67350 Estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins in North Carolina Data Set Published / External 30208 Protected Resources Marine Mammals (Beaufort) Project Completed 2018 2022 The NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center conducted surveys within the southern North Carolina estuarine system from 2018-01-08 to 2018-01-26 to provide an updated estimate of abundance for the Southern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock (SNCESS) of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) using photographic-identification capture-mark-recapture (photo-ID) techniques. The surveys were strategically planned for winter when little overlap in distribution with the Northern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock (NNCESS) or coastal migratory stocks of bottlenose dolphins was expected. Because the sighting histories of individual dolphins have been an important tool for identifying or confirming stock membership, we also compared dolphins that were photo-identified during the 2018 surveys to dolphins that were included in a long-term photo-ID catalog dating back to 1995-07-10. Using the 2018 photographs and the long-term photo-ID catalog, we also evaluated the use of differences in Xenobalanus globicipitis infestation captured in photographs among individuals and groups as support for stock definition. This dataset contains the spatiotemporal sighting histories, photographs, observations of Xenobalanus globicipitis presence/absence, and environmental data for common bottlenose dolphin groups observed during the 2018 surveys. Data for individual dolphins observed during the 2018 surveys that were previously included in the long-term photo-ID catalog were provided as a subset with corresponding photographic matches. The sighting history and photographs of individuals matching from the long-term catalog are included with the exception of those dates indicated as capture events, as such photographs were not digitized. To provide an updated estimate of abundance for the SNCESS (Southern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock) using capture-mark-recapture (CMR) techniques as well as to compared dolphins that were photo-identified during the survey to dolphins that were included in a long-term photo-identification (ID) catalog. Data is now available from NCEI as of 2022-07-13 Cite as: Hohn, Aleta A.; Gorgone, Antionette M.; Byrd, Barbie L.; Eguchi, Tomoharu; Shertzer, Kyle (2022). Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with photographs and environmental parameters in North Carolina, USA from 2018-01-08 to 2018-01-26 (NCEI Accession 0254384). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/4dwb-6b76. Accessed [date] 10.25921/4dwb-6b76 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/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, 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 > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > OCEAN SALINITY > OCEAN SURFACE SALINITY Theme World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Tursiops truncatus Theme World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Xenobalanus globicipitis Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > NORTH CAROLINA Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords CAMERAS Instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS Instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS Theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0254384 Theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 254384 Theme NMFS Marine Mammal Permit 779-1633 Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS BIOLOGICAL DATA Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS LATITUDE Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS LONGITUDE Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS MARINE MAMMALS Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS MARINE SPECIES INVENTORY Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SALINITY Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SEA STATE Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS cetacean Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS species abundance Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS water depth Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS in situ Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS survey - biological Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS visual estimate Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS visual observation Theme SOCPROG Theme abundance Theme bottlenose dolphin Theme mark-recapture Theme photo-identification Theme social network Theme social structure Theme stock structure Temporal 2018 Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS GPS Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Photo-Identification Techniques Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument 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 INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS visual estimate Instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS visual observation Instrument Garmin GPSMAP 942xs Instrument Garmin GT21-TM Transom Mounted transducer Instrument Garmin GT23M-TM transom mounted transducer Platform Boats National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring MD Data Set Spreadsheet None Planned Aleta Hohn and Annie Gorgone 67351 Published / External Completed Multi tabbed file containing the investigator provided data and metadata of this dataset Data File Yes Consists of 4 tabs 1 tab is metadata describing data columns in all of the data tables The Other Three Tabs each consist of a data table. 