPECIES INVENTORY Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS cetacean Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS species abundance Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS in situ Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS model output Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS survey - biological Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS visual observation Theme dolphin Theme mark recapture Theme photo identification Theme species distribution Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Florida Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Gulf of Mexico Spatial Choctawhatchee Bay Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS GPS Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Photo-Identification Techniques Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS camera Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS laboratory analysis Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS photograph Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS visual analysis Instrument NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS SMALL BOAT National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring MD Data Set Table (digital) N/A N/A N/A 67420 Published / External GPS waypoint files are provided in both .gdb and .txt formats. File naming convention: DDMonthYY, where the 2 digit day, abbreviated month, and 4 digit year, followed by an underscore and wpts for example: 01Aug2007_wpts.txt Other Yes Directory of waypoint files 67421 Published / External Completed GPS Track files provided in both .gdb and .txt formats File naming convention: DDMonthYY, where the 2 digit day, abbreviated month, and 4 digit year, followed by an underscore and designated as tracks for example: 01Aug2007_tracks.gdb Other Directory hold GPS track files 67422 Published / External Dorsal fin photographs for unique individual common bottlenose dolphins in .jpg format. Photograph file names include the individual ID#, date of observation, and image number. File name convention: ID###_DDMonthYYYY_####.JPG; for example: CB001_03Aug2007_0202.JPG Exchange file image format (EXIF) metadata was embedded in each image by the digital cameras used to take the photograph (Canon 10D or 20D) and indicates technical qualities of the photograph and camera model Other Directory of Photographic Images. 67423 Published / External Individuals - rows are records of unique photo-identified individual common bottlenose dolphins observed on date of survey. The ID# and date of each record correspond to the photograph file name in the catalog Available as a .csv or .xlsx file. The information is the same. There are two distributions for this file. One as .csv file Other as a .xlsx file Data Table Yes Records of unique photo-identified individual common bottlenose dolphins observed on date of survey. The ID# and date of each record correspond to the photograph file name in the catalog 10 ID# character Yes No Active identification number of a unique individual dolphin. The CB prefix indicates Choctawhatchee Bay 20 Survey Date Date Yes No Active Date Of Observation 30 Enc# Integer Yes No Active encounter number, encounter count is reset to 1 at the beginning of each survey/day 40 Vessel Character Yes No Active Name of Vessel Used For Data Collection 50 Lat numeric Yes No Active Latitude of observation 60 Long Numeric Yes No Active Longitude of observation 70 Distinctiveness character 1 Yes No Active a subjective measure of dorsal fin distinctiveness or “recognizability”,. 1=not distinctive 2=slightly distinctive, 3=average distinctiveness 4=very distinctive 80 NTEC character No No Active Non-trailing edge characteristics (NTEC) - indicates a distinctive mark on the dorsal fin or peduncle of the animal with an otherwise clean trailing edge of the dorsal fin LEN=Leading Edge Notch PN=Peduncle Notch TN=Top Notch Dent=indent rather than notch 90 Photo Quality character 1 Yes No Active Coded value which reprsents a subjective measure of photographic quality. Factors influencing photo quality include: degree of focus, angle, contrast, distance, and whole or partial dorsal fin exposure (e.g., if a dorsal fin is partially submerged by water) 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=great 5=excellent 100 Biopsy character No No Active Sample identification number of an individual if a remote biopsy sample was collected during the encounter 110 Sex Character No No Active biological sex identified from photographs for some individuals (e.g., a photograph of the genitalia) Sex was not identified null/blank m = male f = female 120 Effort Character Yes No Active Survey effort designated as "on" or "of" depending on the watch status of the survey crew. Surveys designated as "on" followed standard visual survey protocol, as described in Conn et al. 2011. Co-Author 2021 Person Byrd, Barbie barbie.byrd@ncdenr.gov 252-726-7021 Co-Author 2021 Person Martinez , Emma Rose emma.martinez@noaa.gov 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Bldg. 1 Miami FL 33149-1003 (305) 361-4246 Co-Author 2021 Person Conn, Paul paul.conn@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg. 4 Seattle WA 98115-6349 (206) 526-4235 Data Steward 2007 Person Gorgone, Antoinette M annie.gorgone@noaa.gov 101 Pivers Island Road Beaufort NC 28516-9722 (252) 728-8601 (252) 728-8784 Contact by email preferred. Distributor 2021 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI ncei.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. Online Resource Metadata Contact 2007 Person Hohn, Aleta aleta.hohn@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-7062 101 Pivers Island Road Beaufort NC 28156 252-728-8797 252-728-8784 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wd1SXSQAAAAJ Aleta Hohn Google Scholar Page Online Resource Contact by email preferred. Point of Contact 2021 Person Litz, Jenny Jenny.Litz@noaa.gov 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33139 305-361-4224 305-365-4102 Ground Condition -86.5941 -86.13128 30.50184 30.38555 Gulf Of Mexico Discrete 2007 Unclassified Download From Provided Links None Please cite https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/237742 2021 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 237742.1.1.tar.gz NCEI Archived Data Accession ~ (219.364 MB) GTAR https://doi.org/10.25921/74m0-s591 Landing Page NCEI Accession 0237742 Online Resource html Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) photographic identification catalog collected for mark-recapture abundance estimation and biological sampling from small boats in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, from 2007-07-24 to 2007-08-30 (NCEI Accession 0237742) https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jwmg.94 Conn et al 2011 Online Resource Conn, P.B., Gorgone, A.M., Jugovich, A.R., Byrd, B.L. and Hansen, L.J. (2011), Accounting for transients when estimating abundance of bottlenose dolphins in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 75: 569-579. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg. Visual No 0 Yes No No 365 NCEI-MD 365 N/A -- Data Has Been archived Accounting for transients when estimating abundance of bottlenose dolphins in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida Person Annie Gorgone Originator 2011-05-11 https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jwmg.94 1 Marine Mammals are photographed Person Gorgone, Antoinette M annie.gorgone@noaa.gov 101 Pivers Island Road Beaufort NC 28516-9722 (252) 728-8601 (252) 728-8784 Accounting for transients when estimating abundance of bottlenose dolphins in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida 67387 Document 67389 Document 67388 Document 67393 Document 67392 Document 67419 Document 67390 Document 67422 Entity 67423 Entity 67421 Entity 67420 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26481 Lee Weinberger 2015-08-17T14:28:00 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:23 2021-04-29 Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 www.sefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST 1001 Public No No 2021-04-29 1 Year 2022-04-29