Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters from R/V Shearwater NEC-MB2002-1, 2002 (NEC-CoopRes project) (NCEI Accession 0278385)
This dataset contains biological and survey - biological data collected on R/V Shearwater during cruise NEC-MB2002-1 from 2002-02-07 to 2002-05-12. These data include sex. The instruments used to collect these data include Camera. These data were collected by Dr Daniel McKiernan of Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and Dr Charles Mayo and Dr Moira Brown of Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies as part of the "Northeast Consortium: Cooperative Research (NEC-CoopRes)" project and "NorthEast Consortium (NEC)" program. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2019-03-14.
The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:
Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters, 2002.
Dataset Description:
Surveillance, Monitoring, and Management of Right Whales and Habitat of Cape Cod Bay: 2002
report: Surveillance, Monitoring and Management of North Atlantic Right Whales in Cape Cod Bay and Adjacent Waters - 2002 Final Report by Moira W. Brown, Owen C. Nichols, Marilyn K. Marx, and Jacqueline N. Ciano, Charles Mayo, Moriah Bessinger.
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Division of Marine Fisheries News article
The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:
Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters, 2002.
Dataset Description:
Surveillance, Monitoring, and Management of Right Whales and Habitat of Cape Cod Bay: 2002
report: Surveillance, Monitoring and Management of North Atlantic Right Whales in Cape Cod Bay and Adjacent Waters - 2002 Final Report by Moira W. Brown, Owen C. Nichols, Marilyn K. Marx, and Jacqueline N. Ciano, Charles Mayo, Moriah Bessinger.
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Division of Marine Fisheries News article
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: McKiernan, Daniel; Brown, Moira; Mayo, Charles (2023). Confirmed right whale identifications in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters from R/V Shearwater NEC-MB2002-1, 2002 (NEC-CoopRes project) (NCEI Accession 0278385). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0278385. Accessed [date].
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Time Period | 2002-02-07 to 2002-05-12 |
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West: -71
East: -69.5
South: 41.5
North: 42.5
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Data Update Frequency | As needed |
Supplemental Information | Acquisition Description: Photographic Methods i) Identification Photographs: During aerial and shipboard surveys, photographs were taken on Kodak Kodachrome 200ASA color slide film, using hand-held 35-mm cameras equipped with 300-mm telephoto lenses and motor drives. From the air, photographers attempted to obtain good perpendicular photographs of the entire rostral callosity pattern and back of every right whale encountered as well as any other scars or markings. From the boat, photographers attempted to collect good oblique photographs of both sides of the head and chin, the body and the flukes. The data recorder on both platforms was responsible for keeping a written record of the roll and frame numbers shot by each photographer in the daily log. ii) Photo-analysis and Matching: Photographs of right whale callosity patterns are used as a basis for identification and cataloging of individuals, following methods developed by Payne et al (1983) and Kraus et al (1986). The cataloging of individually identified animals is based on using high quality photographs of distinctive callosity patterns (raised patches of roughened skin on the top and sides of the head), ventral pigmentation, lip ridges, and scars (Kraus et al 1986). New England Aquarium (NEAq) has curated the catalogue since 1980 and to the best of their knowledge, all photographs of right whales taken in the North Atlantic since 1935 have been included in NEAq's files. This catalogue allows scientists to enumerate the population, and, from resightings of known individuals, to monitor the animals' reproductive status, births, deaths, scarring, distribution and migrations. Since 1980, a total of 26,275 sightings of 436 individual right whales have been archived, of which 327 are thought to be alive, as of December 2001 (A. Knowlton, NEAq, pers. comm.) The matching process consists of separating photographs of right whales into individuals and inter-matching between days within the season. To match different sightings of the same whale, composite drawings and photographs of the callosity patterns of individual right whales are compared to a limited subset of the catalogue that includes animals with a similar appearance. For whales that look alike in the first sort, the original photographs of all probable matches are examined for callosity similarities and supplementary features, including scars, pigmentation, lip crenulations, and morphometric ratios. A match between different sightings is considered positive when the callosity pattern and at least one other feature can be independently matched by at least two experienced researchers (Kraus et al 1986). Exceptions to this multiple identifying feature requirement include whales that have unusual callosity patterns, large scars or birthmarks, or deformities so unique that matches from clear photographs can be based on only one feature. Preliminary photo-analysis and inter-matching was carried out at CCS, with matches confirmed using original photographs cataloged and archived at NEAq. iii) Photographic Data Archiving Upon completion of the matching process, all original slides were returned to CCS and incorporated into the CCS catalogue of identified right whales to update existing files, using the same numbering system as NEAq, in archival quality slide sheets. NEAq archives copies of photographs representing each sighting. Copies of photographs of individuals that are better than existing records, and photographs of newly identified whales, will be included in the NEAq master files as "type specimens" for future reference. The master files are maintained in fireproof safes at NEAq. All catalogue files are available for inspection and on-site use by contributors and collaborators. |
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