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NMFS Office of Science and Technology, 2024: Habitat-based Models of Cetacean Density and Distribution in the Central North Pacific, 2015, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55531.

Item Identification

Title: Habitat-based Models of Cetacean Density and Distribution in the Central North Pacific, 2015
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2015-02-11
Abstract:

The central North Pacific Ocean includes diverse temperate and tropical pelagic habitats. Studies of the abundance and distribution of cetaceans within these dynamic marine ecosystems have generally been patchy or conducted at coarse spatial and temporal scales, limiting their utility for pelagic conservation planning. Habitat-based density models provide a tool for identifying pelagic areas of importance to cetaceans, because model predictions are spatially explicit. In this study, we present habitat-based models of cetacean density that were developed and validated for the central North Pacific. Spatial predictions of cetacean densities and measures of uncertainty were derived based on data collected during 15 large-scale shipboard cetacean and ecosystem assessment surveys conducted from 1997 to 2012. We developed generalized additive models using static and remotely sensed dynamic habitat variables, including distance to land, sea-surface temperature (SST), standard deviation of SST, surface chlorophyll concentration, seasurface height (SSH), and SSH root-mean-square variation. The resulting models, developed using new grid-based prediction methods, provide finer scale information on the distribution and density of cetaceans than previously available. Habitat-based abundance estimates around Hawaii are similar to those derived from standard line-transect analyses of the same data and provide enhanced spatial resolution to inform management and conservation of pelagic cetacean species.

Purpose:

These models have been used by the Navy and others to assess potential impacts on cetaceans in compliance with U.S. regulations such as the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act, which require species-specific assessments of the number of animals potentially affected by their activities.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
UNCONTROLLED
None Balaenoptera edeni
None bottlenose dolphin
None Bryde's whale
None cetacean
None density
None distribution
None False killer whale
None Globicephala macrorhynchus
None Pantropical spotted dolphin
None Physeter macrocephalus
None Pseudorca crassidens
None Rough-toothed dolphin
None Short-finned pilot whale
None Sperm whale
None Spinner dolphin
None Stenella attenuata
None Stenella coeruleoalba
None Stenella longirostris
None Steno bredanensis
None Striped dolphin
None Tursiops truncatus

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Central Pacific Ocean
None Hawaii

Physical Location

City: Moss Landing
State/Province: CA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: Irregular
Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Data Set Credit: Forney, KA, EA Becker, DG Foley, J Barlow, EM Oleson. 2015. Habitat-based models of cetacean density and distribution in the central North Pacific.  Endangered Species Research 27: 1–20. [doi: 10.3354/esr00632]

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 825616
Date Effective From: 2018-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Haverland, Timothy J
Address: 1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
USA
Email Address: tim.haverland@noaa.gov
Phone: 301-427-8137
Fax: 301-713-4137

Distributor

CC ID: 825617
Date Effective From: 2018-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST)
Address: 1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
USA
Phone: 301-427-8100
URL: http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/
Business Hours: 0700 - 1800 EST/EDT

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 825619
Date Effective From: 2018-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Haverland, Timothy J
Address: 1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
USA
Email Address: tim.haverland@noaa.gov
Phone: 301-427-8137
Fax: 301-713-4137

Point of Contact

CC ID: 825618
Date Effective From: 2018-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Forney, Karin A
Address: 7544 Sandholdt Rd
Moss Landing, CA 95039
USA
Email Address: karin.forney@noaa.gov
Phone: 831-771-4155
Fax: (858) 546-7003
Business Hours: M-F 8:00 - 16:30

Extents

Currentness Reference: Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Description:

California, Oregon, Washington, Eastern Pacific Ocean

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W° Bound: -179.999989
E° Bound: 179.999989
N° Bound: 43.050763
S° Bound: -0.068371

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Time Frame Type: Range
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Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Use Constraints:

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Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 825636
Download URL: https://cetsound.noaa.gov/packages/swfsc_CenPac_Forney_et_al_2015.zip
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2018-06 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Shapefile
Distribution Format: Shapefile
Compression: Zip

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 825640
URL: https://cetsound.noaa.gov
Name: Citation URL
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: Information
Description:

Online Resource

Technical Environment

Description:

Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333

Data Quality

Representativeness:

No report

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

No report

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

No report

Lineage

Sources

Model outputs

CC ID: 825637
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Source Contribution:

Model outputs

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 825638
Description:

Outputs from models were assigned to cells in the study area.

Process Date/Time: 2016-01-01 00:00:00
Process Contact: Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)
Phone (Voice): (858)546-7000

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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 55531
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:55531
Metadata Record Created By: Timothy J Haverland
Metadata Record Created: 2019-02-14 11:04+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2019-03-27
Owner Org: OST
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-03-27
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-03-27