Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID Data
Entity (ENT) | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:67423 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID Data |
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Abstract: |
Individuals - rows are records of unique photo-identified individual common bottlenose dolphins observed on date of survey. The ID# and date of each record correspond to the photograph file name in the catalog Available as a .csv or .xlsx file. The information is the same. |
Notes: |
There are two distributions for this file. One as .csv file Other as a .xlsx file |
Physical Location
Organization: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland |
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City: | Silver Spring |
State/Province: | MD |
Entity Information
Entity Type: | Data Table |
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Active Version?: | Yes |
Description: |
Records of unique photo-identified individual common bottlenose dolphins observed on date of survey. The ID# and date of each record correspond to the photograph file name in the catalog |
Data Attributes
Attribute Summary
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Name | Type | Description |
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ID# | character | identification number of a unique individual dolphin. The CB prefix indicates Choctawhatchee Bay | |
100
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Survey Date | Date | Date Of Observation | |
100
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Enc# | Integer | encounter number, encounter count is reset to 1 at the beginning of each survey/day | |
100
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Vessel | Character | Name of Vessel Used For Data Collection | |
100
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Lat | numeric | Latitude of observation | |
100
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Long | Numeric | Longitude of observation | |
100
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Distinctiveness | character | a subjective measure of dorsal fin distinctiveness or ârecognizabilityâ,. | |
100
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NTEC | character | Non-trailing edge characteristics (NTEC) - indicates a distinctive mark on the dorsal fin or peduncle of the animal with an otherwise clean trailing edge of the dorsal fin LEN=Leading Edge Notch PN=Peduncle Notch TN=Top Notch Dent=indent rather than notch | |
100
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Photo Quality | character | Coded value which reprsents a subjective measure of photographic quality. Factors influencing photo quality include: degree of focus, angle, contrast, distance, and whole or partial dorsal fin exposure (e.g., if a dorsal fin is partially submerged by water) | |
100
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Biopsy | character | Sample identification number of an individual if a remote biopsy sample was collected during the encounter | |
100
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Sex | Character | biological sex identified from photographs for some individuals (e.g., a photograph of the genitalia) | |
100
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Effort | Character | Survey effort designated as "on" or "of" depending on the watch status of the survey crew. Surveys designated as "on" followed standard visual survey protocol, as described in Conn et al. 2011. |
Attribute Details
ID#
Seq. Order: | 10 |
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Data Storage Type: | character |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
identification number of a unique individual dolphin. The CB prefix indicates Choctawhatchee Bay |
Survey Date
Seq. Order: | 20 |
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Data Storage Type: | Date |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Date Of Observation |
Enc#
Seq. Order: | 30 |
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Data Storage Type: | Integer |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
encounter number, encounter count is reset to 1 at the beginning of each survey/day |
Vessel
Seq. Order: | 40 |
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Data Storage Type: | Character |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Name of Vessel Used For Data Collection |
Lat
Seq. Order: | 50 |
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Data Storage Type: | numeric |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Latitude of observation |
Long
Seq. Order: | 60 |
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Data Storage Type: | Numeric |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Longitude of observation |
Distinctiveness
Seq. Order: | 70 |
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Data Storage Type: | character |
Max Length: | 1 |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
a subjective measure of dorsal fin distinctiveness or ârecognizabilityâ,. |
Allowed Values: | 1=not distinctive 2=slightly distinctive, 3=average distinctiveness 4=very distinctive |
NTEC
Seq. Order: | 80 |
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Data Storage Type: | character |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Non-trailing edge characteristics (NTEC) - indicates a distinctive mark on the dorsal fin or peduncle of the animal with an otherwise clean trailing edge of the dorsal fin LEN=Leading Edge Notch PN=Peduncle Notch TN=Top Notch Dent=indent rather than notch |
Photo Quality
Seq. Order: | 90 |
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Data Storage Type: | character |
Max Length: | 1 |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Coded value which reprsents a subjective measure of photographic quality. Factors influencing photo quality include: degree of focus, angle, contrast, distance, and whole or partial dorsal fin exposure (e.g., if a dorsal fin is partially submerged by water)
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Allowed Values: | 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=great 5=excellent |
Biopsy
Seq. Order: | 100 |
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Data Storage Type: | character |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Sample identification number of an individual if a remote biopsy sample was collected during the encounter |
Sex
Seq. Order: | 110 |
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Data Storage Type: | Character |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
biological sex identified from photographs for some individuals (e.g., a photograph of the genitalia) |
Null Value Meaning: |
Sex was not identified |
Allowed Values: | null/blank m = male f = female |
Effort
Seq. Order: | 120 |
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Data Storage Type: | Character |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Survey effort designated as "on" or "of" depending on the watch status of the survey crew. Surveys designated as "on" followed standard visual survey protocol, as described in Conn et al. 2011. |
Support Roles
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2021 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) |
Address: |
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 |
Phone: | (301) 713-3277 |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Start Date: | 2021 |
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End Date: | Present |
Download URL: | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0237742/1.1/data/0-data/Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.csv |
Distributor: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2021 - Present) |
File Name: | Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.csv |
File Date/Time: | 2021-06-25 23:34:00 |
File Type: | tabular digital data (Microsoft Excel, CSV, or other tabular format) |
File Size: | 60K |
Compression: | no compression applied |
Review Status: | Chked Viruses Inapp Content |
Distribution 2
Start Date: | 2021 |
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End Date: | Present |
Download URL: | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0237742/1.1/data/0-data/Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.xlsx |
Distributor: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2021 - Present) |
File Name: | Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.xlsx |
File Date/Time: | 2021-06-25 15:19:00 |
File Type: | tabular digital data (Microsoft Excel, CSV, or other tabular format) |
File Size: | 73K |
Compression: | no compression applied |
Review Status: | Chked Viruses Inapp Content |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 67423 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:67423 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Lee M Weinberger |
Metadata Record Created: | 2022-06-17 02:13+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:11+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2022-06-17 |
Owner Org: | SEFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2022-06-17 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2023-06-17 |