55923 Data Set Published / External 12695 NOAA Cetaceans and Sound Project (CetSound) Project Completed 2016-02-16 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). 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. Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category biota Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans Theme Baird's beaked whale Theme Balaenoptera musculus Theme Balaenoptera physalus Theme Berardius bairdii Theme Blue whale Theme Common bottlenose dolphin Theme Dall's porpoise Theme Delphinus capensis Theme Delphinus delphis Theme Fin whale Theme Grampus griseus Theme Humpback whale Theme Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Theme Lissodelphis borealis Theme Long-beaked common dolphin Theme Megaptera novaeangliae Theme Mesoplodon spp Theme Northern right whale dolphin Theme Pacific white-sided dolphin Theme Phocoenoides dalli Theme Physeter macrocephalus Theme Risso's dolphin Theme Short-beaked common dolphin Theme Small beaked whale guild Theme Sperm whale Theme Stenella coeruleoalba Theme Striped dolphin Theme Tursiops truncatus Theme cetacean Theme density Theme distribution Spatial California Spatial Eastern Pacific Ocean Spatial Oregon Spatial Washington Moss Landing CA Data Set Irregular Map (digital) 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; 55924 Published / External GIS File Yes Approximately 7x10km cells representing the density of species; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center 1 FID n/a No No Active Internal feature number.; Source: Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. 2 SHAPE n/a No No Active Feature geometry.; Source: Esri Coordinates defining the features. 3 UID n/a No No Active Supposed to be a unique ID Field for species per study area, but has a value of 2000 for all species, so not a useful field; Source: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Supposed to be a unique ID Field for species per study area, but has a value of 2000 for all species, so not a useful field 4 SPECIES n/a No No Active Species common name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center Value assigned by staff 5 SPECIES_2 n/a No No Active Species scientific name; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center Value assigned by staff 6 MONTH_NUMB n/a No No Active Month number 01-12 Value of 0; This field NOT USED because densities are averaged over the survey period of July-November; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center Value of 0; This field NOT USED because densities are averaged over the survey period of July-November 7 MONTH_NAME n/a No No Active Month name, e.g. January Empty NOT USED because densities are averaged over the survey period of July-November; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center Empty NOT USED because densities are averaged over the survey period of July-November 8 STUDY n/a No No Active Source/study information; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center Becker et al. 2016: Becker et al. 2016; 9 STRATUM n/a No No Active Stratum name Always CCE (California Current Ecosystem) for this series; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center CCE: California Current Ecosystem; 10 MODEL_TYPE n/a No No Active Identifies what type of model was used to calculate density (For AFTT these were ‘Spatial Extrapolation, Habitat based density model, etc. use recommendation from Elizabeth Becker); Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center Habitat based density model: Habitat based density model; 11 DENSITY n/a No No Active Density value in animals/km^2; Source: From model Use the attribute table statistic tool to get the range of values for this field. 12 UNCERTAINT n/a No No Active Numerical uncertainty value (CV). When the models for a species/guild do not have dynamic predictors, uncertainty info is not available. In this case the field has a value of -99999.; Source: From model -99999: -99999; 13 UNCER_QUAL n/a No No Active Qualitative uncertainty value (description of uncertainty when numerical value is not present or to describe additional qualitative information. Duke used this column to further define the type of model that was used which called back to other documentation that described how the model was run and how it performed); Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center Not used; value always empty 14 MODEL_VERS n/a No No Active Duke created field for tracking Duke models used as input- not needed for NAEMO modeling but may be used for your own internal model tracking.; Source: Varies Not used; value always empty 15 NAEMO_VERS n/a No No Active Identifies version of data - NAEMO specific. Populate as ‘01’; Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center 1: Always 1; 16 SEASON n/a No No Active To be populated to capture season information. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter Not used; always empty due to data being averaged over multiple seasons (summer/fall); Source: NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center Not used; always empty due to data being averaged over multiple seasons (summer/fall) 17 AREA_SQKM n/a No No Active Area in square kilometers. Features were projected to World Cylindrical Equal Area projection, area calculated and then reprojected to WGS84. ; Source: Calculated from shapefile Use the attribute table statistic tool to get the range of values for this field. 18 ABUNDANCE n/a No No Active Density * area of cell in km^2; Source: Calculated Use the attribute table statistic tool to get the range of values for this field. 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