67353 2018 Group Sightings Published / External Completed Sightings of each group and group characteristics during the 2018 survey Primary Key is the concatenation of Trip Date, Vessel and Sequential Sighting Number Data Table Yes Primary Key is the concatenation of Trip Date, Vessel and Sequential Sighting Number 10 Trip Date Date Yes No Active Survey date Date 20 Vessel Character Yes No Active Name Of Used For Data Collection 30 Sequential Sighting Number Numeric Yes No Active For each day and each vessel, the sequential sighting number of dolphin groups 40 Best Estimate of Group Size Numeric Yes No Active Best Estimate Of Group Size Number of animals 50 % of the group with Xenobalanus globicipitis numeric Yes No Active The relative percentage in a dolphin group that had Xenobalanus globicipitis on the dorsal fin, e.g., 100% would be all group members 60 # of Individual Xenobalanus globicipitis on fins Numeric Yes No Active The number of individual Xenobalanus globicipitis on the dorsal of individuals in a dolphin group, averaged for the group. 70 Water Depth (m) Numeric Yes No Active Water depth at the location where the group of dolphins was photographed meters 80 Temp (C) Numeric Yes No Active Water temperature in degrees Celsius at the location where the group of dolphins was photographed 90 Salinity (ppt) Numeric Yes No Active Salinity in parts per thousand at the location where the group of dolphins was photographed parts per thousand 100 Beaufort Sea-State Scale character 40 Yes No Active The Beaufort Sea State is a simple scale that can be used to give an approximate but concise description of sea conditions. This column is the concatenation of the Code and its meaning. 67354 2018 SNCES id'd dolphins Published / External Completed Individually identified dolphins during the 2018 survey, and associated sighting, photo quality, and Xenobalanus globicipitis data. Data Table Yes Individually identified dolphins during the 2018 survey, and associated sighting, photo quality, and Xenobalanus globicipitis data 10 Dolphin ID Character Yes No Active The unique id number given to each individually identified dolphin in the NOAA Beaufort Catalog 20 Photo-id Session Numeric 1 Yes No Active Identification of in which photo-id session during the 2018 southern mark-recapture survey a dolphin was photographed; there were three sessions 1 2 3 30 Vessel Character Yes No Active Name of vessel from which a dolphin group was sighted 40 Trip Date Date Yes No Active Survey date 50 Sequential Sighting Number numeric Yes No Active For each day and each vessel, the sequential sighting number of dolphin groups 60 Sighting On/off Effort Character Yes No Active Whether a dolphin group was sighted on or off survey effort 80 Lat Numeric Yes No Active Latitude Of Sighting 90 Long Numeric Yes No Active Longitude Of Sighting 100 Sighting Habitat character Yes No Active Whether an individual was sight in the Estuary or Ocean Estuary Ocean 110 Habitat for all Sightings Character Yes No Active Across all sightings of individuals during the 2018 survey, whether they all occurred only in the ocean or estuary, or if sighted in both habitats Ocean Estuary Both 120 Distinctive-ness Character Yes No Active Code for dorsal fin distinctiveness used to determine if a photograph could be used for photo-id matching 130 Photo quality Character Yes No Active Code for photo quality used to determine if a photograph could be used for photo-id matching 140 Xenobalanusglobicipitis Presence/ Absence Character Yes No Active Indication of presence or absence of Xenobalanus globicipitis on individual's dorsal fin 67356 2018 Match To Master Catalog Published / External All sightings in the NOAA Beaufort Lab master photo-identification catalogue for each dolphin identified during the 2018 survey. Data include vessel, sighting data and location, photo information, and whether the individual was included in the 2013 abundance estimate for the NNCESS stock Data Table All sightings in the NOAA Beaufort Lab master photo-identification catalogue for each dolphin identified during the 2018 survey 10 Dolphin ID Character Yes No Active The unique id number given to each individually identified dolphin in the NOAA Beaufort Catalog 20 2018 Southern Mark-Recapture ID Character Yes No Active Identification number for each individual identified during the 2018 mark-recapture survey. 