67423
Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID Data
Entity
Published / External
26481
Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) photographic identification catalog collected for mark-recapture abundance estimation and biological sampling from small boats in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, from 2007-07-24 to 2007-08-30 (NCEI Accession 0237742)
Data Set
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.
There are two distributions for this file.
One as .csv file
Other as a .xlsx file
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring
MD
Data Table
Yes
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
10
ID#
character
Yes
No
Active
identification number of a unique individual dolphin. The CB prefix indicates Choctawhatchee Bay
20
Survey Date
Date
Yes
No
Active
Date Of Observation
30
Enc#
Integer
Yes
No
Active
encounter number, encounter count is reset to 1 at the beginning of each survey/day
40
Vessel
Character
Yes
No
Active
Name of Vessel Used For Data Collection
50
Lat
numeric
Yes
No
Active
Latitude of observation
60
Long
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Longitude of observation
70
Distinctiveness
character
1
Yes
No
Active
a subjective measure of dorsal fin distinctiveness or Ć¢recognizabilityĆ¢,.
1=not distinctive
2=slightly distinctive,
3=average distinctiveness
4=very distinctive
80
NTEC
character
No
No
Active
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
90
Photo Quality
character
1
Yes
No
Active
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)
1=poor,
2=fair,
3=good,
4=great
5=excellent
100
Biopsy
character
No
No
Active
Sample identification number of an individual if a remote biopsy sample was collected during the encounter
110
Sex
Character
No
No
Active
biological sex identified from photographs for some individuals (e.g., a photograph of the genitalia)
Sex was not identified
null/blank
m = male
f = female
120
Effort
Character
Yes
No
Active
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.
Distributor
2021
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
NCEI-MD
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3282
(301) 713-3277
2021
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0237742/1.1/data/0-data/Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.csv
2021
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.csv
2021-06-25T23:34:00
tabular digital data (Microsoft Excel, CSV, or other tabular format)
CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
60K
Uncompressed
Chked Viruses Inapp Content
2021
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0237742/1.1/data/0-data/Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.xlsx
2021
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
Choctawhatchee_Bay_Dolphin_PhotoID.xlsx
2021-06-25T15:19:00
tabular digital data (Microsoft Excel, CSV, or other tabular format)
CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
73K
Uncompressed
Chked Viruses Inapp Content
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2023-10-17T16:12:36
2022-06-17
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2022-06-17
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2023-06-17