3739 Project Published / External 25869 Marine Mammals Miami Project In Work It has been shown through a variety of photo-identification studies that populations of bottlenose dolphin inhabit the various embayments along the coast of Florida. Knowledge of population stock structure is critical to developing management plans and understanding how stressors impact individual populations. Researchers have found that photo-identification is one of the best ways to study populations of bottlenose dolphin in near shore environments. Unlike aerial and ship-board surveys, individual dolphins can be identified and tracked temporally and spatially, giving investigators a more comprehensive picture of population stock structure The bottlenose dolphin is a heterogenous species found throughout temperate and tropical waters. In past years, aerial surveys, photo-identification studies, and, more recently, genetic studies have begun to divide this worldwide species into population stocks. In 1998, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) reported to the Marine Mammal Commission that there appears to be at least four discrete population stocks of bottlenose dolphin in the U.S. Atlantic waters: a nearshore migratory population that migrates seasonally between North Carolina and northern Florida; year-round resident populations in coastal embayments; an offshore population inhabiting deep water; and an intermixing resident and migratory population that overlap seasonally. Don;t know who to assign to this as contact is deceased Dolphin sighting surveys are conducted by boat. Environmental conditions are recorded and linked back to sightings of individuals, which are identified by photos, which are also stored in an Oracle database. Theme Dolphins Theme beaufort wind codes Theme bottlenose dolphin Theme environmental data Theme photographs Theme protective species Theme wind speed Spatial Biscayne Bay Spatial Florida Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami FL USA Program Yes MMPA Federal Electronic Point of Contact 2000-01-01 2024-08 Person Contillo, Joeseph joseph.contillo@noaa.gov 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149-1003 305-361-4588 305-361-4478 Deceased Photos cover dolphins in Florida from Port Everglades through Florida Bay and the lower Keys. Continuing 1990-01-01 Unclassified To fishery Scientists and other qualified researchers upon request. Contact someone who has one of the support roles NOAA Data Quality Act Documentation and Pre-Dissemination guidelines Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by inaccuracies in these data, or as a result of these data being used on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does distribution constitute any such warranty none none Oracle database 7802 Data Set gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:3739 Lee Weinberger 2007-03-20T08:12:18 Lee Weinberger 2024-08-08T17:11:19 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 2021-04-29 1 Year 2022-04-29