30 Vessel Character Yes No Active Name of vessel from which a dolphin group was sighted 40 Trip Date date Yes No Active Survey date 50 Sequential Sighting Number numeric Yes No Active For each day and each vessel, the sequential sighting number of dolphin groups 60 Lat Numeric Yes No Active Latitude at time of sighting 70 Long Numeric Yes No Active Longitude at time of sighting 80 Sighting Habitat Character Yes No Active Whether an individual was sight in the Estuary or Ocean Estuary or Ocean 90 Included in NNCESS Abundance Estimate character Yes No Active Indicates if the individual animal was included in the 2014 Northern North Carolina Estuarine Stock abundance estimate (Gorgone et al. 2014) 100 Distinctiveness character Yes No Active Code for dorsal fin distinctiveness used to determine if a photograph could be used for photo-id matching 110 Photo quality Character Yes No Active Code for photo quality used to determine if a photograph could be used for photo-id matching 120 Xenobalanus globicipitis Presence/Absence Character Yes No Active Indication of presence or absence of Xenobalanus globicipitis on an individual's dorsal fin 67365 Published / External Completed Investigator supplied metadata table listing the column names and their definitions (attributes) for the three data tables in the data set. All fields with text are character fields, all fields with numbers only are numeric. Data Table Investigator supplied metadata table listing the column names and their definitions (attributes) for the three data tables in the data set. 10 Field Name Character 120 Yes Yes Active Name of field/column that is being documented. 20 Explanation Character 150 Yes No Active Description of the column in question 67547 Published / External Completed This is a zip file of approximately 1000 photographs that consists of 1. Photographs of individuals dorsal fins taken during this 2018 data collection that match photographs from the long-term SEFSC photo-identification catalog. 2. All photographs from that long-term catalog that are of the same individual animal that was identified in the photographic match. How Filenames relate to animals photographed during this study. a. Look at the Dolfin ID Column (unique id number given to each individually identified dolphin in the NOAA Beaufort Catalog) in 2018_SNCES_id_dolphins.csv b. IF this value starts with FB or PS (24 records total) All files in the list that start with the same 5 or 6 characters as what is in the Dolfin ID Column are of the same animal. So For FB102 The files FB402_25_May_07_10d_0254.jpg FB402_2018Jan08_AMG_1116.jpg Are photographs of that animal c. If The value starts with SMR like SMR466 one goes to the file list a finds a filename with SMR466 in the name, 0046_SMR466_2018Jan22_AMG_1636.jpg Then all files that start with 0046 are of the same animal. Other Yes This is a zip file containing the 2018 photographs and the other photographs in the SEFSC collection that are of the same individual animal in the 2018 photograph Author 2018 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 Co-Author 2018 Person Byrd, Barbie barbie.byrd@ncdenr.gov 252-726-7021 Co-Author 2018 Person Shertzer, Kyle kyle.shertzer@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7196-5959 101 Pivers Island Rd Beaufort NC 28516 252-728-8607 252-728-8784 Co-Author 2018 Person Gorgone, Antoinette M annie.gorgone@noaa.gov 101 Pivers Island Road Beaufort NC 28516-9722 (252) 728-8601 (252) 728-8784 Co-Author 2018 Person Eguchi, Tomo Tomo.Eguchi@noaa.gov 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr La Jolla CA 92037 USA (858) 546-5615 (858) 546-7003 M-F 8:00 - 16:30 Data Steward 2018 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 Distributor 2022 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 2018 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 Point of Contact 2018 Person Gorgone, Antoinette M annie.gorgone@noaa.gov 101 Pivers Island Road Beaufort NC 28516-9722 (252) 728-8601 (252) 728-8784 Publication Date southern NC estuarine system -79.01505 -77.33248 34.5658 33.54914 Range 2018-01-08 2018-01-26 Unclassified Open to everyone Download From Provided Links None Cite as: Hohn, Aleta A.; Gorgone, Antionette M.; Byrd, Barbie L.; Eguchi, Tomoharu; Shertzer, Kyle (2022). Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with photographs and environmental parameters in North Carolina, USA from 2018-01-08 to 2018-01-26 (NCEI Accession 0254384). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/4dwb-6b76. Accessed [date]. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/254384 2022 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 254384.1.1.tar.gz alternatively download files one by one NCEI Archived Data Accession 533.312 MB GTAR http://doi.org/10.7289/V5VH5KS8 NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-664 Estimating the Abundance of the Northern North Carolina Estuarine System Stock of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) (Gorgone et al. 2014) In The Metadata 2014 NOAA Tech Memorandum Mentioned in Documentation ANTOINETTE M. GORGONE TOMOHARU EGUCHI BARBIE L. BYRD KAREN M. ALTMAN ALETA A. HOHN https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270057 journal Article from PLoS ONE 17(8): e0270057 which uses data from Accession Online Resource Citation: Hohn AA, Gorgone AM, Byrd BL, ShertzerKW, Eguchi T (2022) Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in North Carolina, USA. PLoS ONE 17(8): e0270057. https://doi.org/10.25921/4dwb-6b76 Landing Page NCEI Accession 0254384 Online Resource Access to NCEI Accession 0254384 via its doi No Unknown Yes No Already Provided at NCEI NCEI-MD Stored On Secure Machine 7D instrument Camera Canon 7D Mark II or 7D, both with 100-400 mm lenses. 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