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NMFS Office of Science and Technology, 2024: Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem, 2016, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55923.

Item Identification

Title: Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem, 2016
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2016-02-16
Abstract:

We developed predictive habitat-based models of cetacean density based on seven shipboard cetacean surveys conducted during summer and fall between 1991 and 2009 in the California Current Ecosystem. Models were built for 14 taxonomically diverse species/species groups including striped dolphin, short-beaked common dolphin, long-beaked common dolphin, Pacific white-sided dolphin, northern right whale dolphin, Risso's dolphin, common bottlenose dolphin, Dall's porpoise, sperm whale, fin whale, humpback whale, blue whale, Baird's beaked whale and a small beaked whale guild (Mesoplondon spp. and Cuvier's beaked whale).

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 Baird's beaked whale
None Balaenoptera musculus
None Balaenoptera physalus
None Berardius bairdii
None Blue whale
None cetacean
None Common bottlenose dolphin
None Dall's porpoise
None Delphinus capensis
None Delphinus delphis
None density
None distribution
None Fin whale
None Grampus griseus
None Humpback whale
None Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
None Lissodelphis borealis
None Long-beaked common dolphin
None Megaptera novaeangliae
None Mesoplodon spp
None Northern right whale dolphin
None Pacific white-sided dolphin
None Phocoenoides dalli
None Physeter macrocephalus
None Risso's dolphin
None Short-beaked common dolphin
None Small beaked whale guild
None Sperm whale
None Stenella coeruleoalba
None Striped dolphin
None Tursiops truncatus

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None California
None Eastern Pacific Ocean
None Oregon
None Washington

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: CREDIT: Becker, E.A., K.A. Forney, P.C. Fiedler, J. Barlow, S.J. Chivers, C.A. Edwards, A.,M. Moore, and J.V. Redfern. 2016. Moving towards dynamic ocean management: How well do modeled ocean products predict species distributions? Remote Sensing 2016, 8,149; doi:10.3390/rs8020149 ORIGINATORS: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center;

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 829679
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: 829680
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: 829682
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: 829681
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

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 829695
W° Bound: -131.074396
E° Bound: -117.122588
N° Bound: 48.576071
S° Bound: 30.070776

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 829688
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 1991-07-01 00:00:00+0000
End: 1991-11-30 00:00:00+0000

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 2

CC ID: 829689
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 1993-07-01 00:00:00+0000
End: 1993-11-30 00:00:00+0000

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 3

CC ID: 829690
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 1996-07-01 00:00:00+0000
End: 1996-11-30 00:00:00+0000

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 4

CC ID: 829691
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2001-07-01 00:00:00+0000
End: 2001-11-30 00:00:00+0000

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 5

CC ID: 829692
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2005-07-01 00:00:00+0000
End: 2005-11-30 00:00:00+0000

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 6

CC ID: 829693
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2008-07-01 00:00:00+0000
End: 2008-11-30 00:00:00+0000

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 7

CC ID: 829694
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2009-07-01 00:00:00+0000
End: 2009-11-30 00:00:00+0000

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Use Constraints:

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Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 829683
Download URL: https://cetsound.noaa.gov/packages/swfsc_CCE_SummerFall_Becker_et_al_2016.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: 829686
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

Accuracy:

No report

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

No report

Lineage

Sources

Model outputs

CC ID: 829684
Source Contribution:

Model outputs

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 829685
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: 55923
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:55923
Metadata Record Created By: Timothy J Haverland
Metadata Record Created: 2019-03-20 13:17+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