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Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID Data

Entity (ENT)  |  Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:67423  |  Updated: October 3, 2024  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Physical Location
Entity Info
Data Attributes
Support Roles
Distribution Info
Catalog Details

Summary

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.

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

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
ID#
character 		identification number of a unique individual dolphin. The CB prefix indicates Choctawhatchee Bay
Survey Date
Date 		Date Of Observation
Enc#
Integer 		encounter number, encounter count is reset to 1 at the beginning of each survey/day
Vessel
Character 		Name of Vessel Used For Data Collection
Lat
numeric 		Latitude of observation
Long
Numeric 		Longitude of observation
Distinctiveness
character 		a subjective measure of dorsal fin distinctiveness or “recognizability”,.
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
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)
Biopsy
character 		Sample identification number of an individual if a remote biopsy sample was collected during the encounter
Sex
Character 		biological sex identified from photographs for some individuals (e.g., a photograph of the genitalia)
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.

Distribution Information

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Distributor
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
ncei.info@noaa.gov
NCEI Contact Information

Item Identification

Title: Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID Data
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
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
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

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 ID# character identification number of a unique individual dolphin. The CB prefix indicates Choctawhatchee Bay
100
 Survey Date Date Date Of Observation
100
 Enc# Integer encounter number, encounter count is reset to 1 at the beginning of each survey/day
100
 Vessel Character Name of Vessel Used For Data Collection
100
 Lat numeric Latitude of observation
100
 Long Numeric Longitude of observation
100
 Distinctiveness character a subjective measure of dorsal fin distinctiveness or “recognizability”,.
100
 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
 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
 Biopsy character Sample identification number of an individual if a remote biopsy sample was collected during the encounter
100
 Sex Character biological sex identified from photographs for some individuals (e.g., a photograph of the genitalia)
100
 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#

CC ID: 1176346
Seq. Order: 10
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

CC ID: 1176347
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: Date
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Date Of Observation

Enc#

CC ID: 1176348
Seq. Order: 30
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

CC ID: 1176349
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Name of Vessel Used For Data Collection

Lat

CC ID: 1176354
Seq. Order: 50
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude of observation

Long

CC ID: 1176355
Seq. Order: 60
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude of observation

Distinctiveness

CC ID: 1176356
Seq. Order: 70
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

a subjective measure of dorsal fin distinctiveness or “recognizability”,.
Allowed Values: 1=not distinctive 2=slightly distinctive, 3=average distinctiveness 4=very distinctive

NTEC

CC ID: 1176357
Seq. Order: 80
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

CC ID: 1176358
Seq. Order: 90
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)
Allowed Values: 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=great 5=excellent

Biopsy

CC ID: 1176359
Seq. Order: 100
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

CC ID: 1176360
Seq. Order: 110
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

CC ID: 1176361
Seq. Order: 120
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

CC ID: 1176344
Date Effective From: 2021
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Email Address: ncei.info@noaa.gov
URL: NCEI Contact Information

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1176345
Start Date: 2021
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0237742/1.1/data/0-data/Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.csv
Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2021 - Present)
File Name: Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.csv
File Date/Time: 2021-06-25 23:34:00
File Type (Deprecated): tabular digital data (Microsoft Excel, CSV, or other tabular format)
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
File Size: 60K
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Distribution 2

CC ID: 1176363
Start Date: 2021
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0237742/1.1/data/0-data/Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.xlsx
Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2021 - Present)
File Name: Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.xlsx
File Date/Time: 2021-06-25 15:19:00
File Type (Deprecated): tabular digital data (Microsoft Excel, CSV, or other tabular format)
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
File Size: 73K
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 67423
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: 2024-10-03 18:16+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